Category: 366 X 2012
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Lenses: An Introduction
Lesson #2 in Photography for Ignorant Geniuses Find earlier photography lessons here. Lenses At the very basic level, a lens is what controls and directs light onto the camera’s sensor. Lenses are usually named and defined by their focal length in millimeters. Focal length affects two major aspects of photography: magnification and composition (through field…
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The Wedding Cake: Redux
Lija Wedding Cake: Redux Shot with a Canon EOS 50D (w/ Sigma 70-300 lens, mounted on a tripod) Shot on Manual Focal Length: 300mm Aperture: f5.6 Exposure: 1/2s ISO 200 I already attempted shooting this subject once before, but had approached it in a completely different way. This time I brushed the dust off my telephoto lens…
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Review: Ainol / Ainovo Novo 7 Paladin
China. It houses about a fifth of the world’s population and produces a very high percentage of the world’s goods. Average Chinese workers, however, have one massive problem. There is no way that they could afford one of the luxurious products they make. The average iPad costs more than most Chinese people’s monthly wages, so…
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A Quick Bite
A quick bite Shot with a Canon G12 Shot on Aperture Priority. Focal Length: 67mm (equivalent of) Aperture: f3.5 Exposure: 1/40s ISO 800 A short lunch break means you have to wolf something down quickly. This time round I managed to get a slight extension to meet up with my brother at Stuzzico, a little cafe about…
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8tracks.com: Musical Discovery Paradise
Sustaining a creative spell on a daily business for a long period needs fuel. I’m a terribly boring guy, and I don’t really believe in doing drugs. I stop drinking coffee after lunch time and only use energy drinks if I need a kick before playing football and I’m too exhausted to walk to my…
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Review: Baker’s Crust
Food writers are a strange breed. They write a 1000-word review but give the food about 100 words. We don’t have many of them on the island, but out of respect to the one who contributed to the Vida for two years (Ed, of Ed Eats – sorry but he’s stuck in the past, he only tweets),…