Hello folks, It has been a really long time I have penned a post here… I know, I missed you too!! Sometimes you need a kick in the rear-end to get you going, you know the feeling! The kick I received was from my website host, when my web page showed the dreaded ‘Cannot establish connection with the database’ error message on white! Not pretty! And even less pretty, I couldn’t access the backend of my website!! A few days […]
This is it, the World Cup is less than a day away!! Yes, I am speaking about football (or soccer, for a small portion of the world…). Excitement is in the air, and the samba is about to be unleashed!! Have fun!!
You know, this thing you often read in electronics manuals, like “if you’re not going to use the device for an extended period, remove the batteries”… It’s true!! Batteries do leak over time, when not used… If you’re lucky and catch it soon enough, then you’re okay, but it is seeps into the guts of your device, you could be headed to the store for a new one… Two lessons from this adventure: Remove the batteries when you’re not going […]
It was a great evening, a fierce competition of gentlemen (and lady) bar tenders, and my buddy Justin Taylor came out on top, with a decadent cocktail called ‘ Blowing Smoke Up Yer Kilt”!!! The Bittered Sling Bistro competition was a year-long event, for which contestants had to pair cocktails with meals, and the best 6 were selected for the season finale at UVA Wine Bar, on November 24th, 2013. All contestant brought their A game, but there could only […]
Hey folks, My brand new website is live, with better pictures and a fresh new look!! Hope you enjoy it! Ghyslain
To all people photographers, A great article by Neil Van Niekerk and his models. http://neilvn.com/tangents/models-advice-for-photographers/ Nice to get this kind of feedback! Enjoy, G
Hey folks, An interesting blog post from a 500px member about photographer’s block… 7 Ways to Combat Photographer’s Block Haven’t we all been there?!! (I’m there most days, it seems…) Enjoy! Ghyslain
Hey folks, This is an ‘infomercial’ for the (now not so) new EOS-1D C. This camera allows you to shoot 4k videos, twice the resolution of a regular HD videos. With this ability, comes the added benefit of extracting stills from the motion reel, with a quality unrivalled to date. The question asked in this clip is “Is this new way of capturing images viable?”. Some other questions like “Is this cheating??” come along… This is funny to see how we react to […]