"Time has stopped before us..."

I received my new DSLR today! I went with the Canon 40D and a Canon EFS 17-85mm lens. I am about to head out for Austin for Catherine's graduation, so as soon as I get back (or possibly while I am there) I will be sure to post some pictures.

Actually here is one picture I have of my newest model...Teddy. Off to Austin!

Hello

Kind of bored today, so I thought I would go back and work on a little project I had going during the semester.


It is almost entirely 100% original from Photoshop tools alone, except for a picture or two that I used from my library. Creating this was just something fun I had wanted to do, but never really had the time. Living back in the Houston area, right next to JSC, has really brought my space nerd back out. I had originally planned on putting together a whole solar system of planets and even mess with the space that Earth is in. 

Onto other news, my camera is now out of commission and I have heard a few bad things about the Rebel series from Canon. I went browsing yesterday (oh by the way, why doesn't Fry's have Nikon's???) and narrowed it down to four choices. Well, really three, the Canon EOS 40D, Nikon D90, and the Nikon D5000. The Canon 50D was on the list, but do I really need 15.1MP? Seems like a waste of and extra $500 to me. All come strapped with a CMOS sensor, but what really has been attracting me is the speed of the 40D. It shoots 6.5 frames per second while the two Nikon's are barley hitting 4 fps. Other than the speed the Nikon's seem like better Cameras to me, so I didnt know which route I want to take. 

Well, time to get started on some real work...

Cheers!

About to head to bed for the night and thought I would post a picture of something themed around one of my current projects. Hopefully I will have a website with a real gallery by mid summer. Keep your fingers crossed!

I caved....

Despite my best efforts, I have...joined twitter. 

https://twitter.com/GregoryGriffith

I did some thinking about it and I thought that it would be in the best interest of my future to join and have more possible ways for future business (i hope) to find me and my work.

Never than Late Better

Wow, that title was Yogafied. Anyway, here are some pictures that I took or was taken of me by my camera. Just in case the info is missing, I went to Steamboat Colorado over my spring break with my old roommate Matt. Here they be:

Group shot before the n00bs learned to snowboard.

We went to a tubing hill. Pretty fun the first few times, then Matt had to go beat me in a race.

Matt's "signature pose" or as he would say "chunkin' the deuce"

Full view of Steamboat from the tubing grounds.

One of my bus drivers during my trip. His name is Bulldog and this was taken on St. Patricks Day. The guy was awesome, had a Scottish accent and wore a kilt.

The Condo we used to lay our heads

And finally two shots of me bored on the plane with my approved electrical device.

Well, that was my spring break in a nut shell. I am starting to save up for a new camera and I really hope to get it before I head off to NJ for Taylors wedding. As of right now I am shooting for (no pun intended) a Canon EOS Rebel XSI, but I will see what happens. If you know anything about camera's and have any tips or ideas please let me know, I would be happy to hear them.

Oh, one last bit of news for this little spot. I am building a new page that will (hopefully) take the place of this one. It will also serve as my online portfolio as well as my freelancing based business site. I am trying to think of a domain name that isn't taken, so far the best I have been able to find is www.greg-griffith.com, but I will have to see if I can think of anything better. 

Happy Easter Weekend!

Well its Easter weekend, which means I am outside a lot more doing the traditional Easter activities. Anyway I took this picture while out and about today, I really like it.

Class Bordom

We learned some new stuff in my class today and while being bored I happened to come up with these two peices. 

"Everything but..."

"The Faucet"

What do you think?