By Michael on May 3, 2012
It’s been a long time since I have updated~! (almost a year) A lot has happened since last June.
Still working at the same company (now know as Auvenue) and still a jewelry photographer, and still as fun! The only major vacation that I went on this year was Hong Kong (in February). Hong Kong, as usual, so awesome, love it. That trip I also when to Tokyo, Japan for the first time. What an experience! The things you do and see there is very different from NYC, especially the people there! The level of manner and respect for each other is so high. But let’s not let this update be about Japanese people and my trip.
Time passes by so fast… already a whole year soon…
Looking for new projects and activities to do, such as biking and painting perhaps? Video shoots and photo shoots soon to come as well.
Well I ll share a picture of Japan
Posted in Personal |
By Michael on June 12, 2011
Okay, so I finally have some time to look into HTML5 and CSS3 a little bit, and starting to implement changes to my existing websites and upcoming projects.
I also came across a website called HTML5 Boilerplate, which has a default for a HTML5 based website, and a build script that focuses on optimizing a website to the core. There are a few videos on this site also, so check it out.
Posted in Web Design | Tagged CSS3, HTML5, web design |
By Michael on May 28, 2011
I find this blog to be very useful: http://www.noupe.com/
It gives a lot of information and tips regarding web design and graphics design. There are also links in different posts for many modernjavascripts like lightbox or slideshows. A great resource for designers.
Posted in Graphics Design, Web Design | Tagged graphics design, noupe, tips, web design |
By Michael on May 27, 2011
I finally got some time to upload pictures from my trip to Europe & Africa (after 2 months, which is still pretty short lol). The cities that we went to are Barcelona, Casablanca, Marrakech, Madrid, and Lisbon. It was an awesome trip, and experienced many firsts (The Sahara Desert was just incredible…). Saw a lot, and ate a a lot! It’s actually the first time for me to go to Europe & Africa and I absolutely love the feel. The people there are always seemed so relaxed and happy. Maybe because in Europe, everyone is drinking any time of day, and drinking is allowed in public.
Check out the pictures!
Posted in Personal, Photography | Tagged africa, europe, travel, trip |
By Michael on May 27, 2011
So you want to learn about CSS or would like some tips to improve your web design skills? Check out this Vimeo Channel. I find it pretty useful.
Update of my new job: So it’s the end of the second week working at Kipitok as a photographer. It’s been an awesome job so far! My responsibilities includes taking shots of jewelry, editing them, and graphic design work. Hopefully we will be shooting videos for some of the nice pieces of jewelry. I have a a lot of ambition for this startup company and I’m here to help!
Posted in Web Design | Tagged css, html, web design |
By Michael on May 25, 2011
Check out this custom piece that I shot today @ Kipitok! It’s a ipod nano wrist watch band that’s lined with diamonds. Very beautiful piece!
I will be posting more beautiful jewelry onto my flickr @ http://www.flickr.com/photos/eelkime/5759558371/in/photostream.
Posted in Photography | Tagged diamonds, ipod nano, jewelry, watch |
By Michael on May 10, 2011
“Lytro, Inc. is an early-stage company headquartered in Mountain View, California. Lytro is taking the next big step in photography, transforming the camera into a powerful computational platform.
Turning Imaging Hardware Into Software
A Lytro camera captures the entire light field entering the lens, not just an ordinary image. Our computational photography processes the light field to produce pictures, implementing in software what the conventional camera and lens must do physically in hardware. Using the power and economics of software, computational photography removes the physical constraints of camera and lens systems.
A Revolution in Photographic Capabilities and Performance
Lytro’s approach has produced revolutionary results. A Lytro camera can do things that have been considered impossible since the invention of photography. The ability to focus a picture after you take the shot is one striking example, and only the tip of the iceberg. Computational cameras will make photography dramatically simpler, higher performance, and much more fun.
Lytro is redefining photography. Computational imaging is the future.
You can play with the provided simulation to get an idea of what they are trying to achieve.
Adobe is working on a similar technology for plenoptic camera with microlens array that lets you select which part of the photo you want to be in focus. There is already a plenoptic camera produced by a German company. It seems that Lytro’s solution is only software based and it does not require any special hardware.”
Posted in Interesting, Photography | Tagged Computational Imaging |
By Michael on May 9, 2011
“This video highlights several clips we’ve made using our new High Dynamic Range (HDR) process. Video is captured on two Canon 5D mark II DSLRs, each capturing the exact same subject via a beam splitter. The cameras are configured so that they record different exposure values, e.g., one camera is overexposed, the other underexposed. After the footage has been recorded, we use a variety of HDR processing tools to combine the video from the two cameras, yielding the clips you see above.
HDR Video provides filmmakers with many exciting new opportunities. Not only can HDR video create interesting effects, it can also allow for even exposure where artificial lighting is unavailable or impractical. For example, when a subject is backlit, one camera could be set to properly expose the subject, the other the sky, resulting in video with perfect exposure throughout.
We will continue to develop and improve the HDR video process for better results and efficiency. For more information, check out our website
sovietmontage.com
twitter.com/sovietmontage
facebook.com/sovietmontage
Music
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Opus 40, Number 9
Performed by Kevin MacLeod
Licensed Under Creative Commons “Attribution 3.0″
Posted in Photography | Tagged 5d2, canon, hdr, video |
By Michael on May 2, 2011
Media surfaces: Incidental Media
“This is the first of two video sketches illustrating some of the ideas and principles behind Dentsu London’s communications strategy Making Future Magic bit.ly/makingfuturemagic_phil
Here, media includes messages from friends and social services, like Foursquare or Twitter, and also more functional messages from companies or services like banks or airlines alongside large traditional big ‘M’ Media (like broadcast or news publishing).
The second sketch “The Journey”, looks at train travel. You can see it here vimeo.com/16423237
This is part of a collaboration between Dentsu London and BERG. You can read more about both films at Dentsu London’s blog bit.ly/mediasurfaces and on BERG’s blog here bit.ly/incidentalmedia and here bit.ly/thejourney_ms
This film is under a Creative Commons 3.0 license, which means you’re free to share or use any of the ideas in it, with proper attribution to Dentsu London and BERG creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/“
Posted in Interesting | Tagged advertising, marketing, uniqlo, vimeo |
