Tetra 1

Long Live the Rubber City.

tetra1 — Wed, 18 Aug 2010 00:08:51 +0000

In a interview with GQ, Lebron James was quoted as saying something that made me laugh,

James explained he’s always had an uneasy relationship with Cleveland because he’s from Akron, a half-hour away. ”It’s not far, but it is far,” James said. ”And Clevelanders, because they were the bigger-city kids when we were growing up, looked down on us. … So we didn’t actually like Cleveland. We hated Cleveland growing up. There’s a lot of people in Cleveland we still hate to this day.”

Being from the Akron area, I was never witness to any type of rivalry between the two cities, but then again, what do I know, maybe I’m from a earlier generation. I would only argue the distance between Akron and Cleveland.

On another note, I had the opportunity to see Lebron James and the Cleveland Cavaliers play the Orlando Magic last year in November. A big thank you to Paul, Renard, John, and Stacey for a great time. Oh, and the seats were great, I wanted to sit there and bounce popcorn off of Shaq’s head. I guess this is where I should enter the obligatory, “Go Magic”, “Be Magic”, or something along those lines. Oh, well, how about, “End of Line.”

Quote of the Moment: One

tetra1 — Sat, 14 Aug 2010 23:51:42 +0000

“The facility of saying something is counterbalanced by the difficulty of saying anything worth hearing. The temptation to stray and to mistake platitude for originality is almost always fatal.”

- From Daniel Webster by Henry Cabot Lodge

Random Photography: Three

tetra1 — Sat, 14 Aug 2010 23:25:24 +0000

Exposure 0.006 sec (1/160)
Aperture f/6.3
Focal Length 55 mm
Focal Length 55.0 mm
ISO Speed 100
Exposure Bias 0 EV

Random Photography: Two

tetra1 — Fri, 04 Jun 2010 16:00:33 +0000

Rebecca graduated Preschool today. This photo was taken with my 200 mm glass and I was fairly impressed with the results of the auto settings.
Camera: Nikon D40X Exposure: 0.017 sec (1/60) Aperture: f/5.6 Focal Length: 200 mm Focal Length: 201.6 mm ISO Speed: 560 Exposure Bias: 0 EV

Not Film Noir

tetra1 — Tue, 04 May 2010 21:41:23 +0000

Over at The Digital Photography School’s forum, the weekly assignment centers on Film Noir, a technique used in films such as The Maltese Falcon. As I am not familiar with the idea behind it, I decided to test out some settings in Manual mode and see what comes of it. The end result is the photo above. Not very impressive is it? The attempt was not at the idea of Film Noir directly as lighting and mood play a large part of the scene, but the technical settings behind it. Much better examples can be found here.

I’ve owned this camera since December of 2007 and I must say that I’ve learned absolutely nothing about it. The most I have learned is how to adjust the ISO setting. This experiment is an attempt to learn it or give it up.
Camera: Nikon D40X Exposure: 0.167 sec (1/6) Aperture: f/5.6 Focal Length: 18 mm ISO Speed: 100



Random Photography: One
tetra1 — Thu, 25 Mar 2010 09:46:15 +0000


This was the last photo taken before the string broke and the $1.00 kite flew away never to be seen again. The photo was a one handed shot taken at a focal length of 55 mm with the Nikon D40X.