Instantshift has posted a bunch of wonderful examples of perspective photography. It’s just the thing you need to jump start your brain when you’re in a rut or want to change things up with your photography. Click the photo below to jump over there and get your creative juices flowing.
This short film/video just goes to show you, you don’t need big expensive equipment to show your work. It’s been over a couple of years since I went through this. I thought I was past it until I watched this short film, made on Canon 7D DSLR, which provoked some strong emotions.
Last Minutes with ODEN from phos pictures on Vimeo.
Stay tuned on May 17th to watch the season finale of House on Fox. Apparently it’s all been shot with a Canon 5D Mark II. Check out Engadget for more.
It’s been a while since I’ve had the time to publish anything, other than photos. So, I wanted to take a moment and post my favorite photos that I published in 2009. I know, I’m a little late and I wanted to publish this in early January. Unfortunately, time got away from me. In any case, below are my picks for 2009 that I liked the most. Click any of the thumbnails to go directly to the larger version in the gallery.
 Monument Pass Sunset (Panorama) |
 Hunter's Moon & Sentinel |
 Oro Valley Dolphin Football |
 Sasabe Lightning |
 Rowdy the Rottweiler |
 Bar Stools |
 Arivaca Rd. |
 Mitchell Mesa Clouds |
 Bighorn Sheep |
 Raccoon |
Since we’re on the subject of wildlife and animals in general today, I came across some more inspirational photos over at Boston.com’s Big Picture site. These world animal day photos are something to marvel at. As always with Boston.com’s Big Picture, the photos are large and in charge and always worthy of viewing.
2009 World Animal Day
NEC has announced their new 43″ curved monitor with a 32:10 aspect ratio. Did I mention curved??
I can only imagine how nice this would be to process photos, play games and watch an occasional movie on. If it wasn’t for the steep price tag, I’d love to have one!
The New York Times has come out with a photo blog earlier this week called “Lens“. This might be an interesting format to read online newspapers. Just hit the next button to see the next article. Simple as turning a page in a real newspaper. Of course, this is mainly for viewing photos at this point which works great. Especially the full screen option.
New York Times Photo Blog
More and more web applications are coming out that allow you to edit and process your photos online. I’ve always been partial to using software installed on my computer to process my photos, but I certainly understand not everyone can afford some of the more expensive photo editing software such as Adobe’s Photoshop. For some, Adobe Photoshop may be too complicated, as it does have a steep learning curve for most. Plus, what if you are traveling and don’t have access to your favorite photo editing software to process a photo? Whatever your circumstances might be, thankfully you can do it online these days. Check out this list of 10 online photo editors.
Be sure to read the comments, as there are several sites mentioned by others that are not listed in the main article.
Cheers!
Good thing I bought a Drobo instead of the Pocket Wizard Plus II, like I was itching to get. Now I want these.
It’s been a while since I’ve been able to sit down and write much about the goings on around here. Today is no different, however I wanted to make a quick note. If you’ve been watching the main page, you’ve already seen quite a few photos from Monument Valley. I finally finished going through them and processing the ones that were worthy of spending time with. The last of the Monument Valley photos will post on February 2nd.
Now, the main reason I wanted to post a quick note. I’ve always known the importance of this, but I got bit hard, and I do mean hard. It’s not only important but it is vital to make sure your sensor is super clean before taking a special trip for photography such as the one I took to Monument Valley. Had I known that my sensor was this dirty, I obviously would have had it cleaned and it would have saved me HOURS of cleaning the dirt out of most of my Monument Valley photos. The odd thing is, during the normal hours of the day, the dirt wasn’t as noticeable. A few of the larger spots that were easy to clean/fix showed, but the little spots were mostly invisible. The bulk of the dirt/dust appeared to showed its ugly head in low light situations (early morning and evening). Below are several cropped sections of just one unprocessed photo. This shows you just how bad dirt/dust can be.
The sad thing is, on the original, these spots are much more apparent than what you see in the photos above. Needless to say, I just got my camera back from Tucson Camera and I’m happy to say my camera is clean again. While I may be $45 lighter in the wallet, my time will be better spent taking photos and not processing out dirt in every one of my photos.
So, take it from me. Get your camera cleaned before a momentous photography trip. It’s money well spent instead of spending 20+ hours processing dirt out of your photos.
