Archives: 2010 February

Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-02-28

February 28th, 2010 Permalink

This is February? http://yfrog.com/331p3dj #
Mapping out how to spend every penny my college has on technology upgrades … and fully aware it may be a pointless exercise. #
@graybs13 The tech will work in my lab … as long as no one messes with it … in reply to graybs13 #
*sigh* … I used to live in the "PARALYZING BLIZZARD" area … http://tinyurl.com/y8z6wtf #
My drug of choice used to be adrenaline. Then I turned to caffeine. And now it is Advil … what that says is a little sad. #
RT @dsilverman: I understand that there are now cheeseburger-flavored Doritos. Be still my heart . . . so to speak. #
So many things could be said about this … http://www.ajc.com/news/effort-launched-to-make-328963.html #
Another way I'd like to spend some time … http://tinyurl.com/ya4yos9 The world is too cool for the limits of time we are dealt. #
Have been advised I should say I love all my students and want no harm to come to them. Well, except for one. You know who you are. #

Empty at Night

February 27th, 2010 Permalink

Still up in Elberton, Ga. After a late dinner we were walking back to our cars (the only ones left in the downtown area) when I saw this empty, for rent space. Just two lights at the far end gave it a hollow feel. Almost an anticipatory feel.

Canon EOS 5D Mark II, EF 35 mm f/1.4 L USM, ISO 640, 1/80, f/3.5

Lost Signs

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February 26th, 2010 Permalink

I’m up in Elbert County, Georgia, for my annual weekend workshop. Did a short walk around the downtown area looking for … for … I don’t know. Light? History?

Have been thinking about abandoned signs for a while and found a pair.

Canon EOS 1D Mark II N, EF 70-200 mm f/2.8 L IS USM, ISO 200, 1/1250, f/6.3

Canon EOS 1D Mark II N, EF 16-35 mm f/2.8 L USM, ISO 200, 1/2000, f/6.3

Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-02-21

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February 21st, 2010 Permalink

Glad they pointed out that this is a famous photo, never would have known otherwise. http://yfrog.com/2esmshj #
Very sorry to see this. Bah. RT @copress: The rumor is true: CoPress is closing down operations http://tr.im/Ovkp ^DB #
It is official – I have gone over the technology edge now … really, I need 3 computers with 4 monitors to work? http://yfrog.com/339gefj #
Learn Final Cut Pro from one of the best, here in Grady. RT @biddletheeditor: http://www.grady.uga.edu/appletraining/ #
It's mid-February and I have opened a window in my office. The world is not right. #
I love that my college paper is tweeting from SU games, but @DOsports will kill me if they continue to stop updating with a minute left. #
I am remembering why I like the online world so much more than the printed world – no worrying about stupid ICC printing profiles. #
Every now and then I'm reminded how brilliant Elvis Costello is. Also that the dog gets confused when I sing along. Not that I know that. #
I Have reinstalled @Tweetdeck … and my mind is kind of melting right now. That's a lot of information to process … #
Dairy Queen has free Wifi? The world just got so much more strange for me. I MUST BLOG ABOUT THIS BLIZZARD BLAST!!! #
@Pogue If you design etextbooks to have value beyond the class they're assigned for there's no need to worry about a used market. in reply to Pogue #
And this is all I shall ever say about Tiger Woods: that seems expensive to me. http://yfrog.com/338j9sj #

Snow Time

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February 14th, 2010 Permalink

A view out my office window. Not a terribly engaging view, but this was shot over 27 hours. (Details below.)

Details: I put a Canon EOS 1D Mark II N with a EF 16-35 mm f/2.8 L USM lens on a tripod and pointed it out my window. The camera was powered with an AC adapter (so I didn’t have to worry about the battery dying) and tethered to a laptop running Canon’s EOS Utility. I programed it to take one photo every minute and left the camera in aperture priority mode. The only hiccup was the overnight time exposure grew to longer than one minute, so it started skipping minutes. The music is a generic loop created in Garage Band and the editing was done in Final Cut Pro.

Things I learned: I needed to shield the lens better, as it picked up reflections in the window’s glass. A little gaffer’s tape and some black cloth would have solved that. After the first few test frames I removed the screen from the window – with the wide angle view and extensive depth of field, I was seeing the pattern of the screen in the frames.

Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-02-14

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February 14th, 2010 Permalink

Not even 9 a.m. on a Monday and I've already generated YET ANOTHER curriculum proposal … it is going to be a very, very long week … #
RT: Oddly fascinating. Photo gallery of vans & the places where they were http://bit.ly/bmNptG (via @kodakCB) #
My family is training the dog to sneeze on command. Which exlains the constant, "Do you have a cold?" question. I guess. #
The 2010 Athens Snowpocolapse has begun – we have flurries in the air. #
Snowmygoodness that's a beautiful sight. http://yfrog.com/3gh02kj #

Snow Hopeless

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February 13th, 2010 Permalink

I posted this image Friday afternoon …

Canon EOS 5D Mark II, EF 70-200 mm f/2.8 L IS USM, ISO 320, 1/400, f/2.8

Same view on Saturday morning …

Canon EOS 5D Mark II, EF 70-200 mm f/2.8 L IS USM, ISO 125, 1/800, f/2.8

Snow by Morning Light

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February 13th, 2010 Permalink

Did a little walk-about in the yard this morning, as much to document as to create. Have decided that I need to take a landscape photography workshop because, well, I kind of suck at it. And I’d like to see better, understand how to compose better and, mostly, how to choose better.

First two images are from the deck last night, give a sense of how much we got. Then the yard stuff. I’ve had a camera shooting one frame a minute going since mid-afternoon yesterday, going to let that run through this afternoon and then make a movie out of it – I know you’ll be refreshing often for that bit of excitement.