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What To Do When Your Memory Card Fails

June 14, 2011 by Steve Berardi 2 Comments

In a previous post, I talked about a few ways to avoid memory card problems. But, even if you follow all those tips, you’re bound to get a corrupt memory card someday.

Unfortunately, technology doesn’t always work 🙁

So, what do you do when you get home with a memory card full of awesome photos and your computer refuses to read it?

Well, there’s a few simple things you can try, like using another memory card reader or another computer. But, after that, your best option is to try using some data recovery software.

As a software developer, I’ve spent a lot of time recovering data from corrupt hard drives and flash drives, so here are a few lessons I’ve learned along the way: [Read more…] about What To Do When Your Memory Card Fails

Filed Under: Tips Tagged With: corrupt, data, fail, failure, flash, format, memory, memory card, photo, read, recover, recovery, restore, usb

What a TV Show Can Teach You About Photography

November 9, 2010 by Steve Berardi 7 Comments

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Photo by Michael Pereckas / Used under the CC-Attr license
A few months ago, I was lucky enough to have one of my favorite TV shows (Dexter) filmed right outside my apartment building. They filmed a scene in the alley of my building, and I was able to watch the whole thing from my porch! If you’re a fan of the show, pay close attention to that scene in the alley of Episode 4 in Season 5–that’s my alley!

Anyway, I watched them film the scene for a few hours and actually learned a couple of things about photography: [Read more…] about What a TV Show Can Teach You About Photography

Filed Under: Landscapes, Tips, Wildlife Tagged With: cinematography, composition, dexter, fail, failure, filming, landscape, lighting, photography, scene, show, subject, tv

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