Tyler and Dad.
Less is More
Sometimes a song has lyrics that are so striking you can’t help but take note. This is a great section from “Society” by Eddie Vedder on the Into the Wild soundtrack.
There’s those thinkin’ more or less, less is more,
but if less is more, how you keepin’ score?
It means for every point you make, your level drops.
Kinda like you’re startin’ from the top… and you can’t do that.
Beautiful and makes you think.
This is our plan for the day. 592.2 miles.
First Shots with Lensbaby
For Christmas this year Tammy got me a fun lens for my camera, the Lensbaby Composer. When I did the Stone/Steel/People workshop I mentioned that my pro friend Layne was obsessed with shooting with his Lensbaby. I thought it would be a fun option to have in my camera bag and Tammy decided it would be a fun present. I haven’t been shooting much but I used it when I was in Grand Marais this last weekend and here are some shots with it. These were all shot on manual at f/4.
Tilt Shift Lens
I recently added a new lens to my camera bag, the Canon TS-E 24mm f/3.5L. This is one of those weird tilt-shift lenses. It’s not the brand new Mark II version of this lens, but the older one that has been out for a while. It is wonderful L-glass with the great red ring.
I’ve just started to learn how to use it. I plan on using it mainly for creative effect and in video shooting. Wish me luck!
First Shots with Tilt-Shift Lens
While I was shooting this weekend in Grand Marais I took an opportunity to try out my new tilt-shift lens. I really didn’t know what I was doing so I just tried playing with it a bit. These two shots really struck me when I was reviewing them.
I think this shot really struck me because of the falling snow. It draws my eye into the center and the snow flakes suspended in the air. I also like the mood of the shot.
I wasn’t expecting much with this shot. It’s just a bunch of trees with some downed trees in the mix. I tried out the tilt and put the slight clearing in focus. I really like the effect on the rest of the frame as it blurs out. For some reason this picture makes me want to walk forward and explore the space.
More experimenting to come, including some video.
Tethering my iPad via my iPhone 4 on the bus. This works very well.
Save the Lead
I tapped on a unsubscribe link today to rid myself of another spam list. This URL quickly flashed through the browser as several redirects were occurring. What does this URL say?
http://your-website-here.com/index.php/leadCapture/save
That certainly reinforced that I didn’t need those emails anymore. I wonder what cookies they dropped on my browser in all those redirects.
My Mobile Data Usage Trends
Now that I’ve upgraded to iOS 4.3 I was itching to enable Personal Hotspot on my iPhone 4. I take the bus to work most of the time and want to use Personal Hotspot to get my MacBook Air and iPad online for the trip. However, both Tammy and I were still grandfathered in to the original iPhone unlimited data plan and AT&T will not let you do unlimited data with the Personal Hotspot feature. I had to move to a metered plan to get the win.
I went on the AT&T website and they now have this great feature that will show you your trends. I consider myself a bit of a data pig and use my phone all the time. The numbers really surprised me.
I’ve never used over 400MB and most of the time fit just around 200MB. That was shocking to me. I am on WiFi at home and work so I guess it makes sense that it’s only my true mobile use, but it still seemed light.
I looked at Tammy’s numbers and they were even lighter.
I was able to move Tammy to a lower plan and save a good amount every month and offset entirely the cost of moving me to a 4GB plan with Personal Hotspot enabled.
The point of this post is to not assume. Look at the numbers. 200MB gets you further than you would think.