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Category Archives: Nikon

Quest for a good vertical grip.

I’m a Nikon D40 owner. I originally bought the camera because of it’s affordable price, and size. I wanted to be able to have some money for good glass too. Apparently beyond Nikon’s belief, I rarely take the camera out of A(perture) or M(anual) modes. I say this, because there aren’t many accessories available to […]

Latest Redtail

I love this bird. My love is only amplified by the distinct personality of a bird of prey used to hunting on a college campus.

Geotagging, a general guide

In the last couple of weeks I got back to trying something out that I’ve been trying to piece together since 2000/2001. I always thought it might be interesting to track GPS data with images taken from a webcam pointing out the windshield when on a road trip. If you’re wondering why I might think […]

UPDATE: Oh yeah, my blog. . .

I’ve been focusing more on photography again and neglecting my blog. I’ve been chasing after wildlife, and trying to get my gigs of photos at home sorted, tagged and uploaded to

Belated. . .

I’d make a horrible Dad. I know it. Know why? Got any clues? Well, in 2006 on 10-25 at 9:57 P.M. I posted my first article here on Brickblog. Why, I remember when this blog was still in diapers, I was excited to get 1 visit after posting oh so many articles. To date, I’m […]

Post Crazy

Lunch Break update: Sorry for the lack of updates over the last few weeks. Over the past 2 months we (my wife and I) have either been on the road, or had house guests every weekend culminating in Amanda and I going to completely different states for weddings. Now I’m not complaining, far from it. […]

Fog Machine and Lego

I picked up a small fog machine this weekend. I saw an example of usefulness in photography recently and just had to get one. Most likely it will help me add mood to my Lego scenes.
The setup was fairly straight forward, but required some dialing in. I have a D40 and an SB-600 flash. […]

Be a consumer whore, the easy way!

As anyone can tell, I have an Amazon Associates store that I have connected to my blog. That way when I review something, and you, the reader, are sooo compelled that you must buy it RIGHT NOW, you can. So when I saw that Amazon was offering context ads, I thought I would give it […]

Batmobile Assembly Time-Lapse

While on vacation, I finally had a chance to do a little project I had been planning for a while. A few months ago I got the UCS Lego Batmobile (Set 7784) for about a third of msrp. I had also been playing with Nikon Camera Control for a little while and had been trying […]

Promaster 278DNP AF 80-210mm Lens

Before I go any further, I want to state loudly, clearly, and with out question the following statements.

If you are looking for top-notch photos from your slr, put up the money for the glass on front.
Most of the time, this means, use the manufacturer lenses for said slr.
Most of the time you get what you […]