Eclipse of the sun as viewed from Farmington, Utah on Sunday, May 20, 2012. Used the cheapo plastic glasses for viewing a solar eclipse that my wife brought home in front of the lens. Doesn’t make for a really sharp photo, but the camera seems fine.
If you, or someone you know is looking for a job, the Utah Department of Natural Resources is seeking for a video person, direct, shoot, edit,,, the whole thing.
You can find more info and apply at statejobs.utah.gov, job number 29046.
Closing is tight, Dec. 19th at midnight.
The above is to the movie trailer titled “Hell and Back Again” of photojournalist and filmmaker Danfung Dennis during time with the US Marines Echo Company in Afghanistan.
There’s a free showing of the film tomorrow (Dec. 6, 2001) at Salt Lake City Public Library, 210 East 400 South, Salt Lake City, UT at 7 p.m.
If you’re a photojournalist you may what to see and know about this, don’t know if this is just smoke and mirrors. Make sure you play with the photo on the web page and then watch the video.
Here’s a quote from the web page.
“Lytro is developing a new type of camera that dramatically changes photography for the first time since the 1800s. Rather than just capturing one plane of light, it captures the entire light field around a picture, all in one shot taken on a single device.”
The web page is here. Tom
There’s a new free website, about.me. It’s just getting started, but pretty cool idea.
It’s a place where you can bring all your web stuff together in one place, your bio, links and so on,,, and it will give you stats on your web traffic.
So far there doesn’t seem to be anything evil, hopefully they’ve adopted a google philosophy “do no wrong.
Yes, a camera ban on the use of DSLRs in public areas has been put in place in Kuwait. Read more here.
Lennie Mahler notice this, the link is still good, however the story has been retracted.