Archive for October, 2009

Oct 18 2009

Photo of the Week – A Tornado Forms – 10/18/09

On August 25th 2007, I had been in Washington Court House, Ohio, shooting in the town and at the cemetery. On my way back on Route 35 East, I hit a really big storm. The rain was so hard that at one time I pulled over. When it started hailing I began to think about [...]

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Oct 18 2009

Video of the Week – Oklahoma Tornado – 10/18/09

Published by John Rappold under Video,Video of the Week

Lately I’ve been into watching Tornado videos. I’ve seen both a National Geographic special and a couple of episodes of Discovery’s Storm Chasers on my Comcast On Demand. I would love to go storm chasing. Ok, I say that, but I imagine it would be really scary. If you check my Photo of the Week [...]

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Oct 14 2009

The Sony Playstation 3 – Great for Photos and Video

Published by John Rappold under General,Photography,Video

Early in 2008, I purchased an 80gig Sony Playstation 3 for $500, mainly for the blu-ray and media playback capabilities. With the recent release of the Playstation 3 “slim” for $300 the Playstation 3 is, in my opinion, the best value gaming system on the market. If you aren’t into gaming, the blu-ray and media [...]

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Oct 12 2009

Photo of the Week – Autumn Abstract 3 – 10/11/09

This is a favorite photo of mine from 2007, but it has received no love on flickr. I shot it with my Nikon D70s. The shooting technique is rather simple, although it can take a few shots to get something useful. I can’t remember, but this was probably shot with my Nikkor 35-80mm lens. ISO [...]

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Oct 12 2009

Video of the Week – Fall… My favorite season – 10/11/09

Published by John Rappold under Video,Video of the Week

I’m finding that very few people on Vimeo can pull off an entire Video of nothing but timelapse, and I think for most folks the technique is better used as part of a whole as in the video below. I also like the composition of the shots, and the attention to foreground detail. Fall… My [...]

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