Ever wondered about the cost difference between in-home photo printing and your typical "Costco" type printers?

Red River Paper always assumed and communicated with customers that $1.00 worth of ink per 8”x10” print was to be expected. At current ink prices, that is probably an overestimate. However, given potential sources of error, using the $1 figure could be applicable for those pessimistic of our calculations.

What does this mean then to the photographic community at large? In our opinion it is and always has been up to the end user. The value one places on print quality, convenience, speed, control, and media availability is what determines if inkjet is right for them. Given that the quality of the average $700 inkjet printer rivals or may exceed a $50,000 photo lab printer, the typical inkjet user indeed has a great tool at their disposal.

Read: Red River Paper

Have ever tried to understand how to get the best images out of your printer? Well, you first have to calibrate your monitor and match it to your printer, then have to understand color space, and... oh well, very few people understand this stuff, and even fewer can explain them well enough for the rest of us mortals to actually implement them.

Here comes the helpful guys on DPReview:

Color Management 101: Part A
- Introduction
- Camera RAW data
- Camera JPEG space

Color Management 101: Part B
- Working Color Space
- Monitor Color Space

Color Management 101: Part C
- Assigning Vs. Converting Color Spaces
- RAW Processor Color Space

Color Management 101: Part D
- Output Color Space (printer, web)
- Gamut and Intent

Color Management 101: Part E
- Soft Proofing

And here is another great article (from a different site) on this subject:
Read: Andre Gunther Photography: Color Management Tips for Photographers

Black and White Portrait

Joe McNally is the author of the The Moment It Clicks: Photography secrets from one of the world's top shooters, who is one of the greatest photographers of our times.

Here, he gives a presentation/speech at the Google Headquarters. Although this is a long video, but I feel it's well worth watching.

The Casio Exilim EX-F1 is one amazing camera:

• Slow-mo video shooting at 300, 600 and 1200 frames per second
• High-speed 6-megapixel shots at 60fps
• Strobe shooting of stills at 7 frames per second with standard flash; 60fps with LED flash
• Full-resolution still shooting while capturing HD video
• Fly-in and fly-out auto modes, which capture still shots at 60fps when the subject enter or exit the frame

EX-F1 as a Camcorder:

In HD mode, it can shoot 60 frames at 1920x1080 (1080i) and 30 "frames" at 1280x720, all the while letting you take a total of 20 6-megapixel still shots.

Amazing stuff ;-)

Hostess at a local restuarnt in Seaport Village.

From a recent trip to the Carlsbad Flower Fields:

Recent trip to the Getty Museum in Los Angeles.