Storyboard Drafts

For my Interactive Web Design class, we're required to make a video.  When I heard that my mind went into a frenzy with one idea after another.  Eventually, I settled onto this.

I came up with this idea while listening to spotify --> conveying the enjoyment of music on screen.  It is something that has been done before, but it isn't something you see very often.  Typically you see people making music videos with some sort of message or promoting an idea or person.  I didn't want that, my idea was to create a music video where the musician is merely enjoying himself.  Hopefully the audience enjoys it when I finish it.

This is "for all intensive purposes" the final draft of my storyboard.  I admit my drawings are rough and a little crude (but I never said I was an artist, so take what you can get).  So I apologize for that.  Let me know what you think, what needs to be fleshed out.

Finn.

The Nifty Fifty

For any Canon Camera user, finding a new lenses is never an issue.  But finding a new lens with descent optics, and at a descent price, can be like finding a needle in a stack of hay.  That's where the nifty fifty comes into play.  The Nifty Fifty is the nickname of canon's 50mm lense.  And at $75 to $125 (depending on if you buy it new or used) it's hard to argue with the quality of the lense itself.

Side Note: (All photos of of the lens are taken with a cellphone camera)

Upon closer inspection the lens might look and feel cheap and plastic-y.  And you'd be absolutely right. It's not suppose to be the highest end lens in the world, it's meant to be for someone who has a budget to stick too, but still wants a lens that can take professional quality photos.

Now for the good and the bad about the lens:

• Good
• The lens is $75 to $125, depending on where you purchase it. 
• The lens has a huge depth-of-field range, making your subject nice and clear while keeping foreground and background out of focus.
• It's a prime lens - meaning it has a fixed focal point and doesn't zoom in or out.
• Excellent Macro mode and focal ring.
• Image quality of photos is on part with a $500+ lens, making this probably one of the best camera values out there.
• This 50mm lens has been around since the early days of photography and cinematography (I.E. - early 1900's) so it's really hard to find a "bad" 50mm to begin with.

• Bad
• Build quality is cheap, meaning that it isn't the best of ideas to make this your primary lens for too long
• It's a canon lens - meaning it will only work with Canon cameras.
• It's a prime lens - meaning you don't have your typical zoom-in/out.  This may be a problem if you need something more versatile.
• On that note, you have to get creative with your shots to get something descent.

All in all, the lens is both a great tool for any photographer trying to step up there game "&" an excellent lens for anyone looking to get into photography.  You really can't go wrong with it, it's just a descent product at a descent price.

Great Men Have Great Hearts

I do not own this video.  But given the fact that it is "supposedly" within the free domain I think it's okay for me to leave this here.