Filed under: Tech
Posted 2 years, 5 months ago at 3:55 pm. 7 comments
Flickr is a Toy!
I got tired of how little interaction I could get from my old Gallery and decided to pay for a Flickr pro account. The most appealing feature of Flickr is its rapidly developed API (and the Web 2.0 user experience comes in the second), and that is probably why there are so many third-party flickr toys online. It’s so much fun just to read the developer forums and learn about different ways to interact with it.
Here’s a script to migrate from Gallery 1 to Flickr. I have not finished my switch process yet, there is something in the script that I want to change.
Wordpress Plugins:Flickr Post Bar , FAlbum
Potluck Photos
I have sort of posted these photos before, and here they are again on my new album.
Sky the Cat
Posted 2 years, 5 months ago at 10:36 pm. 0 comments
There is a technique called “cross-processing” (a.k.a: xpro, E-to-C) that I have been longing to try, because it gives the most colour-rich, lomo-ish, contrasy results. To achieve such effect, one would shoot with slide film (positives) and process the roll as negatives (regular film). My Vegas trip (more about it later) was a good opportunity for some photo-shooting. I brought my Olympus XA camera with me, along with my mom and my Canon digital camera.
Back Story:
The role of slide got stuck inside my camera as I rewinded it. I don’t have one of those fancy black bags, nor do I have any access to a darkroom. The darkess concealed place I could find at home was my closet. I turned off the lights, crawled into the very cramped closet and slided the door closed. I made sure there were no gaps between the doors and started “blind-winding”. It was way harder than I thought and it took me a good five minutes to do it.
Who would have thought the sliding doors don’t have handles from the inside? Took me another five sweaty minutes to get out. I am glad the photos came out alright.
My digital photos turned out bad because I was being careless and screwed up on the ISO setting. I will post them later.
Posted 2 years, 5 months ago at 9:24 pm. 0 comments
I am well-prepared: I watched Leaving Las Vegas and Ocean’s Eleven. (Best example for low budget->masterpiece vs. high budget->oversimplified).
I am not ready: Not much planned, and I feel insecure without my laptop for on-the-road planning.
