HDR Before and After

I’ve experimented with High Dynamic Range (HDR) photography for a while now, but I finally have a good before and after example to share.  HDR basically yields an image with a higher exposure range than a traditional image or even our eyes are capable of capturing.  Here’s what it looks like—visit the site see them larger.

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hdr-experiment-after-small

What you’re looking at is about six images at different exposures merged together.  The result is better exposure and detail in the lightest-lights and darkest-darks of the image.  Which one do you like better?

New iPod Nano

How do they keep coming up with things that make you want to buy new one—that’s what’s crazy. Andrea while looking at the new Nano

Chrome Browser

Chrome—Google’s web browser.  Go get it!

Blogging from the iPhone

If you haven’t heard yet, I now have the latest and greatest iPhone. I just loaded the WordPress app, and now I’ll be blogging while I’m out and about. Hopefully you’ll be seeing more frequent updates. Stay tuned.

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Search Me

Search Me—You’ll know it when you see it. Visually search the web like browsing through your iTunes library.

Edwin Villanueva

Edwin Villanueva

Well it looks like someone actually likes the simplicity of my site’s design enough to try it out for themselves. Although I don’t plan to release this design as a theme, I don’t mind sharing what I’ve done. Edwin was even nice enough to contribute to a new book I bought today, Boundaries. Thanks Edwin, and enjoy the new look!

Baby Steps

My wife officially launched her blog today!

Baby Steps

She jumped ahead of at least three other people waiting on me to help them set up their blogs and managed to talk me into designing her site with a scrapbooking look. She did most of the work and created all the scrapbook images.

Be sure to visit Baby Steps, and let her know what you think of the site. You can also subscribe once you’re there to keep up with the latest Baby Steps she’s taking.

Image Resizing by Seam Carving

Image resizing is so much cooler than it used to be. Here’s the original video I saw a while back using the smart resizing technology.

Can’t see the video? Click Here

FotoFlexer.com

FotoFlexer

I’ve been looking for a tool like this for a long time. Now I can make pretty intense changes to my photos with FotoFlexer even if I’m away from Photoshop. The feature I love the most is the “Smart Resizing” tool. Check out how you can resize your images.

These are a few shots of me testing out the tool.  The man on the beach needs to go! Just select what you want to remove (you can even select what you want to keep), and begin resizing.

Animusic - Resonant Chamber

We have pianos that play themselves, why not acoustic…everything?