Future monopod purchase

https://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/1305532-REG/sirui_sup424sr_carbon_fiber_monopod.html
Will also need to find a good video head

SNL don't buy stuff you can't afford

http://www.nbc.com/saturday-night-live/video/dont-buy-stuff/n12020?snl=1

Plants in our yard

Spanish Lavender (Lavandula stoechas)
Lantana

Sweet Pea Shrub ‘Petite Butterfly’ (Polygala fruticosa)

More portrait tips

https://www.diyphotography.net/youre-beautiful-and-4-other-things-to-never-say-to-a-portrait-subject/

How to auto advance in LR after flagging a photo

https://forums.adobe.com/thread/2023763
Easiest thing is use to use Caps Lock key

Posing tips

https://www.diyphotography.net/here-are-some-tricks-to-help-you-pose-your-friends-like-models/

Our hedges in the backyard (hedge, bush, shrub)

Prunus caroliniana

Error 0x80070032 when trying to copy files

Suddenly when trying to copy files from my Win10 computer to a QNAP NAS device I was getting error 0x80070032. 

I tried everything I could think of and then had a 45min chat session with QNAP tech support. 1000 points to QNAP they solved the problem. Apparently a particular update along the way changed an important Samba setting. The fix was to SSH into the NAS device and the run the following two commands:

/sbin/setcfg Samba ADS NO

/etc/init.d/smb.sh restart

(the tech used PuTTY to SSH in)

Basically this allowed the transfer of a file without properties. I'm guessing the files that weren't copying (only some of them) had extra sidecar information that was causing Samba to reject the file (old XMP files or Mac files?).

New colonoscopy treatment prep

https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/2018/05/08/new-drug-make-colonoscopy-prep-easier-plenvu/589816002/

Good video on how to setup Sony A7iii for video

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4vIaTn9pGIA

Sony A7iii no unique file names for videos...really?

https://www.dpreview.com/forums/thread/4239068

Sony A7iii PlayMemories focus

Normally I'm a back button focuser so I couldn't get the app to work at first.

I had to go the menu and turn back on the focus with shutter option. Then in single photo mode I hold down the button until I get the green light and then when I release I get a single photo.

How to setup Sony A7iii for reliable wifi connection

Sooooo helpful!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1bP9F4uHZkI

Key insights:

• Setup to always connect under Control with phone
• And DO NOT use the QR code. Use the password setting instead.

Sony A7iii, bluetooth

Totally not intuitive. It appears Bluetooth is only used for the function where is sends GPS data from your phone to your camera. So you have to go to Location Information Linkage in the PlayMemories Mobile app first and pair the camera there in order to get Bluetooth pairing working.  Annoying.

Then you have to go to the Network2 menu and go to Loc. Info. Link Set. and turn that one. Nicely it appears that it will auto-correct for the timezone which is great.

Tricks for getting natural smiles

https://www.diyphotography.net/7-jedi-mind-tricks-that-every-portrait-photographer-should-know/

Good tutorial on Sony Alpha camera settings

Including focus registration which wasn't easy to understand from the manual:
http://www.markgaler.com/advanced-camera-settings-a9-a7riii-cameras