Monthly Archives: March 2007

For the Show

Last night was spent deep in the throes of photography land. One of the panos I was working on would simply die every time I tried to build it, so I halved its size and tried again. Success!

This is a big honker at something like 3ft x 13 feet. I’ve cropped off

This Upcoming Weekend

This weekend is going to be a busy one. I’ve got a dojo graduation to attend, and a play to go to (who one of our dojo people is acting in). But the big thing is I’m participating in another art show. I’ve got to prepare 2 16×20s. So I’ll be

The Burden of Two Cores

Last Friday I presented a lot of the work I’ve been doing over the last 3 months or so to my company’s president and executive leadership. Story short: it went well, they agreed with the bulk of the work, but want to prioritize some other work within the project over some immediate recommendations we

Lightroom and Random Photo Stuff

Well I threw down and purchased a license for Adobe Lightroom. I’ve been using it since the first beta for RAW processing, and since the full release, I started using it for its library management as well. I’m not one to give a lot of gushing praise about software, but this is seriously

Hyperfocal

Good hyperfocal distance tip:

although i rarely have to get it out of my bag anymore, the chart over time gave me a focusing process that never fails: find the close object (CO), estimate or pace the distance to the CO, double it, focus there, then take that distance (CO x 2) and check or remember

Stupid Tax

Remember that time I said that I thought my polarizer was dirty and I ruined basically all my shots from that particular shoot as a result? Well while I said I felt stupid, it turns out that I actually am stupid.

I went out an bought a $140 Hoya circular polarizer to replace it.

More Oftener

I know I need to post more often, but the pace of work has gotten pretty hectic recently, so I’ve been slacking. Here’s some updates:

Last week I hopped over to Florida for a conference on linking customer feedback to business results. Many of the people there were hardcore research nerds and much time