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Photo-A-Day #3201

While Donatello is my favorite Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle, Raphael is growing on me. Raphael is a hot head. He’s now voiced by Sean Astin and was voiced by Rob Paulsen back in the original cartoon. I like the way that Raphael has evolved in the cartoon and comic book. One scene from TMNT the CGI movie was an amazing fight between Raph and Leo. Theirs is one of the central conflicts in the dynamic of the team. It gets explored in the new cartoon often as well.

I shot this using my Samsung NX300 and the 60mm Macro lens.

My Month with a Samsung ATIV Book 9 Lite Touch Screen Laptop

Samsung Book 9 Lite

Being part of the Imagelogger program has some additional perks beyond the cameras. I was asked if I wanted to check out a Samsung laptop for almost a month. I said sure and a Samsung ATIV Book 9 Lite (13.3″ HD Touch Laptop) was delivered to me. The machine was a sleek device, light and fast. It came with Windows 8, 4GB of RAM and a 128GB SSD hard drive.

If I didn’t already have a laptop this laptop would have been the perfect edition to our technology family. Now that I’m shooting photos primarily with the Samsung Galaxy NX300 and also using the Galaxy Tab having a Samsung laptop would add to the overall process. I like the idea of having an integrated workflow and the more I work with Samsung products the more I am enjoying them. The Samsung Book 9 has technology in it called SideSync Technology. With this I was able to use my Galaxy Tab to extend the laptop and use it to control the tablet.

I also spent a lot of time using the touch screen to play Plants vs Zombies. Continue reading My Month with a Samsung ATIV Book 9 Lite Touch Screen Laptop