<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss' xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8970354550351054931</id><updated>2012-01-29T23:08:40.409-08:00</updated><category term='USPS'/><category term='beer'/><category term='heat'/><category term='Amazon.com'/><category term='Photography'/><category term='BELphotos'/><category term='Coors Light'/><category term='Robert Benson'/><category term='US Open'/><category term='drinking'/><category term='RobertBenson.com'/><category term='remote control'/><category term='San Diego'/><category term='FedEx'/><category term='Uzbekistan'/><category term='timer'/><category term='New York Times'/><category term='Nikon'/><category term='Kodak'/><category term='intervalometer'/><category term='Wireless Monitor'/><category term='slander'/><category term='DSLR'/><category term='Bruce Lukaszewicz'/><category term='Satechi'/><category term='cat'/><category term='Digital Camera'/><category term='UPS'/><category term='Costco'/><title type='text'>BELphotos</title><subtitle type='html'>This is the Photography Blog of Bruce Lukaszewicz... www.BELphotos.com</subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://belphotos-blog.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8970354550351054931/posts/default?max-results=100'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://belphotos-blog.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><author><name>BELphotos</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05289042765927045282</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>10</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>100</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8970354550351054931.post-9170230341042899690</id><published>2010-09-07T23:09:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2012-01-29T18:37:41.926-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Amazon.com'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Costco'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Nikon'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='FedEx'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='USPS'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='timer'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Satechi'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='UPS'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='BELphotos'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='remote control'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='intervalometer'/><title type='text'>Review - Satechi TR-M Multi-Function Timer &amp; Remote Control for the Nikon D90</title><summary type='text'>Yesterday, I received my Satechi TR-M Multi-Function Timer &amp; Remote Control in the mail. I had been putting off making a purchase for a an intervalometer and remote for some time now. Always looking for something better, but never finding it. Well, at the end of August, I decided to bite the bullet and place an order for not the most expensive, and not the cheapest, but the one with the best </summary><link rel='related' href='http://www.amazon.com/dp/B001QSG4R8?tag=belphotos-20&amp;camp=213761&amp;creative=393545&amp;linkCode=bpl&amp;creativeASIN=B001QSG4R8&amp;adid=1GKJTZ8WBEKEGHQ0QM54&amp;' title='Review - Satechi TR-M Multi-Function Timer &amp; Remote Control for the Nikon D90'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://belphotos-blog.blogspot.com/feeds/9170230341042899690/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8970354550351054931&amp;postID=9170230341042899690' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8970354550351054931/posts/default/9170230341042899690'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8970354550351054931/posts/default/9170230341042899690'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://belphotos-blog.blogspot.com/2010/09/review-satechi-tr-m-multi-function.html' title='Review - Satechi TR-M Multi-Function Timer &amp; Remote Control for the Nikon D90'/><author><name>Bruce</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-7EXO0mUhga0/TyYBlZmlH0I/AAAAAAAAAhw/qzePsMFpYJQ/s72-c/Satechi+TR-M.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8970354550351054931.post-5687081060233419986</id><published>2010-09-05T21:17:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2010-09-05T21:31:44.741-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Review - Jackie Pinto Photography</title><summary type='text'>

This is the shot that first grabbed my
attention at Jackie Pinto Photography

It is not often that I write a review about another photographer or website these days. In fact, I have not written a review in about three or four years; not since I was the General Manager and Editor for 1st Responder Newspaper - California Edition. However, when a website catches my eye and forces me to return time</summary><link rel='related' href='http://www.jackiepintophotography.com' title='Review - Jackie Pinto Photography'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://belphotos-blog.blogspot.com/feeds/5687081060233419986/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8970354550351054931&amp;postID=5687081060233419986' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8970354550351054931/posts/default/5687081060233419986'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8970354550351054931/posts/default/5687081060233419986'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://belphotos-blog.blogspot.com/2010/09/review-jackie-pinto-photography.html' title='Review - Jackie Pinto Photography'/><author><name>Bruce</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_J8VFYuZB-NM/TIRW9JC6WNI/AAAAAAAAAUo/DqeXxKSRSNg/s72-c/Pinto+Home.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8970354550351054931.post-3778479563622416806</id><published>2010-08-27T00:01:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2010-09-05T19:25:36.811-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='New York Times'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Digital Camera'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='BELphotos'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Kodak'/><title type='text'>Kodak’s 1975 Model Digital Camera</title><summary type='text'>Kodak’s 1975 Model Digital Camera

From the Technology Section of The New York Times
Bits: Bits Pics: Kodak’s 1975 Model Digital CameraBy NICK BILTON 
Published: August 26, 2010 
A look at the first digital camera  concocted in Kodak's labs during the winter of 1975. The camera was a  mishmash of used parts and took 23 seconds to record a single image.

This is really cool. I actually remember </summary><link rel='related' href='http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/08/26/bits-pics-kodaks-1975-model-digital-camera/' title='Kodak’s 1975 Model Digital Camera'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://belphotos-blog.blogspot.com/feeds/3778479563622416806/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8970354550351054931&amp;postID=3778479563622416806' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8970354550351054931/posts/default/3778479563622416806'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8970354550351054931/posts/default/3778479563622416806'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://belphotos-blog.blogspot.com/2010/09/kodaks-1975-model-digital-camera.html' title='Kodak’s 1975 Model Digital Camera'/><author><name>Bruce</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_J8VFYuZB-NM/TIJVYykPqOI/AAAAAAAAAUQ/MQQBZqpdU4k/s72-c/bits-kodakdigital-blogSpan.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8970354550351054931.post-8539291772581707976</id><published>2010-08-25T00:17:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2010-08-25T02:08:57.344-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Robert Benson'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Wireless Monitor'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='DSLR'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Bruce Lukaszewicz'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='BELphotos'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='San Diego'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='RobertBenson.com'/><title type='text'>Robert Benson Does it Again</title><summary type='text'>Robert Benson, a San Diego based photographer has done it again. He has taken a simple idea and made it affordable for photographers that have to pay the rent, but like to buy useful gadgets. 

Rob has taken some basic components and very cleverly melded them into a DSLR Wireless Monitor. This DSLR wireless monitor takes the video or still photo feed from any  DSLR camera or video camera and </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://belphotos-blog.blogspot.com/feeds/8539291772581707976/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8970354550351054931&amp;postID=8539291772581707976' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8970354550351054931/posts/default/8539291772581707976'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8970354550351054931/posts/default/8539291772581707976'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://belphotos-blog.blogspot.com/2010/08/robert-benson-does-it-again.html' title='Robert Benson Does it Again'/><author><name>Bruce</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8970354550351054931.post-4823812821927262105</id><published>2010-04-17T13:22:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2010-09-07T22:06:51.504-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Photography Glossary</title><summary type='text'>I was recently perusing Nikon's website in the Learn &amp; Explore section. I found this great photography glossary. I thought that I would pass it on to the masses. Nikon Photography Glossary</summary><link rel='related' href='http://www.nikonusa.com/Learn-And-Explore/Photography-Glossary/index.page?appendix=G' title='Photography Glossary'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8970354550351054931/posts/default/4823812821927262105'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8970354550351054931/posts/default/4823812821927262105'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://belphotos-blog.blogspot.com/2010/04/photography-glossary.html' title='Photography Glossary'/><author><name>Bruce</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8970354550351054931.post-7516318783203738981</id><published>2010-02-11T10:03:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2010-09-06T16:30:57.079-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Photography'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='slander'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Uzbekistan'/><title type='text'>Officials See Slander in Uzbek Photos, but Artists See Censorship</title><summary type='text'>I was reading the NY Times on-line this morning, and came across this interesting but disturbing article about a photographer who was accused of slander in her country of Uzbekistan, by simply making photographs. The lead-in follows with a permalink to the story.

Officials See Slander in  Uzbek Photos, but Artists See CensorshipBy ELLEN BARRYPublished: February 11, 2010Umida Akhmedova was found </summary><link rel='related' href='http://www.nytimes.com/2010/02/11/world/asia/11uzbekistan.html' title='Officials See Slander in Uzbek Photos, but Artists See Censorship'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://belphotos-blog.blogspot.com/feeds/7516318783203738981/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8970354550351054931&amp;postID=7516318783203738981' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8970354550351054931/posts/default/7516318783203738981'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8970354550351054931/posts/default/7516318783203738981'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://belphotos-blog.blogspot.com/2010/02/officials-see-slander-in-uzbek-photos.html' title='Officials See Slander in Uzbek Photos, but Artists See Censorship'/><author><name>Bruce</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8970354550351054931.post-6454909973498570101</id><published>2009-04-20T20:02:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2010-08-25T02:18:07.599-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Photography'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Bruce Lukaszewicz'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='BELphotos'/><title type='text'>Always Carry A Camera</title><summary type='text'>If you are serious about photography like I am, you will never leave your house without a camera.

For the past thirty-five years or so, I have never left home without a camera of some type. When I leave the house it is always the same routine; wallet, keys, money, handkerchief (yes.. I do carry one), and camera.

Your camera can be as complicated as one of my Nikon's, my Canon advanced pocket </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://belphotos-blog.blogspot.com/feeds/6454909973498570101/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8970354550351054931&amp;postID=6454909973498570101' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8970354550351054931/posts/default/6454909973498570101'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8970354550351054931/posts/default/6454909973498570101'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://belphotos-blog.blogspot.com/2009/04/always-carry-camera.html' title='Always Carry A Camera'/><author><name>Bruce</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8970354550351054931.post-2717937129591075031</id><published>2008-11-10T19:31:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2010-09-04T07:30:58.249-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Remembering Veterans Day</title><summary type='text'>


This collage of photos was taken over several years at Arlington National Cemetery, The Wall at the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, and Fort Rosecrans National Cemetery. Making this collage was a special project for me. The center photo of the group of soldiers outside of the barracks is from WWII. Fourth man from the right, bottom row is my dad. These men were all specialists training at Ft. </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://belphotos-blog.blogspot.com/feeds/2717937129591075031/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8970354550351054931&amp;postID=2717937129591075031' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8970354550351054931/posts/default/2717937129591075031'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8970354550351054931/posts/default/2717937129591075031'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://belphotos-blog.blogspot.com/2008/11/remembering-veterans-day.html' title='Remembering Veterans Day'/><author><name>Bruce</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8970354550351054931.post-4041780317641354157</id><published>2008-06-14T16:02:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2010-08-25T02:23:25.406-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='cat'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='beer'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Coors Light'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='BELphotos'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='US Open'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='heat'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='drinking'/><title type='text'>What the cat does when eveyone is out.</title><summary type='text'>I went out to Starbuck's one morning and spent a few hours out of the house. When I came back, I found the cat stretched out on the couch watching the US Open with a Coors. I was PO'ed, he left the fridge open and took the last one. It was 110° in the shade that day.</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://belphotos-blog.blogspot.com/feeds/4041780317641354157/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8970354550351054931&amp;postID=4041780317641354157' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8970354550351054931/posts/default/4041780317641354157'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8970354550351054931/posts/default/4041780317641354157'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://belphotos-blog.blogspot.com/2008/06/gjmp.html' title='What the cat does when eveyone is out.'/><author><name>BELphotos</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05289042765927045282</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8970354550351054931.post-1363993312172667611</id><published>2008-02-21T13:30:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2010-08-25T08:42:07.302-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Photography'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='BELphotos'/><title type='text'>A Lifetime of Photography</title><summary type='text'>I have been an avid photographer for over 50 years. Whenever I put that in to print, I always wonder if people have this vision of some old geezer sitting in the park with a Kodak Brownie and his nurse wiping the drool from his mouth. I'd like to say that is very far from the truth, but getting closer.


Argus Seventy-Five circa 1949-1958
My very first camera was an Argus Seventy-Five (</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://belphotos-blog.blogspot.com/feeds/1363993312172667611/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8970354550351054931&amp;postID=1363993312172667611' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8970354550351054931/posts/default/1363993312172667611'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8970354550351054931/posts/default/1363993312172667611'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://belphotos-blog.blogspot.com/2008/02/reflection-on-my-life-as-photgrapher.html' title='A Lifetime of Photography'/><author><name>BELphotos</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05289042765927045282</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_5GDmBZcYRK8/R74A1qlR4hI/AAAAAAAAAA0/GH3diWIPQmU/s72-c/DSC_0105+105.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry></feed>
