New year, new stuff: the Motorola Droid, VisionMongers, Canon S90, and the Lumiquest Softbox III

Happy New Year everyone.  I’m sure you’ve heard the question asked, but, where did the year go? It seems like it was just yesterday that the stock market was rallying back from its historic losses with a few pessimistic analysts proclaiming a sucker’s rally (they were partially right), but that was this very day back in 2009.  It seems that life’s fast pace just keeps speedily increasing. But enough pondering about those sort of things, we’ve got some photography topics on the agenda.

Within the next week, I’m going to be working on putting up a few different pieces on a pretty wide range of topics.  First up, I’m going to look at cell phone cameras.  I’ve recently become the proud papa of a Motorola Droid, and I absolutely love the thing.  Having information at my fingertips at all times of the day has proven itself to be very useful and entertaining.  But one of the big marketing lines for the Droid was its 5MP camera and naturally that’s reason to give photo enthusiasts a little tingle inside (along with a healthy dose of skepticism if you understand the tech).  But, just how good is it, if at all?  I’m going to look into and I’m going to bring along some recently discovered photos I have off of older and current phones that’ll serve for comparison.

Second, one of my most wanted gifts for Christmas was David duChemin’s book VisionMongers: Making a Life and a Living in Photography, and thanks to my mother and father-in-law I got it.  Not only does it talk about an area that I, and I’m sure many of you out there, routinely heavily consider, going full on working-professional, but it features photographers who I regularly read and follow, such as Zach Arias.  I’ve only had the opportunity to get a little ways in, but I’m hoping to get going on it soon, and when I do, I’m going to share everything I gleen from it with you readers.

Lastly, we’re going to aim to feed a little of the gear bug in all of us with a look at the Lumiquest Softbox III , which I also received for Christmas thanks to my parents-in-law, and the Canon PowerShot S90, which was my wife’s new Christmas present from yours truly.  A good comparison with the Canon G11 is order, and with regards to the softbox, I’m just going to say that while it’s not revolutionary, I think you’ll be pleased with what you see.

Be sure and check back as I’ll have these updates up just as soon as I can finish typing.  Thanks for reading, and Happy New Year!

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