Short Video: Parallel

January 20th, 2012

“Parallel” EOS C300 Test from Raitank on Vimeo.

Beautiful 1sec Video Montage

November 30th, 2011

I just found this beautiful video via http://www.fubiz.net/2011/11/30/the-beauty-of-a-second/. It is a montage of 1 second video clips submitted to a contest being run by Montblanc, “The Beauty of a Second”.

Seconds Of Beauty – 1st round compilation from The Beauty Of A Second on Vimeo.

Are you lunch?

November 29th, 2011


Are you lunch?, originally uploaded by bensons.

Photo Used in IETF Journal

November 3rd, 2011

While we’re on the topic of being famous ;) I wanted to mention (brag, I guess) that the IETF Journal, published by the Internet Society, used a photo I took of the IAB Plenary session in Quebec at IETF-81. You can read the article at http://isoc.org/wp/ietfjournal/?p=2597.

My original photo is on Flickr for comparison. It looks like the editors added some “fill light” to the photo before publishing it. This hurt the color and contrast, obviously, but makes it feel brighter. Trust me, it was not a brightly lit room – most of the photos I took didn’t turn out because it was too dark. The only ones that survived were taken with a Canon S95, thanks to its “Hybrid Image Stabilization” feature.

Emily at WRC on TV

November 2nd, 2011

I’m way behind on email, my reading list, etc. So I only just now saw this video of my wife Emily talking about the Wildlife Rehab Clinic, which aired on a local TV station recently. I guess that makes her famous. :) She serves as a volunteer, caring for the animals and as the President of the clinic, and we both serve on the clinic’s board of directors. For more info on the clinic, please visit http://www.wild-life-rehab.com/ or send me an email.