I made a quick wallpaper set out of a pseudo HDR shot I took while at Hearst Castle recently. Comes in 1280×1024, 1600×1200, 1680×1050, and 1920×1200. Lemme know if you use it in the comments! Enjoy.
This past weekend, the wife and I decided to take a little vacation to Pismo Beach. Nothing too major just a little get away for a couple days. I decided to take along my new camera and I’m glad I did. On Saturday I tried to find a little place to take a few pictures but wasn’t having much luck. We ended up finding a little place that had a few rocks and a ton of birds. After a few minutes of being there though it started to rain. After dinner that night we went back and I messed around a bit with some long exposure stuff.
Long Exposure
Even Tia got behind the camera, but that was after I had walked away.
Me!
Anyways, we didn’t take too many shots there. it started to get dark and there was only so much you can do. The next day we decided to take a tour of Hearst Castle. I haven’t been there since I was little and Tia has never been. We took the first tour which went around outside and through the house a bit. Kind of gave you a general idea of what the place is like. Anyways, enough talk and more pictures!
Tia and I bought a Nikon D5000 today! So be on a lookout for pictures I’ll be posting while I practice this new hobby. I’m not sure if I’ll post them here or on my named domain. I’ll keep you guys updated.
Welcome to 2009!
Like most people I make a few New Years resolutions. Whether or not I actually keep them, well that’s a different story. This year I’ve decided to actually post my resolutions on the blog so maybe someone out there will remember them and somewhere down the road ask “Hey how’s (blank) going?” and I’ll reply “Eh, kind of dropped it”. From then on you can call me lazy or whatever you need to say to get me back on my resolutions. Sound like a deal?
My first resolution is the same as 99.998% of people — lose weight. Not a lot of weight, I’m going to turn into Skeletor or anything but I do want to lose a few pounds. Along with that comes working up the muscle a bit. It’s time to put that gym membership to work.
Second on the list is to learn something new. To fulfill that resolution I’ve decided to take up photography. I’ve already got a pretty nice camera that lets you set a lot of things manually but also does RAW images. Not a bad start.
Third — One picture a day for a month, to start. I might go longer but to get the hang of it and see if I can actually pull through with us I’ll start off with only one month. Plus it gives me a chance to work on my photography skills and you, the readers, can follow my progress in a way. Some of the pictures might be random but hey, it’s a picture.
So that’s my list. Not very long but I think if you keep it short it’s easier to actually stick to it. Maybe I’ll add one more to the list, post more in the blog! =)
What’s your New Years Resolutions?
-Celo
