Belated Happy New Year.
Happy new year to all my fans. So far this has been a happy start. I am still continuing my android development. I see a lot of progress but end is not in sight. Having a personal hobby is so hard. I will finish it. I will update this post with the latest screenshot.
Adios
More Photography
I did a lot a test trials over the past few weeks. Unfortunately only a few came good. Until last week I was kind of awestruck when ever I saw a picture which has a dark or a bright background (marco pics). For a while I have been thinking about how I can get the same tone if I take a picture. Hence my quest for a DIY macro studio started. I stumbled across this site http://bit.ly/macrostudio, which gives the best details anyone can ever imagine.
So before even trying to spend $10 on the foamboards, I wanted to implement a pilot with an old budwiser case some white papers that I use for the printer. To tell the truth the pictures came really good considering paper not being a good bouncing surface, thanks to my SB-600 flash.
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My next trial is on specs given in the DIY tutorial. The results are way beyond my expectations. I could have never asked for more the results speak for themselves. I only left out a few things from the tutorial- lighting, scales and tape. The foamboards and SB-600 external flash did the trick for me. I will try to build the macro studio as per the specs for my next blog but for now, this is more than I could have ever asked for.
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Adios for now but will try high key and low key pictures after my colleagues suggestion.
Kodak ZX1 Test
My new Kodak ZX1 HD camcoder rocks, atleast that is what I am thinking. I never had a Flip Mino HD or any other competing device so don’t take any cues from this post and buy the device. There are a few reasons why I bought a ZX1 instead of its compititors.
1. Expandable Memory till 32GB
2. Replacable batterys.
3. Rugged feel with HDMI out (though I will never use it 
).
I did like it mostly for outdoor usage. When using it for indoor video shoots, I observed grainy recording. This might be the only drawback. I honestly think that this might be the case with all the pocket hd camcorders. The digital zoom is ok but not great. I would have certainly appreciated a 3x optical zoom.
Adios.
Finally able to get a few fireworks pics after trial and error.
The following are not the best fireworks photographs in any way or form but definitely a new beginning for me.
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Now coming to a few mistakes I made. Firstly being an amateur photographer, I did not pick the right spot and next I did not have the shutter release cable to capture the fireworks pics as I wanted. Hope I will not repeat the mistakes. Fireworks use the bulb mode in DSLRs and a shutter release cable to hold and release the shutter when you are done with it.
Adios
No new trips
Home sweet home
* Laundry
* Clean the closet
* Game.. More to come.. (WAW, COD4 or Halo3)
Niagara Long weekend
Some of the snaps out of probably 100 which I got perfect. Enjoy
Adios
Call of Duty – World at War or just WaW
After a disappointing and depressing showing at online Halo 3 social slayer, I am trying my hand at Call of Duty WaW. I got a killer deal from craigslist for 30 bucks for a used game. The game is still selling for 60 bucks on the store shelves. I have to see how long I will be playing this game. On a side not my PS3 is collecting dust, will be watching DaVinci Code Blu ray tonight.
Adios
IPL Woes and Fake IPL Player
If not for KKR (Kolkata Night Riders), I consider this whole IPL 2009 season to be a disaster. It is not interesting and I feel watching batsmen wack bowlers for sixes in small grounds and batsmen friendly tracks without any timing and with only sheer raw power. This only proves one point that the organizers want to deliberately undermine the bowlers and want to make sure that the trolls in the stadium get fed with boundaries and lots of runs. IPL is nothing but a cash register.
FakeIPLPlayer has been creating a lot of buzz this IPL season. He has some fancy nicknames for some players, owners and coaches. My personal favourite is Dildo for SRK. He acted like a dick ousting Dada from captaincy as soon as the base shifted from India to SA. By the way Amir is better than Dildo. In think fakeiplplayer is Amir Khan . Hope KKR loses this IPL. I have no respect for those who disrespect Dada. He is the one who paved the win for this team to be on a winning path. I can say Dada did to team India what Border did to Australian cricket. This stupid dildo came from his Manat mumbai to just show that he has the power. Bravo fakeiplplayer. Kudos and continue the great job.
Adios.
Florida Adventures – Weekend trip
Last sunday we went to Bill Baggs Cape Florida State Park. Here are armature snaps from a perfecto Nikon D80.
Key Biscane sunset (noddy_nitsu hooked me up with sunset snaps).
Lighthouse
Wifey
Adios
PS: Still trying to understand my DSLR.
New home and new life
It has been a while since I blogged. This is my first post since I got married and took the role of real life Peter Griffen. I spent the entire last week on fixing bed which I got from Ikea (which is taking forever), buying stuff (like kitchen utensils, groceries etc). Being a family guy is difficult, that is the only thing I reailized. It took me more than a month to blog again. I can officially say that I am back and will try to blog often.
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