"Scott's Brain"

random doodles from a middle-aged trekkie

Archive for March, 2010

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Mar 26

Posted by Scott Gammans in Digital Photography, Meatspace

And now for something completely different. (I don’t just sit in front of my workstation making pretty Star Trek pick-shurs all day long, you know.)

After years of waiting for the right camera (a digital SLR that shoots 1080p / 24 fps video) at the right price (under $1,000), the photography gods heard my prayers and bestowed upon me the Canon EOS Digital Rebel T2i (known mostly outside the United States as the Canon EOS 550D):

Hello, beautiful

Hello, beautiful

I’ll be posting an in-depth review, sample video and stills the coming months, but that’s not what this post is about. Read the rest of this entry »

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Picture of the day

Mar 22

Posted by Scott Gammans in Star Trek, The Doomsday Machine

Don’t get the Enterprise angry. You wouldn’t like her when she’s angry.

Careful Sulu, you might scorch the paint if you leave that thing on too long

Careful Sulu, you might scorch the paint if you leave that thing on too long

This is an actual frame grab from Decker’s near-suicidal attack on the doomsday machine. Unfortunately, that doesn’t mean I’m nearing the end of Act II… it just means that I skipped ahead several scenes and have been working on this particular sequence since the beginning of the month. The Enterprise attack on the planet killer is one of the “money shots” in “The Doomsday Machine”, so I’ve been lavishing a LOT of attention on it. Not to give away everything, but one of the things I’ve been spending a lot of time on is extending the soundtrack during this sequence to make the phaser barrage last a little longer. And ooohhhh, it’s a barn burner. I think when you see the finished product you’ll agree it was worth the wait. (Well, I hope you will!)

*yawn* Off to bed… see you soon!

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Excitement in da hood!

Mar 1

Posted by Scott Gammans in Meatspace

Excitement in da hood! Cops have blocked off all the streets leading into my neighborhood, looking for a burglary suspect on the loose! This po-po is stationed at the entrance to our subdivision right across the street from my front door.

Loudoun County's Finest

Loudoun County's Finest

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