Author: Colin Devroe
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I’m a better photographer today than I was 1 year ago. I’m also a worse photographer today than I will be 1 year from now.
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Managed to expose a few frames of film while getting 12,000 steps this morning.
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The photos in Flickr’s Best of 2019 are incredible. Especially that one of the Pacu Jawi by Andrew JK Tan.
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I’m rebuilding my entire photo library management workflow now that I’m back on the Mac. It is taxing.
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Tom Elenbaas in Iceland shot on Google Pixel 2 XL
Tom Elenbaas at Gjáin in Iceland, September 2018 In September 2018, when we visited Iceland, we ran into photographer Tom Elenbaas ankle deep in the waters of Gjáin in the south. I took the above photo of him with my Google Pixel 2 XL. I hadn’t revisited his site in a while but I stopped…
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Bought a cable release for a dollar at a thrift store and put it to use last night. It is going to come in very handy.
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Business meetings always seem to go a bit better with delicious lattes.
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Selfie.
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I have a backlog of podcast episodes that will be coming soon. So please stay subscribed. Also, tons of film photos in the coming months. It is going to be an exciting 2020.
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Brought back my Hire Me page for 2020. If you’re working on anything interesting, get in touch!
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It’s 2020 and I’m back on the Mac! 😍
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Misc. 50mm – December 2019
50mm – f/1.8 – 1/4000s – ISO 100 50mm – f/1.8 – 1/1600s – ISO 100 Misc. 50mm – December 2019 I’ll remember these photos for a long time, as they were captured on the day I purchased my first film cameras.
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One-Picture-Promise
Rick Sammon, in a piece for Peta Pixel on Seeing, describes the One-Picture-Promise: When you are in a situation, imagine you only have one frame remaining on your memory card, and you can take only one picture. If you think like this, I make you this promise: You will have a more creative photograph. What’s…
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Star Wars – Episode IX: The Rise of Skywalker 👍👍
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Dingle Bay, Loch Caragh, Co. Kerry, Ireland – October 2011
Dingle Bay, Loch Caragh, Co. Kerry, Ireland – October 2011 Had the opportunity to finally edit these photos from our trip to Ireland 9 years ago. No drones then, all feet.
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Unmark 2.0 is now running the hosted site. Tags with autocomplete! Don’t forget, it is free to sign up and use indefinitely. Just pay to support the project and unlock bookmark search, import/export, etc.
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There hasn’t been a new episode of the podcast in a little while. This is because the subject I’m attempting to photograph is not cooperating with my schedule. But more are coming!
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Looks like my site’s stats plugin stopped working sometime at the end of last month. I’m debating my need to even have it. I do like to know if my site was mentioned or linked to though.
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Looking back on Disney's acquisition of Lucasfilm
On the cusp of the release of Star Wars Episode IX, I revisited a post I wrote in 2012 regarding Disney’s acquisition of Lucasfilm from George Lucas. In it I postulated that Lucasfilm was worth far more than the $4B purchase price but that Lucas structured the deal to make up for that over the…
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Vincent Laforet reviews the new Mac Pro
Vincent Laforet: This was the closest I’ve come to feel to seeing my digital work look like Color Slide film – think Fujichrome, Kodachrome and Cibachrome prints. At times, it felt like I was seeing my footage for the first time. It sounds trite I’m sure – but it’s true. This bit was specifically about…
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I want any size screen, any time, any where
Andy Baio in an interview on Uses This: I’ve worn glasses for my entire life, so my personal dream setup would be replacing my laptop, monitor, and phone all at once by replacing my prescription lenses with augmented-reality glasses that annotate the world around me without blocking it out entirely. I do not wear glasses…
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Architectural – October and December 2019
Architectural – October and December 2019 Nashville, TN, Frankfurt, KY, Binghamton, NY.
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Heron in the rain – November 2019
Heron in the rain – November 2019 It was getting dark and had begun to rain so I was wrapping up a photowalk and as I’m sitting in my car texting Eliza this heron lands just outside my car window. I managed to get a few snaps in before he disappeared into the brush.
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Recent Snowbirds – Fall 2019
Recent Snowbirds – Fall 2019 Trudging through the first snows of the season to find small bird havens has been a delight. I managed to find a pile of grass clippings that a nearby grounds-keeper tries to hide away behind some evergreens – the birds love to pick through the pile for insects and seeds.
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Texting while driving
Bloomberg: The data support the generally-accepted wisdom that despite laws, penalties and reminders of the hazards of cell phone distractions while behind the wheel, drivers continue to put themselves and others on America’s roads in grave danger. Do the world a favor. Grab a nearby friend or family member and show them how to turn…
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Finished reading Dark Matter by Blake Crouch. ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ A fast-paced read. Would make a great fun movie.
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I almost lost the majority of today’s work. Walked away for a bit. Came back and restored it in two clicks. I can’t tell you how many times I’ve done this over my career. Especially with programming challenges. Walking away is a pro tip.
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Speaking of podcasts, I’m really enjoying BirdNote – a very short daily podcast about birds full of great bird sounds.
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After further study, what I photographed was an American Mink and not a Fisher. I’ll have to provide an update.
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Adrian (aows) on Photography
Adrian (aows): An imperfect composition, a rather dark or bright image, and less than ideal conditions could be ingredients for a great image. His Instagram account is one of my favorites. It may not be everyone’s cup of tea at first glance, but if you read his FAQ you’ll see what his goal is for…
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How to enjoy a long winter
Jason Kottke: I decided that because I live in Vermont, there is nothing I can do about it being winter, so it was unhelpful for me to be upset about it. I stopped complaining about it getting cold and dark, I stopped dreading the arrival of snow. I told myself that I just wasn’t going…
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Two recent modern frustrations: Open an app I had open previously, it opens to its default view rather than where I was. Hit the back button in my browser, the page is no longer the same as it was when I was there. This is a regression of how things used to be.
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An update on how to listen to my podcast Photowalking with Colin
The first few episodes of my new photography podcast have been a learning experience for me. How should I record, edit, distribute these episodes? With each episode I’ve been able to improve that process and make some decisions along the way. Me, on location While I’m hoping to continue to improve the audio quality, the…
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Richard Bernabe on Twitter
Richard Bernabe, in an otherwise good interview on his photography, says this about Twitter: I like Twitter, even if it does represent both the best and worst the Internet has to offer. If you’re there to argue politics with other humans, it most certainly is a dystopian hellscape that will make your life a dark,…
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To someone that may not know the context, “Google Open Sources Cardboard” must be a head-scratching headline.
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Following my watching of the Elsa Dorfman doc, I watched Seeing Daylight, which is about Dorothy Bohm. So much inspiration to be found in bodies of work rather than singular images.
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Watched The B-Side, Errol Morris’ doc about Elsa Dorfman and her excellent Polaroid portraits on Netflix. Be sure to see her website.
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CaptionBot
Microsoft: CaptionBot.ai is powered by machine learning technology that identifies and captions your photos. When you upload a photo, it is sent to Microsoft for image analysis to return a caption. We won’t store, publish, or let other people use your images. I uploaded a few images. It works pretty well. I’m unsure of this…
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.new
Google: With .new, you can help people take action faster. We hope to see .new shortcuts for all the things people frequently do online. For instance, Playlist.new will create a new Spotify playlist for you. Docs.new will create a new Google Doc for you, etc. I don’t think my younger self could have predicted that…