Picture time

Went yesterday driving and looking for places to take pictures. The driving part was hilarious, raced an old guy in a truck. I wasn't expecting him to jump off the line, so I wasn't ready for a quick launch myself. I noticed he floored it when the light turned green, so I did the same. 1st gear, around 4k RPM turbo kicked in and I started to pull away. Had a perfect shift to 2nd and was gone. It was fun, and the first time in a long time I've actually had somebody try and race me. Thank you, old guy in a blue truck.

On the the pictures. I got some good ones, in my opinion, but they were unexpected. Let me explain...I remember taking the pictures, not because I thought they would turn out good; just to take the picture. Not looking at the picture as a final product, but rather the act of taking the picture as my goal. I expected, as has happened so many times, that I would take a bunch of pictures, then load them on the computer, and never do anything else with them.

Last night, while sitting in the living room surrounded by 5 speakers and 1 sub, I turned on some music and played a slideshow of the pictures I took (raw, unedited, straight from the camera). This blew my mind, and gave me some ideas...expect something great to come from this in the future (I'll link back to this post when it happens). Ok, ok, on to the pictures...

Wait, ADD kicking in once again. One more thing I wanted to mention. I never really appreciated my wide angle lens (16-85mm f3.5-5.6) until now. I've always found it difficult to get interesting wide angle shots. I feel like, usually, they just turn out to be 'bland' pictures anyone can take with any camera. I'd say this is probably the most difficult area of photography for me right now. It's shots like this bridge picture that help me appreciate wide angle shots, and give me inspiration to try and improve.

RP1: Been busy

So this is a post in which I don't really have anything to talk about. RP1 stands for random post 1. I have been really busy with work, trying to get a machine finished and out the door. But that is not the reason I haven't posted anything in a while. Honestly, I've just wanted to relax, catch up on some TV shows, some games, etc. I have been waiting for something meaningful to post, but have not come across anything.

I took a few pictures of my car, after walking out of work one evening (it was after dark obviously, and a Saturday). I had my D90 with the 'nifty fifty' in hand and thought this might turn out pretty nice. I was correct, it looks cool with all the parking lot lights. Glad the 50mm has f/1.8 for it's largest apaeture...I needed all the light I could get. I like how the lighting highlights the fender flares!

I've been playing a lot of Starcraft 2, Minecraft, and F1 2010. All awesome games, I just don't have the time to play all of them as much as I would like. When I try to throw blogging into that mix, it is a little difficult. The question recently has been, which game should I play, not what can I write on the blog. Hence, random post 1; hope you enjoyed it. I'm just happy to get a post out. I'm going to keep trying for an average of 3-4 posts a week, as I mentioned in my first ever blog post...but that is easier said than done.

Starcraft 2 - Game changing tip

If you saw my previous few posts about Starcraft 2, you know that I am not very good at it. To try and improve my game, I have been watching a lot of videos and replays of really good players. Yesterday, I found the tip that changes the game; always be making workers. Literally always. Workers = money and money = army. This is much easier said than done, but at least it's something to work on with the game. Prior to this, I didn't have any goal in the game except not die (which is pretty difficult). It really turns the game around, and it is obvious now that this exactly how the best players became the best. All this being said, I still suck at the game, but I now know how to get better.