Last time the gang went to Pool Knobs Rec Area back in March for a sunrise shot, I saw this fishing boat racing towards his fishing post. Good thing that I had my zoom lens on my Canon 30D that all I did was grabbed it and took a quick shot. Post Processing just made this image stand out where the golden tones are showing up. Love the Golden Hour.

On my first wedding I was just using a Canon EOS 30D, a somewhat okay camera. Not the best camera around but it was just enough to capture precious moments.

The second wedding I did, I upgraded my equipment since I knew that I would need it to get the good quality images and make my job a little easier so there, I got the Canon EOS 7D paired with the Canon EF 24-105mm f/4 L IS USM Lens and also a 580EX II Speedlite. This wedding was perfect because it was in the afternoon were perfect lighting if your in the shade. Also this wedding was held by the grooms mother’s garden. Awesome greenery. Those washed out greens just look awesome!

Third wedding was just last weekend. I still used the same equipment but I rented a 50mm f/1.2 from LensRentals.com(awesome company by the way) Superb bokeh and fast focusing. I had to drop down the aperture to 2.8 to make sure I won’t miss shoots since it was the first time I’ve used a lens with a very narrow focusing point and I could easily miss focus a shoot.(I did miss a couple but it’s okay).

Here are teaser shots for you(readers):

I just love when I see reactions from the bridge or groom when they see their pictures. Sharing them is fun and of course going through 2000 raw images is too! hahahaha. And yes this particular wedding I did roughly 2000 images but after going through it, I end up keeping about 450+ awesome captures! I just don’t like giving them images that looks the same like, a different angle or just a nudge of the head. I’m not like that. Well, well, well, I take it back. I do sometimes like a series of images but of course the good once not the boring once. “you see?” Also, I’m not sure why other people always say that taking photo’s of weddings are stressful. I think the only person that stressed this day is the bride and if the photographer is also stressed, I wish you luck! You’re there to un-stress the day for the bride. It’s hard to take good images with a stressed bride you know. But anyway, I hope you enjoyed reading my experience for the love of wedding photography

Stay cool, be calm, and work like a PRO.

Here what the groom message me on Facebook the next day:

Thank you so much Chriss for being our photographer for our special day. I must say that very pleased with your professionalism and patients with Lourdes, myself and the wedding party and guest. I love the couple of pictures that you have posted already and we are so excited to see all of them. You and your future wife make a great team for weddings!

God bless you,

Stacy

Awesome to see a message like that!

Got a question in mind that you need to ask me? Drop me a question below on the Facebook comment box or the other comment box. It doesn’t matter which one.

Have a great day and happy shooting!

Samsung Smart TV YouTube Problem

We are always excited when there’s an upgrade on anybody of our software and looking forward for new stuff. But guess what, after updating Samsung’s Smart TV YOUTUBE doesn’t work anymore!

There was an update for the Samsung Smart TV this week and after the software update, the Youtube app doesn’t work. Samsung is currently aware of the problem and trying to get a solution or another update to fix this issue. To follow the conversation please check this link @Cnet Forum

This might be a location base problem but just stay tune!


Samsung Smart TV List Affected:

• Samsung SmartTV D5500
• Samsung SmartTV c6530
• Samsung UE 37D5500
• Samsung LED TV UN46C6500VFXZA
• Samsung UE32D5520
• Samsung BlueRay Disk BD-C6900
• Samsung UE40C7000.

A proposed Settlement has been reached in a class action lawsuit involving certain Samsung televisions. In cooperation with the District Court of Oklahoma County, Samsung Electronics America, Inc. is offering a settlement for certain Samsung-branded televisions manufactured prior to December 31, 2008. You may be entitled to receive the benefits of this proposed Class Action Settlement if you purchased, acquired or otherwise owned any of the following Samsung-branded televisions, and the television is experiencing or has experienced the “Covered TV Symptom(s)” as described in the proposed Settlement. The class action lawsuit alleges a defect that may cause the television to experience symptoms such as not turning on, experiencing a delay in turning on, making a clicking sound, cycling on and off, or other similar problems. Samsung denies the allegations in the lawsuit, but has agreed to settle the lawsuit to avoid the costs and uncertainty of continued litigation.

Here is the OFFICIAL LIST of AFFECTED TV’s with Capacitor Problem:

LCD TV:
LN-T******/XAA; LN**A******XZA; LNS4041DX/XAA; LNS4051DX/XAA; LNS4052DX/XAA; LNS5296DX/XAA

Plasma TV:
HPT5034X/XAA; HPT5044X/XAA; HPT5054X/XAA; HPT5064X/XAA; PN42A410C1DXZA; PN42A450P1DXZA; PN50A410C1DXZA; PN50A450P1DXZA; PN50A460S4DXZA

DLP TV:
HLT5087SAX/XAA; HLT5087SX/XAA; HLT5089SAX/XAA; HLT5089SX/XAA; HLT5687SAX/XAA; HLT5687SX/XAA; HLT5689SAX/XAA; HLT5689SX/XAA; HLT6187SAX/XAA; HLT6187SX/XAA; HLT6189SAX/XAA; HLT6189SX/XAA

SAMSUNG TV CLAIM FORM

Ok, let cut the chase. I know you are hear to get the code so here it is:

<?php
$post_id = 26;
$queried_post = get_post($post_id);
$content = $queried_post->post_content;
$content = apply_filters(‘the_content’, $content);
$content = str_replace(‘]]>’, ‘]]&gt;’, $content);
echo $content;
?>

To make the code word above just change the number 26 to the actual post ID.

for more info about this please go to the tip and trick HQ website.

Thanks for reading.

Questions?  Just post it on my comment box and I’ll try to answer it for you.

Judging from the size of the bezel, it’s about an inch and imagine, a one(1) inch size bezel and having a display size of 10″ won’t look good and obviously not sexy either. Knowing apple products are always made to look cool and sexy, my guess on the display size would be from 21 to 27 inches like the iMac.

Now lets talk about what you can do with this iTV:

• Well larger screen for movie playing on your couch or on your bed. ( I watch netflix a lot on my iPad2)
• Surf the web of course
• gaming where it involves a player 2, 3, and 4.
• outdoor applications for architect.  (Blueprints and what not.)
• For photographers, image showing your images on a 21″ on site with your clients.  That’s way to cool!
• Overall it’s multiplying your iPad’s real estate 2 to 3 times bigger!  Who wouldn’t want that?

Now lets talk about specs:

• Intel Quad core i5 & i7
• 1920×1080 resolution for the 21″ and 2560×1440 for the 27″
• Retina Display? Nah, i doubt it, if its this big.
• External Ports?  Nah, I doubt it either.  Apply is not that way on their mobile computers.

Blah, blah,  and blah,  I’m not really sure if there is an iTV going to get released soon but how knows! I guess just the apple guys right?  To me, I’m still under the impression that its an iPad3 with out a home button.  Also looking closely on the image above the hands is clearly photo-shopped since the thumb shows a blue glow from the bezel which it’s not emitting any light at all.

So here’s the conclusion:

They are unveiling an iPad3 without a “home button” and with retina display or an Apple iTV that is 21″!

I guess all of us is just going to wait till it get announce.

Let me what you think by leaving me a comment below.

Centennial Park is very close to my work. The days where my wife has the early morning schedule, I tend to have a lot of time in the morning. Perfect for Sunrise shoots. The first time she had this schedule, I was so excited that I’m going to take some sunrise shoots of the Parthenon but darn, it end up raining that morning. Good thing the light bulb turned on that morning and thought about reflection shoots. Check it out where I got a really cool reflection photo of the Parthenon.

On this blog post, I have an HDR image of the Parthenon. Sometimes it is hard to show the actual scene without applying any HDR technique on your images. There’s actually a combination of 3 images. It was a bracketed shot. The only problem I had is that I don’t have Photomatix or any software that combine 3 images. Well I do have one in Photoshop but it’s crap! So, I have to combine this the old school way, overlapping the images and start erasing and masking it! My process was open everything on Photoshop, then do all my development on Lightroom 3.

Did you know that Lightroom 3 has some awesome noise reduction built it to it? Let me know what you think of my image by leaving a comment.

It was rainy, nasty, and I was expecting for a sunrise shot. Then guess what, I didn’t get the image that I was hoping for. It end up with this beautiful reflection of the Parthenon saying that; “even if it’s not beautiful outside, I can still find ways to show my beauty”.(I came up with this somehow LOL)

Enjoy the Parthenon! Don’t forget to stop here when you’re in Nashville Tennessee.

So, here’s guide on how you will fix an Acer X221W LCD Monitor: (For Samsung LCD Power Supply Problem Guide)

1. Unscrew the LCD stand (4 screws)
2. Remove the plastic back of the LCD by popping it out. Please use a plastic material so it won’t mess up the plastic cover.
3. As soon you open the back, you will see the power supply casing.
4. Before removing the power supply, unplug all connectors. 1 top(Connected to the LCD), 1 bottom(Connected to the buttons), and 4 at the left.
5. Unscrew the power supply casing (2 screws at each ends, 4 total)
6. flip it around so you see the back of the power supply board.
7. Unscrew the female screws for the VGA and DVI inputs.
8. Unscrew the power supply board.
9. The power supply board is connected to another controller board, so unscrew them the same time.

Now that you see the board, look for bad capacitors. Here’s is how you can identify bad capacitors

For the particular Acer X221W LCD Monitor, I actually replace 2 of the 220uf 25vdc Capacitor 105c High Temp, Radial Leads and 330uf 16v Capacitor 105c High Temp, Radial Leads
.
Here’s an actually picture where the 2 220uf were side by side and both were bad.

If I remember it correctly, all of the 220uF and 330uF was bad and had to replace it. Total 5 capacitors were replace. After everything was replace and installed back, the LCD monitor work like it was brand new!

Now, don’t tell me this is a coincidence. Like what I said before Samsung and Acer probably had the same vendor for their capacitors and that’s probably why this particular LCD monitor went bad. Do you think we can get the bottom of this on were Samsung and Acer got their faulty capacitors? Please leave me a comments and talk about this issue.