Landscape and field photograph from Billy Newman’s Pacific Northwest portfolio collection. Open access under Value-for-Value.

Landscape and field photograph from Billy Newman’s Pacific Northwest portfolio collection. Open access under Value-for-Value.

Landscape and field photograph from Billy Newman’s Pacific Northwest portfolio collection. Open access under Value-for-Value.

Install PopOS Linux  Pop OS is a Linux distribution, which is based on ubuntu.   I have written about installing Linux Mint onto an older mac book that I had. I’ve been looking around online and finding some information about some of the different distributions out there.  I downloaded the distribution of pop OS, installed it onto a thumb drive. Then, I used this excellent utility that you can get on a Mac called etcher. Etcher …

Landscape and field photograph from Billy Newman’s Pacific Northwest portfolio collection. Open access under Value-for-Value.

Landscape and field photograph from Billy Newman’s Pacific Northwest portfolio collection. Open access under Value-for-Value.

Landscape and field photograph from Billy Newman’s Pacific Northwest portfolio collection. Open access under Value-for-Value.

Landscape and field photograph from Billy Newman’s Pacific Northwest portfolio collection. Open access under Value-for-Value.

I want to write about this idea that I’ve read about wilderness skills and survival in a book. I was reading about outdoor risks and wilderness areas. It mentioned the number of injuries, specifically deaths that have occurred in photography-related activities. Photography-related activity was one of the highest killers in the wilderness in the last decade. Worldwide, somewhere around 230 deaths have occurred concerning risky photo photos, selfies, or activities related to getting a good …

Landscape and field photograph from Billy Newman’s Pacific Northwest portfolio collection. Open access under Value-for-Value.

Landscape and field photograph from Billy Newman’s Pacific Northwest portfolio collection. Open access under Value-for-Value.

Landscape and field photograph from Billy Newman’s Pacific Northwest portfolio collection. Open access under Value-for-Value.

Landscape and field photograph from Billy Newman’s Pacific Northwest portfolio collection. Open access under Value-for-Value.

Landscape and field photograph from Billy Newman’s Pacific Northwest portfolio collection. Open access under Value-for-Value.

Landscape and field photograph from Billy Newman’s Pacific Northwest portfolio collection. Open access under Value-for-Value.

Hard Drive Backup Experience I had a four terabyte drive fail. I’m talking about hard drives and backing up data. The last month or last three or four weeks of content that I put specifically on that drive is gone without a backup, but it doesn’t affect my photos, which is excellent. That’s all on its built-out backup system that includes different hard drives. It does affect some audio work that I was recording, some …

Landscape and field photograph from Billy Newman’s Pacific Northwest portfolio collection. Open access under Value-for-Value.

Landscape and field photograph from Billy Newman’s Pacific Northwest portfolio collection. Open access under Value-for-Value.

Landscape and field photograph from Billy Newman’s Pacific Northwest portfolio collection. Open access under Value-for-Value.

Landscape and field photograph from Billy Newman’s Pacific Northwest portfolio collection. Open access under Value-for-Value.

Landscape and field photograph from Billy Newman’s Pacific Northwest portfolio collection. Open access under Value-for-Value.

Landscape and field photograph from Billy Newman’s Pacific Northwest portfolio collection. Open access under Value-for-Value.

The ON-X Offroad app is one of the best tools that I have found for backcountry travel. You can al get the Onyx offroad app. The ON-X map apps specialize in specific outdoor map data. For example, the Hunt app includes applicable property ownership and boundary information. In addition, the Offroad app provides detail related to forest service roads. That’s useful for many people out in the backcountry. You get a lot of really great …

Landscape and field photograph from Billy Newman’s Pacific Northwest portfolio collection. Open access under Value-for-Value.

Landscape and field photograph from Billy Newman’s Pacific Northwest portfolio collection. Open access under Value-for-Value.

Landscape and field photograph from Billy Newman’s Pacific Northwest portfolio collection. Open access under Value-for-Value.

Landscape and field photograph from Billy Newman’s Pacific Northwest portfolio collection. Open access under Value-for-Value.