My very first impressions of the Olympus M.Zuiko ED 8mm F1.8 Fisheye PRO lens were formed back in 2018, thanks to a Photo Excursion with Peter Baumgarten, My overall conclusion at the time? It's a fun lens - a good match for my quirky side. But I concluded that the option to channel my inner …
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The Relive app has helped us hold on to an adventure mindset through the COVID-19 pandemic - despite walking some trails over and over and over again. We share 5 lessons we've learned about using the Relive app, the top three features on our Relive wish list and a warning for iOS Relive users.
After taking more than 2000 photographs with the Lensbaby Sol 22, I'm sure of four things: 1) the fun factor is well worth the US$199.95 list price; 2) its compact size and light weight make it easy to carry on any photography outing; 3) not all subject matter lends itself to the Lensbaby look; and 4) the combination of manual focus, tilt shift and bokeh blades means more practice is required before I can be confident that photos taken with this lens will consistently match what I envision before pressing the shutter button.
A mash up of science, technology and the humanities, the Deep Time Walk app invites the listener on a time travel experience - any time, any where. While walking 4.6 km in the virtual company of a narrator, a scientist and a fool, take an imaginary trip, 4,600 million years back in time, to when the Earth formed. Then with each step, meter-by-million-years forward, it’s an immersive and informative journey to the present day, where the industrial age represents but a hair’s breadth on the geological time scale.
Our youngest son found a Zojirushi VE Hybrid Water Boiler and Warmer under the tree on Christmas morning. This probably seems like a strange gift for a teenage boy, but he's really into tea and had complained about bitter tea a few times as he worked his way through the 24 Days of Tea advent …
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