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6/52: smoke photos + new DIY collapsible softbox

This week, I worked on two photography projects for 52 things: smoke photos, and a new DIY softbox for one of my flashes. Part 1: smoke photos After I made my new macro photo box, I started thinking about projects that it would work well for. I’ve done some water photos before (though none that [...]

Posted February 5, 2010 by Bill Van Loo in 52things, gear, photography, photos

Goodbye, old Powerbook. Hello, Intel MacBook!

Well, it finally happened: the faithful Apple Powerbook that I’d been using for 4 1/2 years finally died last week. It took me through countless gigs, travelled with me all over the US and Canada, and was my main tool for all of my artistic output. Now that it’s dead (bad motherboard, I think), I’ll [...]

Posted June 12, 2007 by Bill Van Loo in gear