Eric Martin

Weekly Photo Assignment 26: Fireworks

Eric Martin — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 03:06:23 +0000

With the 4th of July coming up I thought it would be fun to photograph some fireworks! Feel free to shoot any type of fireworks you can find ranging from the little ones you find at the roadside stands to the large fireworks displays they shoot into the sky.

Following is a link to some helpful tips on shooting fireworks:
digital-photography-school.com/how-to-photograph-fireworks

Post your best 1-3 shots in the group pool by Sunday, July 5 and tag them with assignment52-262009.

Please only submit photos taken during the week of the assignment.

Have fun!

Links: Flickr Group Thread | Last weeks entries

My entries for last weeks assignment:

Weekly Photo Assignment 25: Artificial Lighting

Eric Martin — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 15:29:03 +0000

This weeks assignment is to experiment with artificial lighting. Anything goes (flashlights, headlights, lamps, flashes, etc), just as long as it is artificial light.

Great resource – strobist.com

Post your best 1-3 shots in the group pool by Sunday, June 28 and tag them with assignment52-252009.

Please only submit photos taken during the week of the assignment.

Have fun!

Links: Flickr Group Thread | Last weeks entries

My entries for last weeks assignment:

Weekly Photo Assignment 24: Typeface

Eric Martin — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 15:33:46 +0000

This weeks assignment is to take photos of typeface.

Inspired by evantravers Diesel 150 photo – the goal is to capture the most interesting use/arrangement of words, letters, numbers, etc.

Post your best 1-3 shots in the group pool by Sunday, June 21 and tag them with assignment52-242009.

Please only submit photos taken during the week of the assignment.

Have fun!

Links: Flickr Group Thread | Last weeks entries

My entries for last weeks assignment:

Weekly Photo Assignment 23: Pattern

Eric Martin — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 05:15:40 +0000

This weeks assignment is to take photos of patterns. The goal is to have the texture be the main subject in the photo.

Post your best 1-3 shots in the group pool by Sunday, June 14 and tag them with assignment52-232009.

Please only submit photos taken during the week of the assignment.

Have fun!

Links: Flickr Group Thread | Last weeks entries

My entries for last weeks assignment:

On a photography related note, one of the photos I submitted for the National Geographic Energizer Photo Contest is being featured for Week1 in June. It is the first image listed – so stop by and vote!

Weekly Photo Assignment 22: Portrait

Eric Martin — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 05:27:46 +0000

This weeks assignment is to take portrait pictures. Bonus points for taking a picture of a stranger and starting the 100 Stranger challenge

Post your best 1-3 shots in the group pool by Sunday, June 7 and tag them with assignment52-222009.

Please only submit photos taken during the week of the assignment.

Have fun!

Links: Flickr Group Thread | Last weeks entries

My entries for last weeks assignment:

Weekly Photo Assignment 21: Glass

Eric Martin — Thu, 28 May 2009 13:41:11 +0000

This weeks assignment is to take photos of any type of glass. Thanks to dpup for the idea! If you have any ideas of your own for weekly assignments please post them here.

Post your best 1-3 shots in the group pool by Sunday, May 31 and tag them with assignment52-212009.

Please only submit photos taken during the week of the assignment.

Have fun!

Links: Flickr Group Thread | Last weeks entries

My entries for last weeks assignment:

SimpleModal 1.3-b1 Released

Eric Martin — Fri, 22 May 2009 21:22:08 +0000

The final SimpleModal 1.3 version is available for download. Updated documentation will be available in the next few days.

Considering the number of changes and new features, I’ve decided to release 1.3 as a beta version. This release covers most of the common requests I receive for SimpleModal: forced focus on the dialog (prevent tabbing away), ESC/overlay-click to close dialog and an appendTo option.

*NOTE*: Moving forward, all issue/bug/feature requests should be made on the issues page: http://code.google.com/p/simplemodal/issues/list

Download: http://code.google.com/p/simplemodal/downloads/list

Complete list of changes and new features:

Added appendTo option, primarily for .NET users to enable appendTo(’form’)
Added focus option which forces focus to remain in the dialog
Added dataId option which allows a unique id to be set for the data div if one does not already exists
Added minHeight/minWidth options to allow minimum dimensions to be enforced
Added maxHeight/maxWidth options to allow maximum dimensions to be enforced. SimpleModal will always contain the modal dialog within the browser window.
Added escClose option to bind modal close to the ESC key
Added overlayClose option to bind modal close to a click on the overlay div
Added a wrapper div to allow for easier overflow capabilities
Changed meaning of close option. If false, the closeHTML, escClose and overlayClose values will be ignored.
Fixed auto-centering issues when container dimensions were not provided
Fixed Opera screen painting issues by adding .hide() before .remove()
Fixed Opera 9.2.x issue with jQuery 1.3.x and $(window).height()

Other than the close option, all previous options remained the same and the new options should be fairly self-explanatory.

Thanks for using SimpleModal!

Weekly Photo Assignment 20: Black & White

Eric Martin — Mon, 18 May 2009 15:41:46 +0000

The assignment for this week is to take pictures in black & white.

Post your best 1-3 shots in the group pool by Sunday, May 24 and tag them with assignment52-202009.

Please only submit photos taken during the week of the assignment.

Have fun!

Links: Flickr Group Thread | Last weeks entries

My entries for last weeks assignment:

Weekly Photo Assignment 19: Hands

Eric Martin — Wed, 13 May 2009 15:35:20 +0000

The assignment for this week is to take pictures of Hands. They must be human hands on a real person (not a statue, animal hands, etc.).

Post your best 1-3 shots in the group pool by Sunday, May 19 and tag them with assignment52-192009.

Please only submit photos taken during the week of the assignment.

Have fun!

Links: Flickr Group Thread | Last weeks entries

My entry for last weeks assignment:

Weekly Photo Assignment 18: Texture

Eric Martin — Mon, 04 May 2009 16:27:46 +0000

The assignment for this week is to take pictures of texture.

Article on shooting textures:
http://digital-photography-school.com/10-tips-for-shooting-for-graphic-textures

Post your best 1-3 shots in the group pool by Sunday, May 10 and tag them with assignment52-182009.

Please only submit photos taken during the week of the assignment.

Have fun!

Links: Flickr Group Thread | Last weeks entries

My entries for last weeks assignment: