Ah yes, another photo blog. "Daily" photos for all to enjoy.
Plog 10-17-08: Yummy
I'm no food photographer (obviously) but I threw together this dish yesterday for lunch. It is all 100% healthy and all vegi (unless olive is a fruit, or if you count tomato as a fruit).
I was amazed that it was as delicious as I'd hoped. I really think that adding onion to a dish helps bring out the other flavors.
Hopefully some more interesting photos tomorrow!
I'm no food photographer (obviously) but I threw together this dish yesterday for lunch. It is all 100% healthy and all vegi (unless olive is a fruit, or if you count tomato as a fruit).
I was amazed that it was as delicious as I'd hoped. I really think that adding onion to a dish helps bring out the other flavors.
Hopefully some more interesting photos tomorrow!
Plog 10-11-08: Age of Chivalry
Today I went to the renaissance fair to take some photos. Still practicing taking "event" photos. With the time crunch and unpredictable environment I have a tough time with exposure and focus. I am getting better though and my compositions are improving (less cropping in Lightroom).
Click this link for more Renaissance fair photos.
Today I went to the renaissance fair to take some photos. Still practicing taking "event" photos. With the time crunch and unpredictable environment I have a tough time with exposure and focus. I am getting better though and my compositions are improving (less cropping in Lightroom).
Click this link for more Renaissance fair photos.
Plog 8-24-08: Kelby Photowalk
Like 8000 other people around the world (mostly USA), I participated in the Kelby Photowalk on 8-23-08. I got a few interesting shots and had some fun. Some day I might be social enough to hang out at the end of an event like this. Instead I headed home and downloaded my images.
This is just one shot from the day, a small portion of a hotel/casino front.
More in the gallery.
Like 8000 other people around the world (mostly USA), I participated in the Kelby Photowalk on 8-23-08. I got a few interesting shots and had some fun. Some day I might be social enough to hang out at the end of an event like this. Instead I headed home and downloaded my images.
This is just one shot from the day, a small portion of a hotel/casino front.
More in the gallery.
Plog 8-13-08: Komodo Dragon
Today after work, I went to the local aquarium, Shark Reef @ Mandalay Bay Hotel & Casino. I have been there a few times, but they got a new Komodo Dragon a few weeks ago and I've been wanting to see him. I took my 40D and 50mm (with hood) and got a few good shots.
This is one of them, you can find the rest (I'm only uploading the top 4) in my Nature Gallery.
Today after work, I went to the local aquarium, Shark Reef @ Mandalay Bay Hotel & Casino. I have been there a few times, but they got a new Komodo Dragon a few weeks ago and I've been wanting to see him. I took my 40D and 50mm (with hood) and got a few good shots.
This is one of them, you can find the rest (I'm only uploading the top 4) in my Nature Gallery.
Plog 8-12-08: Neat
I was playing with my G9 and the .25x fisheye adapter I put on it. I cut this image out of the image circle. The strange colors are caused by playing with the Levels in photoshop (6.0). The effect was an accident but I thought it looked really neat.
I was playing with my G9 and the .25x fisheye adapter I put on it. I cut this image out of the image circle. The strange colors are caused by playing with the Levels in photoshop (6.0). The effect was an accident but I thought it looked really neat.
Plog 8-06-08: Cupcake
Photo taken for a photo-scavenger-hunt, this is photo #1 of the 13-photo list.
Currently enjoying my new Canon G9 and carrying it everywhere!
Photo taken for a photo-scavenger-hunt, this is photo #1 of the 13-photo list.
Currently enjoying my new Canon G9 and carrying it everywhere!
Plog 8-05-08: Philips 5.6-Inch Digital Photo Frame
If anyone out there is looking for a nice photo frame. This is it. I've had it since March but just loaded up an SD card with photos and started using the frame yesterday.
I love this thing. The images are EXTREMELY sharp and vibrant. The controls are simple, it is silent (unless you are playing a video of course). The frame has a Tilt Sensor, so when you turn it to portrait mode it will display all the images in that mode, here in this photo I'm displaying a tall image in frame landscape mode, it adds a white edging (which you can change to black or gray).
There is built-in internal memory but you can get a lot of images on a memory card. The frame takes SD, XD, CF. I just love it, thinking of getting another one (I have this one at work).
Some reviews say that this frame chugs or freezes after 5 mins but I had it running all day yesterday slideshow with 103 images and a fade between each one - absolutely no problems. I would recommend resizing your images to 640x480 before putting them in the frame, that way the frame doesn't have to resize them.
On Amazon.com: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000VEPC4O
If anyone out there is looking for a nice photo frame. This is it. I've had it since March but just loaded up an SD card with photos and started using the frame yesterday.
I love this thing. The images are EXTREMELY sharp and vibrant. The controls are simple, it is silent (unless you are playing a video of course). The frame has a Tilt Sensor, so when you turn it to portrait mode it will display all the images in that mode, here in this photo I'm displaying a tall image in frame landscape mode, it adds a white edging (which you can change to black or gray).
There is built-in internal memory but you can get a lot of images on a memory card. The frame takes SD, XD, CF. I just love it, thinking of getting another one (I have this one at work).
Some reviews say that this frame chugs or freezes after 5 mins but I had it running all day yesterday slideshow with 103 images and a fade between each one - absolutely no problems. I would recommend resizing your images to 640x480 before putting them in the frame, that way the frame doesn't have to resize them.
On Amazon.com: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000VEPC4O
Plog 8-02-08: Sooo Tired
Managed to get up at 5am this morning to go out to the wetlands and get some photos before it got too hot (was 88 when I left the park at 8:30am, 93 ten minutes later when I got home).
So yeah, I got out there and got pictures of rabbits and ants and this sunrise shot. No bird photos (though I snapped a really bad picture of a roadrunner which I was not expecting to see), no dragonflies, and no coyotes. Oh well, I will try again. I am thinking next trip will be late evening around 6 or 7pm to get some hawks and coyotes.
Managed to get up at 5am this morning to go out to the wetlands and get some photos before it got too hot (was 88 when I left the park at 8:30am, 93 ten minutes later when I got home).
So yeah, I got out there and got pictures of rabbits and ants and this sunrise shot. No bird photos (though I snapped a really bad picture of a roadrunner which I was not expecting to see), no dragonflies, and no coyotes. Oh well, I will try again. I am thinking next trip will be late evening around 6 or 7pm to get some hawks and coyotes.
Plog 7-19-08: Still Hot Out Here
Trip to Zion over the weekend. I didn't get a lot of images - it was SO dang hot (over 100f) and crowded too. Normally I go to Zion in winter when it is perfect.
Anyhow, I found this little guy who ran up to drink water that was splashing out of the drinking fountain while some guy was filling up a water bottle.
Trip to Zion over the weekend. I didn't get a lot of images - it was SO dang hot (over 100f) and crowded too. Normally I go to Zion in winter when it is perfect.
Anyhow, I found this little guy who ran up to drink water that was splashing out of the drinking fountain while some guy was filling up a water bottle.
Plog 7-15-08: AWESOME!
Ok, so I JUST discovered that I can email photos to my Smugmug. Somehow I missed that info when I was looking at the account stuff.
Anyhow, this is so great because the smugmug upload URL (just that one) is blocked at work. So now I can actually email photos and just move them to the Daily Photo gallery. I'm so excited! I will be able to more easily get daily photos out and hopefully not miss most days.
About this image, it is a shot of my watch that I took yesterday for a photo scavenger hunt. Love this watch :-D
Ok, so I JUST discovered that I can email photos to my Smugmug. Somehow I missed that info when I was looking at the account stuff.
Anyhow, this is so great because the smugmug upload URL (just that one) is blocked at work. So now I can actually email photos and just move them to the Daily Photo gallery. I'm so excited! I will be able to more easily get daily photos out and hopefully not miss most days.
About this image, it is a shot of my watch that I took yesterday for a photo scavenger hunt. Love this watch :-D
New comment: Requires approval