Entry 11: Regular Blog

Through the course of this class, I have run into one issue consistently: Photo Storage. 

Granted, I should have expected this, I have a 2013 Macbook Air running an 1.3Ghz i5 Core with an 128GB SSD, with 4GBS of RAM. 

 In other words, not a computer meant to store lots of RAW files. 

In my frustration of discovering that I couldn't actually store any files on my computer to edit, I became creative, and did my research.

Ultimately, I landed on temporarily using Google Photos associated with my RMC Google account (lots of storage included), and I have the option to upload "original, RAW" files enabled. 

I could have juggled an external hard drive, flash drives, etc., and as my job is in IT, I have a lot of these devices hanging around, but I've discovered a central issue with external devices: I lose them. All of the time. 

Given this, cloud storage seemed like the best alternative until I can upgrade my computer.

Although I still have storage issues on my computer(Lightroom is a HUGE application) , landing on Google Photos has saved a lot of frustration in figuring out what I'm deleting off of my Mac next. 

Critique and Share 2: Yellowstone Trip

This class is going to be the end of my laptop. I came home with 19gbs of photos following Yellowstone, and am in the midst of finding space on my computer to put them all to edit.

Anyway.

The first photo was actually the first picture I took of the day. I love sunrise pictures, and the clouds turned out really cool in this.

ISO: 800

Shutter Speed: 1/400

Aperture: 5.6

This picture was a random shot I took this weekend.  I liked how the reflection looked in the water.

ISO: 800

Shutter Speed: 1/4000

Aperture: 6.3

I still have about 800 pictures following the trip to go through, so I'm sure there are better ones, but I'm happy with the way both of these turned out. 

Entry 10: Weekly Blog Post

A few weeks ago, I spent the day in Cody, and took the Chief Joseph highway as a slight detour on the way there.

I love getting outside and exploring, and that day was no different, minus the fact I spent the remainder of the time kicking myself that I hadn't brought a "real camera". I'm including one of the pictures I took on my iPhone as a lame example of what I could have captured if I hadn't left my Canon at home.

Irritation aside, the Chief Joseph highway is fantastic, and I love the opportunity to get outside of Billings and escape homework for a bit.

Both of these pictures have the potential to be improved upon, and plan on editing them later on in Lightroom.

Entry 9: Weekly Blog Post

Our group has been working a lot at getting our project done. I'm currently working with McKenna on logistics and hopefully will be finished shortly with the entire project.

Currently, we're looking at flights, food, gear, etc., cost. Several of the "tours" we want to take already have food, lodging, and travel included in the cost, so that makes things easier.

Current expedition thoughts: here and here.

Although I currently cannot afford to go on a trip to these places, I've always wanted to, and this is making me want to save my money to go explore them.