So we went to the Hollywood Bowl last night (thanks Rebecca for inviting us). In trying to get through the gate, they wouldn’t let me go through with a tripod. I was kind of figuring that they wouldn’t let me through. I checked in the tripod but then they wouldn’t let me get through with my DSLR. I asked him why. His response was, “It’s too big.” The only camera I had left was the one on my phone. My point is, sometimes we are looking for the best camera or best DSLR. Sometimes the best camera is the one that you can take with you. I don’t like taking my big camera with me all the time because it is just too inconvenient. Actually, some of the first pictures of some news stories have come from camera phones, such as the US Airways Flight 1549 emergency landing. Here are some recent pictures I’ve taken with my camera phone, including a picture from last night’s fireworks show at the Hollywood Bowl. As for the other shots… a shot from the fireworks show at Disneyland and a shot from my fishing trip a couple of weeks ago.

5×7 Prints for 10 cents each at Wink Flash.  Use the code 10PRINTS.  Sale ends Aug 18th.

I’ve had some good experiences with Wink Flash in the past.  I thought I would give it a try with some of my HDR photos.  I put in a small order of these photos…

Back from my mini vacation from Disneyland.  Here are some shots.  I’m going HDR crazy here…

Just revisiting old photos again.  This was from our trip 2 months ago.  This was taking right after we finished with the New England Aquarium, which by the way is one of the best aquariums.  HDR shot, but I didn’t go too crazy this time, at least I toned it down a bit.

I want to try something like this… of course, maybe not with a Red camera which will set me back my life savings, but the concept is cool.

Well, it’s been a fun time around the Sunnyvale area.  We basically stayed in this area.  Tomorrow we will head back.  Let’s see… what did we do today?  First it was the Hakone Gardens.  Ate lunch at a little place called the Blue Rock Shoot.  After that, the Mountain Winery where we had an amazing view of area.  After that, some really good Chinese food, watched Slumdog Millionaire on DVD (a very good movie).  Here are some pictures from the day and yes, a lot of them are HDR photos.  Went a little overboard on the tone mapping but oh well.

I rarely buy apps for my iPod Touch but when an app comes out that is just simply too cool, I have to get it.  It will be of use in the future as well.  This app is DSLR Camera Remote by onOne Software.  With my camera attached to my laptop and my iPod Touch on the same WiFi network (or connected directly via an Adhoc connection), I can control my camera from my iPod Touch.  It’s just simply a cool app.  It even supports live view (if the camera supports it).  The picture here is one I took using this app and my Canon 40D.  As of this post, the software only support Canon DSLR’s but I’m sure Nikon will soon follow.

Love this photo.  I typically don’t jack people’s photos off their website, but if it’s a great photo, then it’s a great photo.

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