“A complex system that works is invariably found to have evolved from a simple system that worked. The inverse proposition also appears to be true: A complex system designed from scratch never works and cannot be made to work. You have to start over, beginning with a working simple system.”
—John Gall's Systemantics: How Systems Really Work and How They Fail
I want to wish you a Happy Valentine’s Day but unless this card is going to finally get you naked, I have to admit my heart’s not really in it!
Happy Valentine’s Day everyone!
For the past two weeks I’ve been depending on my iPhone as my only internet connection at home. Thank god for tethering and fast 3G connections!
“The work you do while you procrastinate is probably the work you should be doing for the rest of your life.”
—Jessica Hische for Humble Pied
One of the best advices I’ve heard in a long time. Also, check out her work at jessicahische.com.
Last week I bought a new lens for my Canon 5D mark II. I’ve been dying to get a fast prime lens and since the Canon 50mm F1.2 and 85mm F1.2 were a bit out of my price range, I went looking for the cheaper 50mm lenses. The are two choices, the Canon EF 50mm F1.4 USM and the Sigma 50mm F1.4 EX DG HSM.
I went with the Sigma, mainly for its superior built quality. The lens is build like a tank and feels really good on the 5Dmk2. It’s considerably larger and heftier than the other 50mm lenses (see comparison) but as the Canon 5Dmk2 is pretty large camera, the larger lens actually looks better on it.
The focus on the lens is sharp and I haven’t had any problems with it yet, the focusing ring requires more force than I would like (this is a problem when manually focusing during video shooting) but it might loosen up after some use and the DOF on F1.4 is ridiculous.
Stay tuned for more photos with this lens!
Shot this while driving to spend Christmas with my parents. Camera was set on a tripod between the seats, on a 20 second interval.
Camera: Canon mark II
Lens: Canon 24-70mm/2.8f
Edited with Quicktime and iMovie.
The song is "Sweet Disposition" by The Temper Trap
“Making the simple complicated is commonplace; making the complicated simple, awesomely simple, that’s creativity.”
—Charles Mingus
The MacSlap I ordered arrived today and I rushed home to put it on my Macbook immediately. Had a hard time deciding between this one and the Mario, but the Lego guy was just “too cute” to pass by.
You can get these and others from macslaps.com.
Video of November 19th, 2009. Filmed throughout the day and edited the next day. This was shot using Canon 5D Mark2, Canon 24-70mm/f2.8 and Sigma 50mm/f1.4 lenses. All the material is straight from the camera and edited together with Final Cut Pro.
This video is my first submission to Flickr group called My Day, Yesterday.
The idea is to record a day in your life, compress it down to 90 seconds and publish it the next day. You’re not supposed to add any music or sound effects, just use what the camera recorded.
Edit: Changed the video source to Vimeo for smoother playback. You can see the original flickr version here.
RT @alexjamesmorris: Let's start a different Internet and not tell the dickheads
My name is Isko Salminen and I'm web developer, photographer and big BBQ enthusiast living and working in not so sunny Helsinki, Finland.
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