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November 19, 2009

Pigeon Impossible

Filed under: @Home, Animation, Technology — Christopher Murray @ 5:25 pm

We’re huge fans of animation at my house. This short is remarkable for its detail and beautiful renderings, but is even more fantastic because it’s made by a guy who simply loves animation as a hobby, not by a huge house like Pixar. Its’ also very funny.

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November 18, 2009

iPhone Photography

Filed under: @Home, Personal, Photography — Christopher Murray @ 6:55 am

I’m noticing a growing number of sites giving play to cell phone photography (there’s even awards for this now). Obviously, the quality is less than that of a good digital camera, but you might be surprised to see what a good eye can do with an inferior lens.

I’ve been playing with this on my iPhone a lot lately, and also have discovered some tools to make image calibration right on the phone easier. The photos below were taken on my phone and then worked with Photoshop.com which provides a very friendly interface for filters, cropping, and even uploading. In some these photos I’m also experimenting with some tilt-shift effects (to varying degrees of success).

Here are some cool links:

http://iphonephoto.us/
http://www.ippawards.com/
http://www.philcoffman.com/blog/photography/iphone-photography/

And some cool tools:

Camera Bag
Best Camera
TiltShift Generator

November 15, 2009

Sunday Music Video

Filed under: Music, Personal — Christopher Murray @ 9:54 am

Just because it’s really cool ;-) Enjoy!

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