Blues and bubbles
Pictures from a great blues dance event at Cremant beauty salon.
Wielding light
This Easter I wanted to improve my lighting skills, and try out a few ideas that had been bouncing around in my head for a while. I also had some gear that had been sitting on my shelf for too long that I wanted to try out 😉 Lucky for me, my wonderful dance partner Mimi Terris was up for a little experimentation, and brought a few ideas of her own to the table (including a wolf – but more on that later!). We spent a whole day shooting pictures, had a lot of fun, and I got to try …
Canon 24mm f/1.4L II review, on a 50D
UPDATE (8/3/10): Added some outdoor shots to the samples. The lens shows very little flare, even with the sun in the scene. I waited a long time to get my hands on the Canon EF 24mm f/1.4L II lens. Back in december 2008, I wrote a small ruby script to help me determine what focal lengths I favored, and concluded that this particular lens would be the perfect match for my EOS 50D, for low-light photography. I still hadn’t managed to turn up the funds for one when The Digital Picture published a glowing review of it a couple of …
Øredev 2009 impressions and DCI Architecture
I was fortunate to get to go to Øredev 2009 last week, and wanted to share a couple of impressions with you. The picture on the left is me with my Øredev passport, after a very large espresso from one of the Oracle-sponsored baristas. Øredev is a developer conference held each year in Malmö. This years’ event took place between November 4th and 6th. It is not a technology-specific event, but covers a wide range of topics such as .Net, Java, Agile ways, testing, project management, and web/cloud/mobile development. Talks range from concrete hands-on topics such as how to work …