Yearly Archives: 2008

One of the best TV commercials I’ve seen in a while


This is one of the best TV ads of 2008 and probably the best one I’ve seen in a while.

Here’s the longer version:

Photographed and edited beautifully don’t you think?

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Interiors of my Uncle’s House

I had Thanksgiving over at my Uncle Doug and Aunt Tami’s house (an annual tradition) and what follows are a few interior shots I made of the home at times in between visiting with family and eating (which wasn’t that much time). Uncle Doug designed and built the house. He’s an architect in San Francisco.

The first image is a bit of an illusion because there is actually a set of stairs to the left that lead up to the kitchen:

Interior

Chairs

WindowBathroom

Light Switches

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Portrait session with Karen

I just finished editing shots from a photo shoot I did with Karen-current UC Berkeley student and grad school applicant extraordinaire.

And I’ve been playing with a cool piece of equipment that I recently got-an Alien Bees Ringflash. These shots were lit with the ringflash at various settings.

img 6716a1 Portrait session with Karen

While I can’t say I’ve completely mastered the use of ringflash, I think the results I’ve been getting so far are pretty good.

img 6756a Portrait session with Karen

And getting someone as photogenic as Karen to model for you doesn’t hurt!

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Karen, thanks for collaborating with me on this photo session!

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Heidi in black and white

I did a photo shoot with Heidi over the weekend and this is one of my favorite shots from the shoot. Thanks Heidi for choosing me to photograph your project! The complete portfolio of pictures will be ready for pickup this week.

img 6652a Heidi in black and white

Adventure game on the iPhone

screenshot1 Adventure game on the iPhoneAdventure brings me right back to my childhood and it’s currently available free on the iPhone/iPod Touch in the iTunes App Store! Anyone who used to play the Atari 2600 and owns an iPhone or iPod Touch will need no further explanation.

Adventure basically pioneered the action-adventure genre of games, and that though its art is spare and its noises are little more than bleeps and bloops, both are classic and coated with pure nostalgia.” – TUAW.

My Nephew

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This is a shot of my Nephew. He always wants to steal my iPhone:)

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CNN – stop calling it a hologram

You may have seen CNN’s election night coverage where they beamed in some ‘holograms’ (clip above). Well, it wasn’t really a hologram, but you probably knew that. For it to have really been a hologram, the 3D image would have had to have been projected into space, right there in front of Wolf Biltzer. Instead, he was just looking at nothing but a red dot and a remote video feed was switched in with the on air feed.

What about the blue Star Wars like edge around the image? That was added in by CNN for effect.

Welcome to Annexia

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“Welcome to Annexia” - William Burroughs.