Stuff I take with my cameras, and other things I find interesting, amusing, or just silly. Ericson Smith | Flickr | Work | Travel | Twitter Tumblr (3.0; @ericsonsmith)http://ericsonsmith.com/<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lvyj4zaVwW1qm9dypo1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://29.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lvyj4zaVwW1qm9dypo2_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://28.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lvyj4zaVwW1qm9dypo3_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lvyj4zaVwW1qm9dypo4_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><p>A quick trip to the swamps at 135 Street and Biscayne here in Miami. I only had the Canon G12 with me and took a few photos.</p>http://ericsonsmith.com/post/13983727657http://ericsonsmith.com/post/13983727657Fri, 09 Dec 2011 17:14:55 -0500<iframe width="400" height="300" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/WhBnzJUakpM?wmode=transparent&autohide=1&egm=0&hd=1&iv_load_policy=3&modestbranding=1&rel=0&showinfo=0&showsearch=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br/><br/><p>The Lytro technology is probably the most important technology release in photography in a very long time.</p> <p>I guess we’ll look back a few years from now at many cameras that have this technology. To summarize:</p> <p>1. Megapixels are a thing of the past</p> <p>2. You focus AFTER you take the shot</p> <p>3. No shutter lag</p> <p>4. No need to wait for focussing</p> <p>5. Small, easy to use form factor</p> <p>6. GREAT price ($399 and $499).</p> <p>7. Render out the image to whatever size you want</p>http://ericsonsmith.com/post/11676743569http://ericsonsmith.com/post/11676743569Wed, 19 Oct 2011 21:21:00 -0400<img src="http://26.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lrshvvCJPv1qm9dypo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Key West Yacht</p>http://ericsonsmith.com/post/10415921581http://ericsonsmith.com/post/10415921581Mon, 19 Sep 2011 17:47:55 -0400<img src="http://28.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lrbrgklrBK1qm9dypo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://ericsonsmith.com/post/10050138765http://ericsonsmith.com/post/10050138765Sat, 10 Sep 2011 16:55:30 -0400<img src="http://30.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lrbr8gBpov1qm9dypo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://ericsonsmith.com/post/10049945839http://ericsonsmith.com/post/10049945839Sat, 10 Sep 2011 16:50:38 -0400<img src="http://30.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lrbr04N6Lx1qm9dypo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://ericsonsmith.com/post/10049745374http://ericsonsmith.com/post/10049745374Sat, 10 Sep 2011 16:45:39 -0400<img src="http://26.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lrbqyaWN0a1qm9dypo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://ericsonsmith.com/post/10049701959http://ericsonsmith.com/post/10049701959Sat, 10 Sep 2011 16:44:33 -0400<img src="http://28.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lrbqwnqwzy1qm9dypo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://ericsonsmith.com/post/10049662535http://ericsonsmith.com/post/10049662535Sat, 10 Sep 2011 16:43:35 -0400<img src="http://27.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lrbqpbYyCW1qm9dypo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Nightclub scene.</p>http://ericsonsmith.com/post/10049489110http://ericsonsmith.com/post/10049489110Sat, 10 Sep 2011 16:39:09 -0400<img src="http://28.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lqsoxnPiPb1qm9dypo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://ericsonsmith.com/post/9626007722http://ericsonsmith.com/post/9626007722Wed, 31 Aug 2011 09:46:35 -0400<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lqsox5g2ZF1qm9dypo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://ericsonsmith.com/post/9626002035http://ericsonsmith.com/post/9626002035Wed, 31 Aug 2011 09:46:17 -0400<img src="http://27.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lqsow2BMgo1qm9dypo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://ericsonsmith.com/post/9625989544http://ericsonsmith.com/post/9625989544Wed, 31 Aug 2011 09:45:38 -0400<img src="http://28.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lqsoviehKh1qm9dypo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://ericsonsmith.com/post/9625983146http://ericsonsmith.com/post/9625983146Wed, 31 Aug 2011 09:45:18 -0400<img src="http://28.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lqsouqm2hb1qm9dypo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://ericsonsmith.com/post/9625973705http://ericsonsmith.com/post/9625973705Wed, 31 Aug 2011 09:44:50 -0400<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lqsou8NI821qm9dypo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://ericsonsmith.com/post/9625968008http://ericsonsmith.com/post/9625968008Wed, 31 Aug 2011 09:44:32 -0400<p>This is why:</p> <p><span><a title="http://www.twitlonger.com/show/bt2p2o" target="_blank" href="http://www.twitlonger.com/show/bt2p2o"><a href="http://www.twitlonger.com/show/bt2p2o" target="_blank">http://www.twitlonger.com/show/bt2p2o</a></a><br/><br/>Reminds me how 6 years ago yahoo closed my account, and seized a domain I purchased through them. I *know* the same panicky feeling that this guy had.<br/><br/>I’ve also been using Paypal for around 8 years and my account was just closed without ANY explanation.<br/><br/><strong>Rules to live by:</strong></span></p> <p><span>1 . Don’t keep anything important in free online services. I see some people put their whole photo experience in Facebook. What morons, the day Facebook closes your account you’ve lost everything.</span></p> <p><span>2. Don’t buy domains from google, yahoo, or MSN. More than likely you’ll LOSE those domains too.<br/><br/>3. Get a personal domain name, and use that for all your email (use hover.com, godaddy.com or whoever you prefer). You can even use gmail for domains to host the email and if google screws you, you can always switch to a different email host.<br/><br/>4. Get your own fucking personal blog and stop posting everything on Facebook or google+ or twitter. Because if your account gets cancelled, you’ll lose everything overnight. And don’t use the services on Google, Yahoo, Facebook or MSN either, because you’ll lose those blogs.<br/></span></p> <p>5. Good services to use are: wordpress, flickr, squarespace, and any service that is independent and gives a flying fuck about customer service.</p> <p><span>In the end, all these major online companies are doing this for a profit, and don’t care a crap about you. You think it might be the “cool” hip thing to have Imahipster@gmail.com, but in the end, they’re just like all the other online services, and they’ll stick it in where it hurts, open the door, and kick you to the curb while the car is still moving.</span></p> <p>Heck, if I were google, i’d probably do the same thing to this guy too.</p> <p><span>After all, its just business.</span></p> <p>(Hat tip to Donna)</p>http://ericsonsmith.com/post/8002747101http://ericsonsmith.com/post/8002747101Sun, 24 Jul 2011 11:21:18 -0400googleyahoomsn. webmailrant<img src="http://28.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_losi3eAdaO1qm9dypo1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://26.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_losi3eAdaO1qm9dypo2_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_losi3eAdaO1qm9dypo3_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><p>I promised a few photos with the ring flash attachment. And these are definitely much softer and much more pleasing than with the flash direct.</p> <p>It does definitely ramp down the amount of light that can be gotten by flash alone though.</p> <p>I’m an amateur, and bouncing the light off the ceiling works for most cases, but sometimes when you need something special, break out the ring.</p>http://ericsonsmith.com/post/7970090683http://ericsonsmith.com/post/7970090683Sat, 23 Jul 2011 10:11:32 -0400<img src="http://26.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lo828uMobi1qm9dypo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>What made this shoot fun were the constrasts. Sky. Kettle Bells, Grass. </p> <p>f13, 100iso, 1/125 shutter speed.</p>http://ericsonsmith.com/post/7531796540http://ericsonsmith.com/post/7531796540Tue, 12 Jul 2011 09:17:18 -0400<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lo8255p06M1qm9dypo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Athletic shots are always the most challenging for me. Because you generally get one chance to get it right.</p>http://ericsonsmith.com/post/7531758485http://ericsonsmith.com/post/7531758485Tue, 12 Jul 2011 09:15:04 -0400<img src="http://28.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lnxwokqcd41qm9dypo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Playing around in Aperture. It was fun shooting the root.</p> <p>f2.8, 1/2000, 100 ISO</p>http://ericsonsmith.com/post/7325110206http://ericsonsmith.com/post/7325110206Wed, 06 Jul 2011 21:41:07 -0400