I am what I am. I like food, photography, and anything that does not involve getting mortally wounded, or dying. I don't take things too seriously, so i'm not at all that serious about being serious.
Seriously, just have fun, which is what I like to do sometimes, as long as I don't die, or get mortally wounded.
Shot during my first month of owning the D700, and well, at a time where my hours were cut to 4 day’s every other week , hence giving me the opportunity to go out and shoot. I mostly ended up NY’s Central Park.
This particular one, I happen to catch a man preparing to play his portable piano. It wasn’t a keyboard, bit it was some sort of piano. I thought it would be a great shot to catch his silhouette, and use the rest of the park outside the arches as the backdrop. I don’t know, maybe now I might do it a little different.
This song I’ve always liked, but I never really paid attention to it until my boss kept asking who sings it. Finally, sometime earlier this week, he told us why this song was in his mind, one of his daughters had a dance recital, and they used this song. He said it was quite powerful, and these are 9 year olds that were doing it. Finally, got a hold of the song, and we played it at work, and I was able to listen to it in depth.
It is quite powerful, I love how it starts off all mellow, with a simple guitar strumming, then slowly an instrument gets added as the song progresses and suddenly the drum’s drop, and it’s just a great build up, and I actually felt my spine tingling. The video itself is quite entertaining, and very true to the song. I’ve felt like this at time, and, well, just enjoy it.
I shot this during my friends 2nd shot at running the WDW Marathon. That year, he did the Goofy Challenge. Half
Marathon on day 1, and a Full Marathon on Day 2. Physically taxing, yes, but super motivational, and definitely a feat to feel good about once completed. One of the advantages of being a spectator and a photographer to boot, is the uninterrupted chances of taking long exposures such as this, with out being bumped or someone walking in front your shot. Again the K20D’s in body Shake Reduction system shines, and coupled with a very wide angle lens, a slower shutter speed can be used without the need for a tri-pod.
Pentax K20D Pentax DA* 16-55mm 1/20 f/2.8 16 mm ISO 1600
For some reason this song has been stuck in my head for a few days. I recently heard it on Sirius XM, and it sort of brought me back to one of my favorite movies of all time, Napoleon Dynamite. Jon Heder doing that dance to this song is just EPIC. JayKay also happens to be a big gear head and has made multiple appearances on one of my favorite TV shows of all time, Top Gear.
Anyway, the song is way trippy, as is the video. It’s just a joy to listen to, puts you in a sort of feel good mood. I don’t know, i’ve listened to it a few times over the past few days and it has made me feel a bit better.
And as an extra, Jon Heder’s EPIC performance from Napoleon Dynamite.
My then usual nightly beverage, well it still is technically, but now instead of a Venti, it’s a Trenta. What is it?
it’s a passion Iced tea, no water, light on the ice, 2 equals. My home Starbucks, in Branchburg, NJ is the only place that gets it right, well, most of the barista’s get the mix right, although now, some have moved on, the newer ones still haven’t quite got the mixture right.
This drink I order from here exclusively, as they are the only ones to get it right.
Pentax K20D Pentax M50 0.5 sec. f/1.8 50 mm ISO 200
Finally a new game to waste time on with Cheesecake.
It has finally come, RE6, a game Cheesecake and I have been eagerly awaiting since it’s announcement. We’ve played countless hours of RE5, Practically getting everything that there is to get in the main games campaign.
We’ve tried other co-op games, but none gave us the satisfaction that RE5 provided us with. I actually forgot that today was the release date for RE6. I thought it was another week or so away. I just happen to stop by a Best Buy during my lunch hour, and, there it was. I picked it up on my way home, and not too long ago, I just finished playing through the ‘tutorial’ stage.
My first impressions? It still somewhat feels like RE5, controls wise, although now I can aim AND move. Also during the tutorial stage, there was a lot of my ever so favourite quick time events. (sarcasm) Not a fan of them in any shape or form in any game, BUT it does keep you on your toes. The graphics look gorgeous. Textures look a lot better than they did of RE5. Voice acting and sound effects were just as good as it was from RE5.
Initial response to the game by the media is really mixed. Some gave it really great reviews, some gave it extremely bad reviews, and most gave it ‘meh’ reviews. [Read snippets of some reviews from CVG]. The same was said about RE5, and RE:ORC. They were both decent games that provided hours of frustrations and entertainment. And that in my book is a win.
This weekend, Cheesecake and I will be playing it co-op style (not Gangnam…..yeah, I went there) and we’ll give you our semi-in depth take on it. You know what, maybe we might just go blog about it after each play session. We’ll see if this is worthy of losing the game.
Another “test” shot of my then new Canon Powerhot S95. This time trying out the HDR capabilities. Honestly, I cannot say how I like it, as I personally am not that crazy with HDR shots to begin with. I guess it can have some uses if done in the right circumstances.
Canon Powershot S95 HDR mode 0.25 sec (1/4) f/2.5 7.5 mm ISO 1600
Quite surprised I was able to hand hold this and get a fairly sharp shot.
it’s my old VW Rabbit’s dash, and I revved up the engine on the end of the exposure to get that trail on the tachometer needle.
One of my early shots using my then brand new Nikon D700.
Nikon D700 Nikkor 24mm 1.3 Seconds f/2.8 24 mm ISO 320
This was sort of an ad I did for a friend of a friend that owned a bakery. We did an impromtpu shoot of her cakes and what not, some of it ended up in their website. I wasn’t commisioned to do the ad, but I thought it would’ve been fun anyway, and this particular picture was one of my favorites from that shoot.
Sadly, the product itself is not edible, as it was simply made to look pretty.
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