Friday, April 25, 2008

Did you know that Canon USA is gonna....

Raise the price on their products starting from May 1 according to Rob Galbraith


Canon USA is in the process of informing U.S. dealers about upcoming price increases on a broad range of its camera gear. Starting May 1, 2008, dealers will pay 3-5% more to Canon for most Canon EF lenses and all Canon EOS and PowerShot accessories (plus all Canon binoculars too). The dealer net on Canon digital SLRs is unchanged.



So for those of you that have been "dying" or "itching" or "scratching" :D to get the piece of L lens, you have 5 more days till the price goes up on the lens, or you can always do what I do, buy it used :D

Wednesday, April 23, 2008

Recorded sound

So, I was reading somewhere that the reason we sound different when recorded was because

We tend to hear our own voices as much through our jawbone and throat as through our ears, so virtually everyone thinks their voice sounds different when they hear it recorded, while other people hear it the same way. And in most cases, we think we sound better than the recording reveals. This is one reason why "announcer" training uses recordings to help students learn how to speak better.
-wilderwriter on Yahoo! Answer
Now, I know this is probably not a scientific explaination, but I know my voice definitely sounds different when recorded, and I do hate my recorded voice. (Can I get a head count of who else hates their recorded voice?? Hmm huh, I thought so).

You would think it'd be a simple tweak on the audio/mic recorder end (or manufacturer end) to maybe, just maybe, add a little bit of bass or something (sorry, don't know the correct technical term) to the recording process, so the voices would be closer to what we hear inside our head.

Now I bet that recorder is going to sale like a hot cake! or maybe I just don't want my screaming in the recording to sound like a little girl shrieking. I am just saying... :D


Sunday, April 20, 2008

In love with Gmail

So I was doing my usual Adobe Camera Raw tweaking, took a little short break from the not-so-interesting stuff, and happened to stumbled across this video about Gmail, although I couldn't understand what the narrator was saying (in German I believe, correct me if I am wrong), it's still pretty crazy, production time and all, enjoy!

Saturday, April 19, 2008

Dallas Gallery Walks

This afternoon I went down to downtown Dallas, because I needed to covered the Art Residency program UTD has opened. But then I remember my professor told us something about art walk sort of things for art galleries downtown.

After a quick google search, it turns out that there are indeed whole bunch of museums doing the art walk this afternoon. On the little electronic brochure it says there are 32 galleries around Dallas areas participating in this event, 32!! can you believe that??




Unfortunately, with the times I had, I was only able to go to 3 or 4 galleries, below are a short (or call it mini if you want) list of artists that I've found to be interesting:

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1. Maya Eventov





Maya Eventov's Acrylic on Canvas Painting

P.S - The images of her painting does not do her art works justice, there are just so much textures on the canvas, such vibrant use of color that are all somehow lost due to crappy photographers. The image is above is the one that I think almost does her work justice, but still not quite, I believe it's worth it to just go to downtown Dallas just to check this out.



Click on the thumbnail to see the interview with her about her work

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2. Jennifer Scott McLaughlin


Her newest work is currently being exhibited at the
Artizen Fine Arts in Downtown Dallas on Dragon Street and Howell Street.


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3. Enid Williams



I like this one better because there's subtle muted color tone behind all the dots.

It's like orders within chaos or vice versa, depend on how you look at it.



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4. Cara Enteles



The use of mix medium made whatever was printed on the frosted acrylic(Plexiglas) more interesting "as the surface interact with the lights in the environment, giving a surprising and unpredictable glow to the work, which changes as the light does"

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For me, it was definitely an interesting evening, got a lot of inspirations for my silkscreens... just you wait :D

Wednesday, April 16, 2008

Howto: C-Stand



Here is a great instructional video regarding C-Stands, wish I had found this video before I started interning at the photo studio. (Note: The video and the setup probably could've been updated to have more modern look, instead of 80s look)



Righty tighty, Lefty loosy......

Righty tighty, Lefty loosy......

Righty tighty, Lefty loosy......

Through Window Test...



While I was in LA doing my assisting gig, I did a lot of drive by shooting (pun intended), simply because the assisting job was from 7AM - 8PM deal, so even though I was living the hotel next to the beach, I never really had any chance to go and feel the sands between my toes :( I am definitely going back to LA again in the future on my own turn....

Back to the image, I am trying to adjust the image in the camera raw to make the image less hazy looking because the windshield tends to give the picture a tinted cyan haze look, the color temperature helps, so is the contrast and clarity slider.... but it just seems like the image is a bit too...... dark or dull for me, unless you guys and gals have better suggestions?

Update 1: Oh, would a circular polarizer help with the cyan tinting on the windshield??

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