See all the photos here.

The 2010 Penny Arcade Expo here in Seattle is only a couple weeks away.  As far as my attendance, general admission is sold out for the first two days.  I’m working to obtain media passes to shoot some photos at PAX this year.    If you attended TourneyPlay4 at the Seattle Center and are still looking for pictures, I have them uploaded here. Want more details about PAX?  Visit their site here. Are you on Twitter?  I am.

I shot this picture just off Interstate 90, traveling west, back to Seattle.  I’ll be uploading some more soon. A few details about the picture:
Aug 18, 2010, 6:53pm
ISO: 200
Exposure: 1/320 sec
Aperture: 3.5
Focal Length: 18mm
Flash Used: No
Latitude: 45.736111° N
Longitude: 109.757065° W
[This is the original image]

It’s Saturday, May 1st and the news we’ve all been waiting for … isn’t here.  It’s just a press release.. then again, what did you expect?  Do you still entrust the newly announced owners and directors the the CPL?  How about that unpaid prize money? We’ll see.  I see good things coming.  How about you?  Reply with a comment You don’t have to register to comment!

Taken from thecpl.com homepage on May 1st, 2010:

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
LAUNCH OF NEW CPL GAMING PORTAL
A New Era for The CPL

Singapore 1st May 2010 – CPL Digital Entertainment Pte. Ltd. is pleased to announce the launch of the new CPL gaming portal and its acquisition by WuLong Ventures Pte. Ltd.

“The new CPL is a departure from the professional gaming craze that has consumed most of the industry over the past few years and led to decisions that were not in the best interest of the community. We aspire to build a platform that empowers gamers with the ability to make key decisions about the games we support and how those games interact with our sites. While we respect the notion of professional gaming we feel there’s a need to get back to the roots that first allowed a community to develop through the CPL”said Ryan Schumacher, newly appointed CEO of WuLong Ventures Pte. LTD

The CPL site will be organized around game communities and allow gamers to select which they would like to interact with. Each community will have various modules such as beta testing, content and leagues that are defined by the community itself. “These channels mean we can break down the barriers and really listen to what our gamers want and react accordingly” said Hunter Luisi CTO of WuLong Ventures Pte. Ltd.

“The experience will be personalized for everyone and enable you to game the way you want. If you’re an RTS fan you can choose to participate in those communities and limit your engagement with other genres” In the coming weeks the CPL will be bringing features online and making additional announcements that will enable the community to shape this vision. “This is really the first step in getting ourselves out there so gamers understand what the new CPL is all about. We understand the need for an open, online gaming community and are looking to fill that void through the CPL and CAL.” said Frank Yong, Chairman of WuLong Ventures Pte. Ltd. “By building an infrastructure that allows the community to stand on its own two feet we can provide a place gamers can call home”

Claims for Unpaid Prize Money

One of the major issues that have come up over the years has been the alleged non-payment of prize monies to a number of players from previous CPL events. As we start to unveil our new course for CPL, the previous owners and we would like to show our commitment to the community and those that participated in the past CPL events by paying anyone who can prove that they did not receive their prize payments. These claims will go through a vetting process and be audited by a third party. The form to begin the process, if you feel you’re qualified, will be released this week as part of the CPL Portal rollout.

Some photographers spend months immersed in muck to capture the perfect wildlife shot. The Burrard-Lucas brothers decided to let an RC car do the dirty work. Their BeetleCam came face-to-face with lions, elephants, and buffalo and captured these stunning shots.

The BeetleCam is the ingenuous creation of Will and Matt Burrard-Lucas, two acclaimed UK wildlife photographers who wanted to get up close and personal with some of Africa’s most dangerous animals (with a wide-angle lens, natch).

They strapped a Canon EOS 400D on top of a four-wheel drive buggy and rigged up one controller to operate the entire contraption. The photographs, recovered only after the BeetleCam was “promptly mauled, and carried off into the bush” by a pride of lions, show the animals from a unique, “I’m-a-small-rodent-about-to-get-snacked-on” perspective.  See some more details [via Wired] & Gizmodo.

GPS: http://bit.ly/bvIBKm

Carl Zeiss has introduced a set of cine prime and zoom lenses that offer interchangeable mounts for use with video enabled DSLRs.

With a choice of Canon EF, Nikon F and Arri PL mount for professional cine cameras, the CP.2 compact primes offer a choice of 18mm to 85mm focal lengths with maximum apertures ranging from T2.1 to T3.6 and can be used on full frame cameras such as Canon 5D Mark II.

The LWZ.2 lightweight zoom lenses cover the ‘ANSI Super 35′ image area (24.9 x 18.7mm) that is a fraction larger than APS-C sensors (24 x 16mm). The lenses will be available from June 2010.

[via dpreview]

I took this picture last night near the Kingston, WA waterfront.  30s / f/5.3, 200iso, 75mm

Beautiful downtown Seattle taken from the Space Needle

Shot the picture at one of the beaches in Kingston, Washington on a bright sunny day.