Andrea Boudin and Brian D. Brady run, "Creative Retreats", Workshops in Yoga and Photography, in Ireland and Spain
Monday 10 December 2012
Thursday 6 December 2012
Friday 23 November 2012
Monday 19 November 2012
Saturday 17 November 2012
Thursday 15 November 2012
Thursday 8 November 2012
Monday 5 November 2012
Wednesday 24 October 2012
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
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
Tuesday 9 October 2012
Sunday 7 October 2012
Friday 5 October 2012
Monday 24 September 2012
Friday 14 September 2012
Thursday 13 September 2012
Thursday 30 August 2012
Saturday 25 August 2012
Monday 6 August 2012
Wednesday 1 August 2012
Tuesday 24 July 2012
Sunday 8 July 2012
Tuesday 3 July 2012
Wednesday 13 June 2012
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 :)
Tuesday 12 June 2012
Sunday 3 June 2012
Tuesday 22 May 2012
Saturday 19 May 2012
Tuesday 15 May 2012
Tuesday 8 May 2012
Sunday 6 May 2012
Friday 4 May 2012
Sunday 29 April 2012
Wednesday 25 April 2012
Thursday 12 April 2012
Thursday 5 April 2012
Monday 19 March 2012
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
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.
Monday 12 March 2012
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.
Sunday 4 March 2012
Saturday 3 March 2012
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
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
Sunday 26 February 2012
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.
Saturday 25 February 2012
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
Friday 24 February 2012
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