Saturday, December 24, 2011
Sunday, December 4, 2011
Tuesday, October 11, 2011
Sunday, October 9, 2011
Saturday, October 8, 2011
Saturday, August 13, 2011
Friday, August 12, 2011
Sunday, July 10, 2011
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Tuesday, July 5, 2011
Friday, July 1, 2011
Cornholing...
Time to build some new Michigan boards. Some features I'm going to put in this version:
1. Routered top and hole
2. 1x4 design for lighter design
3. Pocket screwed so no screws on the deck
4. Recessed back bar
5. Engraved/routered lettering on sides
6. Spray painted instead of paint brush painted
7. New hinge and handle to connect boards together to carry
8. Undercarriage box to hold the bags
9. Retractable measuring device
10 Cross bar support
I'm collecting the parts. Building may start this weeked. WOOHOO
1. Routered top and hole
2. 1x4 design for lighter design
3. Pocket screwed so no screws on the deck
4. Recessed back bar
5. Engraved/routered lettering on sides
6. Spray painted instead of paint brush painted
7. New hinge and handle to connect boards together to carry
8. Undercarriage box to hold the bags
9. Retractable measuring device
10 Cross bar support
I'm collecting the parts. Building may start this weeked. WOOHOO
Monday, June 27, 2011
Thursday, May 5, 2011
Wednesday, May 4, 2011
Tuesday, April 26, 2011
2011's Big Hike...September...Cloudsrest
Looks like September will bring another big hike. I'm headed back out to Yosemite and drag my pal, Matt back out on the trail. This years quest looks to be the 14 mile hike to a place called Cloudsrest. The arrow points to the peak we will be scaling.
The plan is to drive over towards Yosemite the day before, get a room at a cheap hotel and then get up early at get a quick start. Old guys are slow. :-)
This hike will probably rival my hike to the Upper Falls which I really wasn't properly prepared for. Won't be the case for this event. Matt likes to bring alot of refreshments!
This is the topo and elevation gain for the trail from Tenaya Lake:
The final 100 yards or so up the ridge to the summit might be the most spectacular view yet in Yosemite. Or course, I plan on packing SOME camera gear, but not as much as I usually carry.
This is the ridge:
Should be exciting! And of course, during the hike, I will be sending pictures to this blog in real time. Mark your calenders...looks like September 25th!
Monday, April 25, 2011
Friday, April 22, 2011
Monday, April 18, 2011
Tuesday, April 5, 2011
Sunday, April 3, 2011
Saturday, April 2, 2011
Thursday, March 31, 2011
Sunday, March 27, 2011
Friday, March 25, 2011
Thursday, March 24, 2011
Tuesday, March 22, 2011
Wednesday, March 9, 2011
REST IN PEACE...Mike Starr...
Mike lost his battle to drug addiction on March 8th. I was hoping his story would turn out different.
Wednesday, February 16, 2011
Peleng 8mm Revisited...
Well after some soft shots in San Fran in late 2010, I decided to figure this lens out. I've messed around with it for some time and everything comes back soft. So I decided to shoot the lens in every configuration and then compare the results. Well....they were all soft. Just like this:
I have seen pictures very crisp with this manual lens. This is not crisp. So after some extensive research online and asking many questions, I came across a group the had a forum on the lens. Others too had a similar problem with this lens.
Its' an interesting lens, because it shoots 180 degrees and its a manual russian lens. The thing is pretty heavy. So there is no autofocus or metering with this lens. You turn the dials and you shoot. Should be pretty simple.
Someone typed in that the lens is screwed to the wrong side, so the focus can't reach focus. What you have to do, is put the lens on the camera, grab the front part in front of the f-stops and turn it. I tried it, and it didn't budge. I knew it had to move, so I really pulled on it, and what do you know, it acted as if I was going to unscrew the front of the lens. I kept turning it all the way to the other side until it stopped.
Excited about this, I took it outside and took a couple shots to see what it looked like. BAM!!! Yahtzee!!! We have CRISP!
Now that's more like it... I'm going to open up a Peleng gallery on my Smugmug and throw some shots in there that turn out pretty decent. I'm pretty happy with these two. No post processing on either of these. Gallery is here:
http://jscranton.smugmug.com/Other/Peleng-8mm/15868484_Eypms#1189896867_dm4uG
I'm headed to NY the first week of April. Statue of Liberty and the Rock are a couple places we will be going. So I expect to get some interesting shots with this lens.
I have seen pictures very crisp with this manual lens. This is not crisp. So after some extensive research online and asking many questions, I came across a group the had a forum on the lens. Others too had a similar problem with this lens.
Its' an interesting lens, because it shoots 180 degrees and its a manual russian lens. The thing is pretty heavy. So there is no autofocus or metering with this lens. You turn the dials and you shoot. Should be pretty simple.
Someone typed in that the lens is screwed to the wrong side, so the focus can't reach focus. What you have to do, is put the lens on the camera, grab the front part in front of the f-stops and turn it. I tried it, and it didn't budge. I knew it had to move, so I really pulled on it, and what do you know, it acted as if I was going to unscrew the front of the lens. I kept turning it all the way to the other side until it stopped.
Excited about this, I took it outside and took a couple shots to see what it looked like. BAM!!! Yahtzee!!! We have CRISP!
Now that's more like it... I'm going to open up a Peleng gallery on my Smugmug and throw some shots in there that turn out pretty decent. I'm pretty happy with these two. No post processing on either of these. Gallery is here:
http://jscranton.smugmug.com/Other/Peleng-8mm/15868484_Eypms#1189896867_dm4uG
I'm headed to NY the first week of April. Statue of Liberty and the Rock are a couple places we will be going. So I expect to get some interesting shots with this lens.
Friday, January 28, 2011
SCHRODER Shoot - the pictures...
A few weeks ago, I did a family shoot for my friend Brian and his family in my basement. They were pleased with the results. Here are a few of the around 100 that we took.
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