The Super-Secret Spy Lens!
Posted February 6, 2009
I totally want one of these. I love taking candid shots, but one thing that I feel uncomfortable doing sometimes is taking candids of people I don’t know. Sometimes, those are the best kind of shots you get because they are usually more natural that way. With this thing, no one will know you’re taking a picture of them. Feel free to buy me one at Photojojo.
What’s behind the screen?
Posted February 6, 2009
I just found an old picture that I took about a year ago. I thought this effect was pretty cool. I found the tutorial here. I remember seeing some flickr groups on it as well, but I can’t seem to find it anymore. I also tried to do it with two screens before but it was slightly off so it didn’t look as good. Enjoy.
My HDR album
Posted February 4, 2009
Just started my album HDR album where I’ll put all the HDR stuff I do. Of course I’ll post them one by one as I do them, but here’s the ever growing album.
Sunny California
Posted February 4, 2009
I’m back to my full day of work. I got back to California a few days ago after being in some cold climates. I’m not rubbing it in to people in other parts of the country. Actually, I have quite a respect for people who are in cold weather areas right now. You can rub it in during the rest of the year where the scenary and the seasons really come out. With that said, I am glad that I’m back in sunny California. I definitely had a great trip and something I definitely noticed being out of town, there were a more photo opportunities. Being back home, I really need to go out of my way to find some things to shoot. One thing I noticed was that I went HDR crazy on this latest trip. One day I’ll go back to taking normal pictures. Hmm… maybe more pictures of people too?
Last days in Cambridge
Posted February 1, 2009
Well, last days in Cambridge. Let’s see, Friday night home meeting, Saturday tour of Harvard and MIT, a little sledding in icey conditions, and Saturday night college meeting. Lord’s day was of course the table meeting and of course the Super Bowl. Btw, a pretty good game.
Here are some photos from the Harvard / MIT tour:
Recording Video with my Canon 40D
Posted January 30, 2009
The Canon 5D Mark II is not the only Canon DSRL camera that can record movies. I found the software online to allow me to record movies on my camera via a USB cable. I realize that most digital cameras can record video, but it’s a big deal for a digital SLR camera to record video because now I can use all my lenses, which means higher quality.
Here’s my first test sample. Not much of a test and not very good lighting, but you can see the depth of field. The main downsides are that is has to be attached to the computer, Windows only (although I am running Windows on my Mac), and no sound.
Boston / Cambridge: Day 3 & 4
Posted January 29, 2009
Pretty uneventful two days. I have been pretty content with just staying at my brother’s place working and watching TV. Wednesday was definitely a miserable day as it pertains to weather. The snow was great to see, but then it started to rain after that. Snow + rain = slush. I went to Dimitrios to get some food. It’s right across the street from Stefani’s. I will say that their food is better but the service or people at Stefani’s seem more friendlier.
The next day, more of the same thing. The day after slush means more slush but icy side-walks. I had lunch with my buddy David Liu. We ate at Cinderella’s Italian Cuisine. Good food there as well. I would say that the Boston / Cambridge area has a lot of good food and very little fast-food restaraunts. It was good to meet new people and see old friends today. Some trainees are now in the area for the gospel trip. They are going to be preaching the gospel tomorrow at Harvard. I will be hopefully getting the rest of my work done for the week and hopefully get to talk to May via Skype.
Boston/Cambridge: Day 1 and 2 Completed
Posted January 27, 2009
Well, nothing too much to report. Just as I thought I would, I spent most of day one sleeping. After some relaxing at my brother’s place watching TV, on the internet, etc, I went with my brother to eat some dinner at Stefani’s. It was really good hot subs. After that, we went to play some basketball at the Harvard MAC gym. I hadn’t played basketball in probably three months. There’s nothing like getting back into basketball by playing with some little Harvard kids. Actually, not everyone was bad. The middle court had some decent games, but man, the court we were on… probably one of the ugliest games I’ve ever been in. I’ll spare the details. We won 15-12, but it should have been 15-0.