Shiromi’s Diary

I got a new camera again (see the update in the photography category) and of course, Pitou had to be my first model !

I actually took a couple of pictures, just to play with it but I won't show them here, as they have absolutely no interest (unless you want to see my bedroom shot or some chopsticks holders, etc.)
On the other hand, while I was about to do some more test shots, Pitou came in the way. I guess she just had to, she is my favorite live model to test out all the digital cameras I've ever had !
So here's one picture of Pitou, shot at ISO 400. Still amazed by the lack of noise !
Also, the full size pictures shows sharp details I've never seen on my D30 ! I can't wait to have some pictures printed...

Well ... What can I say ... I got a new digital camera again ...
This one is the Canon EOS 10D, very similar to my D30 before, but the main advantages are:

• a higher resolution (6.2MPixels, almost double the D30's) which will allow me to print nice posters at 20" x 30"
• a very low noise, even at high ISO, excellent for night shots or long exposure shots
• a faster autofocus and no shutter lag, which didn't really bother me anyway, but it's alwyas nicer to have

I took a couple of pictures, just to play with it but I won't show them here, as they have absolutely no interest (unless you want to see my bedroom shot or some chopsticks holders, etc.)
On the other hand, while I was about to do some more test shots, Pitou came in the way. I guess she just had to, she is my favorite live model to test out all the digital cameras I've ever had !
So here's one picture of Pitou, shot at ISO 400. Still amazed by the lack of noise !
Also, the full size pictures shows sharp details I've never seen on my D30 ! I can't wait to have some pictures printed...

One of our friend (the sister of somebody who used to work with us, actually) had a fascinating show at 'Jazz is', a jazz bar in Kannai.

I'm finally done with the migration of the homepage ! All the pages should have the same common layout, which can be easily changed from the css file.
I actually spent quite a lot of time doing this (the whole week end, basically). The main reason being that I also wanted to clean the dirty code generated by Frontpage or GoLive which was not consistent from one page to another, making the website very difficult to maintain.
I also had to run some perl scripts to automatically change the individual html pages for some sections (more than 500 pages I think), which would have taken me way too long if I had to do it manually.

Plus, when it is possible to make it automatic, I can minimize the risks of mistyping something for example (although I was a little worried when I realized I had made a mistake in the original template and already uploaded 400 pages ...)

I still need to work on the colors, the background images, etc. but once I'm settled, it shouldn't take too long to update since everything is centralized.