TL;DR:January 1, 2022 marked the completion of 10 years taking a photo every day!A 10 year milestone is a nice time to wrap this up and shift my focus to other exciting photo projects 🙂 How it began: Back in 2012 I began a simple challenge: take at least one photo every day. Some photographers … Read more
This is a brain dump of knowledge and opinions I’ve gained over the past 18 months: My personal preferences for VR headsets: The HTC Vive is AMAZING, followed by the Oculus Rift, followed by Morpheus (Playstation VR), followed by Gear VR. The current Google cardboard is not VR in my opinion. I’ve played them all; … Read more
Back in 2012 I embarked on a journey that has changed the way I live, forever, for the better. I originally began a “photo 365” project years ago (beginning of 2012), as a way to force my self to go take pictures each day with my new DSLR. Very quickly, the project became a lifestyle, and … Read more
Today Google released an app “Cardboard Camera” for Android in the Play Store: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.google.vr.cyclops A free app to create 3D virtual reality photos (stereoscopic 3D 360° panoramas). VR Photography The app takes a three-dimensional panorama you can view in the Google Cardboard app. The result is a 360° image where near things look near, far things look … Read more
In this post, I compare the Samsung Galaxy S6 SM-G920 (Release date: April 2015) against the Samsung Galaxy S5 SM-G900 (Release date: April 2014). Notes: I’m not trying to compete with dedicated phone review websites, rather I just wanted to share my two cents on how these two phones compare. Also, I currently own an S5 since it was released … Read more
It’s official: I’m really into photography as a hobby right now :), proven with my recent purchase… I just upgraded my old camera, to a Nikon D7000, and WOW, what an upgrade! Now I finally have auto exposure bracketing (for much easier HDR images)! Even though this camera makes HDR really easily, I’m sort-of glad my … Read more
Thanks to my sister, I’ve gotten hooked on photography – so much so, I just made a big investment in a fancy new DSLR! After weeks of comparing various DSLR cameras, I decided to go with the Nikon D3100, because I felt it was a nice balance of features, ‘newness‘ (end of 2010), and price … Read more