Uploads from Stuck in Customs, tagged united, with geodata

Big Sur Sunset

nobody@flickr.com (Stuck in Customs) — Mon, 08 Aug 2011 09:19:36 -0700

Big Sur Sunset
Last week I promised I would reveal the photo today that I took during the video above, and here it is.

I guess you can get the sense from that video how windy it was! What a crazy day... I spent all afternoon and evening getting ready for this. There was a decent amount of hiking, preparation, and walking-around to figure out the best place to stand.

Maybe the bad thing about that video is showing how easy it all appears to be... in future videos, you may see some more of the problems that I face and how I deal with them. In some ways, I think that is more real than something that appears to fairy-book perfect!

- Trey Ratcliff

Read more and see a behind-the-scenes video of this shot here at the Stuck in Customs blog.

Central Park in the Fall

nobody@flickr.com (Stuck in Customs) — Thu, 01 Apr 2010 07:58:51 -0700

Stuck in Customs posted a photo:

Daily Photo - Central Park in the Fall
I had spent the afternoon alone while traveling (as usual, it seems) in the Metropolitan Museum of Art in the middle of New York City. It sits on the Eastern edge of Central Park. It was a little cold outside, but I decided to walk across the park anyway, just as the sun was setting. As I moved through the trees, I found this little place and thought it would be fun to share.
HyperMac Review
I have a new HyperMac Review here on the site! It's an amazing device, and even if you are not a photographer, you will probably find a reason you need one!

Basically, it is an external battery that you can use to power up your Mac laptop and your iPhone. I keep running into situations where I am running out of battery power on my iPhone and/or computer, and I just am not near a power outlet.

I bought mine from the Hypershop just recently, and I could not be happier! Maybe the worst thing is that all my friends are always using it to charge up their iPhones too... It's like I'm the guy at the party that brought the beer!
New Version of Woopra Out
You guys probably know how much I love Woopra... I did a little Woopra Video Review here on the site several months ago. The product is even better now... and you can get the basic version for free. If you want all the cool features, you can upgrade, but that's up to you! Anyway, I continue to make it part of my web-life... and I am lucky enough to be friends with the clever guy behind it. But, I'd use this thing even if I didn't know the guy... !!

The Golden Gate Bridge at Dusk

nobody@flickr.com (Stuck in Customs) — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 12:06:18 -0700

Stuck in Customs posted a photo:

Daily Photo - The Golden Gate Bridge at Dusk
I had spent the previous night up in Napa, visiting my mom and grandmother. This was a long day with a stop in Petaluma to see Leo's operation, a fast hike through the Muir Woods, and then a visit to the Golden Gate Bridge to catch its majesty at sunset.

I'm sure locals know this spot very well, but I found it thanks to Google Earth. I knew it would be a cool spot, but driving to these spots is always a bit sketchy when you have never been there before. It appeared to be a simple jog off Highway 1, and it actually was. It's nice when something that looks easy ends up actually being easy! This isn't usually the case. Even better, the wind wasn't howling a mile a minute, which I think can happen around here if you don't watch out!

After I took this, I could hardly wait to get back home to process the final image. I don't know about y'all, but I find the post-processing just as fun as the actual shooting... I really get a kick out of it!

New Free Video Coming Soon
Tonight I edited together another video about how I took a photo in New Zealand. I'll get it uploaded soon to share with everyone! In the meantime, you can check out others in the Video section of the website.

from the blog www.stuckincustoms.com

The Bay at Portofino

nobody@flickr.com (Stuck in Customs) — Thu, 18 Feb 2010 02:01:49 -0800

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This isn’t really Portofino, but it sure does look like it, eh? We might even make the case that it is more pretty than the real Portofino! This is a beautiful resort in Orlando, over at Universal Studios.

I am off on a three week adventure in New Zealand... it's hard for me to post multiple places, but stay tuned at www.stuckincustoms.com for the latest ! :)

The Azure Blue Indoor Pool at Hearst Castle

nobody@flickr.com (Stuck in Customs) — Sun, 31 Jan 2010 23:33:00 -0800

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See you all today at the Google HQ!
I'm excited to meet a lot of my Google friends in person! The talk is today, and I've got everything ready for it. For reference, here are a few links I will mention during the talk:

HDR Tutorial - Free tutorial here on the site - you'll be up and running with a pretty pic in an hour!
Jill Bolte Taylor - about the Right and Left Brain on TED
HDR Spotting - a site with the Attention Distribution Engine to drive more traffic to other HDR Artists sites (still in beta - you have to get an invite code from existing member)
Textures Tutorial - The textures and a video showing how I got those textured-photos
Videos - A collection of free videos showing how I take HDR Photos in the field...
Twitter and Human Evolution - A longer treatise on what it suggests...

Daily Photo - The Azure Blue Indoor Pool at Hearst Castle

I mentioned yesterday that I was able to get a private tour throughout Hearst. It was a long and great day! Thank goodness I had a mass of memory cards... I got so much footage it was crazy!

I could have picked a bunch of shots to be the "first", but I thought this one was particularly wonderful. There are two enormous pools at Hearst Castle, and this is the indoor one. This is a nice vantage point because this spot is actually quite difficult to reach! There is no door behind me... so I had to "shimmy" along that edge you see... It was NARROW... the shimmy was like a video game, except while holding a $10,000 camera! Sketchy! But I just had to get over here because I could visualize the shot before it happened...

Here's a cool fact about this pool. Part of Hearst has now been gutted so there is room for the IT department. The IT department uses the water from this pool to cool their equipment... wild, eh?

from Trey Ratcliff at www.stuckincustoms.com