howto How to visit the Portland Japanese Gardens at peak Fall color A few years ago, I finished a major project at work and they gave our entire wing of the company a day in October of our own choosing to take off as a reward for the extra hours and long nights. I picked a random Thursday in the middle of
photos Some recent photos Every once in a while, I take a photo and I look at it on a desktop computer and I'm just amazed that it came out of a phone. Anyways, here are some photos I've taken in the past couple weeks that surprised me at how
photos An interesting Instagram business model I love seeing how people do things on the edges of what is possible. In this case, how people make a living off being viral/popular on any social network. Most networks don't have direct mechanisms to pay users, so instead people have to improvise all sorts of
photos Moon shots All the best photos from the Artemis I unmanned mission around the moon are in an album on Flickr here.
photos Fall color There’s a house down my street with an entire orchard of trees planted in neat little rows and in late October each year, in the late afternoon the setting sun hits them and just glows bright yellow. I took this shot today as it rained and it’s pretty
me me me SEO spammers wearing a printout of my face as their mask Over the past year, I've cut way back on my plethora of wacky domains used on long-lost web projects. I've let loads of domains go and only updated the few I still use or need. As a result, most projects have been lost to the ether
photos The Eye-Fi mobi card is the real deal Back in 2006, I was an avid user of Flickr and was asked to help test a new camera card that was going to offer uploading via WiFi. At the time, this meant you could conceivably skip the step of connecting your camera/card to your computer via USB. It
photos Recent photos from rides Ever since my favorite ride tracking site Strava added the ability to associate Instagram photos with rides, I've started taking a few shots on each ride to remember it. Here are some of my favorites over the past couple months
cycling Giro di Portland Every summer there are some crit races in downtown Portland and they are a blast. I missed last week's Twilight Criterium but got to see last evening's Giro di Portland. The racing was hot and fast, with some surprise results. The Cat 3 race was won
photos Some Hot Air Balloon Photos from a local event A few days ago, I saw a mention of a hot air balloon launch going on this weekend locally, both on Saturday and Sunday. When I woke up around 6am after just a few hours of sleep on Saturday the thought popped back in my head, I threw some warm
photos Our lives are spent trying to pixellate a fractal planet. via b.aking.ca The futility of the entire human condition, summed up in a single photo and caption
cycling My favorite photo of the year This is from Dan Sharp, from last weekend's race that I was also at, and it not only looks cool, those guys are going about 25mph on a somewhat cloudy day and I'm amazed that this photo could even be technically captured so well. So great.
photos My first art show: Songlines at PointB Last year I visited my friend Becky's gallery at Point B Studio while driving up the Southern Oregon coast. She mentioned the idea of including my stuff in an upcoming show and I filed it away under the "someday, yeah, that'd be cool" pile.
photos “Request to License” via Getty Images is here! « Flickr Blog There are billions of photos on Flickr, which is a whole lotta pretty to look at. But, if you’re a budding photographer, how do you get noticed? And, if you’re looking to use an image for your work, blog, ad campaign or more, how do you find just
photos gladwell.com: My greatest triumph! via gladwell.typepad.com Such an amazing photo of a young Malcolm Gladwell!
photos My photo workflow Friends have asked how I manage photos, so here's a breakdown of my typical process, whether that's shooting for 15 minutes in my backyard or several hours across the country, it all follows a similar pattern. 1. I set my camera on the highest burst mode,
blogging Softly relaunching So a long, long time ago I decided to both teach myself to shoot photos better and document my quickly changing life by creating a photo blog back on October 10, 2003 with the grand vision of keeping it going for ten years. At the time, I was pretty busy
canon 2nd curtain sync with a Canon 5D aka "Merlin's Rockstar Flash" aka rear curtain flash aka 2nd curtain flash 1. Hit Menu 2. Scroll down to custom functions, hit select 3. Change custom function #15 from a 0 to a 1 to enable 2nd curtain flash 4. Hook up a flash (if using
foofery Do you realize Digital Cameras used to suck? I was looking through some old photos I took from 1998-2002, some using a 1 megapixel camera while the rest were from a 3 megapixel camera. I had seen these images dozens of times before, and remembered them as well-composed, sharp photos. I was really getting into photography back then
photos 18-kottke-sleeps .flickr-photo { border: solid 2px #666; } .flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; } .flickr-caption { font-size: 10px; margin-top: 0px;color:#999; } 18-kottke-sleeps, originally uploaded by mathowie. I found a bunch of old photos. This is my favorite one.
comedy Noe Valley .flickr-photo { border: solid 2px #666; } .flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; } .flickr-caption { font-size: 10px; margin-top: 0px;color:#999; } Noe Valley, originally uploaded by dunstanorchard. Ah, nerd humor.
