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Dave sees world #008

Bromonculus, our very own Dave White, is all bark (ahem) and no bite this week, down with the flu, so I thought I’d better post one of his awesome photos.  Cheer him up with an email or blog comment.  Or … Continue reading

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More macro-on-the-cheap

So, more shots from by BlackBerry 9790 + a cheap plastic lens busted out from a disposable camera.  Lots of trial and error (mostly error).  Recalling how well the green die turned out last time, luminescent and all, I poked … Continue reading

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1shot #004-bench

I caught this work bench while on a mission in Hespeler.  I *love* work benches.  They really tell a story.  While not an example of wall writing, it really felt like part of my Evidence of Human Life series.  The … Continue reading

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Dave sees world #007

Alright, don’t get squeamish on us.  This isn’t some crazy speculum shot of Dave’s eye, though that was the first thing that crossed my mind when he sent over the pics.  This is a photo, taken through the bottom of … Continue reading

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Night shots: a little King St N and Perimeter Institute

Bromonculus and I were out roaming the Waterloo streets on Brother Night again.  After McMullan’s killer combo of pizza and beer, I was determined to get some freaky streaky photos on King.  Above, we shot King looking north toward Dupont … Continue reading

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Dave sees world #006

Photo – David G. White Again, at Snyder’s Flats out by Bloomingdale. Prints for sale.  Just email me. DW

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Please, don’t steal my photos

(Anonymized browser screen capture of unauthorized use of makebright photos – not affiliated with the TEDxWaterloo organization) This isn’t cool.  And it’s happened two additional times in the last month with two other for-profit parties.  So now I gotta say … Continue reading

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Flyin’ the Bear

Flying Bearskin to Ottawa on Monday last week, I noticed this cool effect of the prop appearing when I shot this with my BlackBerry.  If I knew the scan rate of the camera + estimated distance between the prop blade … Continue reading

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Smartphone macro photography–on the cheap

I cracked open one of those 1-time-use disposable film cameras, pulled the 8mm plastic lens out, and taped it on the front of my smartphone.  You have to manually focus by moving the phone, but you get some interesting results … Continue reading

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Random Vancouver

Great photowalk today with my new shooting buddy Jerry.  Just trying to get better exposures in the camera.  Subjects are pretty random as I can only steal an hour here and there around the conference.

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