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Friday Aug 10, 2007
 

video capture with a still camera

I've always advised my family and friends to ignore the video capture capabilities when purchasing a digital camera, an dinstead focus on the image capture capabilities. That was then. This is now. [Read More]

Posted at 02:01PM Aug 10, 2007 by John Virata in General  |  Comments[0]

 
Sunday Jun 24, 2007
 

Red Bull Cube Photography

Red Bull is sposoring an extreme photography exhibit. It is pretty cool stuff . The next stop is August 2-12 2007 in Portland, Oregon. [Read More]

Posted at 11:28PM Jun 24, 2007 by John Virata in General  |  Comments[0]

 
Wednesday May 23, 2007
 

On the Lot

For those who pursue the craft of moviemaking, I salute you. [Read More]

Posted at 03:17PM May 23, 2007 by John Virata in General  |  Comments[0]

 
Wednesday May 16, 2007
 

google Earth

I have become addicted to GoogleEarth[Read More]

Posted at 01:00PM May 16, 2007 by John Virata in General  |  Comments[0]

 
Tuesday May 01, 2007
 

Pocket DV cams

The market for inexpensive DV camcorders is beginning to take off, and I mean inexpensive

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Posted at 09:12PM May 01, 2007 by John Virata in General  |  Comments[3]

 
Wednesday Apr 18, 2007
 

NAB: Avid and Microsoft TV

NAB 2007 was a huge show to say the least. There was plenty to see, not the least of which were the choice in editing systems, and relateive newcomer IPTV [Read More]

Posted at 01:43PM Apr 18, 2007 by John Virata in General  |  Comments[0]

 
Wednesday Apr 11, 2007
 

Shooting the Hilton Waikoloa Village

Visited the Hilton Waikoloa Village in 2005 for a wedding and got to not only video tape it for my aunt, but also got to shoot it with my cameras. [Read More]

Posted at 01:17PM Apr 11, 2007 by John Virata in General  |  Comments[1]

 
Thursday Apr 05, 2007
 

Shooting in the Philippines

I am the proud owner of a Canon Digital Rebel DSLR, a four year old DSLR, with a 6 megapixel capacity, Yes I know it is old, but I still enjoy shooting with it, and plan to shoot thousands of more images with it before it up and quits (knock knock on the wood). I've taken it virtually everywhere, The Hilton Waikoloa Village on the Big Island, Ground Zero in New York City, San Francisco, Manila, and in the southern Philippines, where the airports have Wanted Dead or Alive posters of the regions most notorious terrorists (and those Abu Sayyafs and MILFs (and no, not MILFs, but Moro Islamic Liberacion Front, islamists) are fubugly.

 


These are the current bad guys of the Philippines. Janjalani has fortunately been terminated
 
It isn't really comforting boarding a PAL jet right after you see this poster, but you gotta do what you gotta do.
 
Anyway, during this trip, I shot somewhere around 3GBs of high resolution (well 6 megapixel) images. Here are just a few
 
 
 

Tricycles are a common mode of transportation, and yes, there must be at least 10 people on that bike. Canon Digital Rebel shutter at 1/80, ISO 100, focal length 55.0mm, at f/6.3
 
 

Sugar is the cash crop on Negros Island. Here is a truck pre-harvest. The harvest didn't officially start for another two months,
but some farmers were desperate. They harvest early but don't yield as much sugar, and the processing is the same. Canon Digital Rebel shutter at 1/80, ISO 100, focal length 45.0mm, at f/7.1

Posted at 08:27PM Apr 05, 2007 by John Virata in General  |  Comments[3]