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......
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??
Ok, now I got your attention, it's time to get down to business.
Enjoy the Exposure Value Meter on the right hand side of the screen (Is that what that's called??) when you use the Manual mode in the G9?? But feel like something is missing when you switched to Av or Tv Mode??
Well, worry no more. You know that * and blue mic icon on the top right corner at the back of your G9? Try pressing that, what do you get?? Although it's not exactly Exposure Value Meter bar like in the manual mode. It does give you the supposedly correct exposure in the number value sliders.
Bonus: Try aiming your camera at other places and press the * button, it will give you the correct exposure value depends on which mode you are in. ie. If you are in Av, it will give you the supposedly correct value for shutter speed (Tv) and vice versa.
Bonus 2: Try it in Manual mode. I find that the f-stop, shutter sliders easier for me to look at and helps me learn their relationship in the mean time.
Note: Do take a note that there are limitations on the G9 as far as the aperture, shutter speed combination goes. In Manual Mode, if you are adjusting the f-stop, the shutter speed only goes from 1/1600 to 15". If the image is still not corrected within the range, it will not tell you or show you anything. However, if you are in either Av or Tv mode, if the correct exposure value is outside of the range, it will display the numbers in red.
So I was at Fry's today returning some items I've purchased but decided not to keep. Then I saw the paper cut out of Will Smith from I Am Legend with the DVDs.
After I got home, I did my usual blog readings of the websites that I usually read. And what do you know, it just so happens that there's a post about I Am Legend's Original Ending. I took a look at it..... and yup, I think this ending is much better. But I don't want to ruin it for you guys, so here, let me know what you guys think:
I Am Legend Original Ending (Different from theater ones)
Sorry guys, been really busy for the past 2 weeks.
Last week was my Spring Break, which was kind of nice, being a break and all, but not for me, I was in LA(Santa Monica specifically) assisting on the AT&T job that our photographer is shooting. I figured, since I've never been to LA, why not.
Now that I am back from LA, I gotta say I have mixed feeling about the trip, but I will try to fill you guys in as the weeks go by.
Anywho, since I got back, I got to work on my silkscreening class assignment, since I was alway during the entire Spring Break.
Note to self: It was not fun having to work 18 hours straight on the Silkscreening images... At least have something or some part done before you head out to do whatever you are going to do....
Here is a shot of the assignment that I did for school newspaper tonight:
UTD Jazz & Chamber
you guys should come check it out, there is another showing tomorrow (Saturday 3/1 @ 8 PM) 
Finally got some time to breath after working my intern job at the studio and finished taking pictures for school newspaper.
So... as I was flipping through the user manual of the G9, I found something interesting about it
1) (p.52) Lens Retract - I didn't know there was an option to retract the lens as soon as I press the playback button. Which wasn't that surprising, what surprised me was what I could do with the camera's preview button.
* I did not know that if I am already in preview mode, pressing preview button again will turn off the camera.
**and the BEST PART is: With the camera off, if I press preview button, not only will I be able to view the images that I've taken, but I will also be able to watch the videos that I've recorded. How slick is that!!
For all of you out there who are thinking about the little point and shoot camera that you could take with you every where, or just tired of carrying the dSLR and their lens around, G9 is the hottest Point and Shoot camera at the moment.
In fact, it was so good that I've sold some of my un-used dSLR lens, and re-invest the fund to Canon G9 and some SD card. And I would like to say so far I've been pretty pleased with it. Although there are things to be desired, but do keep in mind that this is still a Point and Shoot, it's not going to replace the dSLR no matter what.
Stay tuned for some un-official benchmarks I've done with SD cards and G9.
Hello world,
Over the course of next year (I hope), I will be posting at least 1 post a day.
This is not only an experiment for myself, but it's also like a diary for me, so few years down the road, I will be able to look back to see what I've accomplished over the year.
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