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Category Archives: Alphatracks Visits

Bar Camp Charlotte 3 in available light

By Tom Bonner | Published: April 16, 2010

BarCamp Charlotte returned to Area 15 in Charlotte’s NODA district. BarCampCLT just keeps getting better, and I really enjoyed my time at the “un-conference.”

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Shooting BarCamp Charlotte with a M42 lens on the A350

By Tom Bonner | Published: January 27, 2009

Certainly NOT your father’s Oldsmobile. Jan 26, 2009: I had a chance to attend BarCamp Charlotte last weekend. If you are unfamiliar with the concept, barcamps consist of a loosely organized group of bloggers, internet marketers, computer programmers, film makers, web developers and new media types. While photographers weren’t as well represented as some of [...]

Also posted in A350, DSLR, Sony DSLR | 10 Comments

Sony A350 — the perfect dSLR to photograph model trains

By Tom Bonner | Published: January 23, 2009

1/64 scale steam locomotive captured with Sony A350′s tilt-out live view system. Jan 21, 2009: For the last several years, I’ve taken the grandkids to see the “trains, trains, trains” exhibit at the Kings Mountain Historical Museum. Held each December, the event is put on by the Carolinas Division of the Atlantic Coast S-Gaugers. S-gauge [...]

Also posted in A350, DSLR, Photography, Sony A300, Sony DSLR | 4 Comments

A visit to the Bob Timberlake Gallery in Lexington, NC

By Tom Bonner | Published: December 19, 2008

Is that antique sailing canoe levitating in thin air? Find out in the image gallery. Dec. 17, 2008 A few weeks ago, we dropped in at the Bob Timberlake art gallery in Lexington, North Carolina. My wife fostered my original interest in Timberlake’s art. Then, while we were living in Wilmington, the St. John s [...]

Also posted in A350, DSLR | 9 Comments

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