Tiernans Photography Blog

I was in Cork over the weekend, and while there i got some shots of the Independence of the Seas. The shoot is available here and Robert Sweetnam has a few more here. an example shot, and just to give an idea of size, check out the buses sitting beside the ship here:

The ship is 339m long, cost $590 million to build and has capacity for 4370 passangers and 1360 crew. This is one hell of a ship. it is one of the largest cruise ships and passenger vessels ever built (at the time of construction).

so, this is the first in a many part series, but dont ask how often they will be posed, as i have no idea. The idea of this post is a collection of links i have found on the interwebs which do not in themselves deserve a full post, but should be posted for reference.

The Digital Story has a reference card for after every shoot. the idea is quite simple. do these tasks once you finsh a shoot.

Anandtech has an article explaing how Digital Sensors work. interesting read and useful for any photographer.

I have posted some photos of my camera bag contents. Sounds a bit odd, but concidering it has a total of 3 cameras (Canon 350D, Canon 3000N (film) and a Kodak EasyShare camera, which i used to take the photos) and lenses, and other stuff, i though i would post it. I will do a write up on this soon, explaing all the stuff in here.

Photocritic has a post with info about the top 15 entry level DSLRs. Pricing ranges from $450 to $1800…

Eric Hamilton has a post on this blog about the Art of Portrait Photography. There are some really gorgeous photos on the site as examples, and the tips are very useful.

Video: Photo Tourism: Exploring Photo Collections in 3D [2006] [via Microsoft Photography Blog

After some thought and playing with Phanfare i decided to open a SmugMug account ($5 off link). I have installed the Aperture Export addin which makes uploading a lot easier, and there are some photos up there now. I will be adding more over time, So, check it out! I have not given up on my dream of one day building a complete, self build photo sharing site, but it will be on hold. im currently fairly busy, and insted of building the photosite, i want to take photos! [update] it would have been a good idea to include a link to the new site tiernanotoole.smugmug.com.

So, as you probably know, i have developed this photography site, pretty much from scratch. The only problem with that is time to add new features, and because of the way it was developed, it takes a fair amount of time to actually upload new photos. So, the interium solution to this problem is my phanfare site. I have uploaded some photos today, and more will be coming over the next while. Its got some nice features i want to add to my own site, but that might be a while. Anyway, check it out!

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This is cool. a $10 macro photography studio. might come in handy for taking photos of gadgets.

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The interestingly named blog “Get Rich slowly” has an article on how to sell your digital photos. i might try this one of these days…

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I have seen a few of these “HDR” photos around, but never actually figured out how to take them or make them. Well, hopefully, with the help of this tutorial over at Backing Winds, I will have some HDR photos for you to check out later on. And if not, at least you have the tutorial!

Ok, its not perfect, but its a start. The Tiernan OToole Photography shop is live. Not a lot on it at the moment, but we are getting there!

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