Photography

Well, tonight I finally got around to something I’ve been telling myself I’d do for a couple of years now…. scan my box of pictures to a digital format. Mostly so I can keep everything together, but also so I can tweak the pictures a bit (not really needed except for a crop here or […]

Not sure if I’ve posted this before, but it’s pages like this that I keep on thinking of every time a new bit of photo gagetry comes out and I need to remind myself that My Camera Does Not Matter. Lenses might (saving for them now!), but the camera doesn’t. That page also links to

When I got up this morning and was getting breakfast I saw the most amazing red sky through the trees. I figured that I’d quickly finish breakfast, grab my gear and take a bunch of pictures before it disappeared. I missed out though, by the time my cereal and orange juice was done it was

Seems that Etan had a few problems taking pictures for his photography class. This isn’t the first time for him, even though the boy is white. Everyone knows that brown photographers are terrorists donchaknow? I’ve mumbled about this before.

Another lens to add to my lust list…. the Zenitar 16mm 2.8. With the 1.5x crop factor that’s 24mm, which isn’t all that bad. Not sure if this would be bought before or after the hugely expensive Pentax 16-45 F4.0 that I started lusting after swapping my 28mm and 50mm at Science World last weekend.

Nice link: Understanding Sharpening via etc.

This weekend Firefly set up a couple of birdfeeding stations in the backyard in the snow and on Sunday we all (cats included) had great fun watching birds and squirrels enjoying the nuts and seed left out for them. I at one point was upstairs, prone, my 70-200mm lens pointing out the open deck door

Oh cool! AdB on the DPReview forums posted that he had written a program to using Palm as Remote Control flash. I’m so checking this out when I get home! Granted, the digitizer on my Palm is all messed up, so I probably won’t be able to hit the button, but a remote control for

Time for quickly pimping a website before I head to work this morning. Justin, who runs Chromogenic.net, threw a short film out on his blog. Very cool. I can’t say I actually understand the film mind you, but I understand using cool old visual equipment to create something.

Not hugely in depth, but Gimp for Photographers has a set of good links for those unable to afford Photoshop.