Entries for Tag: 'photography'
2.5 Dimensions on Flickr
This is a great example of creativity with photography, although it takes a little bit of work to achieve. Definitely worth checking out and reading about how they made it.
Posted on Thu. September 03, 2009 by Ryan Guill
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My Fucilli pasta with Marinara sauce. Taken by Stu.
Posted on Tue. March 31, 2009 by Ryan Guill
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Photographs from Macy's Parade from the 50's and 60's
At least that's what it looks like. Does anyone have any more information on these images?
Posted on Thu. December 11, 2008 by Ryan Guill
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Best of LIFE
Related to my previous entry about Google hosting LIFE images, this blog is finding the best of the best from those and the Flickr Commons.
Posted on Thu. December 11, 2008 by Ryan Guill
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Then/Now, a photography series by the New York Times
David Dunlap is taking modern photographs of old photos and providing you a great way to see the present and past together and compare. I would love to do this with some old pictures of Memphis.
Posted on Fri. November 21, 2008 by Ryan Guill
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Google hosted LIFE images from the 1750s to today
Some awesome images in here, but its really surprising the wide variety of images that they have. For instance: They have images of Paducah, KY. I particularly like this aerial shot that is marked as April 1952.
Posted on Tue. November 18, 2008 by Ryan Guill
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Wear Good Shoes: Advice to young Photographers
Alec Sloth asks a bunch of other photographers two questions. When did you first get excited about photography? And what advice would you give young photographers?
Posted on Tue. November 18, 2008 by Ryan Guill
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Wedding Photos
Sorry for the lack of updates still but I still haven't gotten my groove back since the wedding. But we have finally started uploading some of the wedding photos. So far we have just done the after wedding photos but we will have the rest up soon hopefully.
Posted on Tue. November 11, 2008 by Ryan Guill
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Honeymoon in Jamaica
Posting has been light around here lately because on October 25th I was married to the love of my life and I had the privilege of taking her to Jamaica for our honeymoon. We stayed at the Sandal's Dunn's River Resort. It was a great time, beautiful weather and a trip we will never forget. I'm sure I will have more about the trip and Jamaica in general later on, but for now enjoy the pictures we took.
Posted on Wed. November 05, 2008 by Ryan Guill
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Tilt Shift lenses have been around for a long time but are starting to become popular lately because of some high-profile examples. Basically, a tilt-shift lens
allows control of perspective and focus in a very precise way. A lot of times it has the effect of
making the scene look like a scale model, as these pictures show.
Here is another example of the model look and an article about the technique.
Recently though, Keith Loutit created some time-lapse videos using tilt-shift that came out great. Make sure to check out his other two videos on the right. It's really like you are looking at miniatures moving around in fast-forward.
If you are interested in getting into tilt-shift photography, you can buy some very expensive lenses, but lensbaby lenses are a great substitute. They are considerably cheaper than the professional counterparts but still offer a wide array of objects. They have also recently released three new versions.
Posted on Mon. October 13, 2008 by Ryan Guill
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Earth From Above
The French photographer Yann Arthus-Bertrand is bringing his work to NYC in May 2009. Beautiful photography from the air, some of these views are unlike any other. Some of his website is in French but it is still worth checking out just for the pictures. There are many books of his work out there and he also had a TV Show apparently. (Video here). The first link is probably the best place to start with large views of his work. Via Kottke
Posted on Wed. October 08, 2008 by Ryan Guill
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SUMO Paint
I am sure this is written in flex; It is a very compelling layered photo editor. Lots of brushes, lots of options. And it seems pretty snappy considering what it all it does. Its not going to replace photoshop for any serious users, but for the casual user, yeah, I think it would.
Posted on Mon. October 06, 2008 by Ryan Guill
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Focus & Recompose Exposed
Great article by James Duncan Davidson about why at large apertures the focus and recompose doesn't work the way you might think. This is why the 1Ds Mark III has a 45-point autofocus system, and why some are not happy about the new 5D Mark II's 9-point autofocus. Also, make sure you check out the depth-of-field calculator that he links to at the bottom.
Posted on Tue. September 30, 2008 by Ryan Guill
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Vincent Laforet's video shot with the new Canon 5D Mark II
Very well done for someone who really isn't a videographer. But the real star here is the quality of this video. Remember that this is not manipulated in any way except that it is resized down to 1/4 of the original size. Also see the behind the scenes video of how it was made. Very exciting stuff. It really does make that $2700 price point very compelling.
Posted on Tue. September 23, 2008 by Ryan Guill
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Vincent Loforet on the Canon 5D MkII
I want one of these so bad I can't stand it. Those are not pictures on his blog. Those are stills from a *video*...
Low light photography, shooting at 3200 speed? Yeah, I'll take 2. More on this later...
Posted on Mon. September 22, 2008 by Ryan Guill
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Canon 5d Mark II
Now this is what I am talking about! A full frame 21MP sensor, 1080p HD video and ISO 25,600 equivalent mode are the headline specs. This is the link to the dpreview hands on preview. At a suggested retail price of US$2,699 it really is a bargain, even though that means I probably wont have one for a while. More on this later after I have had a chance to read more.
Posted on Wed. September 17, 2008 by Ryan Guill
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Vincent Laforet on packing his camera equipment for the Olympics. I can only hope that one day I have a set up anywhere near that sweet.
Posted on Wed. September 10, 2008 by Ryan Guill
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Beautiful examples of Rain Photography. I wish I had more rain gear to be able to get some of these shots.
Posted on Tue. September 09, 2008 by Ryan Guill
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Everyone that has ever seen me shoot pictures always comments on how many pictures I take and how few pictures I actually end up with. With digital photography today, you can shoot hundreds, even thousands of images an hour without really thinking about it, for relatively cheap. Here is a link where
Vincel Laforet talks about how many images he shot at the Olympics. This does not surprise me at all. Sure, its not fun going through all of those images, but you would certainly rather have too many than not enough.
Posted on Tue. September 09, 2008 by Ryan Guill
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Money Shot. This is what every sports photographer hopes to get at some point in their lives.
Posted on Tue. September 09, 2008 by Ryan Guill
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Lucky guy from last weekend, from whom we appreciate the hospitality:
Posted on Fri. August 29, 2008 by Ryan Guill
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Man, I almost look forward to Canon announcements as much as Apple's. This new 50D looks mighty nice. From DPReview:
Almost exactly a year after the arrival of the EOS 40D, Canon has announced the 50D, which we're assured will be a sister-model, rather than a replacement. Recent history has seen Canon release new models every 18 months-or-so but it's been a busy year with newcomers such as the Nikon D300 getting a lot of attention in the 40D's keen amateur/professional segment. The 50D puts essentially a 40D body wrapped around a newly-developed 15 megapixel sensor that finally rectifies the situation in which Canon's x0D range trailed the company's entry-level line, in pixel terms. Canon is claiming that the new sensor's design (new manufacturing processes, redesigned photo diodes and micro lenses) mean that despite the higher resolution the noise is actually lower than the 40D, something we'll obviously be putting to the test when we get our hands on a production model.
The other big change is the inclusion of a new, high-resolution LCD screen. 920,000 dots mean that it can convey 640 x 480 RGB pixels, making it effectively a VGA standard monitor.
$1,200 is a lot of money, but for the top of the "prosumer" line, it really isn't all that bad...
Posted on Tue. August 26, 2008 by Ryan Guill
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Probably the best photo I have ever taken (at least my favorite):
Posted on Thu. August 21, 2008 by Ryan Guill
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So Kodak has released their
Flip video killer,
the Zi6.
Scott Stevenson with the review:
The Zi6 is clearly inspired by the Flip Video, and has a form factor similar to that family of devices. The main advantages of the Zi6 are that it can record at 720p HD resolution at up to 60fps, has a bigger screen, and the native video file format is H.264, so it's Mac compatible out of the box. The Zi6 also has a fixed macro mode, which it appears the Flip does not.
720p HD at up to 60fps! That is really quite something for such a small form factor.
I have a flip video ultra and love it for what it is. The zoom is basically worthless, but for recording some small video clip it is worth every penny. I basically use the flip video camera like a point-and-shoot camera the way I would compare my canon hv20 HD camcorder to my canon DSLR's. Quick and dirty verses slow but better.
Amazon has the
Kodak Zi6 for $180 and you can compare that to the
Flip Ultra for $120.
I have to say even though I have never maxed out my flip yet, I would think the ability to use the expandable SD memory card in the Kodak alone is worth the extra 60 bucks. Anyone out there tried one of these Zi6's yet? What did you think?
Posted on Thu. August 21, 2008 by Ryan Guill
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Skateboarding at 120 fps == awesome. It is amazing how much the board moves in some of these jumps.
(via
kottke)
Posted on Tue. August 19, 2008 by Ryan Guill
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We'll, I finally broke down and went pro on
Flickr. And so far I have been happy with it. I like Flickr a lot, although there are a few things I can see them improve, I like them a lot better than some of their competitors. There are definately a TON of people on there, and its great to see the beginners and pros side by side. You have everything from perfect shots to camera phone shots. Unfortunately I have had a few problems with their uploader for windows, but im starting to get used to it.
You can find my photos here:
http://flickr.com/photos/ryanguill/
If you are on flickr, let me know your username so I can add you as a contact, especially those of you in the coldfusion community.
Just so you know, I bought a
Canon Rebel XT (350d) back in November and I love it. I prefer it over the other digital SLRs. The 20D id the big brother to this camera, but I prefer this one because it is much lighter.
I have the kit lens (18-55mm) as well as a 75-300mm Canon. I have two 1GB Sandisk Ultra II's which are awesome, as well as a Hitachi 4GB CF Type II microdrive which is also very nice. And thanks to my mom, stepdad and sister I have a bogen 3001bn tripod with a Manfrotto head, which I love as well.
So, I plan to make 2006 the year of the photos for me, so expect lots of great photography as I learn more. But I would love to see some of your photos so let me know if you're on Flickr!
P.S. Thanks to my Girlfriend for my 70-300mm lens!
Posted on Mon. January 23, 2006 by Ryan Guill
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