This past Saturday featured Hamilton College’s third annual music festival, May Day. Headlining this year were the fabulous New Pornographers, minus lead female vocalist, Neko Case. Also playing were electronic/techno DJs Chromeo, indie pop band Elf Power, Ris Paul Ric, DJ Dave Nada, and local band, Zeaskeez. The event couldn’t have happened on a better day: blue skies with 65 degree weather. With minimal campus saftey presence and a laid back security staff, May Day felt like any odd music festival found in europe and allowed for a pleasant, relaxed time. Here are a couple of photos taken of the New Pornographers; more photos can be found over at flickr in the May Day 2006 set .
The New Pornographers at Hamilton College
I’m selling my trusty old Canon EF 28-105mm f/3.5-4.5 II USM lens on eBay right now. I’ve had this lens for less than a year (Bought March or April 2005) and it’s in perfect condition. It’s always been protected with a UV filter and like most of my things, it’s been well taken care of. The only reason I’m selling the lens is because I bought the Canon EF-S 17-85 mm lens with image stabilization and no longer need either this lens or the “kit” lens that came with the camera.
As a reward for the hard work I put into High Priority, I bought myself two little presents over the weekend: a Canon EF-S 17-85mm Image Stabilized Lens and a Flickr Pro account. I’d looked at this lens about a year ago when I was researching my DSLR options and while I really loved the specifications of it, I simply couldn’t afford it at the time. Now however, after having sold well over 500 licenses to High Priority in the past month, I could finally afford to pick up one of the lenses. It will be replacing the kit lens that came bundled with the Digital Rebel XT (18-55mm), as well as replacing my Canon EF 28-105 lens that I had also bought last year.
I haven’t had too much time to play with the lens yet (it just arrived) but I did investigate how well the image stabilization worked. Here are two images (uploaded of course to my Flickr account) that really show how well the system works. The first shows a picture of a business card with image stabilization off. The photo was taken at 1/10th speed and there is visible blurring of the text. The second photo shows the same picture with image stabilization on. Notice how clear and sharp the text is? It truly is amazing how well it removes camera shakes and I’m really looking forward to being able to use my camera more without having to use the flash.
Without the Internet to alleviate my boredom, I had to turn to my other hobby: photography. This afternoon I borrowed our car, as well as my Mom, and headed up to the village of Eze. There, we spent an hour or so climbing around the medieval village taking photos. Unfortunately the day wasn’t as clear as I had hoped and the sun was already setting, but I did manage to take a few good photos. They’ve been added to the gallery I set up for the Winter Break.
Yesterday, I treked up to Mont Boron, the castle that overlooks both Nice and Villefranche. It was a superb day (well, at least on the Villfranche side) and I was able to grab a couple of panoramic shots of the bay. I’ve added them to the gallery I set up for this break and you can see each of the four pictures by clicking on its respective link.
You can see all the photos from the set by visiting the Winter Break 2005 gallery.
| Archives » | |
| Friends » | |
| Browsing » |
Copyright © 2000 - 2007, Aram Kudurshian. All rights reserved.
Syndicated Feeds: Journal Entries, Journal Comments, and Noteworthy Links.
