Archive for the ‘Photography’ Category

Final Patent from HP

At least, I am not aware of any others in the hopper. This one took nearly 4 years from the date of filing!  Looks like it is now listed at the European Patent Office as well. Abstract of US 2007172151  (A1) Translate this text Methods and apparatus are disclosed for guiding a camera user to take [...]

Posted on 7-February-2010 at 10:42 by Douglas · Permalink · Leave a comment
In: Creativity, Photography, Technology

Finally! WordPress for BlackBerry

Well, it’s a bit crude – but then it’s open source… IMG00304-20090925-1842.jpg IMG00299-20090925-1838.jpg [well that fairly well sucks. Full image upload isnt a viable option I guess.  I had to go into the HTML and tweak the size to get these images reduced down]

Posted on 26-September-2009 at 05:54 by Douglas · Permalink · Leave a comment
In: Photography, Technology, Tools

Northern Colorado: Beautiful and Scary.

http://www.coloradoan.com/article/99999999/MULTIMEDIA02/90709019

Posted on 10-July-2009 at 20:20 by Douglas · Permalink · Leave a comment
In: Local Culture, Photography

CCI Photography Workshop, Session 1

Last night’s innaugural CCI Digital Photography Workshop was a success. Looking forward to crafting Session 2.

Posted on 15-May-2009 at 07:12 by Douglas · Permalink · Leave a comment
In: Photography

DeepZoom Long Pond

Posted on 3-May-2009 at 08:15 by Douglas · Permalink · Leave a comment
In: Long Pond, Photography, Technology

New wide-angle Tokina

Took delivery today on a new Tokina 11-16mm lens. The best ultra-wide zoom available for Nikon DX SLRs. Looking forward to becoming one with this lens. Will start the process in Charleston, SC. tomorrow. Maybe some downtown Charleston HDR’s. Speaking at the annual GIS/CAMA Technologies Conference on Monday. followed up with an evening at the [...]

Posted on 7-February-2009 at 12:06 by Douglas · Permalink · Leave a comment
In: Photography, Technology

Moon at Perigee

Last night’s full moon is the largest of ’09. Here it is, captured as a 4-exposure HDR. Open the full version.  

Posted on 11-January-2009 at 11:26 by Douglas · Permalink · Leave a comment
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U-Pump-It Rink

Something I’ve been wanting to try for years, I finally got around to today: Pumping water (using our irrigation pump) from a hole drilled in the lake to create a super-smooth ice rink.  The conditions are not ideal–too much snow cover–but it’s working, sort of.  Also trying out the time-lapse photography feature on my D300. [...]

Posted on 28-December-2008 at 14:13 by Douglas · Permalink · Leave a comment
In: Health & Fitness, Photography · Tagged with: 

Beyond Papa-razzo

For a month or so now, i’ve been ramping back up with my picture-taking habits. Motivated on several fronts, I’m expecting this trend to continue. Today, another butt-kick of inspiration comes from one of my favorite new-media creatives: Merlin Mann. Photography, and the Tolerance for Courageous Sucking I’ve started another small web sandbox for this adventure. [...]

Posted on 1-December-2008 at 22:10 by Douglas · Permalink · Leave a comment
In: Photography, Travel

Long Pond Ice Peel 2008

Two day’s back, it happened. Some years it’s mearly a casual breakup of lazy floating ice islands; other years it is a seismic event creating a fantastic multimedia show (and a wild ride, if you dare). This year, Long Pond’s annual ice peel was somewhere in the middle.

Posted on 1-March-2008 at 16:07 by Douglas · Permalink · 3 Comments
In: Life, Photography