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1shot #008-lock
The lock on the door of the old Eldon Gallery at 14 King St N in Waterloo. Who owns that space? Can we open it up temporarily and show some art? DW
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1shot #007-control
Embedded in the sidewalk, south side of Erb St., between King and Westmount, on the way to Brojemus’ pad.
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1shot #006-wrap it up
Shot with my BlackBerry 9790 on Caroline St. on the way to Zoup. DW
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1shot #005-3DEF
Uptown Waterloo tonight. More BlackBerry 9790 macro work with the same rig. DW
how-to: do cheap macro photography on a BlackBerry
[Imagine a giant disclaimer here that says I speak for RIM about BlackBerry officially only on matters of product security. Everything else, like this post, is just me as an independent maker, messing around on my own time, in absolutely … Continue reading
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3 hours of coffee to 3 hour BlackBerry 9790 macro shoot
I had two people email-introduce me to Tony Reinhart last week, saying “You gotta meet this guy!” Well, thanks to Jacqui Murphy and Mark Walton, Tony and I ended up chatting at Coffee Culture for 3 hours this morning, PlayBooks … Continue reading
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
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
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
On a personal note…
Met Taylor Jones of Dear Photograph up at CuteGecko two weeks ago. Very nice guy with an awesomely powerful idea. Respect! Looking forward to his TEDxWaterloo talk in March. That chance meeting got me thinking about the upcoming trip to … Continue reading