Ever forward,

-Carl

Short North, Columbus, OH

Canon today announced an update to their line-up of tilt-shift lenses, giving more control to the existing 24mm f/3.5 TS lens, and more impressively introducing a 17mm f/4L, by far the widest tilt-shift lens made for the 35mm system. Tilt-shift lenses allow you to play with the focal plane in much the same way that you can do with most large format view cameras. Check out the Canon flickr group for some examples. The standard use for this is to create deep depth-of-field even wide open and to adjust for perspective distortion, getting all of your vertical lines straight. This is a big deal for architectural shooters and editorial shooters who know that photo editors and art buyers go crazy over that ‘view camera look.’

But the real uptick in recent tilt-shift users have been photographers ‘using it wrong’ — creating interesting fields of blur that are unrelated to a subject’s distance from the camera. It’s a big trend in artsy wedding photography, for instance, and although I’ve never gotten into it…..

(Via Amazon.)

You’ve got to love Google and their maaaad embrace of the iPhone platform. They’ve contributed a ton to the growth of the platform.

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(Via Techcrunch.)

Bill Gates Releases Bugs At TED Conference: A Necessary Feature When Free Markets Don’t Deliver : TreeHugger: “”

(Via TreeHugger.)

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ps- I solved a rubric cube fir the first time ever! Okay, so my iPhone solved it for me but still, kinda cool right?

pss- my sister made some super tasty rye bread this weekend. Here’s an image of a loaf. I would have taken an after shot, but it went so quick it was almost impossible.

Ever forward friends

 Jack Footes came out

 I’d never been before. Nick and I almost beat Time Crsis 4

 Solved

 Problem

This will break you!!!

A little over a week ago, Kyle Gabler, one half of the team responsible for the ridiculously fun Wiiware puzzler entitled World of Goo did all Goo fans a HUGE favor and released the World of Goo soundtrack to the public. Oh yeah, he did us an even bigger solid and released it all for free. That’s F-R-E-E, free!

I couldn’t have been happier as I found the musical score to provide the perfect backdrop to World of Goo’s moody and murky story line. The music was just as integral a component to the game as was the building of goo ball walls, bridges and towers. At least all that wrecking my brain in my feeble attempts to move throughout each level in hopes of guiding my precious goo balls to safety was done while listening to the euphonious sounds of Kyle’s cantilena.

I even loved the music so much I took it upon myself to compile some of my favorite Gooey songs into iPhone formatted ringtones. Don’t blame me if you’re missing calls because you simply don’t want to make the melodious music cease. Listen, share, enjoy!

Thank you 2Dboy

Currently playing in iTunes: A Tribute To The Beatminerz by J. Rawls

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**Update May 13, 2010**
New link
I’ve rezipped the file for those still wanting the ringtone set. There’s a total of 12 tones in the set so grab, listen, and be merry

My favorite is the girl who talks about pulling off a Keyser Soze level heist by emulating a blind person.

THE THOUGHT PROJECT // BY SIMON HOEGSBERG: “”

(Via Simon Hoegsberg.)

The first image was taken by my dear Peedie late last year. I messed around with it in Photoshop CS4 during post. The other two shots were taken by my mentor and friend, Chris Keels.

Currently playing in iTunes: The Time In Between by Afta-1

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