New pictures
took some new pictures few days ago, first seriously photography attempt in a long time..
Photo and wallpaper
Took some pictures today, and turned some into 3840 by 1080 wallpapers. I’ve had some trouble finding wallpapers that are 3840 by 1080 for my dual HD monitors. So i decided to upload them so people can download them if they wish, i’ll also have the 1920 by 1080 versions, should be enough for most monitors.
1920 by 1080:
and 3840 by 1080
Chiken Sandwich
Well, i guess this is my first official photograph of food. enjoy 
Someone’s bike
Someone’s bike, originally uploaded by Michael Sun.
this photo was made at kits beach in Vancouver, Canada.
Untitled
Untitled, originally uploaded by Michael Sun.
i was out on the beach taking pictures, and this guy walked towards me. so i just have to take a picture of him.
Spetacular
Spetacular, originally uploaded by Michael Sun.
fireworks!!!!!
amazing performance by the chinese team, to see more go to http://www.flickr.com/photos/bphelmet/sets/72157606479016206/
Fireworks
Celebration of Light is a annual fireworks competition hosted in Vancouver, BC, Canada.
i missed the Canadian team, and i missed the USA team, but i was there for the Chinese team. and i think the chinese had the best of all three (proud to be chinese-canadian).
i was there for the whole thing, and dam was there A LOT of people, never seen so many people in my life. of course i will also be there for the finale which is on saturday.
okay, now to what i posted this blog post for, i was there the whole time to take pictures, and i took 122 pictures during the 20 minute show. So i don’t really know how to choose a good picture, so i just generated a HTML album from lightroom of all the pictures so everyone can take a look, and then i’ll go ahead and choose some of the best shots and upload them to flickr.
you can check out all the shots here: http://tinyurl.com/6qwz62
or http://student.vfs.com/~3d71michael/
which is the same thing really.
anyway, any feedbacks, comments just leave them under this post, or if you can find me on twitter: http://twitter.com/BPhelmet, send me a DM or @BPhelmet me to leave you comment or whatever it is that you want to say.
thanks in advance, and i am grateful to all and any of your inputs or just even for looking through the gallery.
thank you
Michael
Tumblr
i know this is not news, tumblr has been around for a while but i never really see the point of it until now.
i use twitter and my blog a lot for things that i want to share, twitter for little things, like questions and thoughts that i have and i can put to less than 140 characters. Blog as it should be is for longer posts, but most of the time i just post pictures that i have uploaded on flickr that’s worth mentioning on my blog. Still I try to squeeze in a real blog post here and there on my blog, things like news or whatever that i find worth writing a post for, like what i’m doing right now.
Anyway the title of the post says tumblr so i better get on topic and talk about tumblr. I didn’t realize until a few days ago was that i really needed something in between a blog and a twitter. Even though most of what i have to say can be posted on twitter or on my blog, but twitter is somewhat limiting due to you can’t post pictures or videos, nor can you comment on other people’s tweets(don’t tell me jaiku has commenting on tweets, i don’t really care about jaiku cause no body uses it). Sometimes i just really wish twitter has those features, but i still love twitter nonetheless.
Tumblr, which i just started using i find is very cool, it’s like twitter except for you can post videos, links, pictures. i made myself a tumblr, and i really liked the way you can use it. They have a button that you put in your browser’s bookmark bar and every time you click it you can post whatever your reading, either it be video, picture or a web page will be posted to tumblr, very handy indeed. Make your posting to tumblr much simpler process because you can just do it while you are browsing, kinda like delicious (another cool service that i use for a while and then forgot about it and then somehow i come back to using it for a while and off again).
But now we run into the problem of having too many postings on too many different services. Frankly do people really care? i mean how many people reads my stuff regularly? would people really care enough to read my tumblr? or is tumblr something like a rich media bookmark that’s for your own enjoyment so when you wanna find that cool new music video by some hot singer (if you read my tumblr you’d find it funny(great marking scheme no?)). You know what, it doesn’t really matter, because i like doing this stuff, makes me feels good, so i’m just gonna keep doing it. It might come in handy some day, you never know.
I know it’s quite a long post, and for those of you who have stuck through all the way here, i sincerely thank you from the bottom of my heart that you are willing to spend the time to read what i have to say.
Michael
Made on a PC running windows XP
Kits Beach fence
Kits Beach fence, originally uploaded by Michael Sun.
taken while i was on a a photo walk to kits beach in vancouver canada
Untitled
, originally uploaded by Michael Sun.
a flower shot i took at sunset. with the 50mm 1.8 get lots of bokeh.
Grass, sunset, and lens flare
Grass, sunset, and lens flare, originally uploaded by Michael Sun.
what more do i need to say? grass, sunset and lens flare.
yay, a new post
Picture by: Michael Sun
anyway, VFS is taking a break so i can actaully take some time to write an actual blog post.
some update on my status, been working pretty hard at school, homeworks, and also demoreel stuff. also, i’m working on a movie at the same time, the movie’s called “Fire From Below“
also, if you’ve been reading my blog you know i’ve been doing a lot of photography. i love photography, a really big hobbie of mine. just thought i’d like to mention some of the podcasts i listen to regarding photography.
first off; This Week in Photography: http://twipphoto.com/
i really like This Week in Photography (TWiP for short), first of all because it’s done by some of the member from the TWiT network, like Scott Bourne and Alex Lindsay, so you know the podcast will be highly entertaining and full of ratholes, but also jam packed with photography tips and tricks, news and insights. also make sure you bookmark and TWiP blog, because it’s almost updated daily with tips and tricks on photography, mostly from Scott Bourne (you can tell who has the most free time XD). also i think TWiP is like the number 1 photography podcast i think, but anyway, if you are interested in photography, this is a must listen.
next up: Pro Photoshow:http://www.prophotoshow.net/blog/
like the name, this podcast is aimed at professional photographers, mostly focuses on wedding and portrait photographers. don’t be like “i’m a nature photographer, i don’t care about wedding or portraits.” i beg to differ, i personally think while it’s good to have a focus like nature or wildlife or whatever it is that you really like to photograph, but everyone should take some time to explore other areas of photography, you never know when you gonna pick up some useful tips to use on areas which you thought was never related. just suck in as much photography info as possible. also, Gavin Seim, the dude resposible for pro photoshow is a great guy, search for him on facebook and friend him XD.
more, Jeff Curto’s Camera Position: http://www.cameraposition.com/
this particular podcast i find is really great. it’s not really a podcasts on photoraphy tips and trips per say, but Jeff does talk about how to take better pictures, mainly he talks about the why you take pictures this way, instead of how. this podcast is great, give you things to really think about when you take pictures, i think it’s maybe more for serious amature photographers, very nice podcast, make sure you give it a listen. also from the same dude who brings us camera position, History of Photography, also a great podcast.
last and definitely not least, actually one of the best podcasts out there: Tips From the Top Floor (tfttf)
this is an awesome podcast, i really like this podcast because it’s not only just a podcast, it’s also a community and if you listen to Leo Laport, or the TWiT network you will surely know that Chris (the dude who brings you tfttf) is on Leo’s radio show and there’s assignments, reviews, workshops and stuff like that. also there’s lots of useful info on the tfttf’s website. also make sure you follow chris on twitter: http://twitter.com/chrismarquardt.
anyway so that’s the podcasts i listen to regarding photography, and of course keep your eyes on flickr: http://www.flickr.com/
and my flickr: http://www.flickr.com/photos/bphelmet/
Sunrise
Sunrise, originally uploaded by michael_bphelmet.
Sunrise at lost lagoon in stanley park vancouver. haven’t slept that night, if i had had my rest i probably would have taken a couple of better shots
Sunset
Sunset, originally uploaded by michael_bphelmet.
well not excatly a sunset, the sun’s already set, but there’s some beautiful colors coming through the horizon.
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