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The Canon Wonder could be the hottest new camera in 2030. I’ll go out on a limb and predict there will be something like it from one of the manufacturers well before 2030. Canon displayed the amazing concept camera at Shanghai Expo 2010. (Click the photos at left to see them larger.) They call it the camera
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It seems that every day, there’s another smartphone being introduced that makes your pocket sized digital camera a little less important. The latest smartphones have higher resolution than many digital cameras on the market. Why not lighten your purse or back pack and leave the camera at home? Case in point: Motorola’s latest Android smartphone,
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The Mocha Monkey was almost stranded overnight in a parking lot near the Golden Gate Bridge during his recent trip to San Francisco. After meeting his new friend, Stephanie Hernandez from New Mexico (pictured here), MM went to his car to get a late dinner. As he approached the park exit, he realized a gate
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Great photos don’t just happen. A skilled photographer is always on the lookout for an image that really stands out. Wherever he goes, he observes how light and shadow changes the appearance and “feel” of every scene. This photograph was taken along California Highway 1. A college friend and fellow photographer, Max Muir, and I were driving
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Sometimes the beautiful color you see with your eyes doesn’t appear that way in your photographs. Why settle for dull, boring photos when you can make your photos shine with gorgeous color enhancement? Most people take photos with their camera set on “automatic.” While that setting does an “okay” job capturing a picture, it
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The Mocha Monkey met Vlad and Tanya while visiting the Golden Gate Bridge on a recent trip to San Francisco. They became “fast friends” as they ran along the shoreline together. Seems like everywhere MM goes, people want to hang out with the little guy!
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Back in 1984, I left a bag loaded with thousands of dollars of camera equipment along side a country road in Austria. I had just photographed some amazing views of the Austrian Alps before moving on to photograph some castles in Germany. About an hour later (and 50 miles of treacherous, mountainous roads) I realized
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The Mocha Monkey has been doing some serious travelling lately. After visiting San Francisco and then Cleveland for my daughter’s wedding – he took off for Washington, D.C. for a visit with President Obama. Unfortunately, the President didn’t know that MM was coming. MM sat outside the White House for two days before giving up.
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Saturday in San Francisco included a stop in China Town. The Mocha Monkey found a store offering the most “heavenly” of foods and immediately made himself at home. Check back often to read about other San Francisco adventures of the Mocha Monkey.
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The Mocha Monkey scarfed down half my Grand Slam at Denny’s (at 5 a.m.!) before heading out toward San Francisco on Saturday. We then burned a lot of “shoe leather” hiking up-and-down the streets (hills) of San Francisco. I knew the city was built on hills but I never knew how STEEP they were! Check
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