This is a must-see for Photoshop and keyboard shortcut lovers! Deke McClelland has put together 101 tips and shortcuts in a very unique presentation! Just watch the video to see what I mean. I found it entertaining. He he.

After you are done watching, please you can see more of Deke on http://www.deke.com. =)

Graphic Design, photoshop photoshop, tips, video

I have just started researching to purchase a new Nikon body. So far it looks like it is between the D90 and D300S. I’ve had my D70 since 2004 and I really feel the need to upgrade! I plan to keep the D70 as a second body.

Any recommendations from Nikon shooters out there are more than welcome!

Here are some of my questions/comments/concerns so far:

• Is the D300S too heavy with a 70-200 2.8 lens to shoot hand-held?
• Some people have commented that going from the D70 to the D300/S would take some time to figure things out. Is it that complicated? I like shooting in aperture mode and manual. I don’t use the Auto mode at all.
• Will all my DX lenses work? I hear they will.
• Lens thread: In dpreview.com, I see that the D300S uses “Nikon F (with AF contacts)” compare to the D70, D90, and D300 which have “Nikkor AF / F-mount, D-Type.”  Is this something I should be concerned about?

After researching more, it looks like I won’t have any problems with the above. The only item that I am somewhat concerned about is the weight. But I guess I will just have to play with it to know for sure!

Pricing:

• D90 is around $810.
• The D300S is around $1800!!!

What do I shoot?

• Dancing performances in a theater setting.
• Basketball games.
• Portraits (usually outside/not studio)
• Golf
• Landscapes, people, etc etc.

What I like about the D90 over the D300s:

• Pricing!
• Color quality for RAW is better according to the DxO Labs (http://www.dxomark.com/index.php/eng/DxOMark-Sensor)

What I like about the D300s over the D90:

• Better auto focusing. 51 points against 11!
• Better in low light situations and high ISO.
• Magnesium alloy body and rubber protection against dust.
• INFO button.
• CF and SD card support.
• 7-8 fps compared to the D90’s 4.5fps.

Update:

After many hours of research, I have decided and have made the purchase!!!

And the winner is … *drum roll* …………… the D300s!!!!! Better focusing and better performance in low light situations were the MAJOR factors in my decision. All of the other features are also awesome! I bought it on Amazon.com. I used all the Amazon.com gift certificates I had and birthday money!  And it should arrive this Thursday October 1!!!

I’m excited!

–Jess

P.S. The photo below shows the D300s with the MB-D10 Multipower Battery Pack which I haven’t purchased.

Nikon D300s

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Jetpack

https://jetpack.mozillalabs.com/

Brought to you by Mozilla Labs. Required knowledge of HTML, CSS and maybe some JavaScript. You don’t have to know XUL or XML. Mozilla Labs says on its website: “Jetpack is a newly formed experiment in using open Web technologies to enhance the browser, with the goal of allowing anyone who can build a Web site to participate in making the Web a better place to work, communicate and play. In short, Jetpack is an API for allowing you to write Firefox add-ons using the web technologies you already know”

If you always wanted to create your own Firefox Add-On, now may be your chance. Have fun! =)

Web firefox add-on

DirectoryForDesigners.com has posted an interesting list of Free Social Media Icons Sets to use on blogs. It is a pretty good and complete collection! Please see their post!

Link to their post.

Graphic Design, Web free social media icons

Grooveshark

Oooh. Me likes! I just found http://listen.grooveshark.com/ and I think it’s cool! You can listen to music via their web interface, create playlists, put music on queue, and share it (Twitter, Facebook, StumbleUpon, email). Its interface lets you discover new music and see what’s hot!

The best part is that it’s a social network. You can find your friends and see what they have been playing, what they like, etc. You can also see people who like similar music you do, people whose music you love, people that love your music – What best way to discover new tunes you may like? =)

They are on Twitter: @grooveshark

Here’s more information: http://grooveshark.com/features

Music, Web online music web

LIFE.COM

Life.com offers access to millions of photos for FREE. They have amazing stuff that we may even use for personal use. Please do see their Terms of Use to learn how exactly you can use them.

The collection of photos have been taken by top photographers of people and events that have made history.

Check it out!

www.life.com

Photography, Web photography history images photographers archive

Thesimpledollar.com blog is offering this e-book for FREE download. It is a 49-page e-book with very interesting tips to save money and personal finance information. You can read it back to back or scan it. Chances are you will find something that you’d like to apply to your life. =) I especially liked the Manage Your Money section where the author explains how max out retirement, invest at low cost, pay your debt, etc.

Link to FREE e-BOOK – PDF:
http://www.thesimpledollar.com/onepage/

Finance, Shopping, Web personal finance free book download

Plus they offer over 12k free icons. Good source for your web projects. =) Bookmark it!

http://iconfu.com/

Graphic Design, Web free icons editor

5 Easy Tools for Smarter Money Mastery -

Fool.com has listed 5 tools to help us be better investors. These are all available online. If you don't want to invest, but would like to learn about investing, the list will help you too!

Bookmarks, Web Finance, investing, personal, tools

Free Music Archive -

Many times we need music for our multimedia projects, personal video creations, but we cannot use commercial music as they would get banned from social networks. Free music under Creative Commons license! Yay!

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