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Isaac and Janet

Patrick — Wed, 23 Nov 2011 21:34:58 +0000

I had the opportunity to 2nd shoot and be the assistant to the great Emily Ivey of Fresh Ivey Photography. After almost a year since the last wedding I shot, I temporarily came out of retirement to help out Emily and also help out my good friends Isaac and Janet. All these shots were shot with my Olympus E-PL1 with the Olympus 45mm f1.8.

New Small Toy: Olympus 45mm 1.8

Patrick — Fri, 11 Nov 2011 18:41:58 +0000

As I do every year, I start to consider what things and devices I just don’t use anymore. I go through this a lot with the photography equipment. Before I sold all my DSLR equipment, I went through the my share of buying and selling camera equipment, particularly with lenses. I finally settled on my gear and I was very happy. Now that I have moved on to the micro four-thirds world, I’ve been trying to be settled on what I need. I’m definitely one step closer with this new lens. I’ve been wanting a fast focusing portrait type lens. This lens is definitely the answer. I’ve only had it for a few hours, but I already know that I’m going to love this lens. There will be more tests shots to come. I’ll do a formal review on it in a few weeks with some tests shots. I’m pretty sure you’ll see some shots on The Daily Snap. By the way, I bought this lens off eBay from a Hong Kong seller. I was little hesitant to pull the trigger, but I couldn’t be happier. The lens was shipped from Hong Kong and arrived at my doorstep within 3 days. Seller dzone2.

Some HDR processing

Patrick — Tue, 14 Sep 2010 21:21:10 +0000

Sometimes HDR processing can really enhance a photo. Now that Apple has introduced a HDR feature in their new iOS people are wondering how it’ll improve their photos…

Here’s a photo I took the other day on the UPenn Campus…

With a little post processing using some HDR software, this is what I get…

You’ll notice that the greens come out a lot better. I admit that I may have overdone it on the tonemapping part, but I can live with it. There are other things that I could have done to clean up the photo, but I’m content.

Philadelphia Wall Murals (Photofunia revisited)

Patrick — Thu, 26 Aug 2010 16:35:36 +0000

I realize that there are a lot of wall murals, but this is ridiculous. Actually, I was just revisiting one of my favorite sites, Photofunia. Make sure to check it out. Be prepared to waste some time having some fun.

No joke though, Philadelphia does have a lot of wall murals all around the city. Maybe that’ll be a future photography project.

This week in Philly

Patrick — Sun, 22 Aug 2010 02:57:06 +0000

Another interesting week on the east coast. I worked like crazy this past week and continue to work like crazy. We did a lot of walking and had some guests. We finally had guests over for dinner for the first time. Does this mean our house is ready? Not really, but it’s getting closer.

Last week we went to the Art Museum area and this week we went again. This time we went at night. I got a few good shots, but my view of the city was partially blocked by a showing of a movie on the steps of the museum. Guess what movie they were showing. You guessed it… Rocky.

Other than that, it’s been a normal week. Today we finally ate at Bobby’s Burger Palace. It’s a burger place opened by Chef Bobby Flay. I would say it was a good burger but for the price, I was expecting a bigger burger.

This coming up week won’t be any different. A lot of work and more work. I’m hoping to have to make the other room to have some semblance of an office. We will see. Here are some photos taken this week:

This week in Philly

Patrick — Sun, 15 Aug 2010 02:49:21 +0000

We officially moved to Philadelphia August 3rd. Our place is finally beginning to look like a place to live in. The best news is that the weather has been cool the past couple of days after a week of scorching temperatures. The top floor of our apartment was just unusable because it was too hot. We finally did get a portable AC last week. This week, we finally setup our bed frame, TV, and a bunch of other things.

Today, was a more eventful day. We finally went to Reading Terminal Market where they had annual Dutch Festival. Later on, we entertained some out of town visitors by eating cheesesteaks and went to the Art Museum area. This is the same area where Rocky ran up.

Here are some pictures from today:

iPhone DSLR…. crazy

Patrick — Sun, 18 Jul 2010 00:29:27 +0000

The things people come with. Very creative. I see the first professional movie shot all on a iPhone coming soon.

Check out the Engadget Post here.

Road Trip Day 7

Patrick — Thu, 15 Jul 2010 03:55:59 +0000

Another relaxing day in Fort Collins. Tomorrow, we will be on the road again, but today was a time to just to relax and have dinner with the saints. This morning we took a short drive to Horsetooth Reservoir. It turned out to be a very nice day today. We went to old town after that to have lunch. Here are some pictures from Horsetooth Reservoir.

Road Trip Day 6 – Greetings from Fort Collins

Patrick — Wed, 14 Jul 2010 06:15:54 +0000

After a few days in Salt Lake City, we finally made more progress eastward. We are now in Fort Collins, CO. This is a beautiful town. It is Money Magazine’s 6th best place to live in the US. Today was mainly a driving day and a relaxing day… oh yeah, and some work as well. We spent most of our time from Salt Lake City to Fort Collins on the I-80 freeway. Most of the drive was through Wyoming. Let me just tell you, there wasn’t much that changed on that freeway. Everything looked the same. Here are some boring pictures from today.

This pretty much summed up the day. Tomorrow we are planning to see some more scenic things in Fort Collins. Tune in later.

Road Trip Day 4

Patrick — Mon, 12 Jul 2010 05:18:59 +0000

The Lord’s Table meeting this morning was very sweet. Very small, but sweet. We watched message 11 of the Summer Training and then went out for a short drive around Salt Lake City with Daniel and one of the little ones. We mainly went to a place called Alta. This is where all the pictures are from below. Played a little basketball tonight. Overall a relaxing day. Tomorrow will be another full day in Salt Lake City but mainly a work day for me. We’ll see what the wifey does. Here are today’s pics.