Pixel Pete on November 30th, 2008

Originally shot on Fujichrome 100, this is one of the few photo illustrations I shot while at the newspaper which I liked. 
Maybe it’s also because it won a 1st place award. Details of which elude me now.
I remember just eating a whole lot of bananas. Must have downed at least 20 or 30 by the [...]

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Pixel Pete on November 29th, 2008

Canon 40D with 50 mm lens on a tripod. Since our faces were in the same plane, f8 was more than enough to keep us all in focus. Thanks Eric for taking our picture.
Happy Thanksgiving! This year I dragged out my portable studio for the Thanksgiving get-together.
Since I’ve made it a point to ask my [...]

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Pixel Pete on November 26th, 2008

Netflix’s Roku Player
I tried Netflix way back in its infancy but I stopped subscribing over 2 years ago.
In its infancy while the number of subscribers were low, it was great.
Then they got BIG.
As with most things the law of supply and demand meant you had to wait long periods if the movie you wanted was [...]

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Pixel Pete on November 24th, 2008

These are usually shot with a slight wide angle lens.
If you’re using a digital SLR which doesn’t have a full frame sensor, then any lens shorter than 30 mm is considered a wide angle.
Again, since I don’t believe in rules for photography. Environmental portraits can even be shot with a 50 mm lens.

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