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Do Not Feed Alligators

by Drey on February 6, 2010 in What I Did Today with No comments

Spent all day travelling. Ended up in Orlando. Tired.

Master Mao

by Drey on January 28, 2010 in Life with No comments

Master Mao, all around cool cat, is recovering from whatever adventure led to his fractured foot. The vet told me to keep him inside for a week and then bring him back for an exam. True to his chill nature, Master Mao hasn’t let a splint and a cast get in his way. I even had to chase him down when one of the maintenance guys left the door open and Mao went tearing off. He likes hanging out here, but he’s used to being an outdoor cat.

He’s become even more affectionate and clingy after coming back from the vet. Maybe he understands that I helped him out. While he’s technically a stray and no one can be said to own Master Mao, he’s certainly become important to me over the last year. Seeing him with his leg all twisted broke my heart. I couldn’t *not* help him. The vet kept the cost down to $200 and even gave me a payment plan option. Not a big deal. I mean, we’re talking about Master Mao here.

Summer Fun Cthulhu

by Drey on January 25, 2010 in What I Did Today with 2 Comments

Using a tripod and remote control overcomes my camera’s limitations and vastly improves the photo quality. I can use more appropriate exposure settings in low light situations without the usual grain or blur.

Photography at the Capitol

by Drey on January 24, 2010 in What I Did Today with 2 Comments

I’ve been messing around with my camera some more. I joined an amateur photography meetup and went to my first meetup with them today. It was a blustery day at the state capitol building and about twenty-five of us gathered on the steps.

The guy in charge really knew what he was talking about and gave us all useful advice about basic digital camera settings. Even though this was an amateur photographer meetup, I noticed that most everyone was packing some serious hardware. I felt lens envy. Theirs were all longer than mine.

The instruction went on for several hours and it was really cold, so I ended up not sticking around to actually practice what I had just learned, other than a few random shots I got off. Even those looked a lot better in terms of exposure and picture quality than the sorts of photos I’ve taken in the past.

Fortunately, my skills at Photoshop make me look like a slightly better photographer than I actually am.