Category: Misc

Intention 7 Photos on Flickr Wherin the tribes of Cascadia gather at Camp Elphinstone for five days of merriment…

Photoblog or blog about photography? There seems to be 2 different categories of photography related blogs. One is the style I’ve adopted here in which I write about things photography related and the other is simply photos uploaded in a blog space, a sort of pictoral directory of things goi

Tips for Photographing Children I’ve learned through much trial and error that there are certain things you will just not convince a child of by explaining that “mommy wants a good picture of you” or “grandma and grandpa are going to have this hanging on their wall”. Child photography i

DIY: Podcasting Join us at the launch of our new DIY Series as we explore the phenomenon that is podcasting. Find out what exactly it is, how it can benefit your company and, most importantly, how you can do it yourself! Local podcasters extraordinaire, Roland Tanglao an

New Years Resolutions for Photographers Welcome to 2006. I know it really doesn’t seem like another year could have gone by, but it has. As a new wrinkle on an old tradition, here are some ideas for New Years resolutions you can feel free to add to your own personal list.

Static Photography Represents @ Northern Voice 2006 in Vancouver Rhonda has been asked (and agreed) to speak at Northern Voice 2006. Northern Voice is a community-based blogging and personal publishing conference. The idea is to learn more about social, cultural and technological aspects of blogging, to exchange ideas

GUADEC Logo and Drupal Theme Contest GUADEC is the main event of the GNOME community, celebrated once a year. We have recently adopted Drupal as the platform of the GUADEC’s website (http://beta.guadec.org) and we have decided to launch a contest to choose a GUADEC logo and Drupal theme: Art

Win a Free Pass to SXSW Interactive! The folks at SXSW have kindly donated a pass to the interactive portion of the festival for us to give away as part of Northern Voice.

Integral Naked Podcasts “Integral” simply means comprehensive or inclusive. The core of Integral Naked is a series of intense, raw, straightforward discussions that cover a full sweep of contemporary issues—from business to personal growth, from education to meditation, from p

A New Year in Photography Photography New Year’s reflections and resolutions from Rhonda Fast.

Top Five Products of 2005 Apple Aperture, Satellite Radio, BaseCampHQ.com, Drupal, and Voltaic Solar Backpack.

Show Our Northern Voice Sponsors Some Love We’ve been incredibly lucky to get a whole schwack of great sponsors on board for our 2006 conference. Thank you, thank you, thank you to each and every one of them. Visit their sites, buy their products, and if you see them on the street, give them a Read More …

2006 Nonprofit Technology Conference Agenda Across the sector, nonprofits are moving from a simple cost-cutting, operational efficiency view of technology to an understanding of technology as the force multiplier in creating change in their communities.

Hubble Uncovers Smallest Moons Yet Seen Around Uranus Astronomers have discovered two of the smallest moons yet found around Uranus. The new moons, uncovered by NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope, are about 8 to 10 miles across (12 to 16 km) — about the size of San Francisco.

However you want to say it… Wishing you and yours a Kickin Kwanza, Transcendent Solstice, Merry Christmas, a Happy Holiday, the Season’s Best and a Snap-Happy New Year from Rhonda and Kris @ Static Photography

Drupal Developer/Business Meetup The meeting is being convened to support communication amongst developers and the small businesses being built on the drupal platform. I am really open to your ideas about what to cover. Please contribute thoughts to the agenda

OCD Tech Dreams Lately, particularly when sleeping in close proximity to one who possesses a lot of google juice, I find my sleep disturbed by less-than-restful and slightly obsessive dreams about technology, social software, and other such geeky things. The kind of drea

Canon EF 50mm – F1.4 vs F1.8 MK II Is there any difference between these 2 lenses other than the price and f-stop? This is a common question that pops up frequently on forums everywhere. While the general consensus is that these 2 lenses are almost identically sharp, there are other factor

Identity Questions The whole world of “Identity” on the internet is kind of new and still a bit blurry to me. But it’s one that I’m increasingly interested in, because my own forays into the online world leave me wondering whether I’m being smart, strategic, and cautious en