I, Curtis

Category: Photography

  • P365: Day 18

    Day 18
    Today I wen’t to get my hair cut. This is Sarah, my stylist. I have been going to her for about 7 years now. She has been doing Chris for about 4 years. I considered using an image of myself at the salon for today, but I decided that she is much more interesting than I am.

  • P365: Day 17

    Day 17
    I took a lot of pictures of cows yesterday. I think this is my favorite as it shows movement, more than just a grazing shot, which is how most of the images came out.

  • Project 365 Calendar

    If anyone would like to keep up with the project in a simpler way than following the text feed, please visit and bookmark the following page:

    http://my.DSLR365.net/?u=kularski

  • Whats involved in P365?

    After completing the Project 365 entry for the night, I am beginning to think about the sanity of my implementation of the project. Everyone else seems to pretty much upload files to a server and do a blog post, or upload to Flickr and then tag and set the photos accordingly. My process is a little more involved and I do not know why, thus, I seek to understand why it must be so complicated.

    1. Take photos.
    2. Transfer images to PC (via Nikon Transfer, which stamps the images)
    3. Review images in ACDSee, tag them for upload
    4. Upload tagged images to Flickr
    5. Review images again, select photo
    6. Name the photo “Photo x”.
    7. Drop photo in “Project 365” set in Flickr
    8. Add image to GITI for calendar system
    9. Create and publish blog entry for project day.
    10. Pick a caption and insert it where needed (can be at step 3, but usually happens once I’m done).

    So, does this process need to be changed, or should I simply integrate a few steps, such as having GITI do the tagging and adding to a set (using Flickr API)? There are some steps that I cannot interrupt the work flow at, such as ACDSee, I have no way of making a change there and say having it to communicate with GITI on my behalf. I suppose I could however set up a different process for adding to GITI, such as something that would read my Flickr feed, but that still would only cut out one step (manual interaction with GITI). Oh well, for the level of use I want, I don’t suppose I have many options and should just do what I need to do to get things the way I like (especially since DayNumber an ProjectDate are manual variables not otherwise represented in the flow).

     

    [intentionally filed only in “Photography” to keep “Project 365” clear for project images only]

  • P365: Day 16

    Day 16
    Student in quiet contemplation of his material (more like frustrated absorption, but it doesn’t sound as good)

  • P365: Day 15

    Day 15
    I am attempting to do some experimenting in this project, since anyone can decide to do the easy shots and post them. I have been working with various arrangements of the exposure triangle (aperture, shutter speed, ISO [sensitivity]) to attempt to get the best possible astrophotograph. It is worth visiting the Flickr page for the image (click the image) to see the notes left on the image by astrometry.net‘s robot.

  • P365: Day 14

    Day 14

  • P365: Day 13

    Day 13
    Steel mesh covering wires and tubes. What is it?

  • P365: Day 12

    Day 12
    I feel like I’m doing too much on black lately. Too many dark images. This is a fairly simple shot, just a simple pose on a black backdrop. This image would cover the category of personal goals for myself. I want to take this image from the depressing flabby white flesh that it is and turn it into something rock hard and maybe tan (likely to happen, since if I’m toned, I’ll wear appropriate shirts).

  • P365: Day 11

    Day 11
    Two security officers on the UNC Charlotte campus take the state and national flags from their mast and fold them. Today was a quite dim and dreary day, cloudy with a mist of rain in the air.