Cold came back. Blah. Several leave work early, days off and naps ensued. Also had the semi-annual get-naked-and-be-stared-at dermatology appointment. Nothing like getting shot with liquid nitrogen to start the week. I complain about pretentious critics in general and one who pontificated about the meanings in David Bowie’s new album in particular. Then I turned around and critiqued the stripe that my neighbors added to their McLaren MP4-12C. I’m a jerk. Received a shipment of new Olympus gear. OM-D EM-5 and some fast prime lenses. I’m making the switch to micro four thirds. Hopefully you can see the difference in the improved picture. Yes, I realize the sound is off. Experimenting with solutions. Selling the Nikon DX gear will come soon. Weekend dinner with Matt and Miguel—cupcakes yay. Finally close with more cold misery. I just want it to go away.
Better week. Feeling better and longer days makes all seem happier this week. I talk about shooting film. Rage on the pope again. Capped off Rich’s birthday week with a dessert tasting at Tout Sweet, the newish patisserie from Top Chef Desserts winner Yigit Pura. Got and tested a new camera—Olympus Pen Lite E-PL5. Picture quality is great. Still getting the image stabilization and sound options sorted so excuse the shake and tinny sounds in some test footage. Should be a good addition to the lineup though.
Damn taxes. Or damn the need to get organized and send our records to the accountant so he can do our tax returns. In other words, I spent most of the week bitching about tax prep. It is that time of the year after all. Richie had a birthday, too.
Yes, I know. Terribly late uploading. Almost a full week. What can I say? The double whammy of trying to recover from that uber-virus thing and prepping last year’s records so we could get them to the tax guy. No fun. But still I somehow managed to get more than 8 minutes of footage from last week. Yeah I’m shocked, too.
The virus with no name dominated our week. Rich started it off in the midst of it and I came down with it soon enough. When I wasn’t complaining about feeling horrible, I bitched about other drivers and Republicans. And of course there is some very cute footage of the cats.
First week of the new semester kept me busy. So it didn’t seem like I shot that much during the week but as I edited, I realized there was more here than expected. Oh well. Light bulb adventures. Cat parties. Hair craziness. Espresso fun. And lots of food. If you only know me from these videos, you probably assume we do little but eat. You’d be right.
41/365 Lytros
The 3D effect from the perspective shift looks rather cool, if I say so myself. Click and drag (tap and drag with iOS) on the flowers to try it.