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17 Sep

New Gallery Page

I finally got the new main gallery page up and running! Please check it out when you get a chance. Just click on the “Gallery” link above. The flash movie to the right is an example of the same thing. It basically loads all the thumbnail images for a particular gallery into a flash movie [...]

07 Sep

at home in the suburbs

Photograph taken off of Nancy’s parent’s backyard patio. Here is a quick photo I took the other night in the suburbs of Philadelphia. It was taken off of Nancy’s parent’s back patio. I shot the 12-24mm wide lens on a tripod with remote shutter release and exposure somewhere around 20-30 seconds. You can see the [...]

07 Sep

humming birds

A humming bird feeding at my parents house. OK, so when I was visiting my parents in Pittsburgh (well, near Pittsburgh, about an hour’s drive, out in the country with lots of cows) I was catching up on a lot of sleep lost during my TEFL training in Wasington, DC. So I would go out [...]

05 Sep

Here and There

A buttefly shot at Phipps Conservatory in Pittsburgh. Black & white channel conversion with sepia toning in photoshop. It’s been a while since my last update. Things have been ok lately. Finished off the last of the TEFL requirements and the deep research and job hunting has started. It’s a bit overwhelming and mind numbing [...]

30 Jul

Weekend Family Gathering

My family back together again. This weekend my parents came down from Pennsylvania to visit us in Annapolis at my brother’s house. It has been a long while since we have done this sort of thing. So it was nice to get everyone together. I wish we had more time to spend with them, but [...]

18 Apr

technical solutions for travel

digg_url = “http://www.davidcool.com/blog/2007/04/18/technical-solutions-for-travel/”; digg_bgcolor = “#1A2D3B”; digg_skin = “compact”; i’m researching technology options for travel. it’s proving to be a difficult task, mostly because i’m picky. i’m trying to figure out the most streamlined, robust and versatile combination of devices. areas of interest include: 1) photography / video / audio – best methods to transport [...]

12 Apr

cute pomeranian

inbo’s friend had to go to vegas for a week, so we all became dog sitters. the cute little pomeranian named mako is 12 years old, so about 80 for us humans. we all called him “grandfather” in korean, 할아버지. since his owner is korean, my english commands had little affect on him, he would [...]

04 Apr

GPS systems for digital cameras

digg_url = “http://www.davidcool.com/blog/2007/04/04/gps-systems-for-digital-cameras/”; digg_bgcolor = “#1A2D3B”; digg_skin = “compact”; ok, so now that i’ve got this google maps integration going i’ve been researching options for attaching GPS units to my nikon d200. it’s already a bit of a pain to have to go out and get geo coding info every time i upload a new [...]