Author Archives: Bohdan P

Bringing Back Bond…

Eon Productions, you owed me.  I suffered through Timothy Dalton, hoping for the best.  James Bond turned into a wet mop.  It was good that someone put you in the penalty box for six long […]

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Systems Engineering

Currently, I am classified as a systems engineer.  Formerly, I was a software engineer, the change was due to a mindset at my company.  They treat people in the modeling/simulation field as a subset of systems […]

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Art De Vany

In my research of diet and exercise, one of the names that kept popping up in obscure places was Arthur De Vany.  He is known in Hollywood for coming up with mathematical and statistical models of […]

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Evernote? I Love it and You May Too

My life is one big Six Sigma experiment.  It’s part of my Austism Spectrum Disorder; yes, my mind leans toward the Aspergers end of that spectrum.  It is how I am wired – and counting, […]

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The Hardest Lessons

Here is a great article from PetaPixel that really hits home my ideas for the new year.  It’s time to stop the incessant researching and start with making with the pictures.  Read and enjoy…

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Sony a7 and a7r? The next camera?

Since starting photography, I’ve had two reliable friends: Leica and Canon.  Other than the occasional craving for a Leica M or M Monochrom, I really have not seen anything that could pull me away from the […]

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The Ikon-o-clast

When I was 9 or 10, my dad gave me a Ricoh rangefinder with a fixed lens.  I could feel the power.  You know as well as I do what it meant, no more 126 […]

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Star Wars IRL…

Being a Star Wars geek and a photographer, was always independent variables for me.  In the last few months, I’ve stumbled across a few sites that have great takes on Star Wars photography. First is […]

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Lester Young and Guitars

In the last two years, I’ve tried to learn guitar — Swing and Gypsy Jazz guitar.  While most people are wailing out AC/DC, Steve Vai, or Joe Satriani, I decided Freddie Green, Django, and Charlie […]

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The $40 Pencil: My Collecting Habits

The first step is admitting I have a problem right?  Well, I am an amateur hoarder.  I keep things I think will be of some use in the future.  That’s probably what they all say.  […]

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