Diffusing the flash with tissue or other semi-opaque materials (in the photo above the photographer used a frosted film canister to cover and diffuse the pop-up flash on his point and shoot) helps with cutting down on the harshness of flash on close subjects. If you’re going to be tricky and use a business or index card to bounce the flash up, make sure you’ve got something to bounce it off of. Low white ceilings are great, open air in a park won’t help at all. Photo by Brad K.

Strangely, I discovered this searching for information about using google apps for project management. I ended up on lifehacker and there it was, my picture on the most recent post. Sometimes the internet is a small place.

Despite the proliferation of laptops and netbooks, the vast majority of students still use their computers like $500 typewriters. Stop working so hard and be a better student by leveraging some clever computer tools to your advantage.

Photo by Brad K..

It is fun watching creative commons photos of mine get used around the web. The photo above was included in a post on lifehacker.