http://www.techy3.com/blog design, marketing, loco mocos, and why it rains so much in Hilo Thu, 02 Aug 2007 00:13:07 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Strobist rocks. Generous detailed lessons in dealing with light and a very helpful active community make it better than any photography class I could attend. "Cooking Light" is the first assignment in the new Lighting 102 online "course". The task seems easy at first -- photograph a kitchen utensil. ... http://www.techy3.com/blog/2007/08/01/1st-strobist-assignment-for-lighting-102-cooking-light/ My friend Sunny got married this pass 7/7/7 on Coconut Island... and I offered to help take photos along with the professional photogs while trying not to get in their way (he hired two for the day). I was happy to do it to practice my strobist techniques especially since ... http://www.techy3.com/blog/2007/07/11/shot-my-first-wedding-strobist-style/ Aloha All! It's officially the first day of summer! This only means one thing...Fun in the sun! It's been a while since my last post so I'll brief you all with whats been going on. As James had mentioned I have recently made the decision to take my obsession ... http://www.techy3.com/blog/2007/06/21/happy-summer/ I've been playing around a lot with Strobist techniques in the last couple of months, sadly using only one lonely strobe. This will all change, though! Yes, we at Techy3 will have 2 more flashes *and* a 2 umbrella kit coming in soon. Kevin and I will ... http://www.techy3.com/blog/2007/06/20/wootoo-more-flashes-and-goodies-make-a-happy-strobist/ Ken Stone's Site is awesome for anyone wanting to learn more about Final Cut Pro...check it out Ken Stone http://www.techy3.com/blog/2007/04/19/great-site-for-fcp-users/ Happy Chinese New Year from Techy3! These are photos were taken in Downtown Hilo and Kalakaua Park. Da Grinds was mean! More photos at Big Island Grinds and my flickr. http://www.techy3.com/blog/2007/02/18/kung-hee-fat-choy/ Is a lot of fun! I gave up trying to paint the actual shapes we needed for a current project, so I thought, why not just make them Illustrator brushes? I'll post a step-by-step tutorial on how to import real brush strokes into Illustrator soon. It's really simple with ... http://www.techy3.com/blog/2007/01/22/creating-custom-illustrator-brushes/ Techy3's new lens needed a little test run, so I brought it along to the Pana'ewa Zoo. All of these are unretouched except for the blue frog and some minor cropping. The Sigma 18-50mm 2.8 EX Macro Lens is a wonderful walk-around lens, and the ... http://www.techy3.com/blog/2007/01/16/panaewa-zoo/ Like I said, I am going to work hard at trying to equip others with what I feel are valuable resources that have truly helped me to grow in the art of videographer. One resource in particular is a subscription to Videomaker magazine; this is a great resource at ... http://www.techy3.com/blog/2007/01/11/video-resources-for-the-novice-part-2/ Yes, it's ordered and shipped 2nd day air, and I can't wait to screw this on to my Canon. F2.8 throughout the entire zoom range, plus macro features! This will be one very versatile lens and will truly benefit techy3, I'm sure. :) Sigma launched this lens just late last ... http://www.techy3.com/blog/2007/01/10/sigma-18-50mm-f28-dc-macro-lens/