Example: Another disassembled thing!

I found this photo while browsing Tumblr a few days ago, and it reminded me of the photos Leeanne posted about disassembled cameras and other machinery. An assembled guitar looks so simple from the outside- how many parts could there really be?- but the disassembled photo shows that a guitar like this is much more complicated internally than its appearance would suggest.

I personally am very interested in how things fit together to make a cohesive, working device, and so photos like these are very cool for me.

http://thingsorganizedneatly.tumblr.com/post/4287644843/submission-this-is-a-guitar-while-i-was-fixing

A Light on the People of Western Sahara

Andrew McConnell photographed Sahrawi people from Western Sahara in the moonlight to try to get a new perspective on these people. These photographs, as a result, are dramatic and interesting. I was impressed by the way he took a traditional subject, portraiture, and changed it into something new and different that adds depth to the photos. Here are some of my favorites:

The article is here

Point and Shoot Cameras: A Dead Technology?

Mr. Z and I were talking earlier this month about the progression of photography and how the more smart phones that are being introduced and used by the general public, the less the need for point and shoot cameras. Omnivision has now said that they will be introducing a camera to be in a phone with 12.6 megapixels, about twice the amount of my Nikon D50 from 2007, and can shoot 15 frames a second, and to top it all off will be able to shoot video in 1080p. It may be introduced in the iPhone 5. Here is an article describing it's release.

Every 15 Minutes...

Although now the true statistic is approximately every 48 minutes, our school participated in a drunk driving prevention program, a simulation of a drunk driving accident. Everything from a simulated car crash, to obituaries and a funeral procession are held at our school every 4 years. During the accident simulation, I photographed the event from the side. It wasn't the most pleasant photographing experience, but an an experience none the less. Luckily I used a telephoto lens, which enabled me to get some up close shots, from a distance.

Cardboard Hasselblad

Okay it's not -really- a Hasselblad....it's more like a pinhole camera shaped like a Hasselblad made from cardboard. Either way, this looks really spiffy and it'd be fun to try out. The only thing that bothers me about this is that their film's all dusty and kinda gross. But whatever, it still makes me do a double take. :3


http://www.kellyangood.co.uk/hasselblad.html

Dress Rehersal Dance Concert

On Wednesday, the Menlo dance program had their first public viewing of the annual Dance Concert. The show featured students from the middle school as well as the high school, ranging from beginners, to very advanced students. The lighting in Florence Moore Hall was not ideal, but here are some of the results I came out with.

HDR photography

One thing I came across earlier this month was a video my friend made while I was sitting at home on YouTube. I originally thought it was shot with the latest and greatest in either Canon or Sony video camera, but was surprised to find it was shot with the new Canon 7d DSLR. At 18 megapixels, this camera as you can see gives the video a very contrasty, and extremely detailed picture. Here is a link to a very extensive HDR photo blog, you can find pictures on everything from inside museums to rivers. Also, here is a tutorial on how to make a HDR photo of your own on photoshop. Make sure you have three pictures (one exposed regularly, one over, and one under) before you try and make one of your own.

Goodbye iPhoto?

At a conference in monterey in 2007, two new photo viewing softwares were introduced. The idea is a full page of an infinite amount of photos, and being able to zoom in and out to every word and detail of each photo. Developed my microsoft, this program is called dragon, and is available now. A strange concept on paper, but if you watch the conference presentation, it will make a lot more sense.

15 Ideas for Composition

Alain Briot provides a fresh and thought-provoking perspective on composing photographs in his "Fifteen Thoughts on Composition".

Infinite Zoom

For me, the hubble telescope is one of the most interesting and intriguing technologies the US has developed. Ever since the 90s, hubble has helped scientists understanding of the universe at large, revealing pictures of galaxies, universes, and stars we would otherwise would never see. Imagine if you had a camer with infinite zoom, where would you take it? What would you photograph?

The video about the telescope