Well better late than never. On Agust 5th, 6th and 7th I was photographing the Alexian Brothers Tour of Elk Grove Village, the richest 3-day, 3-stage men’s pro cycling purse in the world! The racing was awesome. The weather was… except for the last day (RAIN), near perfect.
All of my photos from the Pro Men and Pro Women races can be found here
I’m sure by now you’ve seen these curious little squares around where you live
code generated at qrcode.kaywa.com/
They are called QR Codes but before you ask “What is a QR code?” you should know that they are already OVER! Done! Ka-Put!
The idea behind these are, if you have a smartphone (iPhone, Android, Windows 7) then you have software that works with the phone’s camera, that will let you scan the code and (in the case of the one shown here) take you to a web site.
Now here’s the thing. The same software, Google Goggles, will let you scan practically anything and get similar results. I scanned by business card and it took me to my web site. I scanned the logo on my monitor and it took me to the Samsung site. I scanned the word “Microsoft” off my keyboard and guess what? Yup, it took me to Microsoft’s web site. These cute little QR Codes are just that, cute, but no longer needed.
Go ahead and try it. Scan a billboard, a flyer taped to a pole, the sign in front of a business. It’s not perfect… Yet! but it sure is damn close. Close enough that QR Codes will soon be like 8 Tracks
This photo is again from my 365-Cycling Project taken during slightly colder times
I know I’ve said it before, that I was going to start posting here again on a regular basis, but Man, this is has been hard getting back into the swing again.
One piece of good news. Before if I tried to post here from anywhere but my home office, nothing would be visible in the dialog box. The text would be there but just white on white. Really hard to write or edit when you have to keep going back and highlighting everything you just wrote again and again. Seems that has been fixed.
Being able to text away from home has been the major block in my blggin efforts.
Last Sunday was the American Diabetes Association’s Tour de Cure (Which I photographed the first half)
I really like this Behind the Scenes video by photographer Bryce Boyer not just for the quality of his work but that it shows how much work was done just to get that ONE cover shot. Too many times these days folks seem to think that all we do is push a button
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