Today is the first rainy commute of the winter in San Francisco. (Hopefully we'll still get some sunny days soon). Which reminded me this meme from a few years ago - Shame on the photographer.
maybe this poor bloke would have preferred one of this new devices rather than an umbrella and a baseball hat (See more bike traps: here)
It doesn't take long to realize how much time, energy and expertise it takes to produce a print like this one:
Il ne faut pas longtemps pour prendre conscience du temps, de l'energie et de l'expertise necessaire a la creation d'un tel tirage:
This 115 years old picture has been restored, and then printed manually using the most highly regarded technique of that time (platinum-palladium), for unrivaled durability.
Cette photographie vieille de 115 and a ete restauree et retiree manuellement en utilisant la technique de tirage la plus en vogue de l'epoque, lui donnant une esperance de vie aussi longue que le papier.
Just in case you are not convinced, yet. Here are a well known print and its restoration from film by the same artist:
Au cas ou vous n'etes pas encore convaincus, Voici un tirage bien connu et sa restauration depuis le negatif par le meme artiste:
I've just received my package today with my framed Catboat Mary, and I couldn't be happier. Others charge you a lot more for such pieces of art. There are plenty of other nice arts in the gallery: Cityscapes, Boats (looots of them), check it out.
J'ai recu mon Catboat Mary aujourd'hui par colis et je ne pourrais etre plus heureux. D'autres n'hesitent pas a facturer beaucoup plus pour de telles pieces de collections. Il y a plein d'autres oeuvres dans la gallery: Scenes urbaines (New-York, Montreal), bateaux (pleeein), allez faire un tour, c'est un vrai regal pour les yeux!
It looks like it will be tough for anyone to get this beauty in time to put it under the tree.
Right now on amazon it is available but the price is higher than it should:
Canon EOS 5D Mark II 21.1MP Full Frame CMOS Digital SLR Camera with EF 24-105mm f/4 L IS USM Lens
2 months ago I purchased the top of the line flash for my DSLR camera, and I love it. It seriously changed the quality of my pictures, not only in low light conditions but also in bright day. The downside now, is that I have even more techniques to learn, and buttons to push! Though the basic operation is really simple.
The best feature of this flash is probably that it's orientable in any directions. So you can bounce the light and avoid the harsh light that direct lightning often produces. Most photos on my flickr stream are shot with this unit.
Today I noticed that the flash got a significant price drop compared to the MRSP and the price I paid! It is now $60 less than 2 months ago on amazon (free shipping, no sales tax):
Canon Speedlite 580EX II Flash for Canon EOS Digital SLR Cameras
When I got the flash, I immediately started playing with it, and it worked well for a while. But the next day, not only it suddenly stopped working, but it also hang my camera... Pressing the shutter button wouldn't work, flash mounted or not. I restarted the camera: no luck. I removed the battery and waited a bit: no luck.
The next day It magically started again to work, but meanwhile I had time to worry and I had contacted Canon. Canon support was amazing but didn't really provide a solution... except shipping camera's body and flash to Irvine, CA.
A couple of times, this behaviour came back, until I found the solution: I removed both batteries, including the one holding settings (date, time), and then the problem went away and never came back. Now I'm very happy with the flash. It makes a good christmas present, I'm almost tempted to get a second one at this price!
