06 Feb '12: Entry 5 of Dale's Dastardly Blog, 2012 Edition looks further into the soon-to-be-announced Olympus OM-D.

03 Feb '12: Entry 4 of Dale's Doubly Damned, Despicable, and Dastardly Blog, 2012 Edition is my crib-sheet to the bewildering maze of new mirrorless camera announcements over the past few months.

30 Jan '12: Going behind the scenes with four recent pictures, entry 3 of Dale's Doubly Damned, Despicable, and Dastardly Blog, 2012 Edition gives you a first hand look into the twisted world of a madman at work. Not for the faint of heart.

26 Jan '12: Hand your favourite camera to a non-photographer and chances are they'll turn pale looking at the complex array of controls. To see how this complexity can be dramatically reduced while improving functionality go straight to Entry 2 of Dale's Damnably Demented Blog, 2012 Edition.

23 Jan '12: Olympus is now teasing in advance of its release of a new OM-D line of cameras. This gives me to meditate to the tune of You Can't Go Home Again. For details read Dale's Damnably Demented Blog, 2012 Edition.

21 Jan '12: So you have a killer dSLR – but what to carry in your pocket for when an SLR is just too much camera? Here's my take on Canon's latest raw-capable pocket camera: Canon S100 User Report.

21 Jan '12: I'm now officially retired from my day job after 40 plus years in the work force. This on top of becoming an empty-nester not too long ago. This combination gives me plenty of free time to devote to this web site. Hence my new year's resolution for 2012: make it worth your while to check for new content on this site at least once per week. I even plan to re-launch my blog and update it with frequent content.

19 Sep '11: If you frequent this site you very likely do a fair amount of printing of your own pictures. For your personal use you likely have a favourite paper that doesn't break the bank. But what if you need to really impress as in a gallery or collector client? Here's a good sampling of what's available when price per sheet is no object: A Survey of Inkjet Fibre Papers.

10 Sep '19: The Four Stages of Aesthetic Development.

19 Aug '11: blog. Feel free to respond to individual entries; I promise your ego will be protected by whatever alias/handle you care to provide.

17 Aug '11: Ten new images added to the Now What? portfolio above. The landscapes were done with the Nikon D7000, and so far I haven't found a way to dumb them down successfully for web viewing. The sharpening is wrong and the colours are too dull, but they at least give a rough idea of the compositions.

24 Jul '11: I've been back into photography for several months now after taking a year-long music sabbatical. To mark my return I herewith post Nikon D7000, an eclectic's user report. Was I right to trade in my trusty Pentax K20D for a Nikon D7000? Will a mere 2 lb. camera solve all the world's problems? Has my writing style grown any more approachable or any less bizarre? Was writing a technical document really a good way to spend a week's vacation? All yours to discover therein.

As we all realize the human species has pretty much taken over the planet, marginalizing other species. This is a small bit of compensation but every loaf of bread I buy has two heels that rarely get eaten. It costs a few seconds to dice or tear them up, put them back in the empty bag, then take that outdoors to scatter where birds and/or squirrels are likely to find them. Caveats: no white bread, please: only whole grain; and only distribute in human-inhabited areas, not in forests, nature preserves, etc.