SA Photoblog

Posted on: February 23rd, 2010 Poster Print…?

A new poll is out!

I am curious as to whether anyone has ever wanted to print any of my photograph poster size, so vote away!

Posted on: February 21st, 2010 Album Navigation

tl;dr: left-click the image in the image gallery to download the full resolution uploaded.

I have only noticed one instance of this happening, but just to make it clear for all visitors, you can actually left-click each image in the gallery to download the full resolution uploaded, which is generally around 1024 pixels on the long end and of higher quality, rather than the 800 pixel , lower quality image as cached by the app I am using.

Why so much trouble?

Well, I didn’t write the app is of course the first reason. But more importantly, I think it’s about server efficiency and page flow. The cached images are resized to fit the “image view” web page so when viewing, the page it self looks well contained and doesn’t look like the image is overflowing the page layout. Secondly, cached images generate less load on the server because those images are already processed and ready to go. This translates to faster page load when viewing my gallery.

As a matter of fact, I believe there are ways I can make it so you see the full resolution, high quality image right when you click the image, but that would require me to increase the frame by modding the CSS files and tweak the app even more to serve that purpose. More convenient? Definitely. But more work on my part, so unless the demand arises, I am sure you can live with 1 more click to get the better quality picture.

Yeah…I am lazy.

Posted on: February 18th, 2010 Yo Dawg…

Yo dawg, I herd u like my pictures, so I took a picture of me taking a picture so u can picture me taking your picture when looking at the picture.

Well, I was bored one day at work and was really amused by the Yo Dawg meme, so I had to make my own…without Xzibit’s face. But joke aside, what you see here is roughly my convention walk-around setup. It’s a very heavy setup, definitely not for the weak armed, but the setup will accomplish several things: throws shadow behind and below the subject; create softer light (diffuser not shown); quick change between portability and off camera flash. I am aware that some would opt for fast lenses and do without flash, but I’m trying to become a strobist, thus the setup is more of a learning experience than anything else.

Besides, I’ll get a good work out.

Posted on: February 17th, 2010 Inspiration

Do you know where I draw my inspiration from right now?

Dustin Snipes – a friend I met when I was in college. He’s now a professional sports photographer with his work shown in miscellaneous magazines such as Sports Illustrated and Time. He’s my inspiration to use the sharpest aperture and low ISO for pictures when the condition permits.

Nick Turpin – a street photographer I learned of a while back and just started looking him up again because of his street photography work. I am picking up a few tricks from him already.

Posted on: February 16th, 2010 Coming Up

There are several things coming up in the near future, so let’s see…

- diffuser modification

- 1930/1950 private photoshoot

- location exploration for an instrument themed photoshoot

- something for Facebook profile

- Chibi Chibi con

- violin & Kendo gear photoshoot

- (potential) Hetalia beach photoshoot

- Gasukan 25

- Isho con 10

- DIY beauty dish

Just a little something showing what I am doing that’s related to photography.