Posted by Scott Laird
Sun, 02 Dec 2007 05:50:54 GMT
I bought my wife an Olympus 790SW point-and-shoot camera before we left for Hawaii on vacation, and I’m growing increasingly fond of the little thing. It doesn’t really compare to my Canon 5D’s image quality, but it’s so small and handy that it’s easier to carry. Even better, it seems to be indestructible–it’s submersible and can be dropped up to 4.5 feet without breaking anything.
In other words, it’s the perfect beach camera for families with small kids. Plus, you can take it snorkeling, just in case one of these pops up:
Sea turtle
or some of these:
Reef fish
There are more pictures on Flickr if you’re interested.
It also takes semi-decent video. I wouldn’t confuse it with a HD camcorder, but I wouldn’t take the camcorder in the water, either. Here’s my son’s first time snorkeling:
It’s around $260 on Amazon, if you’re interested.
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Posted by Scott Laird
Thu, 22 Nov 2007 19:56:00 GMT
So, I’m in Hawaii this week for vacation with the family. It’s been a while since I’ve had a real vacation that didn’t involve cross-country drives or tight deadlines. I’ll write more eventually, but for now, have a few pictures:
Lighthouse at Dawn
Obligatory palm tree
Sunset Beach surfing
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Posted by Scott Laird
Sat, 14 Apr 2007 22:48:20 GMT
After 15 days on the road, I’m finally back home. We drove down to San Diego for my sister-in-law’s wedding, and then drove back slowly, spending a couple days in Sequoia National Park along the way. I really enjoyed the park; after spending a week split between LA and San Diego, it was nice to get away from the crowds. Not that the park was completely empty–we saw 3 of these guys:
From a photographic standpoint, the trip was a success. I’m not going to claim that I produced any great art, but I enjoyed myself and gave my new 5D and 100-400 a workout. I feel like a photographer again, after months of almost no photography at all. I probably went a bit overboard this time–according to Lightroom, I shot almost 4,100 frames. Most of those were kids-at-Disneyland snapshots or wedding pictures, but there were a few that stood out for me:
Strangely, most of my favorite shots were birds; I’m not quite sure how that happened. I’ve never been big on birds before. I’ll post more details once I’ve finished unpacking, and once my last few pictures have finished uploading to Flickr.
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Posted by Scott Laird
Tue, 08 Aug 2006 14:51:59 GMT
I’m finally back home after being away for two weeks, first at OSCON and then on vacation. I’m slowly digging my way through a 1,000-message backlog; hopefully I’ll be able to fix the current batch of Typo bugs and release 4.0.1 by Friday.
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Posted by Scott Laird
Mon, 31 Jul 2006 14:48:07 GMT
I’m on vacation this week, traveling in Oregon. I’ll be checking my mail from time to time, but don’t expect a quick response.
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Posted by Scott Laird
Tue, 08 Jun 2004 20:51:09 GMT
I’m back from vacation. Now for the fun part–recovering from the vacation. You take a week off, and you find yourself with two weeks worth of work waiting for you when you get back.
The trip itself went well. The kids had fun, and the ancient motorhome didn’t quite manage to self-destruct (although it tried–the oil pressure fell through the floor a half hour into the trip, and it took a couple hours to get it straightened out).
I’ll probably provide more details later, but for now, here are a few pictures. These are all 1152x768, formatted for my Powerbook’s display.
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Posted by Scott Laird
Fri, 28 May 2004 00:41:55 GMT
It’s vacation time. We’re headed out down the coast for the next week, looking for a low-stress vacation for the whole family. I’m planning on spending my mornings taking pictures, and then playing with the kids and driving the rest of the time.
Of course, the downside to this is the driving. Specifically, driving my in-laws’ motorhome. Their Carter-era motorhome. In orange. Sigh. I’d rather drive the Passat, but experience has indicated that the kids don’t do well on normal driving vacations. Hopefully the RV will work better.
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