Night falls gently on the old river

This was taken from the roof of the Key Bridge Marriott Hotel in Arlington, VA. I’d just finished a meeting and asked a favor from John, the hospitality manager: could he please let me go up for a few minutes to take photos? He kindly agreed, and he, along with a security guard, escorted me [...]

Embarrassing ads

When I think of embarrassing ads, I’m hard-pressed to find better examples than the ones I’m about to show you. These have to be embarrassing, for both the viewer and the people in them.
And when I think of people who’ve embarrassed themselves plenty in corny ads, it pains me to say that Arnold Schwarzenegger’s at [...]

Reassurance

One photographic subject I never tire of capturing is the sky. It’s quite an amazing subject. No other in nature changes colors and shapes like the sky. The fantastic hues of its sunrises and sunsets, the cloud movements, especially before a storm, the amazing variety of its makeup, all make for wonderful photographic moments. (And [...]

Animation videos

I’ve been holding onto these videos for a while, and finally got the chance to post them. The first is Dr. Seuss’ Green Eggs and Ham. I’d looked around for it for the longest time, and never could catch it when it was on TV. Found it on YouTube.

This is a video that [...]

Walking out on hope

The story behind this photo is a bit interesting. Ligia and I were visiting St. Patrick’s Cathedral in New York when I took this photo. I didn’t have a tripod with me, so this was taken handheld with my 24mm lens. This is why I love fast lenses and cameras that have very little noise.
Three [...]

The Flickr XP Uploader

For the past week, I’ve been using the Flickr XP Uploader to publish my photos, and I like it more than jUploadr. Since I add titles and keywords to all my photos in Lightroom, I like it when they are read and transferred automatically to the site (Flickr/Zooomr) when the photos get uploaded. For some [...]

Condensed knowledge for 2007-06-01

Here are the weekend-ready goodies:

MS releases the Surface touchscreen computer. Previously code-named Milan, this puppy is manipulated using our hands — no mouse, no keyboard. You might say, whoopee, these displays have been around for years. True, but this is the first time they’re coming to the mass market, and what sets this device apart [...]