Just My Two Cents

Miscellaneous Ramblings of an Apple, Linux, Photography and sports geek

Category Archives: photography

Photography in 2012

2012 is the year I get serious about photography. I got a Canon EF 24-105mm f/4L IS lens for my birthday and finished up my buying spree by getting a Manfrotto 468MG Ball Head and Gitzo GT3541XLS Carbon Fiber tripod. I love to shoot old things, like barns, houses and automobiles. However, I live in [...]

Lightning strike over Chesapeake Bay Bridge Tunnel

Lightning strike over Chesapeake Bay Bridge Tunnel, a photo by Jeff Self on Flickr. We were supposed to have fireworks but this storm cancelled them. No problem though. Storm provided plenty of it’s own.

Software for my iMac

With the new iMac 6 weeks from being delivered, I’m thinking about the software I’ll install.  So here goes: Aperture 3 Photoshop CS5 iLife ’11 iWork ’09 (unless ’11 comes out by then) Chrome Firefox 4 Final Cut Pro X (Currently have Final Cut Studio, but think I’ll sell it and buy it from the [...]

Harbor Park

harborpark2, a photo by Jeff Self on Flickr. Here’s a photo I took of Harbor Park last night before an exhibition game between the Norfolk Tides and Norfolk State University.

Christmas Storm 2010

What a December. First, we get snow on my birthday. That’s the first time I ever recall that happening. Then, we finally get our first snowfall on Christmas since 1948, I believe. It started around 8pm Christmas night and hasn’t stopped yet. We expect it to continue through the morning. We have at least 13 [...]

Surfer Girls!

IMG_2533, originally uploaded by Jeff Self. A photo I shot from the 2010 East Coast Surfing Championship in Virginia Beach.

Long Boards are so cool!

IMG_2663, originally uploaded by Jeff Self. A photo of a long boarder from the 2010 East Coast Surfing Championship in Virginia Beach.

Whoops

IMG_2461, originally uploaded by Jeff Self. A photo I took from the 2010 East Coast Surfing Championship in Virginia Beach.

Carving it up

IMG_2196, originally uploaded by Jeff Self. Another photo I took during the 2010 East Coast Surfing Championship in Virginia Beach.

Catching Air

IMG_2145, originally uploaded by Jeff Self. Photo I took during the 2010 East Coast Surfing Championship.

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