Archive for March, 2011
I really like this album a lot. It came out last week and it rocks. The music is really complex and the sound is raw. There are only three members in the band which is incredible to me. If you like metal I think you should check it out. You can stream the album here.
A common feature in photo editing software is the automation. Basically you have two choices while editing a picture. You pick the parameters or you have the program do it for you (well you can always edit on top of the automation). The nature of automation is something I often ponder. If I hit that auto button, am I less of genuine photographer? Well, yeah. If you use your camera in full auto mode are you less of a photographer then someone who uses it in manual? Well, yeah. You no longer make decisions for yourself and have the camera make it for you. However there is something to automation that I have been discovering lately (this only pertains to photo editing software. Every time I use my camera in some sort of auto mode, I am disappointed). After I take a photo, I throw it into lightroom and start messing with all the functions in the develop module. I know how I like my pictures; bright, clear, sharp, vivid, blah blah blah. There are times when I’ll edit a photo my usual way and then reset the settings and hit the auto button. Most of the time I like mine better. Sometimes the computer will edit a photo in way I would have never thought to. Here are two examples. The first picture is my edit and the second is lightroom’s.
A little cooler and darker. I went for a quasi vintage feel and lightroom did the opposite. The moral of the story is sometimes automation can be your friend.
UPDATE: I still like mine better.
I brew beer at the brewery Gordon Biersch in the paradise known as San Jose, CA. I live in San Francisco which is 45 miles away…I know the commute right? I work with one other brewer from the lovely hours of 10pm to 6am. I get home at 7am and sleep anywhere from 3pm to 6pm. Why should you care? Well, I guess there isn’t a reason why. So there you go. On my breaks I sometimes walk around and take pictures. Here are a bunch. Check out what it looks like inside a brewery. The first bunch were taken before I had a tripod so I used kegs instead. Fun!!!
So the point of this project was to take not one, but two pictures everyday and display them on this website. This was much more ambitious then I thought. You know, sometimes when I wake up I don’t feel like thinking about what to shoot or shooting and going through the steps to get it cleaned up and online. I guess that is the point of a challenge or a project, it is not supposed to easy. And right now I am to lazy for this one. It was a good run of 8 pictures. I only came 722 short. Well I guess there is always next year. I’ll still be posting pictures, but as I take them. Cool…
Anyway here is an entertaining video I saw on my friend’s blog. It is of someone going around and trying to kiss the Russian Police. Thanks Jimmy.
This is the end product after filtering out yeast from beer.
