Stephen DesRoches
I'm a member of the design team at silverorange and work mostly with CSS, Photoshop and Illustrator. When not at work, I'm probably taking photos. I have a personal photo gallery called focusedonlight.com and a weblog at blog.focusedonlight.com
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Op/Tech SLR Wrist Strap Review
Review by Product: • Op/Tech SLR Wrist Strap (company site) • What’s Good: • Ease of Use, Small, Price • What’s Bad: • Nothing • I'm not a fan of camera neck straps. I've tried them and find them irritating, so for the past couple of years I have been using a messenger style bag and free holding …
Drobo Review
Review by Product: • Drobo (company site) • What’s Good: • Ease of Use • What’s Bad: • Regular Price • This past week I was warned that my backup drives were out of space and my primary storage had less then 15GB. I could add more external drives to the stack while maintaining the headache, or I …
Crumpler 6 Million Dollar Home Review
Review by Product: • 6 Million Dollar Home (company site) • What’s Good: • Pretty much everything • What’s Bad: • Velcro is a bit annoying • When I bought Canons 70-200mm lens, I no longer had a camera bag since it doesn't fit into the Slingshot and I wasn't going to start using the Computrekker …
Lowepro CompuTrekker AW Review
Review by Product: • CompuTrekker AW (company site) • What’s Good: • Carries lots, Handles weight well • What’s Bad: • Laptop Sleeve, It's not for me • This was the first camera bag I purchased and came as a package deal with the camera. It was bought online and I did not have a chance to try it …
Lowepro SlingShot 100 AW Review
Review by Product: • SlingShot 100 AW (company site) • What’s Good: • Small, Easy to use, Reasonable price • What’s Bad: • Carries only the basics, All weight is on one shoulder • A couple years ago I bought my first SLR camera and have been searching since for a good all around daily camera bag …
Vantec NexStar MX Dual Enclosure Review
Review by Product: • NexStar MX Dual SATA Enclosure (400MX-S2) (company site) • What’s Good: • Easy to use, Single Cables • What’s Bad: • Stand, Very Loud Fan • I have been a fan of the NexStar3 harddrive enclosures and own two of them. The only problem is each one requires its own power and USB …
LensCoat Hoodie Medium
Review by Product: • Medium LensCoat Hoodie (company site) • What’s Good: • Protective, Cheap • What’s Bad: • Practical Use • When I ordered my Canon 70-200mm lens, the order also included a LensCoat Hoodie. The official description: • “ • The LensCoat Hoodie helps protect the front element …
Folderblog Review - Photoblog Software
Review by Product: • Folderblog (download site) • What’s Good: • Very easy to install and use, It's Free • What’s Bad: • Possibly too basic for some • While the developers at silverorange are hard at work building a new photo gallery system, I was impatient and wanted to try a photoblog style …
Chromasia Photoshop Tutorials for Photographers Review
Review by Product: • Chromasia Tutorial Subscription (tutorial site) • What’s Good: • Very Detailed, Start to Finish, Real Photos from Photoblog • What’s Bad: • Only one tutorial per month, Exchange Rate • After a few delays, the much anticipated tutorials from the Chromasia photoblog went live …
Apple's Mini Wireless Keyboard Review
Review by Product: • Apple Wireless Keyboard (company site) • What’s Good: • Quiet, Small, No Numeric Pad, Key Layout • What’s Bad: • No USB Version • When I bought my first Wacom Tablet about 5 years ago, my biggest complaint has been the width of keyboards and how it felt like my hands were …