Mike Zupan Photography

10/1/2007 UPDATE:
I received a response from TSA today. While they did not specifically mention DSLRs in their response to my very specific question, my take on their response is that their policy does not require DSLRs to be removed from bags.
“Laptop computers, full-size video game consoles, full-size DVD players, CPAP breathing machines and video cameras [...]

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I went to the Maryland Renaissance Festival on Sunday with my family. I have been to the Texas Renaissance Festival a couple times in past years, but this was my first time at the one in Maryland. These festivals are a great way to take a break from the real world for a day to [...]

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After a little more downtime than was expected (mostly waiting for DNS to propogate), we’re back up on the new web host, HostGator.
The staff at HostGator really are top notch. I ran into a problem where I needed a higher version of MySQL to get the site working again. I opened a live chat with [...]

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When I chose my web host, I went for a sweet deal at $10 for a full year. I didn’t do a whole lot of research on the host because at that price how could I go wrong?
“You get what you pay for”
After only a week or two using this web host, I have noticed [...]

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It seems like HDR photos created in Photoshop are all the rage these days. But creating those HDR images takes some effort.
What if you could create similar effects in less than 10 seconds, working with a single photo?
Good news… you can! Flickr member ‘Tbatty’ shared his method of achieving these effects with other Flickr members.
Here [...]

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