Archive for May, 2006

And finally, Eleven. That wraps it up for me and the DP Blogs 10 Numbers Project of the Month. Shayne found the great snowshoes shot on the edge of Frontierland. The gargoyle came from the Haunted Mansion.

Microsoft announces Windows Media Photo.  Yawn.
Via: robgalbraith.com

I cheated a little for the ferris wheel ten and flipped it in Photoshop. If you’ve never been there, this ferris wheel is at Disney’s California Adventure. It’s the new park adjacent to Disneyland. There were a couple cool things there - particularly the ride Soarin’ over California. The rest [...]

I was thinking about writing a blog about how to cut mattes for framing, but Sarah at The Small Object did a brilliant job of illustrating this on her site. Mattes can make all the difference in how an image or piece of artwork is perceived. They can bring out color, give a [...]

I came home from Disneyland and found that I didn’t have as many shots of nines as I thought.  They’re easy enough to find, but I guess I was too worried about finding fours.  Like the sixes, these came from Fantasyland, outside of the Teacup Ride.

I really distain blog entries that say, “Sorry for not posting.” So this isn’t one of them. I’m not going to tell you how my downstairs flooded. I’m not going to tell you about all the last minute pre-baby nesting requirements from my wife. And I’m not going to tell you how demanding my evening [...]

I liked finding eights. There are so many eights hidden in our world. It’s also one of the only numbers that’s easy to find in nature.

I found this great vulture in the line for Splash Mountain. The well-lit side was great for a seven, but I didn’t like all of the distracting stuff in the background. So I shot it from the other side in silhouette and flipped it in Photoshop. Then I [...]