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Hi! I'm Tristan Tom, a San Francisco Bay Area based photographer shooting mostly portraits, lifestyle, stock and commercial. This blog follows both my personal and professional life. Like most, I’ve got opinions and musings on a diverse range of subjects, some of which will be featured throughout the blog along with my photographic endeavors. I encourage you to leave comments on anything you see or read here. And, tell a friend about it too! Also, here's a short bio.

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Monthly Archives: January 2008

Photo shoot with Ashley

Welcome and thanks for visiting! If you like what you see, you can subscribe to my full RSS feed. Also be sure to check out my Portrait and Dreams galleries. (This message will disappear on subsequent visits.)I had a cool shoot with Ashley (aka Gypsy) a while back and am finally getting them up...

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Hill Street, Los Angeles

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The (Blade Runner) Bradbury Building

I recently had the opportunity to photograph the Bradbury Building in downtown Los Angeles. I knew the building mostly from the movie Blade Runner, and had always wanted to visit; it’s a beautiful interior in it’s own right.
The exterior looks fairly non-descript:

But the interior is stunning!

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Review of the Herman Miller Mirra office chair

 

After several years of ownership, my Herman Miller Aeron chair was starting to feel a bit worn out. The mesh seat and back on it were feeling stretched out and loose and the chair was generally not as comfortable as it used to be when it was new. Plus, being the B...

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February 18, 2009 - 12:39 am Andrew - I'm 6'4" or 1,93 metres and have a C size Aeron at home and a Mirra at work. I agree that the Mirra has many advantages but I find the height adjustment too limited - it is just too low for me which is a shame because the rest of the dimensions really do live up to the "1 sizes fits all" claim.

February 18, 2009 - 7:45 pm Tristan - Andrew - I believe you can get a higher column for the Mirra. Aside from the height, which chair do you prefer? Just curious.

February 19, 2009 - 1:07 pm Andrew - leaving money out of the equation I'd say the Aeron but it's a close run thing - I've had the Aeron longer too so I'm more used to it.

Adobe Photoshop CS3 Installation Woes

A while back, I wrote about some serious Adobe Photoshop CS3 installation problems I was having. I said that Adobe’s installer basically sucks.
Well, John Nack, an Adobe employee, couldn’t agree with me more. In the comments section of his blog in response to my post, he states:
“Our installer sucks beyond belief. I’m sorry for–and quite...

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