Website semi-launch:
After roughly 7 versions, the clean, minimalist IceCalibre.com is staying, at least for a while.
Of course, it will continue to evolve as I see fit, but I think I like the grey, clean styles.
The top title banner with my name is kind of ugly, however, any suggestions?
Who doesn’t love food?
Well, Thanksgiving has come and gone. Nearly a month and a half later, I’m photo-blogging it. Woah.
mmm, I should be a food photographer more often.
As a completely random side note, Chrome’s spell check works when I’m captioning pictures, but not when I’m actually blogging. Wierd.
So, since I last left off with my new camera purchase, I’ve bought some cool new stuff. Check it.
SLR Gorilla pod: http://joby.com/products/gorillapod/slr/
Really, not a whole lot to say about this brilliant piece of robofacture. I mean, it’s a tripod that can be used vitrually anywhere (Please note, I have yet to use it in space. Coming soon, hopefully.) It’s definately a good invesment for a photographer like me who finds himself everywhere and anywhere, and would like a tripod that can fit into a backpack easily.
Lowepro Slingshot 150 AW: http://products.lowepro.com/product/SlingShot-150-AW,2035,4.htm
Speaking of backpacks, this is my pick of the crop. It’s a small pack (you can get the bigger ones that are basically the same thing.) but it’s handy to have as a camera devoted or (in my case) a hybrid pack. I keep my camera, my gorillapod (yes, it rolls up small enough to fit in where one of the lens’ should go.) generic camera gear (cords, SD cards, lens caps etc…) and usually a lunch, wallet, cell phone with room to spare. It’s a very effecient set up, although my one and only gripe is that I cannot carry paper without scrunching it up. Eg, no sketchbooks for my trips. Oh well. Also, it has a waterproof nylon? sleeve that folds out the bottom to cover the entire pack, making it considerably water resistant. It’s over the shoulder, with a clip on cord under the right arm, so it can be brought close enough to the body to jog, run or bike with (and not have camera gear flopping everywhere.) A bit pricey, but I justify it by respecting the investment that my camera is. More details on the official site, and pictures of the guy demonstrating the unique “slingshot” sling feature (twisting under the arm for access to the gear without taking the whole thing off.).
The other tripod I picked up is a generic Dynex. It’s the standard sized one, I don’t even know… five feet fully extended maybe? It’s not small enough to be put into the sling shot (my other issue with the slingshot design, no tube shaped objects bigger than lenses. Eg: no water bottles) If I’m on bike, I’ll have a bottle strapped to the frame, but on foot I would have to carry it. Small detail, I guess. But for those hot days, it would be handy. The bigger tripod is much, much better for panoramics. Hoping to get into little planet photography some time.
Of course, as outlined in a previous post, I’m shooting with the Canon XS 1000D EOS Rebel, stock 18-55mm IS lens.
Yup, I bought a new one.
After much debate, I went with the Canon Rebel XS. You can read all about it here: http://www.dpreview.com/news/0806/08061002canon1000d.asp
So, sadly, the A540 is being pushed down to my “backup and movie taking” camera. I still stand behind my “It isn’t the camera that makes good pictures, it’s the photographer.” statement. But really, I do love the new camera. I don’t think it makes my pictures better, but it gives me more options to play with.
So for those of you at home who feel inadaquate with thier mom’s point and shoot, don’t be. If I can take award winning photography with mine, so can you. All it takes is an eye fr good pictures, not an expensive setup.
Was out and saw this down an alley, just had to stop and take a picture.
colours edited in PS, of course.
Reminds me of Burnout Paradise, actually
And now for something completely different.
Since I love food and I love photography I figured what better way to combine them: Feast with the eyes, no?
Please, stop drooling on your keyboard.
This one is dedicated to my wonderful baker mother. Thanks for all the muffins. and cake. and brownies. oh, and life as I know it.
Also, I’ve noticed that I take a lot of pictures of muffins, possibly because I eat a lot of them. See older photography for the poppyseed muffin picture.
Bambi? No…
We didn’t name her, now that I think of it.
Only in the Canadian wilderness...
That right there is why we need to stop killing our Earth.
I haven’t posted photography in a while, so I may as well now.
We went for a hike, almost ran into this guy:
About the size of a toonie.
A lot more pictures from that trip, so stay tuned!
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