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Bolt Bus Bloggin

micahwalter@me.com — Fri, 14 Aug 2009 04:00:00 +0100

Believe it or not, but I'm actually blogging over the free Wifi on the BoltBus. The connection is decent, although this return trip doesn't have power outlets. I know I haven't blogged here in a while, but I have been really busy, running around like a chicken trying to find its head.

So while we await "more" I will leave you with this: I'm searching for tweets. I was previously searching flickr for images, and now I'm searching for tweets. Maybe my new "status message" should be "searcRead More...

Flickr Eclipse

micahwalter@me.com — Wed, 22 Jul 2009 15:09:29 +0100

iPhone 3GS In The House!

micahwalter@me.com — Fri, 17 Jul 2009 18:10:38 +0100

Yesterday I picked up a brand spanking new iPhone 3GS. Kendra and I made our way down to the Apple store in Soho where we spent all of 10 minutes standing in line. Before I knew it my original non-3g phone was converted into an iPod Touch and my new baby way taking calls and receiving emails.

Keep your files in threeRead More...

Surveillance Music Video

micahwalter@me.com — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 15:29:45 +0100

I just ran into this music video on the web. The band ran around to different locations where they knew they would be recorded on surveillance video cameras and performed. Then, because of England's version of the US Freedom of Information Act, they were entitled to the footage. Pretty cool idea I guess!

Here is some more info at The Future of Media blog.

Nikki Waller at WSJ Reviews the LX3

micahwalter@me.com — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 23:45:46 +0100

I just saw this over at www.lx3-photography.com/ and had to post it! So good! Nikki Waller from the Wall Street Journal has some fun insights into why she loves her Panasonic LX3. She also has a full review article here. I love how she thinks the lens cap makes it "retro" but also kinda hard to use. Oh boy.... Enjoy!

So You Want To Be a Photojournalist

micahwalter@me.com — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 18:19:55 +0100

If there is one question I receive on a regular basis it's something like the following:

Dear Micah, I want to become a photojournalist, where do I start?

I figured that rather than trying to field everyone's emails one by one, I should write up my thoughts on the topic in a blog post. This is partly me being lazy, but I'll turn that laziness right around and call this post a "service to my community."

Before I begin I need to make a small disclaimer. I don't consider myself Read More...

Live Portraits

micahwalter@me.com — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 19:56:17 +0100

It's video day today here at micahwalter.com! I have just uploaded the first in series of one-minute "Live Portraits." I am currently uploading them to flickr as they meet the "less than 90 seconds" rule, but I also have them on Vimeo.

So far there is just this one, but I made a special page for them over here.

Briefly, these are shot on a Sony HV1-1VU HD cam in 24p mode ( might go back to regular for this ). I am still playing with what to do with them once Read More...

Video Blogging

micahwalter@me.com — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 22:18:52 +0100

With the recent announcement of the new iPhone 3GS I am really curious to see how this whole video blogging trend takes off. Will we see video-tweets? I haven't seen much in the way of video samples from the iPhone as of yet, but I hear it's pretty nice. I know, not 720p HD, but still, it's a phone!

Regardless of how good or bad the iPhone video quality will turn out to be, I am sure it will spawn a new community of video-bloggers. People will have this thing wheRead More...

Olympus EP-1 Officially Sexy

micahwalter@me.com — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 12:34:49 +0100

I did my best yesterday to hold off on commenting about the Olympus EP-1 that was officially announced today. It is indeed a very sexy camera. By yesterday I had already seen quite a few leaked photos and I noticed quite a bit of talk on the flickr.com group forums, but I decided to hold off until the official announcement todRead More...

Traveling Light

micahwalter@me.com — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 21:12:18 +0100

I was recently reading a forum post on the Panasonic DMC-LX3 Flickr group about traveling light, and what type of camera to bring with you if going on a backpacking trip across Europe. The topic got me thinking back to 2002 when I myself backpacked across Europe toting a good deal of camera equipment, computer gear and enough clothing to last me a few months on the road. Reminiscing about this trip made me start to rethink how I would go about it differently.

Quite a bit has changed inRead More...

Six Months With the Panasonic DMC-LX3

micahwalter@me.com — Fri, 05 Jun 2009 15:49:30 +0100

It has now been just over six months since I took receipt of a brand new Panasonic LUMIX DMC-LX3. Since then I have shot 10,098 images and short HD video clips. All still images were shot in full res RAW+Jpeg mode and all HD video clips were shot in the full 720p res mode. Early on in using this camera I deciRead More...

More Flickr Mining

micahwalter@me.com — Fri, 05 Jun 2009 13:02:19 +0100

I am becoming more and more obsessed with searching the depths of flickr.com for something special. This morning I was thinking about that old adage: "f/8 and be there." So I did a quick search and low and behold, 91,000 results!

It's search results like these that I feel warrant a special place on the Internet. So, I made a page. Check out the new search on my "Flickr Searches" section.

Also, on a more technical note, I have turned on commenting for these searches. So commRead More...

More on Cory Arcangel

micahwalter@me.com — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 04:00:00 +0100

As a follow up to my previous post I found this cool little video about Cory Arcangel on YouTube.

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IMG_1234 and Cory Arcangel

micahwalter@me.com — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 04:00:00 +0100

IMG_1234 is a short project I made a couple weeks ago. Posted on the site here for your viewing pleasure. I am continually excited by "short" projects. Recently I became a fan of Cory Arcangel's piece depicted below.

I find this sort of "one mouse click" art is pretty interesting. I also really like how Cory titled the piece. Following his title I was able to replicate the work in PShop with minimal effort. Of course my version would be titled "CS4."

Photoshop CS: 11Read More...

De-Installation Clip

micahwalter@me.com — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 04:00:00 +0100

This is just a quick clip from a while back when I had to move the three hundred pound Brick Server from its gallery space back to the studio center at MICA. Thankfully I had a few friends to help with the heavy lifting! Big thanks go out to Patrick, Josh and Kelly!

The pile of bricks you see being moved in this clip are actually the case for a computer server which houses an archive of images. I will have more to say about all of this and a special project page set up on this sitRead More...