New Years Resolutions!

Seems like every year I swear I will do something differently next sure, yet, I never follow through. Hopefully, this time I will make up for all of things I planned to do the previous years along with a few extra goodies.

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My Trip to Kauai

For the first time in my life, I left the mainland on a journey away from the blizzards and sub-zero weather to the tropical climates of the Hawaii island Kauai. Read along as I show you my week long adventure across the island.

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Renting Lenses

There comes a point in every photographers’ journey that one realizes the difference between an inexpensive kit lens provided with camera bundles and quality and/or fast glass. Tomorrow I will be receiving a few rental lenses to compare against what I have currently. Even though great photos can be taken with any kind of lens they can present some creative limitations.

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JSF: Stream File for Download

Sometimes linking directly to a file will not be the ideal way of sending content to a user. You may want to pull files from a database or a remote location without revealing any secure information. There are many ways this can be done but this example uses a simple command link tag and a method that will require you to implement a way to retrieve the file.

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