Birthdays abound, and guns, and stuff

Everyone must have been gettin’ busy during the month of January, because there’s a lotta birthdays…  My bro-in-law Dave, Brian, and last, but not least… JZ.   I think that John’s was the most active as we went shooting, random shopping (where I unsuccessfully tried to get him to purchase some golf clubs), and some beers …

Rainy days…

I know what you’re thinking…  what is this splotchy colored thing on the screen?  Did a box of crayons vomit on my monitor?  No, no, its just a weather map.  It always seems so much later than it really is when its all rainy out.  If we’re lucky, the power will go out and we …

And it goes “woo woo!”

Got my BG-E2N battery grip for my camera this afternoon – stoked!  It came with two extra batteries and a charger.  Canon says you should get 2000 shots from two batteries installed in the grip, and I really doubt that i’ll hit 4000 shots before being able to recharge, but we’ll see. Now I just have to …

DIY speedstrap

Basically a glorified cloth strap that velcroes to itself with fuzzy zide velcro on the outside… You can use it to wrap around your flash head and attach accessories to the top/sides, like earrings, mustaches, etc. Saved me $10 and cost less that $1 to make!

DIY Ringflash

I made a DIY ringflash the other day, it took quite a while longer than originally anticipated.   Parts used were: plastic pie saver – $8 4″ PVC pipe – $1 aluminum bar – $3.50 foil tape – $5 L-brackets – $0.90 assorted screws, nuts, and bolts – $5 total cost: $23.40   and this is …