April 2010 archive

Digital Video, a crash course Part 2 – Choosing a Format

[ad#CJAdobeSpecOffTxt] It’s not a videocamera but makes a good stand-in! In a previous post, I mentioned that until recently, I had not really bothered much with video. So you can imagine my surprise when Adobe Premiere Elements informed me today that I have almost 400 video clips taken since 2005, sitting on my hard drive! …

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Will YOU live to be 100? Do you want to find out?

[ad#GoogleText468x15] I consider myself extremely privileged to have been present at the one hundredth birthday celebration of Aunt Dina shown here! I was reminded of this event earlier this week as I came across a couple of online widgets that purported to be able to give you a guideline as to how long you might …

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Sometimes (Often) technology just plain sucks!

[ad#CJAdobeSpecOffTxt] What’s the point of having a blog if you can’t use it to sound off about what really bugs you every now and again? Today, I read where Apple’s new iPad is being banned on several U.S. university campuses because it is  bringing their networks down. It reminded me that like most things in life, technology …

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We’ve come a long way but where exactly are we going?

It’s funny how a seemingly trivial event can touch off a train of thought that ends up quite far from its original trajectory! That’s exactly what happened to me on the week-end when our next door neigbour mistakenly greeted me as Dorothy (my wife) across the fence. I was in the middle of hanging washing …

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The Rights and Wrongs of Digital Video – A crash course!

[ad#CJAdobeSpecOffTxt] Until very recently, I had all but given up on ever producing any really useful video photography. The main problem lay in the fact that unlike still photography, where you can immediately delete any shot that isn’t up to snuff, video requires intricate and time-consuming editing that is not easily accomplished without detailed knowledge …

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Of birds and bicycles – Spring comes to Ottawa

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Our opening Salvo…

Welcome to our inaugural post on our latest blog. In general, this blog will serve as a place to publish photos, videos and our day-to-day musings! It seems fitting that our first post should include video of our Friday night companions, Amber, Lara and Fayth! What they lack in musical talent they more than make …

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