Now That I Think About It

The swiss really know how to build an airport.

2010-06-14T09:29:00.001-05:00

.flickr-photo { border: solid 2px #000000; }.flickr-yourcomment { }.flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; }.flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; } The swiss really know how to build an airport., originally uploaded by evantravers. I <3 swiss design. So clean. So symmetrical.They have *really* good chocalate too. When we got to Zurich, the security was thorough, but

Travers are traveling

2010-05-14T22:35:00.000-05:00

As many of you know, the Travers family is taking a two-week trip to go see the places in the Bible. We'll be visiting Egypt, Jordan, and Israel. We are very blessed to have this opportunity, and want to share it with you. We'll be posting at the below blog address, so stay tuned! traversenroute.tumblr.com

Would You Like a Cookie?

2009-12-28T08:15:00.001-06:00

.flickr-photo { border: solid 2px #000000; }.flickr-yourcomment { }.flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; }.flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; } Would You Like a Cookie?, originally uploaded by evantravers. The lights I set up were actually quite similar to my last portrait session. One SB-900, slightly above nose level and to camera right, set up with a Lumiquest

Identity Crisis

2009-10-06T08:08:00.002-05:00

.flickr-photo { border: solid 2px #000000; }.flickr-yourcomment { }.flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; }.flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; } Identity Crisis, originally uploaded by evantravers. Don't worry, I'm not having an emotional breakdown. My financial identity was stolen over the past week, and I've been quite tied up between school and dealing with that.

New Tech and Productivity Site!

2009-08-15T11:49:00.003-05:00

I've moved my productivity and tech blogging to a new site, born just yesterday.www.multithreadedmind.comI'm going to leave this blog for other things, mostly photography, so do subscribe to Multithreaded Mind for helpful tips and tricks for working on your computer.For photography stories of mine and others, also subscribe to www.28thfloor.net.Have a great weekend!

Mac Productivity Tip: Fluid.app

2009-08-14T11:39:00.013-05:00

One of the programs I use the most on my mac is a free application called Fluid (http://www.fluidapp.com). Fluid very simply, creates a copy of safari that is restricted to a certain website. So you can create an “application” that only runs facebook, or google calendar, or whatever you need. It’s more powerful than that, with built in support for URL shortening, plugins, and skins. Also, if

Mac Productivity Tip: Safari Bookmarklets

2009-08-13T12:41:00.004-05:00

I keep flip flopping back and forth between safari and firefox, but one feature on safari that keeps pulling me back is the hotkeyed bookmarklets. Safari and other browsers have two kinds of bookmarks... traditional bookmark folders (which I don't use anymore, more on that in a later post) and what is called the bookmarks menu. In safari, these bookmarks can be accessed by pressing CMD + [number

Mac Productivity Tip: Navigating the Finder Using the Keyboard

2009-08-12T10:25:00.003-05:00

I’ve always been frustrated since I switched to mac by the file picker dialogues in the Finder and in different programs that utilize that format. I got past the return key being the rename button, but what frustrated me was the inability to navigate down through levels in programs, specifically in coding or editing software. A good example is software like the excellent FTP program by Panic

Mac Productivity Tip: Using the Help menu as a Universal Shortcut Bar

2009-08-11T09:14:00.006-05:00

Are you a l337 keyboard shortcut maniac? Do you wish you could access menu items using a spotlight/quicksilver like interface? Well now you can! Press CMD + SHIFT + /, and on most leopard applications the Help menu will show up, with a spotlight-like box in focus immediately. Start typing what you want to find like "stabilization" for getting at the Analyze for Stabilization in iMovie '09, and

Reflecting on Light

2009-06-25T09:29:00.003-05:00

I think this is my favorite water lily photo I've ever taken. It actually might be my favorite flower photo I've ever taken.Yesterday I ran over to the Birmingham Botanical Gardens after work, and to my pleasant surprise met ~Amabile~, whose work I've always admired and really loved. She ran out of card space and I ran out of battery, but it was really neat to watch her work.As many of you know,

Light My Way

2009-06-03T14:34:00.002-05:00

I have heard the argument on whether we as photographers create beauty, or simply capture it. I think it's just semantics.Up to this point, I've only captured. I saw something in the world that I liked the way it looked, the way the light fell on it, and I carefully framed that, bottled it up and showed it to you as a series of ones and zeroes. If a subject's light wasn't perfect, I either over

Vision

2009-05-21T08:06:00.003-05:00

(WARNING: I am too young and too inexperienced to truly speak about this topic, but that's never stopped me before has it? :D )Vision is the quality that separates photography from photographic documentation. We sometimes commend it by saying "Good eye for [insert descriptive here]," or sometimes "Well seen." It's the part that takes the science and knowledge and turns it into art. For most of my

Autumn in Spring.

2009-05-19T08:45:00.002-05:00

.flickr-photo { border: solid 2px #000000; }.flickr-yourcomment { }.flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; }.flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; } , originally uploaded by evantravers. I went to the botanical gardens yesterday. There were *so* many people there with cameras! It was fun anyway... and I really got to test out my backpack. It works so well... I changed

Vignette

2009-05-16T15:44:00.004-05:00

.flickr-photo { border: solid 2px #000000; }.flickr-yourcomment { }.flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; }.flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; } Vignette, originally uploaded by evantravers. A while back I discovered this adjustments setting in Aperture 2 that just blows me away every time I try it. I wish there was a way to save adjustments... I'm thinking about

Candy Machine

2009-05-16T15:44:00.003-05:00

.flickr-photo { border: solid 2px #000000; }.flickr-yourcomment { }.flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; }.flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; } Candy Machine, originally uploaded by evantravers. Today's exercise was two-fold. I wanted to experiment more with two flashes, especially with my new gels, and also I wanted to take a picture I was proud of with a lens

New Blog Design!

2009-05-16T15:33:00.003-05:00

Hello yet again!I've once again reinvented what my blog is for. For several months I've enjoyed posting really long diatribes on photography on my flickr account. I've decided to start mirroring those articles here, and to post other interesting things here. In that idea, I've redesigned my blog to better display my photography, and just to update it's looks. Anyway, hang on, and enjoy.

Still Getting Dressed

2009-05-09T17:18:00.003-05:00

.flickr-photo { border: solid 2px #000000; }.flickr-yourcomment { }.flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; }.flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; } Still Getting Dressed, originally uploaded by evantravers. This is a busy day, hence the late post. Early this morning I snuck out to test my new gear, and to get some shots to post.The main goal of this shoot besides

Elegance

2009-05-06T11:20:00.001-05:00

.flickr-photo { border: solid 2px #000000; }.flickr-yourcomment { }.flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; }.flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; } Elegance, originally uploaded by evantravers. I love architecture. Especially this kind. Simple, elegant, and beautiful. Lots of light, windows, and bare spaces to be filled by other subjects or just silence.This is a

Power

2009-05-04T21:46:00.001-05:00

.flickr-photo { border: solid 2px #000000; }.flickr-yourcomment { }.flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; }.flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; } , originally uploaded by evantravers. Last night the power went out. Just before dinner in fact, right as we were sitting down. Half of us sprang up, felling about for our flashlights, and the other half sat tight in place.

From the ashes...

2009-05-03T10:04:00.002-05:00

Hello!I'm going to try and post here more often. After my long twitter/social media hiatus, I've fallen back in love with writing long form text. Hopefully there'll be more information here than in the past. My life.evantravers.com website will become more of a mobile blog, combined with odd and interesting things I find. If you want a massive blitz of everything I do, check out my friendfeed.

Baby Goats are Cute Until You Get Up Close

2009-05-03T08:56:00.002-05:00

.flickr-photo { border: solid 2px #000000; }.flickr-yourcomment { }.flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; }.flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; } Baby Goats are Cute Until You Get Up Close, originally uploaded by evantravers. Let's talk light.For my birthday, I got the book I asked for. I am currently poring over Joe McNally's "The Hot Shoe Diaries." I'm only about 1

I've Reached the Bottom of the Proverbial Hill

2009-04-30T14:23:00.002-05:00

.flickr-photo { border: solid 2px #000000; }.flickr-yourcomment { }.flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; }.flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; } I've Reached the Bottom of the Proverbial Hill, originally uploaded by evantravers. Today is my 20th birthday. It seems unreal to be 20. Not that I'm super excited to be so very old, but it just feels strange. Like I can't

Android G1 Review

2008-12-17T15:54:00.023-06:00

I've been using the Google Android phone for just under a week now, and there seems to be a lot of interest in my impressions. First off, since you will be viewing this gadget through my eyes, here's a little background. I owned the original iphone for over 9 months, and really loved it. I had to sell it before the apps came out, but I was a heavy user of the core functions (email, etc.) and

Most Interesting Flickr Photos

2008-11-12T12:03:00.002-06:00

Here are my most interesting photos on flickr, in a really nice slideshow.

It's my Flickrversary!

2008-10-01T10:26:00.003-05:00

.flickr-photo { border: solid 2px #000000; }.flickr-yourcomment { }.flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; }.flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; } It's my Flickrversary!, originally uploaded by evantravers. View On BlackOne glorious year of getting better at photos! To celebrate, a mosaic of my most "interesting" photos. Enjoy! And thank you for all your kind comments