Archive for November, 2008

As I mentioned last week, some of my photos from last week’s prep basketball game were to be published in the Chapel Hill News. These two made it onto the front page of the sports section, accompanying the article,  “Old Friends, New Rivals“. I took a few hundred shot that day, whittled that down...
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Following up on my own call for a more accessible wordpress theme, I searched the list of available themes for the simplest up-to-date theme I could find. After hours of downloading and installing promising themes, I rand across the Dojo theme by Scott Vandehey: A minimal web-standards theme with two dynamic sidebars and an...
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As seen on Slashdot, The Future of Things reports that: Researches at the University of Washington have recently developed a system, which for the first time, offers an instantly customizable approach to user interfaces. Each participant in the program is placed through a brief skills test and then a mathematically-based version of the user...
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With the days of Novembers waning away, I have been reflecting on my largest publication. This year’s Town Planner calendar, the one that comes free in the mail in late December, named me Mr. November, so to speak. Marcia, the local Town Planner director, contacted me about some of my photos on flickr early...
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I brought my camera over to our friends’ (the Johnsons) home on Thanksgiving.  Both Gus and Kyra, the Johnson’s two little ones,   had a great time playing paprazzi.  The food was wonderful, the company even better. In this shot, I had the camera and caught Gus palying with one of this toys with the...
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This past summer, I shot a fund-raiser for a local school. The assignment was for my local paper and I had four shots published, including this one. The fund-raiser consisted of an auction, which I skipped, and a fiddling contest, which was my focus. I arrived a bit early, so spent a while shooting...
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On one of our many visit to the dog park (Homestead in Chapel Hill) this summer, a woman brought her daughter to meet all the dogs. There was a giant muddy area where the dog’s water buckets has been dumped too many times. Before she knew it, the woman’s daughter had plunked herself down...
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the negative is comparable to the composer’s score and the print to its performance. each performance differs in subtle ways. (ansel adams) photography and me i saw an ansel adams exhibit not too long ago at boston’s mfa, but first saw the above quote at a tiny, temporary exhibit in the basement of the...
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I have made a call on the wordpress.org site for a more accessible theme! Many themes are hard for visually impaired folks to read. Not just legally blind people like me, but many older folks have it tough with all theses colorful and cluttered themes. Can someone build me a simple theme with bells...
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Last Week’s Personal Tech section in the NYTimes featured a nifty new product, ClarityLife C900 Amplified Mobile Phone. The C900 is designed for the more senior among us, but is equally useful for the visually impaired. The phone only has four buttons on its face, each is large and easy to find and use....
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I shot my first basketball game last night. I learned that I have a lot to learn! First, though, I need an equipment upgrade. I need longer, faster lenses and some more strobes with Pocketwizards. I brought my trusty 285hv with my not-so-trusty Cactus triggers. This was less-than-optimal. The battery recycle time was not...
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I am heading off to Carrboro High to shoot their varsity men’s game againgst East Chapel Hill tonight. I am underequipped, so with me luck. If you find this post useful or interesting, please consider buying me a cup of coffee.
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We have been taking our puppies to the local dog park here in Chapel Hill and occasionally I lug the camera with me. On one of those days, I caught Vega, a Husky who gets along well with our two dogs, curling up in the water bucket to cool off. She does this regularly...
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Microsoft’s Comfort Optical 3000 Mouse allows the user to zoom in on the cursor with the click of a mouse button. Although, I have not tried it yet, it seems like a great little feature for visually-impaired users. I am quite happy with my wireless Logitech mouse. It is quite configurable, so I could...
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Check out the Game Faces Slideshow on the N&O Sports page! I spent the morning shooting all the pre-game festivities before today’s football game between UNC and NC State. Boy was it cold this morning! My chaffeur had the day off so I took at bus shortly after eight this morning. I has a...
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