Keeping up-to-date EXIF data is critically important for managing large libraries of photos. In addition to keeping your library organized, EXIF data also lets you sort, filter, and search your photo library on numerous criteria, making it easy to find the images you want, and fast. Unfortunately, many photographers, including […]
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Bloggers, Are You Taking Advantage of These Powerful Analytics?
Data analytics are critical to the success of your blog or website. Without them, you are literally flying blind. Unfortunately, Google Analytics can be intimidating and confusing for non-data science or math people. As both a travel blogger and a data scientist, I want to introduce you to several key […]
Read MoreA Powerful, Heartbreaking Exhibit of the Severe Drought in California
You’ve probably heard a lot about the severe drought in California on the news over the past few years. And if you’re like most people who don’t live there, you probably just shrugged it off. It wasn’t a direct threat to your daily life. The seriousness of the drought didn’t […]
Read MoreHow to Remove Noise from Photos with 14 Lines of Python…and Blow Lightroom Out of the Water
As a photographer, you will run into the frustration of noise in their low-light photos and having to remove it at some point. It’s a much of a guarantee as taxes and death. No matter what you do in post processing, it seems like every adjustment you make only makes […]
Read MoreWicked Bomb Cyclone Set to Pound New England with Fierce Winds and Heavy Snow
Well, we’ve got another classic and textbook bomb cyclone that got its crosshairs firmly trained on southern New England. It’s expected to arrive sometime late Friday or early Saturday. The low will soon form off the coast of the Carolina. As it heads north, it will undergo bombogenesis as it […]
Read MoreWhy You Shouldn’t Panic Over the Omicron Variant of COVID-19
Well, I managed to time my last COVID update so that it was published the day South Africa announced it had discovered the heavily mutated omicron variant. Does omicron change anything from that update? A little bit, sure. However, those end-of-the-world omicron outlooks you see online and in the media […]
Read MoreIs the United States Nearing the End of the COVID-19 Pandemic? Model Predictions May Surprise You.
As the COVID-19 pandemic grinds on towards its two-year anniversary, we’re all wondering when it will finally end. As vaccines fully rolled out to the general public last spring, the United States managed to get new case loads below 10,000 per day. But then the Delta Variant came along. Just […]
Read MoreA Meteorological Analysis of Massachusetts’ Stunning Bomb Cyclone Damage
On 27 October, 2021, a monster bomb cyclone hit southeast Massachusetts. The storm left an incredible path of downed trees and snapped power poles in its wake. Wind gusts on Cape Cod and the Islands very likely exceeded 100 mph. Provincetown recorded a peak gust of 97 mph before the […]
Read More7 Weather Forecasting Models That Will Improve Your Landscape Photography
As a former storm chaser, weather and meteorology have greatly influenced my career, values, and philosophy. Nowhere is that more true than in my photography. Even though I was only a hobbyist photographer at the time, storm chasing was clearly the turning moment when I realized my photography skills were […]
Read MoreIs the United States Mercifully Past the Delta Wave Peak?
Back in August, we made our official forecast for when the current Delta wave of COVID-19 will peak in the United States. Since we are now past the window in which we forecast the peak to occur, a lot of you are wondering if the current delta wave has actually […]
Read MoreHurricane Ida on the Gulf Coast: Saturday Morning Outlook
Less than a week after Hurricane Henri hit southern New England, we now have Hurricane Ida training its crosshairs at the Gulf Coast of the United States. This is the time of the year that the Gulf of Mexico becomes very conducive to strong hurricanes. If you’re on the Gulf […]
Read MoreHurricane Henri in New England: Sunday Morning Outlook
Hurricane Henri is at the doorstep and closing in on its New England target. Its effects are already being felt across all of southern New England. Unfortunately, if you haven’t begun storm prep yet, it’s too late. Conditions will continue to deteriorate across the region throughout this morning and into […]
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