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Fun with a Fisheye Lens

dustin — 2011-05-16T03:20:37-04:00

2011 was my 6th year attending the Northern Voice personal media conference. I took the opportunity this time to play around more with my DSLR camera. I got to talking with photographer John Biehler about shooting using a fisheye lens, and he was kind enough to lend me his for the second day of the conference.

Fisheye is such a different perspective, it took me some time to get a feel for what it works well on. Here are a few of my favorite fisheye shots from the day (click to enlarge):

See all my photos in my 2011 Northern Voice photoset. The first half were with a 'regular' lens, and the second half are fisheye shots.

I can't believe this is for real

registeredname — 2011-04-11T20:54:56-04:00

He's Back...

The Gaurdien Project

registeredname — 2011-02-25T09:01:00-05:00

Is this a ploy to get geeks to watch sports?

http://www.guardianproject30.com/index.php

At least The Canadian looks cooler than The Canuck.

I Heart Don Hertzfeldt

registeredname — 2010-12-18T18:37:43-05:00

From the creator of "rejected" and "Billy's Balloon" comes Wisdom Teeth:

more info here:
http://www.geekosystem.com/new-don-hertzfeldt-cartoon/

Mr. Men Drawn as Super Heroes

registeredname — 2010-12-10T14:14:57-05:00

Remember this guy?

More awesome ones here:
http://www.bite.ca/bitedaily/2010/03/82-super-heroesvillains-drawn-as-mr-men/

Get Out Of There!

registeredname — 2010-07-22T00:04:41-04:00

Mr. T has good advice for today or any day

Alex — 2010-05-09T21:34:38-04:00

Straatview

chrisdye — 2010-05-04T00:23:46-04:00

I previously wrote about Baarle-Hertog/Baarle-Nassau, a tiny town in Holland with a few dozen parcels of land belonging to Belgium. International borders run haphazardly through the town, dividing streets and buildings, like so:

View Larger Map

Well, it seems that Google maps has Streetviewed all of Holland and none of Belgium, resulting in Streetview stopping and starting at near-random intervals through Baarle-Nassau. My favourite part is that some of the Belgian parts have little parts inside them that belong to Holland. These tiny strips of Dutch land, some no bigger than a front yard, are streetviewed, while the Belgian parts are all cut off.

We Have Work to Do, People!

vinny9 — 2010-04-22T16:02:25-04:00

Who wants nightmares?

Alex — 2010-02-25T00:00:07-05:00

Chickens break up a rabbit fight

chrisdye — 2010-01-31T12:50:06-05:00

Percentages

vinny9 — 2010-01-23T21:28:12-05:00

I think this was going around awhile ago but it's still pretty slick.

The Real Meaning of Flags

100 Cheesiest Movie Lines

vinny9 — 2010-01-20T14:24:29-05:00

Nobody Tell Amazon.com...

Gbrowdy — 2010-01-17T17:17:22-05:00

See You In Vancouver!

vinny9 — 2010-01-13T08:39:07-05:00

This headline is very misleading.

There's unbelievably terrible, and then there's...

chrisdye — 2010-01-11T22:01:37-05:00

Heh-heh� heh-heh

goodladd — 2009-11-29T16:39:06-05:00

This Blew My Mind

registeredname — 2009-11-25T00:20:56-05:00

Probably one of the best videos I have ever seen in my life...

I Want You To Try Ass Effects

goodladd — 2009-11-22T23:31:05-05:00

I think the folks at Eisai pharmaceuticals may have wanted to try saying the name of their new drug out loud a few times before designing the marketing campaign. (Either that or they are marketing geniuses counting on the internet to spread it virally, and I am playing right into their hands.)

The Bitter End

Chronomorph — 2009-09-24T23:25:58-04:00

The Bitter End is at Mainline for another two nights of its last two live improv shows. Sept. 25th and 26th at 9pm for $8. We have a great Mirror cover story and the first internet webisode.

Thus Parped Zarathustra

goodladd — 2009-09-11T09:30:01-04:00

Go F*ck Yourself

registeredname — 2009-07-20T08:57:58-04:00

For those of you involved in the improv scene who are unaware of what happened this weekend and want a good way to catch up:
http://blog.fagstein.com/2009/07/18/go-fuck-yourself-eric-amber/

We Are Badass

vinny9 — 2009-05-27T10:33:58-04:00

Headline of the Month (BBC)

Things To Do Instead Of Writing a Novel

goodladd — 2009-05-24T21:12:09-04:00

I've recently been watching a lot of Iron Chef America, mostly because I think the Chairman is one of the most hilarious people on TV. Today I put together a montage of some of his finest moments.

Also, is it possible to copyright a character? Because if so, I think Marc D. Rowland should sue.

Precious

vinny9 — 2009-05-04T09:08:14-04:00

Check out this impressive LotR fan film:

http://thehuntforgollum.com

Zoetermeeriment

chrisdye — 2009-04-04T14:57:04-04:00

Zoetermeer is a city (pop. 119,000) near The Hague and Rotterdam. On the city council website are Zoetermeer-themed computer games. One is a sort of SimZoetermeer, like SimCity except that the city grows according to the history of Zoetermeer from 1960 (when the town had only 6,000 people) to today. The other is Castle Zoetermeer. I haven't tried that one yet.

I think that all city council websites should have video games.

I Torrent 'House'

vinny9 — 2009-03-10T19:18:54-04:00

Stephen Fry: The Internet and Me

Kids + Painkillers = Awesome

Alex — 2009-02-04T01:06:13-05:00

And you thought the Phoenix Cayotes had a low budget...

chrisdye — 2009-02-02T14:09:30-05:00

Microsoft Revolutionizes Music

Alex — 2009-01-29T19:36:03-05:00

First, check out the commercial for songsmith:

then see what happens when people got the bright idea to put the vocal tracks from pop songs into the program. Here's an example:

Magic.