Nice night for a fire.
Graffletopia ← Using OmniGraffle? Need stencils? Stop your search, here they are. Wow.
Elizabeth Kreutz ← Really good professional photographer that is covering Lance Armstrong’s return to cycling.
OmniGraffle Scripts
OmniGraffle Scripts ← Several scripts by Peter McMaster that help do some nice things, like drawing arcs, in OmniGraffle.
IndieBound
IndieBound ← Saw a poster for this while we were at Wild Rumpus in Linden Hills. It’s a cool resource to find independent bookstores and help express the value that those places bring to communities.
Vicky Cristina Barcelona — Okay movie. Interesting. Perhaps a little slow. No big revelation in the plot.
Photographing the Overnight Website Challenge
I spent this morning shooting the first of three sessions at the Sierra Bravo Overnight Website Challenge. The guys at Sierra Bravo were nice enough to let me do the event photography. So this morning I strapped on all my gear and shot for a couple of hours as things got underway. I’m going to return late tonight and again very early tomorrow morning to get more of the event.
For the photographically curious I’m shooting with my Canon 40D body. I thought about bringing the Canon 20D for a 2nd body, but the low-light performance on the 20D would limit it’s usefulness. It also highlights that the 20D is probably not a very good second body. I loaded up my Think Tank Speed Belt with a bunch of pouches, packing along:
- 70-200mm f/2.8L IS
- 10-22mm Ultrawide
- 14mm Fisheye
- 17-85mm IS
- 580EX SpeedLite with ST-E2 Wireless Transmitter
- Gary Fong Dome
This morning I shot mostly wide. I did a lot with the 10-22mm as well as the Fisheye. I did some work with the 70-200mm as well for close-ups. The room is difficult to shoot. It’s just a big open space and what little light there is is rough fluorescent stuff.
Tonight I’m hoping the teams will be a bit punchy and get some more interesting shots with people. We’ll see if I can get a team to do a human pyramid.
Related: See Photos from Overnight Website Challenge.
Leaving to go shoot the Overnight Website Challenge. Full kit-belt geared up.
Related: See Photos from Overnight Website Challenge.
I love the smell of this Coffee & Tea Ltd.
Bottle Shock
Fun and happy movie about the beginnings of the California wine valley. Not a great script. Fine snowy evening rental.
