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Obama releases official presidential portrait

SS — Wed, 14 Jan 2009 23:14:54 +0000

President Barack Obama’s site, Change.Gov, has released his official presidential portrait. Courtesy of said site:

It was taken by Pete Souza, the newly-announced official White House photographer.

It is the first time that an official presidential portrait was taken with a digital camera.

Pretty cool stuff. The folks over at Engadget have looked through the EXIF data embedded in the photo and gathered the following data:

…snapped with a Canon EOS 5D Mark II on January 13th, 2009 at 5:38 pm with no flash, using a 105mm lens stopped to f/10 at a 1/125 exposure, with an ISO of 100

Obama’s historical inauguration will take place on Tuesday January 20th, 2009.

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Mexico 2008

SS — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 06:33:20 +0000

Alright so I’m just sifting through the hundreds of pictures from our 2008 Mexico trip and will begin posting them to my Flickr feed shortly. I’ll post a couple every day over the next week or so. Enjoy!

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Night Photography

SS — Mon, 10 Nov 2008 06:06:06 +0000

If you’re a fan of night photography (as I am), or are just looking for some inspiration, then you’ll love this collection Smashing Magazine has compiled.

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Windows 7 Wallpaper

SS — Sat, 01 Nov 2008 18:35:02 +0000

Grab the Windows 7 Wallpaper Pack from here. Uploaded in beautiful 1920 x 1200 resolution.

UPDATE: The above link has been deleted. But the good folks over at the Windows 7 Center have an ongoing archive of Windows 7 wallpapers that have leaked with various builds.

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Canon EOS 5D Mark II

SS — Wed, 22 Oct 2008 02:00:13 +0000

Like many, I’m very excited about the Canon EOS 5D Mark II. Canon is set to release this 21 megapixel behemoth in late November for a street price of around $3000, body only. Not cheap. But when you consider that this camera shoots both stills and 1080p high definition video, $3000 doesn’t sound that bad. Carrying only one device is certainly appealing for many professionals and enthusiasts. And unlike Nikon’s latest offering in the D90, which shoots only 720p video, the Mark II does not use the Motion JPEG format, but rather MPEG4. If you’re interested in seeing what the video from the Mark II looks like, the folks at Digital Photography Review have a few samples, and in one word, they are stunning. Check them out here.