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Simple Still Life Setup

Posted in Equipment, Lighting, Post-Processing with tags , , , , , , , , , on April 5, 2011 by projectxo

This picture combines two things I am very passionate about: a) photography, and b) disk drives.  One pays for the other;  if only I can get that reversed…  But I digress.  In this post, I am going to show you how to do a still-life product shot quickly. Continue reading

Meeting Michael Schumacher

Posted in Equipment, Lighting, Personal, Post-Processing with tags , , , , on December 17, 2010 by projectxo

The most exciting event during Singapore GP for me was meeting Michael Schumacher at Mercedes GP’s VIP suite.  We were told Michael will come  up for 15 minutes; but he won’t be signing any autographs.  Makes sense; if he signs one, then he will have to stick around and make every “VIP” happy.  But I was determined not to go home empty handed.   Gosh, the statistics of me getting invited back to F1 VIP suite is probably less than the chance of me winning the lottery.  Let alone the chance of meeting the world champion!  So I had to come up with an plan.  Continue reading