by Ben
Well our animals have done a good job on our carpets… They love to tear up little pieces of the rug, and we’ve been doing an OK job of hiding that with throw rugs… Friday was the end though. We came home from work and found the reminents of a bird all over the floor […]
Categories: blog, DIY Projects, personal
by Ben
We had our 16 week checkup today… Awesome visit as we spent nearly 15 minutes checking out the baby on the ultrasound. 10 fingers, 10 toes, 2 kidneys, 2 lungs 4 heart chambers, the head of an 18 week old (just like Dad?!) bones, everything but the sex… Even if we’d wanted to know the […]
by Ben
Been playing around with the idea of getting some old school MF (manual lenses) on my 5D. I had seen some images on flickr of some old school lenses on miami fever’s 5D. I went to work finding some info about using alternative lenses on my camera. Fred Miranda’s forums are a great resource for […]
by Ben
Picked up at canon 17-40mm f4 L. I’m not happy with my Sigma 12-24mm on the FF. It was the perfect lens on the 1.3 bodies, but it’s too wide and not sharp enough for FF IMHO. I also tend to only shoot it at 12mm with certainly doesn’t help. We’ll see how the 17-40L […]
by Ben
Picked up at canon 15mm fisheye lens today. I’m contemplating selling the sigma 12-24mm for this instead. The sigma seems to be a bit too wide for me on the 5D (full frame) and it’s not very sharp in the corners. It’s also a bit slow for me where the canon is a consistent f/4. […]
by Ben
I’ve been going through all my old digital images in an attempt to get everything organized. I’m also working on setting up my better images over on www.benjacobsenphoto.com to sell them. In the process I found an old fun shot of Nikki, one of me and Nikki on our first anniversary, a few of Moseley, […]
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Nikki and I went for another beautiful walk on the beach Sunday morning with Moseley. There was a nice brisk breeze from the north which made it feel a little more like fall. Everyone has been asking how Nikki is and or looks so I figured I’d bring the camera along and snap a few […]
by Ben
One of the best rally drivers in the world died today. Not much to say except that I hope he’s in a better place. He was always pushing the limits and helped to popularize rally racing. I’ve included a great memorial video from youtube, as well as some photos. The guys over at NASIOC have […]
by Ben
Today’s the boat show. It’s pouring right now so we have our foul weather gear on, but were still going. We’re specifically headed to the Melges booth to interrogate them about the 20′. I’ll post pictures and any info I have when I get home. Update: OK, I’m home. We went to the show Saturday. […]
by Ben
Tried to go surfing last night. My local Magic Sea Weed report said I should have 5~6′ waves. I got down to the beach and they were barely 2′! I always bring my camera with me anyway, and I was hoping to get some shots in post surfing, so I just went and shot right […]
Categories: blog, photography, scapes
by Ben
OK, file this under the nasty things department… When we were down on my parents boat over the Christmas/New Year holiday this winter I bumped my forearm on something while diving. I got a small cut on my arm and never thought anything of it. Well in the last month or so it felt a […]
by Ben
We’re working on selling our Viper 830. We want to get into something a bit smaller to facilitate rigging and sailing with less people. The 830 requires at least 2 people to rig and or sail and a truck to move due to it’s 2,200lb weight. The Viper 640 is one of the top options […]
by Ben
Well I’ve finally managed to integrate my gallery2 site with a wordpress blog. I was trying to use the plugin that would handle everything for me, but I couldn’t get it working. What I ended up doing is editing the themes I’m using for both the blog and gallery2 so they match. It’s not perfect, […]
