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Tell Us Your Tools Along With Your Problems

Chris Osborne — Sat, 29 Nov 2008 15:24:36 +0000

I’ve been reading a lot of stuff over at Digital Photography School lately where someone is asking for advice on how o make their shots better, but they’re not telling us what camera they were using. Why?

You wouldn’t ask someone how to set a different footer on each page without telling them what word processor you’re using, would you? And I don’t think you would ask someone how to change the radio in your car without telling them what kind of car you have.

I wonder what kind of advice they expect to get when they don’t let us know the tools that aren’t doing the job as expected.

Changes with the Photos

Chris Osborne — Mon, 10 Nov 2008 13:44:31 +0000

Over at Sapid Existence we’ve got a major addition, the CommentLuv plugin. When someone leaves a comment, it adds a link to that person’s newest blog post. So take advantage of that.

One More Week of Hell

Chris Osborne — Tue, 28 Oct 2008 23:08:23 +0000

Tomorrow starts my own personal Hell Week. I’ve got soccer, soccer, volleyball, soccer, and volleyball all between today and Tuesday when the final version of The Johnsonian is finished.

On top of that, there’s 1 (and hopefully 2) basketball practices that I need to go to so I can get pictures for the basketball preview.

This should be fun.

DPS Scavenger Hunt #1

Chris Osborne — Tue, 28 Oct 2008 15:08:23 +0000

Digital Photography School is having a scavenger hunt, and it’s something that looks pretty interesting. Here is the official list

The List:
01 - Stained Glass
02 - Something Pink
03 - A Crowd
04 - Bell Tower
05 - Something Patriotic
06 - Couple Holding Hands
07 - A Quote
08 - Candid Portrait
09 - Something Blue
10 - Tombstone
11 - Dust Bunnies
12 - Eyes Only
13 - Big Truck
14 - Camera SP (Self Portrait)
15 - Water
16 - _____ on a wire
17 - Fire
18 - Church
19 - Cake
20 - Bridge
21 - Something Moving
22 - Jewelry
23 - Unusual Door
24 - Interesting Sign
25 - Toy(s)

Look for what I get for each item over at Sapid Existence.

Dorkness Shinning Through

Chris Osborne — Thu, 02 Oct 2008 13:11:46 +0000

Sleeping like a baby

Originally uploaded by Chris Gin

I know, everyone should be happy when class is canceled. I know I was ecstatic when school would be canceled when I was little. And my freshman year I loved it when class was canceled. But now, I just feel like I’m missing out on something.

Although part of that might be because I got the email that my 9:30 class was canceled after I got out of the shower and had started making the coffee. I could have just stayed asleep. But that can’t happen now because I’m already awake.

So, nothing to do until my yoga class at 12. Maybe my new lens will be here and I can play around with that.

By the way, just in case you were curious this is how I sleep. Not the naked part, the part where I’ve got my head on one of my arms with a hand stretched out like that.

Double Duty Results

Chris Osborne — Mon, 29 Sep 2008 03:10:10 +0000

I hate night games. I get a few good shots, a lot of crap. Well, mostly crap. But that’s the way it goes when there are areas of the field that essentially get no light. It’s too bad that those areas are pretty important spots of the field.

I love day games. I get to drop the ISO and don’t have to worry about lights and shadows and all of the other things that make shooting night games so much not fun.

Women’s Soccer v UNC Ashville

Men’s Soccer v Liberty

Double Duty

Chris Osborne — Sat, 27 Sep 2008 17:10:05 +0000

Because of a rainout yesterday, I get my first marathon day photo wise. Men’s soccer game at 3:30 followed by a women’s game at 7. I’m excited, I haven’t had a chance to just stay out there for that long yet. All that soccer should be great.

To celebrate, here is a shot I’ve gotten from the men’s a women’s teams this year.

On that note, I really need to start getting some of this year’s shots up on Sapid Existence.

Oh, the Wonderful Pictures

Chris Osborne — Wed, 24 Sep 2008 04:46:09 +0000

I’ve gotten a lot of pictures so far this year, and I probably should be doing a better job telling people where they are. The really good ones will probably find their way over to Sapid Existence at some point.

Men’s Soccer

Entire 2008 Season Collection
- Appalachian State
- USC Upstate

Women’s Soccer

2008 Season Collection

Cross Country

Asics Cross Country Invitational

Intramural Sports

Flag Football

If you know people on one of these teams, make sure they know where to find pictures of themself.

Project Cold Coffee

Chris Osborne — Tue, 23 Sep 2008 03:48:57 +0000

Pam needs to do a comic book for one of her classes. I started thinking randomly (and without knowing that) that it would be cool if there was a really insecure super hero who was really messed up psychologically, mostly with anxiety disorders.

Combine the two, and I think there might be something cool going down.

So if you have any ideas for this comic book, please let me know. I’d love to hear them. I have some stuff planned out already, but I’m keeping it upnder wraps for right now.

The Writings on the Wall

Chris Osborne — Thu, 07 Aug 2008 14:27:01 +0000

I’m a dork. A forgetful, live in the moment, swiss cheese brained dork. And there’s no way around that at all.

Which is why I’ve decided that having a poster up on my wall with a list of things that need to get done on a semi-regular basis might be a good idea. I’ve had success with putting signs on the wall before (”Don’t forget your keys, dumbass” was the best one in both working-ness and cool-ness), so I’m 99% sure that it’ll work.

The problem is figuring out what to put on the poster. Some things like “Go to class” are so common that I don’t think they should take up space. “Make your Winthrop payment” are important, but it doesn’t happen often enough to where I think it needs to be there.

Finding that balance is hard. I’d love to have some ideas for what should go on there. The only thing I know will be there now is “Update GnuCash” because there’s no point in having it if I don’t use it.