While I love the photos from my Canon Rebel XT, I hate its size. The Rebel is actually one of the smallest SLR cameras out there, but it is still something you have to bring a bag for, or sling it over your shoulder. It also attracts much more attention than my old camera – …
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Paris, France
Photos of Paris, France. March 31 – April 2, 2007 If I were to pick a city to move to in Europe, Paris would probably be at the top of the list. The city has the same exciting energy that New York has, but doesn’t feel like it would burn me out. The buildings and …
Catacombs of Paris
Photo album of the Catacombs of Paris April 1, 2007 Ever since reading about the dark world beneath the city of lights in Infiltration some years ago, they have been digging away at the back of my head. The catacombs are a maze of 170 miles of Roman era tunnels – quarries, really – under …
Seadragon and Photosynth demo
I’ve linked to the Microsoft Photosynth project before, but this tech demo of Seadragon and Photosynth at TED is worth another link. As Blaise Aguera y Arcas says, they are creating a three dimensional world of hyperlinks between images using metadata and analysis of the photos themselves. The possibilities are really very cool. Try it …
Pisa, Italy
Photo album of Pisa, Italy March 30, 2007 Our travel plans hadn’t included Pisa at all. Three and a half weeks only takes you so many places. But our travel ended up taking us through the city on our way to Paris, so we tried to make the best of our half day there. Wandering …