Blueye Photography » Just For Fun http://blog.blueyephoto.com Thu, 31 Dec 2009 05:48:34 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 en hourly 1 Where does the time go? http://blog.blueyephoto.com/2009/10/24/where-does-the-time-go/ http://blog.blueyephoto.com/2009/10/24/where-does-the-time-go/#comments Sat, 24 Oct 2009 23:33:57 +0000 Troy http://blog.blueyephoto.com/?p=505 It has been ages since I last posted (yeah, I’m a big slacker). Since I’m not taking bookings right now I’ve been spending a good amount of time photographing my son… he’s kind of irresistible :) Please forgive me and go visit our family blog to see more photos and videos of the little man.

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Take a few minutes to watch this video… some of the statistics are eye opening.

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While we were scouting we came across a local artist named Jim Huntington who creates these amazing granite and metal sculptures. The variety of sculptures is pretty amazing and we thought it was interesting running into him in the middle of nowhere. We had the opportunity to chat with him for a bit and he told us about a YouTube video that someone made of him recently so you know I had to find it and post it here as well:

This is Jim’s studio.
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These are a couple close ups of the texture in his sculptures (these were shot with a Lensbaby 2.0)
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To see all of the photos I took today you can link over to my Facebook gallery: http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=98497&id=753997032&l=32850836c7

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The lease on my VW Jetta is up in a few months and I need to start looking for a new car. I’ve informally narrowed the field down to 4 contenders. My criteria:

  1. Must be stylish
  2. Must be reliable
  3. Must have utility (no small cars, but also no monster SUV/Truck either)
  4. Must have 4 doors min (hatch backs are commonly referred to as 5 doors)
  5. Must be automatic (my current car is a stick, but I’m kind of tired of it now… again)
  6. Must have a good stereo option (I love listening to music while I drive)

And here are the 4 cars I have it down to (in the order of preference at this moment in time):

  1. Toyota Venza
    Pros: Great style, great reviews, excellent engine, Toyota reliability
    Cons: Can’t really find any
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  2. VW Passat Wagon
    Pros: Okay style (can be pepped up with options), German engineering (I’ve owned 4 VWs)
    Cons: It really is a station wagon
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  3. Audi A3
    Pros: Audi quality, sportier than Passat, good gas mileage, new styling is eye catching
    Cons: Smallest of the 4 contenders
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  4. GMC Acadia
    Pros: Lots of utility, good looking for an SUV, lots of options
    Cons: GM is pretty much bankrupt
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So what do you think? Leave me a comment and help me decide. I’m planning on starting my test drive runs this weekend.

In case you are wondering what other cars I thought about here’s a quick list that didn’t make the cut:
VW Tiguan, Infiniti G35, Nissan Altima, Saturn Outlook, Nissan Murano, Nissan Titan, BMW X5, Acura MDX/RDX, Toyota FJ Cruiser, Ford Edge

]]> http://blog.blueyephoto.com/2009/03/05/15-days/feed/ 7 Zack Arias: Transform http://blog.blueyephoto.com/2009/02/18/zack-arias-transform/ http://blog.blueyephoto.com/2009/02/18/zack-arias-transform/#comments Thu, 19 Feb 2009 05:38:37 +0000 Troy http://blog.blueyephoto.com/?p=373 Nearly every day I find new (to me) photographers who are truly gifted. This world is full of amazing talent. Zack Arias was asked to guest blog on Scott Kelby’s blog and instead of writing a post he created a video using his Flip Mino HD. This video is quite inspiring and I wanted to share it here.



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(the above photo was shot with my 1dMkIII)

I’ve only shot a few frames with the 5D (it was a busy day), but the ISO performance is phenomenal. The two photos below were shot at ISO 1600 and are pretty much straight out of the camera (I adjusted the white balance in Lightroom). Wow!

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And the most impressive thing about this new camera? HD video! Check out this quick little movie I shot with the 85 f/1.2 @ ISO 1600. I converted the video to black and white, added transitions, and added the music in Apple’s iMovie.

Tiny little test movie from Troy Schneider on Vimeo.

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