Parsvottanasana (Intense Side Stretch Pose)

Parsvottanasana (Intense Side Stretch Pose) @ Brian D. Brady 2012

Ruth #26

"Ruth" @ Brian D. Brady

4x5 Crown Graphic, Handheld, Expired Era 100 film developed in Home made Parodinal, Scanned as a Colour Neg.

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WInter is Here, time for the Darkroom

Stock Taking

Holding Pond

Holding Pond © Brian D. Brady

The Pump House

The Pump House © Brian D. Brady

Ruth's Small Black Hat

Ruth's Small Black Hat © Brian D. Brady

Dublin Docks # 192-2012

Dublin Docks  #192-2012 © Brian D. Brady

Cineform File conversion for Free. Legally

    This is something I have been looking for for quite awhile, though I don't make Videos to often now, At one time I worked in video and film production. So now that DSLR's can capture very high quality moving images, I am of course drawn to that aspect of my 5DMK2 and my 550D.

    Getting those clunky H.264 files to run well in my NLE has taken a Processor,  Ram, Graphics Card upgrade. But for editing on a laptop everyone says use the CineForm file format. I didn't want to buy CineForm Neoscene as I would not often use it but after trying the Trial Version it certainly is a nice format.

    So here we are, if you would like to use the Cineform CFHD file format on your windows computer try the following

    First download and install GO Pro Cineform Studio free version Here I do not use a Go-Pro but I am glad they bought CineForm. You see when you install this we get the CFHD codec installed on our computers.

  Download and install MP4Cam2AVI Easy Converter Here

  Download and install Virtualdub Freeware Here

  Download and install x264 VFW Codec Free Here

  So now open MP4cam2Avi Freeware and select your H.264 .MOV file

  All that happens here is the file has its file type renamed there is no transcoding so it very quick

 

 
   When this is done open Virtualdub

 
   This is a very cool piece of freeware and like many enthusiast made programs it has many many features. So I will only show what we need for the job in hand
 

 
   Go Video-Filters and deinterlace for now use the default setting. Now go Video Compression

   Choose GoPro-CineForme, and set for Higher HD
 

 
   Now Save as AVI and it will convert your file to cineform. Now you are ready to edit smoothly in your favorite editor :)

   I hope this is of some use to you Guys out there

Human Landscape #062

Human Landscape #062 © Brian D. Brady

Lovers

Lovers © Brian D. Brady 2012

Reclining Nude #28

Reclining Nude #28 © Brian D. Brady

The Dune

Dune © Brian D. Brady

The Celtic Sea

The Celtic Sea © Brian D. Brady

Arcachon: la Dune du Pilat

la Dune du Pilat © Brian D. Brady

Arcachon

Arcachon 2012  © Brian D. Brady

The Landes of Gascony #12

Landes of Gascony #12 © Brian D. Brady

After Weston

"After Weston" © Brian D Brady

Silhouette #8

Silhouette #8 © Brian D. Brady

Berlin, Black and White

Berlin 2012 © Brian D. Brady

It was Great to get the Crown Graphic out again ;)

Sofia, getting her picture took by Brian © Andrea Boudin

Another Photo of Pam

Pam © Brian D. Brady

International Photo Tecknik

I found 16 copies of this fabulous German Large format magazine. These are from the late Sixties to the early Seventies, though the publication was form I believe the fifties to the eighties. Beautifully reproduced Large Format Images. Ads by Linhof, Sinar, Zeiss, Schneider. They are a Mine of LF info :)

Farmer's Roses

Farmer's Roses © Brian D. Brady

East meets West, Berlin

Berlin, Germany. 2012 © Brian D. Brady

John Sexton - Black & White Photography

Canon XSi 450D Kiss X2 smd fuse location

Summer lunchtime yoga practice with Andrea Boudin

Summer lunchtime yoga practice with Andrea Boudin

 Vigorous advanced Vinyasa Flow yoga practice, 1 - 2 pm 5 weeks course, 40 Euro,  

Starting 1 June at 13:00 until 29 June at 14:00

Malaysian Carving

Malaysian Carving © Brian D. Brady

Super Moon

Super Moon © Brian D. Brady

Macro Mother of Thousands

Mother Thousands © Brian D. Brady

Photography Cheat Sheet

Kiwi

Kiwi © Brian D. Brady

From a Series of Photographs with Pam

Pam © Brian D. Brady

Peacock Posture with Crossed Leg

Peacock Pose with Crossed Leg, Andrea Boudin. Photography © Brian D. Brady

Pixir-O-Matic fun for all the family

Hanumanasana, Seated Splits, Monkey Pose

Hanumanasana Andrea Boudin. Photography © Brian D. Brady

 

 

Hanumanasana, (Sanskrit: हनुमानासन) or Monkey Pose^, Seated Splits  is an asana.

 

Hanuman = powerful Hindu deity with physical features of a monkey 

 

This pose, in which the legs are split forward and back, mimics Hanuman's famous leap from the southern tip of India to the island of Sri Lanka.

The yogi pushes one leg forward and one leg backwards until they are in the splits position. Once the yogi has moved the legs into position, there are several variations of arm and upper body position including Añjali Mudrā.

The Sage Twist, Marichyasana,

Marichyasana, Andrea Boudin. Photography © Brian D. Brady

Marichyasana Marichi = an ancient Indian sage. 

In Sanskrit, “Marichi” means a ray of light or father of humanity, and “asana” means yoga pose

Marichyasana  can be performed with several slightly different leg positions. This seated twist is said to cleanse the body by removing toxins from internal organs.

5D Mark III First Look

Padmasana, The Lotus Position

The Lotus Position: Andrea Boudin. Photography: Brian D. Brady

Padmasana, The Lotus Position, padma = lotus
The Lotus Position (Sanskrit: पद्मासन [pɐd̪mɑːs̪ɐn̪ɐ], IAST: padmāsana)

   The ultimate yoga pose, it is adopted to allow the body to be held completely steady for long periods of time. As the body is steadied the mind becomes calm, the first step towards meditation. It is an established posture, commonly used in the Hindu Yoga and Buddhist contemplative traditions

Padahastasana, Hand to Feet Posture

Andrea Boudin. Photography © brian d. brady

Padahastasana

From the Sanskrit words pada (पाद; pāda) meaning "foot", hasta (हस्ता; hastā) meaning "hand", and asana (आसन; āsana) meaning "posture" or "seat"

 

Hand-to-feet-posture, or standing forward bend

 

the main physical benefit is to stretch the entire backside of the body from the head to the heels, it invigorates the nervous system and increases the supply of blood to the brain.

Raw Therapee, The Open Source Image Processor that's Better then Lightroom

   This is the number one Raw File processor. It has the coolest NASA/HUBBLE sharpening called RL Convolute and a multitude of controls that let you change just about every aspect of your image. It lets you do far more then either Adobe Camera Raw or Lightroom will let you do.

  The one drawback is that it takes quite a time to do the processing, a problem if you want to bangout images (Read "Commercial Use") but if you are more Fine Art orientated and have time and the inclination to spend on your images then this is the Processor for you. Having said that everyone will find something that they need in this program, even if they only use it now and again. Its Free, Fully Functional and can be left on your desktop or be your portable "Raw Developer" on a USB stick

We will be using this and other image processors at this years Spanish, Yoga and Photography Retreats
rawtherapee.com

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