Theresa reblogged a song on Tumblr this afternoon and I had to ask her what it was because I'm kind of inept in the music department. Not really, but the song sounded really familiar. I remember hearing it on TV as an ad for one show but then again I don't reallyyyyyyy watch TV anyway.
I downloaded the original but she didn't know what the remix was so, me, being the curious person I am, decided to stop at nothing before I found it.
And, I did. It's Breathe Me (Butch Clancy Remix) - SIA
Enjoy! I love it and I'll give you the download link under the video.
CLICK TO DOWNLOAD
Also, a side note, I see a quite a lot of people lurking on my page but no one ever says hi. It's not creepy or anything but it is a bit unnerving at times. Particularly sometimes when there's 40+ people viewing, not even so much as a hello. D:
Tuesday, July 12, 2011
Friday, July 8, 2011
Hey, hello, not sure yet.
Dumbfoundead has a new song! Kind of catchy, yes? No? Oh well, you can waste 3 minutes of your life which you'll never get back listening to it.
I really like his music. It's pretty down to life. Life? I think I meant earth. Oh, the life of a sleep deprived university student. I downloaded the mp3 but I think it was a dodgy YouTube rip because the crappy intro was still there. Cannot wait until the HD version comes out. Like, the legit shit.
Kind of edging for his new LP to be released. There's another song leak from it - "Selfish" but I couldn't find a legit video to accompany the song. The closest I came to was a guy's personal edit while skateboarding. Hmmm...
So, enjoy!
In other news, I downloaded Digitalism's discography the other day and it just reminded me to post about it. Was looking at TheHypeMachine just this morning and it reminded me to post it up! It was released a couple of months ago. Here's their "2 Hearts" which is an incredibly catchy song.
From the album, "I Love You, Dude". I've always liked Digitalism, but my favourite song is still Pogo. Nevertheless, still chill as fuck.
CLICK TO DOWNLOAD "I Love You, Dude."
PEACE OUT, Y'ALL. Currently playing Team Fortress 2 gettin mah bitch shootin shit on yo.
I really like his music. It's pretty down to life. Life? I think I meant earth. Oh, the life of a sleep deprived university student. I downloaded the mp3 but I think it was a dodgy YouTube rip because the crappy intro was still there. Cannot wait until the HD version comes out. Like, the legit shit.
Kind of edging for his new LP to be released. There's another song leak from it - "Selfish" but I couldn't find a legit video to accompany the song. The closest I came to was a guy's personal edit while skateboarding. Hmmm...
So, enjoy!
In other news, I downloaded Digitalism's discography the other day and it just reminded me to post about it. Was looking at TheHypeMachine just this morning and it reminded me to post it up! It was released a couple of months ago. Here's their "2 Hearts" which is an incredibly catchy song.
From the album, "I Love You, Dude". I've always liked Digitalism, but my favourite song is still Pogo. Nevertheless, still chill as fuck.
CLICK TO DOWNLOAD "I Love You, Dude."
PEACE OUT, Y'ALL. Currently playing Team Fortress 2 gettin mah bitch shootin shit on yo.
Eat the happiness away
Posting a lot lately! Mainly because I actually have something to write about. I wanted to include this in the other post I made but decided against it because the other one is wayyyyyy long enough, que?
The other day while I was at Eliza's place, my parents went to a wedding for someone IN DENTAL TECH AT MY UNIVERSITY LIKE SERIOUSLY HOW WEIRD IS THAT. They're related to a family friend and we got invited. It didn't click until mum told me the name and I'd recognised it from the Facebook dental group that everyone joined.
Apparently the wedding was beautiful, but I didn't get to see. My parents brought back 2 jars of personalised lollies and it's something I'd really like for my wedding. I ate most of one bottle and dad got kind of annoyed because there's going to be none left soon. Oh well. They're so good.
Looks beautiful, no?
Tastes even greater. But yeah, seriously wanting lollies for my wedding gift.
Makes me think about how my wedding is going to be. Probably more relevant though, cats aside, a lot of the time, I genuinely wonder who will love me for who I am. I look substantially different in person to how I look in photos, I'm not the smartest person you'll meet and I don't have much going for me, in all honestly. And the aesthetics department is on the rise.
Just makes me wonder, who will I marry?
Legitimately though, everything about "I just want someone who loves me for who I am, regardless of who they are" completely ignored, I don't think I can handle someone who doesn't have at least equal intelligence as me. Like, I wouldn't be able to hold any of my memorable conversations with them. At most, a superficial glance at my argument, followed by a cascade from submission to acceptance without so much as a blank stare rebounding off the plains.
I need someone with the same interests as me. Even if they hold the same level of intelligence, there's not much point if they're a humanities junkie and they have zero insight into science, which is my forte. Might not be the same for all people, but it certainly is for me. Which means, I'm pretty much restricted to people in the medical or dental field, really.
Once I find this person, whoever it may be, I want our wedding to be the most memorable day of my life. Some people like simplicity, but not me.
I want extravagance.
Oh, the pondering of a teenager. Let each day come as it passes.
Maybe someday.
The other day while I was at Eliza's place, my parents went to a wedding for someone IN DENTAL TECH AT MY UNIVERSITY LIKE SERIOUSLY HOW WEIRD IS THAT. They're related to a family friend and we got invited. It didn't click until mum told me the name and I'd recognised it from the Facebook dental group that everyone joined.
Apparently the wedding was beautiful, but I didn't get to see. My parents brought back 2 jars of personalised lollies and it's something I'd really like for my wedding. I ate most of one bottle and dad got kind of annoyed because there's going to be none left soon. Oh well. They're so good.
Looks beautiful, no?
Tastes even greater. But yeah, seriously wanting lollies for my wedding gift.
Makes me think about how my wedding is going to be. Probably more relevant though, cats aside, a lot of the time, I genuinely wonder who will love me for who I am. I look substantially different in person to how I look in photos, I'm not the smartest person you'll meet and I don't have much going for me, in all honestly. And the aesthetics department is on the rise.
Just makes me wonder, who will I marry?
Legitimately though, everything about "I just want someone who loves me for who I am, regardless of who they are" completely ignored, I don't think I can handle someone who doesn't have at least equal intelligence as me. Like, I wouldn't be able to hold any of my memorable conversations with them. At most, a superficial glance at my argument, followed by a cascade from submission to acceptance without so much as a blank stare rebounding off the plains.
I need someone with the same interests as me. Even if they hold the same level of intelligence, there's not much point if they're a humanities junkie and they have zero insight into science, which is my forte. Might not be the same for all people, but it certainly is for me. Which means, I'm pretty much restricted to people in the medical or dental field, really.
Once I find this person, whoever it may be, I want our wedding to be the most memorable day of my life. Some people like simplicity, but not me.
I want extravagance.
Oh, the pondering of a teenager. Let each day come as it passes.
Maybe someday.
Thursday, July 7, 2011
Photography tip #1: eyes are the pathway to the heart or in this case, a good photo.
I'm becoming a cat lady. Too bad I'm allergic to them, else I'd seriously consider dying alone with cats in my possession.
Cats aside, I've always been taught to focus on the eyes because even if the rest of the photo is out of focus, it still looks good. That's why when you take portraits, it's always best to focus on the eyes. I mean, theoretically, you should be able to focus on anything and make a photo turn out well but it always seems to be the eyes which make or break the photo. Just a tip for portrait photography. I'll give you a few examples with a cat I was trying to photograph yesterday.
The cat had a really unique patch of brown fur on the white surrounding its mouth. Check it out. It was beautiful. I must say though, on the way home I was suffering a major hayfever attack and it was annoying me. It chose to rub itself on my leg continuously and seriously, it wouldn't stop; you wouldn't believe how hard it was to get some actual decent shots of it.
I'M ALLERGIC TO CATS, WHAT OF IT.
There are only a few photos which turned out nicely. This one didn't turn out tooooooo badly, but I guess it's because you can't see the face of the cat, just the top of the head.
Let's contrast them with these. The first one is my favourite; it's framed really nicely and I had to be quick because the cat was in a rush to move for some reason.
Eventually, the cat went into the sun so I had to change the evaluative metring on the camera to partial metring. I quite like how the photos came out, even though you couldn't see the cat's eyes. The fur was a much richer, stronger brown; quite striking on camera but it couldn't compare with when it was magnified on the screen.
I miraculously managed to maintain focus on the face. After this lot of photos, I realised that I'd been chasing a stupid cat for about 30 minutes, waiting for a few moments to photograph.
So, a few take home tips for animal/close up shooting: make sure your subject DOESN'T MOVE AROUND TOO MUCH, and make it so that your animal or whatever is not on your allergy list. Not very pleasant at all.
Make sure your lighting is favourable. Most of the time, the camera will automatically adjust its ISO (a measure of light sensitivity) to match the background lighting, provided you leave the automatic settings and you're using a digital camera. The next thing you want to make sure of is that you're not too close to the subject; a lot of the time, people overestimate the "macro" ability of their lenses, particularly if it's quite a wide angled lens with not much capability for zoom.
Adjust the lighting if you must; either overexpose or underexpose, depending on the background light. In addition, focus on a point where you want to set the standard for lighting. For example, if you set your focus to something completely black, your camera will adjust itself so that the dark thing will be illuminated because the camera interprets your focus as a "lack of light" and subsequently, your background will be completely overexposed - bright, almost blinding. Alternatively, if you focus on something really bright, the background will be dark because your camera will try to compensate. I think it's mainly when your settings are on "spot focus" rather than evaluative metring or partial, or even centre-weighted average.
Anyway kiddos, I'd better sleep. Mum just came down and had a little hissy fit at me because I was up at 2:30am... which is the time right now. I'm going out tomorrow anyway so I'd best be getting some rest. All photos that I take with a DSLR are with a Canon EOS 5D Mk II and currently the only decent lens I have is a 24-105mm f/4.0L lens. You'll notice some details and numbers with a few of the photos - if you understand what it means, then great. If not, I'll make a post about it later. You don't really need to worry about the terms; just putting the details there for interest.
Farewell from the cat lady.
Cats aside, I've always been taught to focus on the eyes because even if the rest of the photo is out of focus, it still looks good. That's why when you take portraits, it's always best to focus on the eyes. I mean, theoretically, you should be able to focus on anything and make a photo turn out well but it always seems to be the eyes which make or break the photo. Just a tip for portrait photography. I'll give you a few examples with a cat I was trying to photograph yesterday.
The cat had a really unique patch of brown fur on the white surrounding its mouth. Check it out. It was beautiful. I must say though, on the way home I was suffering a major hayfever attack and it was annoying me. It chose to rub itself on my leg continuously and seriously, it wouldn't stop; you wouldn't believe how hard it was to get some actual decent shots of it.
I'M ALLERGIC TO CATS, WHAT OF IT.
There are only a few photos which turned out nicely. This one didn't turn out tooooooo badly, but I guess it's because you can't see the face of the cat, just the top of the head.
See, with these two here, the photos look quite odd because the face isn't in focus. In particular, the eyes aren't focused and I've focused on the fur in the background. Mind you, it wasn't intentional; the damned cat wouldn't stop moving and it kept rubbing its fur onto my jeans.
Let's contrast them with these. The first one is my favourite; it's framed really nicely and I had to be quick because the cat was in a rush to move for some reason.
Exposure: 1/90
ISO: 100
Aperture: f/4.0
Exposure bias: 0
Exposure: 1/90
ISO: 100
Aperture: f/4.0
Exposure bias: 0
Exposure: 1/180
ISO: 100
Aperture: f/5.6
Exposure bias: 0
Exposure: 1/180
ISO: 100
Aperture: f/4.5
Exposure bias: 0
Exposure: 1/180
ISO: 100
Aperture: f/4.5
Exposure bias: 0
Exposure: 1/350
ISO: 100
Aperture: f/8.0
Exposure bias: 0
I miraculously managed to maintain focus on the face. After this lot of photos, I realised that I'd been chasing a stupid cat for about 30 minutes, waiting for a few moments to photograph.
So, a few take home tips for animal/close up shooting: make sure your subject DOESN'T MOVE AROUND TOO MUCH, and make it so that your animal or whatever is not on your allergy list. Not very pleasant at all.
Make sure your lighting is favourable. Most of the time, the camera will automatically adjust its ISO (a measure of light sensitivity) to match the background lighting, provided you leave the automatic settings and you're using a digital camera. The next thing you want to make sure of is that you're not too close to the subject; a lot of the time, people overestimate the "macro" ability of their lenses, particularly if it's quite a wide angled lens with not much capability for zoom.
Adjust the lighting if you must; either overexpose or underexpose, depending on the background light. In addition, focus on a point where you want to set the standard for lighting. For example, if you set your focus to something completely black, your camera will adjust itself so that the dark thing will be illuminated because the camera interprets your focus as a "lack of light" and subsequently, your background will be completely overexposed - bright, almost blinding. Alternatively, if you focus on something really bright, the background will be dark because your camera will try to compensate. I think it's mainly when your settings are on "spot focus" rather than evaluative metring or partial, or even centre-weighted average.
Anyway kiddos, I'd better sleep. Mum just came down and had a little hissy fit at me because I was up at 2:30am... which is the time right now. I'm going out tomorrow anyway so I'd best be getting some rest. All photos that I take with a DSLR are with a Canon EOS 5D Mk II and currently the only decent lens I have is a 24-105mm f/4.0L lens. You'll notice some details and numbers with a few of the photos - if you understand what it means, then great. If not, I'll make a post about it later. You don't really need to worry about the terms; just putting the details there for interest.
Farewell from the cat lady.
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