This site is the digital home of Eric Appel, a web developer and photographer in Portland, Oregon.
Included in this site are tech related blog posts, my photography, and recent items from my digital life.
I currently work for Intel as the Lead Application Developer on Intel's Corporate Product Catalog.
My primary fluencies are in the Micrsoft stack (ASP.Net, C#, Silverlight, MS SQL Server, etc.), but I keep it fresh with platforms like jQuery/javascript and Expression Engine.
I've developed a number of sites that are live at the moment including ark.intel.com, EricAppel.net, AjaAppel.net, and SmartSetr.
Thank you to those who are willing to share their work with the community.
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Today my Canon 50mm f/1.8 II arrived! This lens is commonly known as the "thrifty fifty" and comes highly recommended. Because of the low price tag and the superb optics this lens is a must have for Canon photographers. The lens only costs $70-80, yet the sharpness rivals some of the L series glass.
I am really looking forward to having an f/1.8 lens so I can use natural lighting (no flash) as much as possible. Even indoors in a poorly lit room I have been able to get some really sharp shots with this lens. If you haven't heard of the "thrifty fifty" before I would recommend you check into it.
One thing I will have to adjust to is the fixed focal length. The fixed focal length is what gives the lens such great sharpness and large aperture. The downside of fixed focal length lenses is that you actually have to physically move your camera/body in order to change the shot instead of just being able to zoom in and out.
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