Archive for April 25th, 2008

25 Apr 2008 Ready For The Disco, Age 2
Author: Gail |  Category: Ancient History, Family, Other Photogs  | One Comment


from Father O’Five

My older brother, Allan, recently scanned and uploaded this photo of our family (minus Alvin, who was still a bun in the oven) of the day we left the Philippines in October, 1974, from a photo album that belongs to my Aunt Felipa (the lady holding a bag). We were bound for SASKATCHEWAN*, by the way. I mentioned it was October, right? My parents had never seen snow before. Click on the pic for more info.

Guess who’s wearing the boogie trousers in the front row?

* Unsurprisingly, we didn’t last long in Saskatchewan. Although, 10 years in Manitoba wasn’t exactly tropical, either.

25 Apr 2008 You Will Travel Far and Wide (And Wrestle With Colour)
Author: Gail |  Category: Friends, Out + About, Photography, Unabashed Geekiness  | 4 Comments

You will travel far and wide.

Jose-Jose’s fortune cookie is right — he is travelling far and wide. Actually, we all are, but he’s going the third-soonest after Anf and Rosie, who are leaving next week. That’s one thing I love about the CSers: everyone is either catching a flight soon or just got off a plane. Everyone’s on the move — road trips, day trips, camping trips, photo walks, cross-country trips, international trips, you name it, someone’s doing it. That’s the spirit!

A bunch of us gathered at Full Moon Restaurant on Dundas Street West for some nosh, and of course I showed up last since I work the oddest hours. There are always some leftovers, though, and I got my fill of Chinese veggies while I gabbed on about cameras and lenses and whatnot. I mentioned in conversation that I believe equipment and technical skill isn’t everything; good results come largely from creativity, and technical skill can (but not always) overcome equipment limitations.

Just how much processing is happening, you might ask? Well, I’m going to put my money where my mouth is and show you. Here are some photos from the evening produced with a $400 (Pentax K100D entry level DSLR) camera, a $200 lens (Pentax 50mm f/1.7), and Photoshop 10 (CS3). Images were shot in JPEG, mostly processed in Adobe Camera Raw, with a bit more processing in Photoshop. I’m going to post links to the original files, which are uploaded to Flickr but not public, so you can see how much processing is going on.

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