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Archives: June, 2009

New camera: Pentax K20D

17th June 2009

I’ve used a Rebel XT for the past 2+ years, and it’s been a great camera for me. I haven’t wanted for megapixels – 8 is plenty for pretty much any print I’ve wanted to make. It shoots fast enough for anything I need to capture. The LCD is tiny by current standards, but I [...]

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Farmer’s market time!

11th June 2009

The Amish market in Garrett Park goes on all winter, but the produce can get a little dismal in the middle of winter. Not that there’s anything wrong with turnips, beets, and apples…but brilliant tomatoes and strawberries just look a lot tastier:

The cool thing about the Garret Park market is that it goes on [...]

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Alaska trip photolog

4th June 2009

Within 24 hours of arriving in Anchorage I was on Kachemak Bay with my dad, looking for oysters and salmon:

I talked my father-in-law into going on a couple of trips, including one with nice weather and fun fishing:

A lot of the Anchorage-area family came down to Homer for Memorial Day weekend, so for [...]

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