I asked some friends at school to model for my art Project: Stereotypes of Crawford (my school)
Jokes again?
Yesterday, Rondricoh and Ana came down from Johannesburg for a visit, they're leaving to China on Monday and we wished them a happy and safe trip.
I'm very confused at the moment, I need to sign up for a University and choose my degree.
I'm currently sticking to the BSc: ComSci side of things, it's quite safe, for me, at least. I was contemplating the other day that I actually really like justice and crime, and was thinking about Internet Policing, and to my great dismay, I realized that policing requires Law.
I hate Law. I'm not a fan of Law. I WON'T study LAW.
Any suggestions guys?
I know no one reads this blog, but it's worth a try.... Isn't it?
Thanks in Advance
This is very interesting!
But it's in Japanese :[
http://www.sony.jp/dslr/products/tech-lab/index.html
Java Demystified
Author: Jim Keogh
Publisher: McGraw Hill Osborne
Price Paid: US$25
I’m an avid programmer (at high school level) – As I’m aiming to become a computer programmer.
I recently purchased this book because my previous Java book – Java 2 a beginners guide by Herbert Schildt, also an Osborne published book, was a bit complicated an used quite difficult language. I bought that book way back in 2004, and I couldn’t get through the 1st chapter.
I then started Java programming in 2007, and learned that the “System.out.println()” commant was a printLN not a printIN! I got stuck with that for 3 years!
But looking at the book now, it just seems long strung and very tedious to read. This book however is much more concise, even when I’ve already done most of the basics of Java programming. I enjoy the way Keogh words his stuff! And it’s just so easy to finish a chapter within an hour.
I must say this book is for beginners (from the early chapters) to advanced programmers. It’s an ideal gift too for those who are willing to start programming! It includes very logical ways to look at things and simple examples.
I really enjoyed reading this book and could well recommend it to you! Photographers who spend their aftertime programming.
If I were to give it an overall rating, it’d be 4½ out of 5!
I spent my day today making the CD Spindle Ringflash I wanted to AGES ago.
This is the tutorial I used: StumbleUpon: RingFlash DIY
At first I used tin foil for the ring backing, but this spread the light unevenly and wasn't very effective. So I ripped out the foil and replaced it with paper!
And voila! It's perfect... Not as bright as foil, but quite good.
The effects are astounding, considering that it's free.
There's virtually no shadows on my dad's face from his glasses when compared to no ring, direct flash. It really softens the edges and creates a dreamy effect.
This is great for close-ups of nearly anything! Portraits especially.
PET SOCIETY on FACEBOOK
I never knew that I'd get so addicted to this game! It's so awesome! almost like peaceful WarCraft if you ask me! If you don't have me on Facebook, be sure to add me soon! As well as my photography fan page!
It's bloody awesome.
One Small Step for DeviantART, Huge leap for community
I recently renewed my dA subscription, saw the new features and were desperate to try them out. I did and I'm really happy! The new Critique ability is awesome, and I'm addicted to that too! (Trying to promote myself and the community, you see)
The exchange rates (Dollar to Rand) isn't too bad at the moment, so I got quite a good (normal) price for my sub.
I should've gotten a print one though, coz it comes with free 3months! (forgot about that!)
Google AdWords
I recently signed up to the Google Advertising drive. It seems promising, but not very cost-effective! Considering google has so many hits, I could reconsider the previous statement though.
If you guys are by any chance searching the net for keywords that are similar to the ones I would use for my deviantART profile, please do NOT click on my Ad, as I HAVE to pay for them! (the clicks), so if you do! just remember that you're costing me unwanted waste!
Last Words
I wanna make a softbox, I contacted my neighbor (aspiring carpenter) and we might get it off the ground tomorrow! Keep your eyes Peeled!
xx
Love,
A.
Well, I was quite skeptical about this lens at first, especially after reading the MTF graphs.
They stated that this lens was softer at all apertures (that were comparable) than my beloved Tank Beast Tokina 28-70/2.8
When I received it, I was in utter frustration as I had thought the seller didn't include the lens hood which he said he would. After looking around the box, I found it rapped in paper! (Lol)
It was a well cared for lens, I would not be surprised if he said it was new! No marks, scratches, signs of use Whatsoever!
When I attached it to my a200 with vertical grip, it looked very strange (very small). I wasn't used to small zooms anymore, and anything that wasn't bigger than 72mm (filter diameter) looked strange. But I got over it after I started using it. (I don't think I'll use my Tokina again, other than for portraits).
So I heard this lens performs really well on FF, lets see on APS-C.
These tests were performed on a tripod, SSS-off, Autometer, Apeture Priority and 0EV compensation
Sony DSLR-a200
Minolta 3.5
Tokina 3.5
Minolta 5
Tokina 5
Minolta 6.3
Tokina 6.3
Minolta 8
Tokina 8
Minolta 16
Tokina 16
What is evident is that the Minolta outperforms Tokina from f3.5 to about f5.6, the image for f5 seems to be a bit blurred, will check up on that.
The Tokina then takes over from f6.3 onwards.
Minolta shows steady maintaining of quality up to f8.
This is evident that Minolta is a better lens wide-open, while Tokina owns afterwards.
If only it were vice-versa, I'd resell the Minolta.
(these were both set at 28mm, it may be a weak spot for Tokina)
The brokeh from the Minolta is MUCH better than the Tokina, something that I've always liked about Minolta lenses.
Hope this has helped you decide, if you EVER come across these 2 (quite unlikely nowadays).
Enjoy.
A.
Check this shizz out
http://devzone.mxit.com/
R100 000 (about $10000) for the best design, building the client from scratch!
