The boys and I went to the Lego Kidsfest in Boston. It was a good event and the kids had a great time. I tried to make this photo of a miniature city look like a real fly-by photo but I don’t think I was very successful. Maybe I’ll try another time to make a [...]
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I had seen a blog post about the effects that a “rolling shutter” can produce when taking pictures of moving objects. With a rolling shutter, like the one in my iPhone, the image is scanned from top to bottom one line at a time. Things that move quickly can appear to be skewed because they [...]
Our VP of sales was in town and joined us for a few prospect calls. We had lunch at a famous place in Boston, which was my opportunity to stop and take a few photographs with the iPhone.
When I take the train into Boston I typically land in Boston’s North Station. On this day I was down by Boston’s South Station and was impressed with the old architecture of this grand building. Standing in the crosswalk I took a bracketed exposure of the face of the building and later combined them with [...]
I was fortunate enough to catch both ends of a rainbow that appeared over Boston during a recent visit. I didn’t have my DSLR with me that night but I think I did a good job capturing things with the camera from my pocket. To make these images I first took several exposures of each [...]
Recently I attended a technology user group in Cambridge Massachusetts. As I looked out the window I noticed the evening sun was just hitting the buildings in Boston on the other side of the Charles River. I took out my best camera (the one I had with me, of course) and fired off a number [...]
I got up early and made the most of this business trip by taking a self-misguided photo tour of old-town Quebec. Stepping out of my hotel and turning towards the center I quickly came to see a large park on a hill just a block from where I was staying. I walked up to the [...]
On a recent trip to Austin Texas I spent a few evenings walking around with my camera exploring the downtown area. I got a few good shots of the city and the skyscrapers that piece the city skyline. Looking at them again, I realized that I have three very different looking photos of the exact [...]
