The Future of this Blog

I've decided, due to my lack of posts, to give a specific theme to this blog. Starting in 2010, I will begin this blog's refreshment with a "photo a day" theme, and will add a photo taken that day or an interesting photo from the past. I look forward to posting an assortment of photos and providing some basis for conversation, criticism, reminiscence, or other type of dialogue with readers and individuals interested in photography.

HDR Panoramic Image

I finally successfully created a strange looking HDR Panorama the other day. First, I used Photomatix to generate and tone map the single images of the panorama (one image at a time). The next step was to generate the panorama from the HDRis in Photoshop. I should have used a tripod for this image and taken more time to set it up. I'm still getting a feel for tone mapping...it kinda blows my mind on how it adjusts the lights and darks.

GT Wind Ensemble Performance

Last night, I performed with the Georgia Tech Wind Ensemble as our final performance of the semester. 

Fanfare from La Peri - Paul Abraham Dukas

Jug Blues and Fat Pickin' - Donald Freund

Lux Arumque - Eric Whitacre

First Suite in Eb for Military Band - Holst

The concert turned out to be awesome.

Georgia Tech Wind Ensemble Performance

On February 17, 2009, the same day many television stations ended analog transmission, the GT Percussion Ensemble, Percussion Quintet, Concert Band, and Wind Ensemble performed a two hour total concert in the Ferst Center. I am a tuba player in Wind Ensemble. Our r'epertoire included:

Smetana Fanfare - Karel Husa

Folk Dances - Shostakovitch

Southern Harmony - Donald Grantham

This demanding music was a ton of fun to play, and thankfully, seemed to fall together for the concert.

Georgia Tech Marching Band - Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade

As a member of the Georgia Tech Marching Band, I recently travelled to New York City for the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade, in the occasion of the band's 100th anniversary.

To learn more about the band and this event:

http://www.gatech.edu/band/

To view performances during the parade and appearances on "FOX and Friends"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gMDnVijbHyE

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hqwzMLnS0q4

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LUunUzlmc1M

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mJEMvDL_z-A

http://www.foxnews.com/video/index.html?playerId=videolandingpage&streamingFormat=FLASH&referralObject=3223755&referralPlaylistId=a9594f0389e4ea58938175cbd26195fbedd640ad&maven_referrer=staf

To view some of the photos I captured:

http://picasaweb.google.com/jacobthompson1/NewYorkCityGTMBMacySParade#

Georgia Mountain Laurel

This month, November 2008, I'm the cover artist for the Georgia Mountain Laurel magazine, based in Northeast Georgia. If you are in the area, pick up a magazine (they're free), but if you are locationally challenged, go to http://georgiamountainlaurel.com and view November's issue to see the cover and read an article about me. The staff did a great job on my article. Don't forget to visit http://jacobthompson.vze.com and view my photography gallery.

Initiation

First Blog.