A while back I had the opportunity to join Sam Hassas as a second photographer during his coverage of Jessica and Cory’s wedding at the Clos LaChance Winery in San Martin California. You can view Sam’s coverage of the wedding HERE. It was an enjoyable day watching the master work, and working along side him. My day started with coverage of the guys getting ready at the hotel.
Sam photographing the bride from all the angles.
Sam directing the photo action before the wedding.
The photo square – which Sam features on most of his wedding blog posts.
I “released” my photoshop radial blur CPU benchmark test almost a year ago. Since then CPU processors have gotten faster, as they always do. So it was time update the test in preparation for the new even faster Intel six core hyper threaded Gulftown processor, the Core i7 980X. The only basic difference between this new and improved CPU benchmark test and the older test is the larger file that the test is performed on. New for this test is a photoshop action that will preform the test for you. Also the newer version of test allows you to use Photoshop CS3 or CS4 to time the result for you.
Step one – down load the Radial Blur Test Action. Load action into photoshop. The test automates this routine – ( Filter > Blur > Radial Blur.Set the Radial Blur setting to: Amount at 100, Blur Method to Spin, and finally Quality to Best ) Step two – down load the file ( about 4.8 MB ) to run the test on by clicking on the image below. Next open the image in CS2, CS3, or CS4. Step three – close any and all unnecessary programs including the browser you used to read this exciting photo blog post and down load the files from. Step Four, note the time in the box below the image. If the time is not showing, use the black arrow shown in the bottom image to change the display mode under the image. Step five – note the time displayed under the image. The amount of time already listed under the picture will need to be subtracted to from the the test score time. Step six – Run the test by opening the action and running the “PS Radial Blur Test”. The test took 51 seconds on my computer which is a HP m9510f PC powered by an Intel Core 2 Quad Q8200 2.33 GHz CPU running Vista 64 bit on CS3. Step seven – if you have gotten this far and have a test time, please feel free to post a comment with your time. Don’t forget to include the photoshop version along with the CPU specs. The tests results are not effected by RAM size, so there is no need to list how much RAM your computer has.
Hello to all my Finnish visitors that preformed the first version of the test.
Sized to 700 pixels test image - Do not use this image for test - Click on image to down load test file
Image after running the test with time listed below.
The results of the Wedding Photojournalist Association (WPJA) 3th Quarter contest were recently announced and my image of the Bride and several of her bridesmaids jumping into a swimming pool placed 14th in the reception category.
It turns out that wedding dress isn’t really meant for swimming
Saturday, January 23, 2010 Posted in Photos
Yesterday we got a break between the recent winter El Niño ( El Nino ) storms that have pounded the San Francisco Bay Area and the rest of the state of California for the last week. A jet and helicopter are out flying through the interesting cloud formation. More information on the El Niño effect can be found HERE on the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
My engagement session last week ended at a Very Very windy Crissy field for some beach photos. After the couple was done with their photos and were in their car trying to warm up, I stuck around to get some sunset photos of both kite surfers and wind surfers.
Not quite a perfect landing for kitesurfer
Forever young.
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