“Always looking forward.” on Flickr.
“Autumn all over again.” on Flickr.
The iPhone is a very capable little camera!
F. Scott Fitzgerald: Things to worry about
Fitzgerald, writing to his 11-year-old daughter “Scottie” in 1933. A wise, witty man.
“The illusion of continuity.” (Taken with instagram)
Commissioned painting. One of my favorite recent works, I think. :)
I’ll be doing a very limited edition print run of this piece to start off my personal print shop. They’ll be gallery quality inkjet prints, signed, numbered, 13”x19” size and run about $80 USD. E-mail me if you’d like to reserve one in advance. Otherwise, there will be an announcement in the future when they’re available!
The Doctor and the Universe.
Source: alicexz
Good morning! on Flickr.
An empty chair’s an invitation. on Flickr.
A-struttin’ like a railroad gunslinger. on Flickr.
“This world. I tell you.” on Flickr.
I’m all about the black & white in my street photography these days.
Well, by ‘street’ I mean ‘train’ and by ‘photography’ I mean ‘stealthily snapping iPhone pics of fellow travelers with the volume control on my headphone cord’.
Aww yeah.
It’s just business, man. on Flickr.
Lucky shot at the airport. Cool ’70s vibe.
“Icland is an icland"
Google announces new smart spell-checking algorithms… that it already announced in 2009 with Google Wave.
Marc Aubry shows off a collection of self-portraits taken with early digital camera systems, starting with digital sensor backs that could be plugged into existing SLRs and continuing with the first crop of true digital single-lens reflex cameras.
Particularly interesting is the Olympus E-10, pictured here. Released in 2001 for $1995 with a fixed 35-140mm f/2.0-2.4 lens it blazed a trail with a then-innovative prism system (instead of a motor-driven mirror) and a staggering 4-megapixel CCD sensor.
Notice how half the camera appears to be missing. According to an in-depth review of the camera, this type of design was becoming ‘classic’ for DSLRs. Since these didn’t have to span a roll of film behind the lens, there was no need to expand the body on both sides of the lens. Thus, this Olympus has an L-shape when viewed from above.
Comparing to my Nikon D5100, bought a decade later for a third of the price, shows how far we’ve come. The sensor is rated for a maximum sensitivity of ISO 320, while the D5100 holds its own up to ISO 6400. This means a little over 4 stops of added sensitivity; in the same lighting circumstances where the Olympus would need a shutter speed of 1/50th of a second, the Nikon could capture the same exposure in 1/1000th of a second. And that at four times the resolution.
The body is smaller and lighter, the screen is larger and more detailed, the viewfinder is better… We’ve come a long way.
Still, in terms of looks, the D5100 is very conservative. It harks back to the legacy of film SLRs with its symmetrical body (and the ergonomic advantages thereof), though it lacks the confident, innovative charm of the Olympus’ firmly digital L-shaped body.
Source: Flickr / maoby
