Posts filed under “General Stuff”
Lightroom
I started using Lightroom (or Adobe Photoshop Lightroom, as it likes to be called) last month. It has been great for tagging and cataloging my photo archives and getting rid of some of the useless files – although now the Lightroom archives files themselves take up over 2gb! I was skeptical at first – I [...]
Stabalized Video Panoramas
These are a lot of fun to make. Quite easy when you have the right software, too. I got the idea from Vincent-B who also shows the basic idea in this video. He seems to use “Motion” in Final Cut Pro in OSX, while I used After Effects in Windows. There are other programs that [...]
Looming
We had really nice lighting yesterday with the sunlight behind us, going into the darker, stormy weather. I always love that kind of light. Reminds me of Jeffrey Smart’s paintings. Obviously, the sky wasn’t quite as dramatic as in the photos, but it was a dark sky. The sky usually looks better when it’s darker [...]
5 minute wallpaper
This was kind of fun. A little challenge to make a wallpaper in 5 minutes. This turned out to be closer to 10 minutes but I was enjoying it. Made using brushes and coloured using a Gradient Map adjustment layer. Size is 1600x1200px. And a darker version. Download the PSD file (4mb)
The World has $54 trillion of external debt: who is the World indebted to?
Very insightful video on banking and how it developed. The animation is pretty terrible (seems to be made in Flash using lots of Swift 3D), but it does communicate well. It’s on the long side for watching on the internet at 47 minutes but it’s worth it. Alternatively, you can download it and watch it [...]
IXUS 70 with RAW Support
As you can see in the image above, I can now get RAW photos from my Canon IXUS 70! Actually that’s not clear at all from the image above, but that’s what it is – RAW DNG photos produced by my little IXUS. How? By using the latest version open source firmware, Canon Hacker’s Development [...]
Back
My favourite photos from New York City Well I’m back from New York City – had a really great time. Having only spent a couple of days there previously I was left wanting more. After spending 5 days this time, I still want more. I was almost afraid I wouldn’t like it as much and [...]
Going to New York. BRB.
In the meantime, here are a few shots from a short walk up Malden Road. There were more, but my connection isn’t working properly and won’t upload the rest.
My Top 5 Flickr Photos
5. Helvetica This one kind of surprises me. I wouldn’t have counted it as one of my top five photos – even from the other photos in that area I didn’t think this was the best. I do love the capital R in Helvetica, though. The swirls in the graffiti seem to match the rounded [...]
No time like the present
Too bad i don’t have time at present. I’ve spent too long looking at wordpress themes to actually get any content. Tomorrow i guess.