Last night I went to campus with the kids for a walk. We started playing with long exposures and had the following fun. (Follow the link by clicking on the picture for more examples.) It was quite late and fairly dark which is how we were able to do the […]
Yearly Archives: 2007
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For those just returning to Targuman, I haven’t completely changed modes of blogging, it is just that I received a new camera (Sony Alpha D100) and I have having a great time using it. To that end, I thought I would share my pictures with you all. The new version […]
A picture of a dried rose, white balance set to “tungsten,” and then de-saturated. If you use a flash with the tungsten setting you get surprising results: 🙂
These are just lights we strung on our back porch. This time, playing with both depth of field and lighting conditions. If anyone likes any of my images and would like to use it for a desktop image/wallpaper, simply email me with the resolution you would like and I will […]
I heard this on “Thought for the Day” from Radio 4, Sept. 11, 2007. Thy word is all, if we could but spell. George Herbert (1593-1633) The entire commentary is quite good, and since it is available online, I encourage you to read it here (or subscribe to the podcast).
(Via Amber Mac.) Gmail passed from person to person in person Google’s Gmail team launched this collaborative video project a few weeks ago. The search engine giant asked fans to create short videos of themselves passing a Gmail envelope from left to right in a creative way. After more than […]
From my colleague at PSU Cole Camplese: Travel Humor I did a little traveling late last week … while it DC connecting, I saw the image below on the big board. I had to take a picture of it — with my iPhone no less. Just cracked me up. Sorta […]
One of the great things about State College is that on my 4 mile “commute” I drive past horses, cattle, poultry barns, sod farms (85% of the grass used on all golf courses in the world were developed at PSU), and pigs. I love it. So the horses were grazing […]
Just playing with the camera again. This time my subject is a toy John Deere tractor that sits on my desk in the office. I was testing out available light, close up, and using fill flash.