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coit tower

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circle @ coit tower, originally uploaded by griphiam.

Trying to take advantage of a spectacular day (Saturday) we decided to leave our confines (Palo Alto) and head north (San Francisco). While it was a great [...]

Grand Canyon (part 1)

Well I know its been a long wait, but I’m finally getting around to processing all those pictures taken in the last 4 months. Expect quite a bit of new stuff coming soon.
We’ll start with two great panorama vistas: The first taken at the ‘Grand View’ vista point and the second taken at the [...]

HDR Photography

All I can say is… Wow!

There are only a handful of instances where I think the “HDR” effect looks good, but this is definitely one of them.  I’ve only tried to bracket shots a few times, but I haven’t been able to get good looking photos out of it.  Photomatrix is the predominant software (reasonably [...]

Pismo Beach

I was lucky enough to get out of work early today. Everything went pretty well on the AFB in prep for tomorrow’s testing, so I managed to head out to Pismo Beach, grab some BBQ, and walk around the beach for a bit. I hadn’t packed anything appropriate (didn’t think I’d have any [...]

photography workflow

Is it not so simple to ask for one integrated photography workflow tool? It really is about as bad as finding a good photography bag — the people designing them have such a narrow focus, they completely miss the boat.
Let me define a few terms:

NFA — Narrowly Focused Application

Describes a program that does one [...]

Departed

What a fantastic movie!  Just got around to watching it.  In my opinion, much better than ‘Goodfellas,’ which is a feat unto itself.
We also saw ‘Stranger Than Fiction’ last weekend.  Will Ferrel should do more movies like this.  He really is a great actor that could branch out if he wanted to.
Anyway, let me conclude [...]

Cherry Blossom Festival

This weekend saw the annual explosion of white and pink around the Tidal Basin and National Mall — blooming of the Cherry Blossoms. We when down on Friday evening, which was a good plan because it avoided most of the tourists that flock to the city for this weekend. I would say it [...]