Taekwondo translated to English means “the way of the hand and foot”.  I’ve always had an interest in martial arts, however, growing up in a small town there were not any taekwondo, karate or any other martial arts schools close by.  So it took a while for me to get involved in some sort of martial arts program.  I chose taekwondo. About 6 months ago I...

Although the Wacom Bamboo Pen is not as feature rich as the Intuos 4 line of tablets, it is a very capable and useable input device that can be of great use to those of us who dabble in creative areas such as graphics design and even photography.  I recently purchased a Bamboo Pen tablet and I have to say that it has been a great asset when working with photos and...

I have always been fascinated by ships and anything related to them.  When Titanic came out in 1997 I was intrigued by the true story (not so much the movie’s story) and the ship itself.  I set out on a mission to research everything about the Titanic from the concept to start of maiden voyage to her tragic sinking in the north Atlantic.  Researching the...

When Apple announced the iPhone 4 and iOS 4, anyone close to upgrade time was excited about it.  There have been many articles on the phone about the all the features of the new hardware and the new operating system so I won’t go into those here.  Instead I will give you my thoughts on how the device performs and the features that I find very useful. I had not...

So I have been fairly busy this week.  Between work, school, and working out I have not had time to do much.  I am still working on getting the site redone.  I am working on a new logo and header image so you will have to excuse the out of the box WordPress theme header. I got a letter from my youngest brother, Adam, this week also.  He is at the Marine Corps....

So it has been a while since I have posted anything.  I’ve been extremely busy lately and it doesn’t seem like I will be slowing down any time soon.  In fact I am actually going to be even more busy than I am now.  I had a “grand vision” for this site when I started.  However, now I believe it is time to step back decide what the focus of...

Over the past couple of months have been doing a lot of research on photography.  One particular technique sparked my interest, a shallow depth of field portrait.  I was curious as to how this was achieved and began looking for answers.  It did not take me long to find the answer, however in my searches I saw other images that I thought were interesting.  So...