Dan Finnen

The Year in Words I Didn’t Know

January 3, 2015 By Dan Finnen

My Kindle has a funky little new feature that I’ve grown increasingly fond of over the past year. Traditionally, every time one holds their finger down on a word, it comes up with the definition. It’s an incredibly useful feature, and one that I now find myself sorely missing in physical books. (Looking up words […]

I survived NaNoWriMo 2014

December 3, 2014 By Dan Finnen

Whew. I did it. Another 50,000 words in a month, and this time I did it along with thousands of people across the globe instead of by myself. NaNoWriMo (aka National Novel Writing Month) couldn’t have happened at a worse time for me. The first half of November was filled with 16+ hour workdays, then […]

NaNoWriMo Begins!

November 1, 2014 By Dan Finnen

If you’re wondering why there may be more people hunched over laptops at Starbucks than usual today, it’s officially National Novel Writing Month season! Last February I participated in my own personal NaNoWriMo to write a practice novel of sorts, but now the official month and event has arrived and I’m giving it another go. […]

Celebrating one year of the new DanFinnen.com

October 10, 2014 By Dan Finnen

Well, I guess I can’t call it the ‘new’ danfinnen.com anymore. It’s hard to believe, but the current WordPress-powered version of my site is now one year old today. I officially started writing articles about photography on my site in 2011, and back then I never would’ve thought that it would become anything more than […]

New Review Alert: Fuji Instax 90 Mini Instant Film Camera

September 13, 2014 By Dan Finnen

I’ve finally gotten my hands on a Fuji Instax 90 Neo Classic Mini instant film camera for a review! As a brand new $150 instant film camera, I was intrigued to see how it would perform. To my surprise, the camera has grown on me quite a bit, and takes the crown for the best […]

Where do I get my film developed?

September 6, 2014 By Dan Finnen

In this fancy modern digital world we live it, it can be hard to believe that there are places out there that actually develop 35mm film. But exist they do, and if you don’t want to develop your film on your own, you’re going to have to seek one out. If price doesn’t matter, you’ll […]

How long can you store Impossible Project film?

September 1, 2014 By Dan Finnen

Recently I’ve had a few readers write in and ask how long it is safe to stockpile Impossible Project film. While I have no scientific tests on the subject, according to my experience one should shoot their IP film within 6 months of when it was made for the best results. Because Impossible Project instant […]

The Writer and the Chromebook

August 30, 2014 By Dan Finnen

For the past few years, I’ve been trying to find the perfect solution for writing while out and about. I have no problem with writing scripts by hand in my notebook, but my thoughts can’t keep up with my pen when I write narrative, making some sort of keyboard/screen solution necessary. I like to write […]

What I’m Reading – July 2014

July 23, 2014 By Dan Finnen

I have something embarrassing to admit. Up until very recently, I had never read a Stephen King novel. I know, I KNOW. Stephen King is just so… ubiquitous. Every morsel he writes (and there are many) has been adapted into a film, television series, or interpretive dance. Many of these adaptations are now classics in […]

10,000 Photos with the Nikon D600

June 22, 2014 By Dan Finnen

Back when I first started taking pictures seriously, I purchased a Nikon D40. About 10,000 pictures in, I traded up to a Nikon D90. After taking another 10,000 photos with the Nikon D90, I jumped ship to a Nikon D7000. 10,000 photos with the D7000, I could no longer resist the siren call of full […]