Nick Alpin Photography

Cactus Wireless Shutter Release

After upgrading from a Nikon D70 to the D300, I found that the wireless IR remote used for the D70 is not compatible with the D300. This was frustrating because I used the remote quite often. Whether shooting portraits, still life or infrared, a remote is a great way to avoid camera shake.
While the wired [...]


Linksys WRT160N

After realizing my MacBook Pro came 802.11n-capable and wanting to have faster network speeds for wireless backups, I decided to upgrade my router from the standard Linksys WRT54G to the WRT160N. At around $80 it wasn’t incredibly expensive. Setup was a breeze: connect via ethernet, go to 192.168.1.1 and enter admin/admin for login information. The [...]


Adobe Lightroom 1.4 Update bugs

Just found out (via a Flickr thread) that Adobe’s update for Lightroom 1.4 is causing a number of errors including mucked up date info. You can get more info on their blog.
I hadn’t noticed any issues but have downgraded to Lightroom 1.3.1 just in case. No issues with downgrading (so far).


SlideShowPro for Adobe Lightroom

You can now export SlideShowPro content directly from Adobe Lightroom… brilliant! This is great for providing clients a proof gallery. Go check it out:
http://slideshowpro.net/products/slideshowpro/slideshowpro_for_lightroom


Alien Bees ABR800

I recently purchased the Alien Bees ABR800 ringflash. From what I understand, it’s the best value in the market in regard to ringlflashes. Other models go for quite a bit more and are unwieldly. I’m personally a fan of Alien Bees and have had great success with their products, so I was happy to go [...]