Sunday, May 30, 2010

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A sea otter off the Pacific coast!

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Spotted jellyfish exhibit at the Monterey Bay Aquarium.

Thursday, May 27, 2010

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Fort Mason, Building A, San Francisco.

Wednesday, May 26, 2010

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Missed another day. I must be losing interest with this project.

Tuesday, May 25, 2010

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Macro shot of the fuzz on a fresh peach. It was juicy sweet!

Monday, May 24, 2010

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There's nothing like a fresh bowl of some very sweet cherries from the farmer's market.

Saturday, May 22, 2010

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Pattern on one side of a cotton round.

Friday, May 21, 2010

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A macro shot of cotton rounds.

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Another attempt at DOF stacking with a row of pushpins.

Thursday, May 20, 2010

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Learned a new technique called "dof stacking" or "focus stacking." It could be used to extend the depth of field while using a fully open aperture. Basically, I took two photographs with two different focus points and merged them together using a program called CombineZM. So instead of one focus point, I now have two, or numerous focus points.

This is my first shot using this technique of some random items lying about on my desk. I tried to emphasize the difference between the two focus points on the red and blue monsters. I'll think about other uses with this technique.

Tuesday, May 18, 2010

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Sloppy Joes!

Monday, May 17, 2010

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I missed yesterday's daily shot again. I'm not being very attentive lately.

Sunday, May 16, 2010

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Friday, May 14, 2010

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Thursday, May 13, 2010

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The "multicultural" crayons are here. You should know that the white crayon is very white, and the black crayon is very black. And somehow the rest of the crayons are suppose to match everyone in-between. Uh, right.

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Tuesday, May 11, 2010

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"Rawr."

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I forgot to do yesterday's shot.

Monday, May 10, 2010

My first book on my summer reading list: WRITING FOR SOCIAL SCIENTISTS by Howard Becker.

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Saturday, May 8, 2010

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Me on the right at CCA's Commencement for the Class of 2010.

Attended my first commencement at CCA. Congratulations to the Class of 2010!!!

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Friday, May 7, 2010

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John Lloyd, "The Kooky Clowns" (ceramic and metal) at the MFA and BFA Exhibition at CCA.

Tuesday, May 4, 2010

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Rally against anti-Asian violence at SF City Hall.

http://blog.angryasianman.com/2010/05/stop-violence-rally-at-san-francisco.html

FINALLY!!! Grades are in, and the spring semester and my first year at CCA, is over. Summer is here (and now I can get to my work). :D

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Sunday, May 2, 2010

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Saturday, May 1, 2010

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Hip hop festival at People's Park in Berkeley.

QOTD: "Bear in mind this sacred principle, that though the will of the majority is in all cases to prevail, that will, to be rightful, must be reasonable; that the minority possess their equal rights, which equal laws must protect, and to violate would be oppression." --Thomas Jefferson, 1st Inaugural (1801).

I had this quotation drummed into me since high school (???). What a travesty that his words -- simple, principled, and enduring -- falls upon deaf ears. Then again, since the Texas Board of Education stripped Thomas Jefferson from the textbooks, I guess I don't have to be disappointed anymore.