Author: Douglas
Published: October 21, 2012
iOS Panorama
Spent the day walking the Streets of San Francisco. 🙂
Found this spot as we walked from the bottom of curvy Lombard St towards Pier 39. I used the Panorama in the iOS 6 camera. I’m quite pleased with the results. I’ve found that it’s necessary to try your best to keep the arrow on the line and not move too fast. It was a bit of a gray day but the colors of the buildings still pop.
Have you used the iPhone Panorama with success?
Author: Douglas
Published: October 21, 2012
This is what golf was like for the first 4 holes of an early morning tee time at the Presidio Golf Course. I liked the mood of this image.
Author: Douglas
Published: October 21, 2012
I took this on the patio of my sister in law’s house in San Francisco. It’s a bit noisy due to time I took this and I decided to use my iPhone 4s instead of my regular camera. For some reason this one came out better than all the ones I took my with Canon 5d. I edited it in the Camera Awesome App and in Nik Software HDR Efex Pro 2.
Author: Douglas
Published: October 18, 2012
“Daily use of a common multivitamin modestly reduced the risk for cancer in a long-term study of nearly 15,000 men..” According to researchers. This large study of 15,000 men that have been followed for 11.2 years. I believe this is the first time a study of this kind as led to this result. In general there was an 8% reduction in risk.
Adding a multivitamin as part of an overall nutrition plan appears to have benefit.
This is good.
The next question is do higher quality supplements provide more benefit?
Is more better? Is a broader multi more beneficial?
Author: Douglas
Published: October 18, 2012
Photo a day 291/366
Working on a lemon bread tonight… That needed a little zest! I generally followed this recipe: http://douglassandquist.com/gluten-free-dairy-free-lemon-cake/
but without the eggs and starchy flours!
Author: Douglas
Published: October 17, 2012
For today’s photo I decided to use the various Halloween decorations that can easily be found around our house. I found these glow in the dark bats and had a bit of fun. I converted it to Black and White, which turned my dining room table into a black background. I like the effect. I like the bats!
Author: Douglas
Published: October 16, 2012
This was a quick snap with my iPhone out the airplane window. The winglet is a bit blurry, but the glow on the horizon is neat.
Photo a Day 289/366
Just got back from a weekend trip where I helped mentored a course. It was the first time I traveled with just an iPhone and an iPad. Left the Laptop at home.
I was a bit worried I’d miss having a larger machine to work with. Never missed it. In fact I loved the fact that going through security was easier and not having to worry about the weight was nice as well.
I think the only issue would be inability to find a reliable wifi source. My hotel offered in room wifi and Spear Education offered wifi to their students so I was fine either way. If I traveled lots I would consider adding a hotspot to my iPhone plan and then I could piggy back the iPad off iPhone. Right now, I think I can do without it.
I did miss having my larger camera with me a few times, but I also enjoy challenging myself to get interesting photos with an iPhone.
On mentoring
This was my first time ever helping out in this way. I really enjoyed it. It’s amazing how much you learn when you have to answer questions and teach it as well. I hope to do it again in the near future as well.
Author: Douglas
Published: October 15, 2012
After being’s class all day it was nice to head out to a local market to pick up some dinner. Found these pumpkins on display. I really like the texture and liked the sepia toning.
Photo a Day 288/366
Author: Douglas
Published: October 15, 2012
Day 287 of photo a day 366!
Found these cool shadows behind this iron works. Taken with an iPhone 4s and edited in the Camera Awesome app.
Author: Douglas
Published: October 13, 2012
Day 286 of 366
After a day or two of storms. The receding clouds created an interesting background for these palm trees in the early morning light. I continue to be impressed with the iPhone 4S camera. I've heard of some
issues with the iPhone 5 camera. I'm not eligible for an upgrade so I haven't been able to test that out yet.