I posted previously about the importance of exposure and metering in photography.  Metering is the algorithm that is used to decide how to expose the picture.  The camera then chooses the camera settings to achieve the optimal result based on what the meter tells it to do.  When adjusting exposure, there are three key elements that can be modified.  In another post, I will go into more details on these.

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Best wishes for a happy and healthy 2009 to all my readers.

For years I have used secondary.com as my provider of secondary DNS services.  These guys were then acquired by a company called Neustar who specialize in DNS for the enterprise.  This was no problem and things ran great until I heard that Neustar was shutting down their free DNS services.  This was too bad given my positive experience over the years.  They offered to continue my service albeit with a $50/month fee and a very complex metering structure.  Thanks, but no thanks.

I completed a thorough analysis and decided to migrate DNS to free service called everydns.com.  The new service is currently up and running and the migration should be transparent.  So far so good.  I recommend these folks to anyone needing a free DNS provider although they do request a donation.

I recently received a tripod for my camera as a gift.  Digital photography is a hobby of mine and I only recently recognized that a tripod might be useful.  Now that I have one, I can tell you that it is a very valuable addition to the photographer's kit.  Let me explain why.

When using a camera you are limited by the minimum shutterspeed you can choose to avoid camera shake.  If camera shake occurs, the result will be a blurry photo.  Image stabilization can help solve this problem somewhat, but still is only a partial solution.  A tripod solves this problem; with it you can set any shutterspeed offered by the camera.

Access to slower shutterspeeds may not seem like a big deal, but it is.  It allows you to do all kinds of interesting things that were not possible hand holding.  It also allows for you to take two of the same shots that differ only by exposure.  This is a requirement for high dynamic range photography.

I highly recommend the addition of a tripod to any serious photographers kit.

I have recently been distracted by Blipfoto and have not been blogging as much as I would like.  Sorry about that!

I hope that everyone has a Merry Christmas and happy New Year!