I love taking pictures of animals; they are cute, cuddly and if the pictures are just right they can almost have a human quality to them.
Read MoreiPhone HDR night shots
Dec 14, 2011Last night I had the chance to try the Jumbo restaurant in Hong Kong. It is a floating restaurant which is very well lit, we had a great time thanks to the friendly staff. The jetty for taking the short boat ride (maybe 300 meters!) adopts the same lighting style. Night shots with an iPhone [...]
Read MoreHiLO Lens heads south
Dec 13, 2011This is being written from Hong Kong! A stopover on our move from France to NZ. Unfortunately (for me) I did not take the above photo. But I did check out the Tian Tan Buddha on Lantau Island.
Read MoreHow I fell in love with street photography
Dec 10, 2011If anything can brighten up my day, it’s movies and street photography. I’ve been a fan of both ever since I first saw Charlie Chaplin’s The Circus and a photograph of Sophia Loren and Jayne Mansfield at a party in Beverly Hills. I was very young back then, but I appreciated the use of black-and-white [...]
Read MoreIncorporating lines in your ground view photos
Dec 09, 2011As we pointed out in previous articles, ground-perspective photography does not have to be difficult but can still create dramatic photos. However, taking a great photo can take more than just getting low and shooting pictures. A good photographer creates a sense of order and direction in his or her pictures. One of the easiest [...]
Read MoreHiLO Lens catches an angel
Dec 08, 2011Recently a friend was checking out a prototype of HiLO Lens. He is in Germany and we were video conferencing. It is great to have someone to bounce ideas off. I was more than surprised when at the end of our conversation he said he would like to help fund HiLO Lens! Funding the development [...]
Read MoreFlip-Cage with iPhone 4/4S Mount Review
Dec 07, 2011iPhone camera accessory review Sometimes all you need is a really simple accessory to maximize the usefulness of your gadgets. But, of course, simple doesn’t have to mean limited: that simple accessory just has to do its job well. And that’s exactly what Gary Fong’s Flip-Cage with iPhone 4/4S Mount does.
Read MoreWe have a sheep
Dec 06, 2011Rather than sleeping I’ve been working with Arif to create a mascot for HiLO Lens. The obvious choice, for obvious reasons is a sheep. Sheep represent the intelligence , good design and adaptability that HiLO Lens aspires to. Without further ado …. Thanks Arif for your great work.
Read MoreHiLO Lens is Patents Pending
Dec 05, 2011An article earlier touched on whether to patent or not. The conclusion for HiLO Lens was to go ahead and patent. To help keep the filing cost low I spent quite some time on the description. So our lawyer had a lot less work to do. We also did the drawings ourselves. This is easy [...]
Read MoreHow small have cameras become ?
Dec 04, 2011Check out just how crazy small ! One thing that I do not want to encourage is voyeurism. To begin with voyeurism is illegal in a lot of places. But more importantly it is a lack of respect towards others. So just don’t go there.
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