Archive for the 'photos' Category

Cody’s closes

Wednesday, June 25th, 2008

The last Cody’s Books is closing. Years ago, I would go to one on Telegraph when visiting my brother, who reads even more than me.
I can’t believe it.
Cody’s.
Berkeley.
Free Speech.
Closed.

Books Everywhere
City Lights Bookstore, North Beach, San Francisco, California
Leica M8, Zeiss Biogon 2,8/25 ZM
1/60sec, iso320, 25mm (33mm)

[My local bookstores after the jump.] (more…)
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Faking long exposure

Thursday, April 3rd, 2008

I hate feeling depressed…

Feathered Death
Baker Beach, San Francisco, California
Nikon D3, Nikkor 14-24mm f/2.8G
1/60sec @ f/18, iso200, 14mm (14mm)

When people ask what sort of subject I like to shoot, I say, “nature,” but it’s been over a year since I’ve done any outdoor photography. I don’t know if my one dimensionality is an escape from [...]

nik Color Efex Pro 3.0 (and panoramic landscapes)

Thursday, March 13th, 2008

I finally upgraded my copy of nik Color Efex Pro.1 It has this new feature called “u-point” which allows you to do zone system tone masking a lot like LightZone. This means I can finally edit without masks. The other advantage is it finally works again on the Mac version of Photoshop.
So [...]

Running with cameras

Sunday, March 9th, 2008

DPReview has an excellent review of the 18-200mm Nikkor travel kit lens, a lens I happen to own.

I wait for Pizza with my Nikon camera (from side)
Patxi’s Pizza, Palo Alto, CA
Lumix DMC-LX1
1/3 sec @ f/2.8, iso 200, 6mm (28mm)

One criticism missing from the review is how annoyingly long the lens extends when zoomed—I’ll miss the [...]

The crack cocaine of the Leica world

Wednesday, March 5th, 2008

Recently I think I’ve met two other people who have purchased Leica M8’s and on both those cameras, I think I saw a Cosina-Voigtländer 35mm f/1.2 Nokton lens. If so, that’s a strange coincidence because it is a very obscure lens.

Leica and Cosina
North Beach, San Francisco, California
Nikon D200, Nikkor 85mm f/1.4D, Canon 500D close-up filter
1/40sec [...]

Joel B Sacks sendoff

Sunday, March 2nd, 2008

I stopped by XYZ Bar to say bye to Joel B. Sacks, formerly of AdBrite and CNET. I came late and couldn’t stay for long.

Joel gets all the hotties
XYZ Bar, South of Market, San Francisco, California
Nikon D3, 14-24mm f/2.8G
1/6 sec @ f/2.8, iso 6400, 24mm (24mm)

Andrei left me my SB-800 so I did get to [...]

New camera

Friday, February 22nd, 2008

New camera, lens, and software…

First D3 photo
North Beach, San Francisco, California
Nikon D3, Nikkor 14-24mm f/2.8G ED AF-S
1/15sec @ f/2.8, iso 420, 14mm (14mm)

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Analog blog 2

Wednesday, January 30th, 2008

I blame Merlin Mann of 43 folders. He’s the one who popularized Moleskines years ago.
How else can I explain that right after I wrote about my analog blog that Brian Moon pointed me to the very next xkcd about that. Which caused my friends to point out the sequel article:

Journal 2 by xkcd

Which gave me [...]

The editing we live

Thursday, January 17th, 2008

I stopped by the Lensbaby booth at Macworld and was talking to a rep there.
He let me mess with his Canon XTi and Lensbaby 2.0. Since I’ve systematically destroyed all my cameras, it has been a long while. When my hands grabbed the camera, it was electric—my hands were made for an SLR, my eyes [...]

My supermodel moment

Sunday, December 30th, 2007

Just heard something about me that was completely ridiculous and, at the same time, very funny. (I only wish it were true.)
To set the record straight:
Due to the ergodic hypothesis,