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Yes, Microsoft has its own museum on their Redmond, WA campus, located beneath the company store. It has some cool interactive demos and an XBox 360 area.
So I've been very frustrated lately with photography and hit a bit of a low when it comes to producing images. Also, to top it all off, Flickr is now a blocked site at work - NOT COOL! Anyway, I'm very pleased to now be the proud owner of a Canon EOS 5D and as most people with Full Frame / High ISO camera's would do, I immediately cranked up the ISO to it's max to test the noise levels. So what can I say: Looking at the image above which is shot as is straight out the camera (no post processing what-so-ever) - I must say that I'm pretty pleased by it's outcome... the problem I now sit with is that I need to fork out more money for a compatible wide angle lens, most probably the Canon 17-40 f4 L USM... "SIGH - Does it ever stop?"
Shot Info:
Canon EOS 5D
Canon 24-70 f2.8 L USM
Manual Exposure: Tv 1/60 @ f2.8 - ISO 3200
Jael Johnson on July 2, 2015 following her performance at a Special Olympics' event at Microsoft's headquarters in Redmond, Washington, USA
{Giveaway 8 of 10} READ TO END TO WIN A NEW COMPUTER, valued at $3,500.
I started photography because a friend dared me to. She called me up and asked me if I would start taking self-portraits with her. She showed me Flickr – I got hooked. We started our self-portraits that day, and two weeks later, I never wanted to stop. She didn’t keep going, and that in itself was a sign to me that I had found a passion. I couldn’t give it up.
Fast forward a few months and I was not only obsessed, but I decided - with this unfounded confidence that I tend to harbor - that I would be a professional fine art photographer. I had very, very few skills. I didn’t properly know what I was doing. But I had vision, and I believed in that vision more than anything. I was going to do it.
A year after that I had my first solo exhibition. After that I had 12 more. And then I got my first representation from a gallery. My career began one year after I started photography. Talent, vision, imagination…these things did not separate me. Sticking with it – that’s what separated me. From that first choice to keep going when my friend didn’t, to not giving up when I ran out of money and resources and didn’t think I could keep it up…my only real talent is stubborn resilience. And here we are, 10 years later, and I’m so proud.
The giveaway today is massive, and I want to thank Microsoft for supporting my career and celebrating my 10-year photo anniversary by giving away a Microsoft Surface Studio computer worth $3,500. This is the desktop computer I use and love (I get asked a lot about it) and I’m so pleased to give it away to a random winner! To enter, leave a comment below sharing about when you pushed through a difficult time.