Ryan Cannon Ray

It’s been awhile since I’ve posted something new. I’ve been busy, I’ll tell you all about that in another post. But I wanted to give you something that could help you be productive today. As the title says it’s a quick tutorial on how to setup Google Calendar with iCal. (more…)

I know it’s been a few days since 2009 ended, but I still wanted to compile a list of my favorite stuff from 2009. For my life, and from my perspective, it was a great year. Somehow I continue to be blessed by good health, great friends, and awesome opportunities to do what I love.  2009 didn’t always go the way I wanted. My girlfriend for the most part is always about 386 miles away from me. My family situation is always frustrating, I got a few bad grades, etc… But those negative things of the year didn’t keep me down, and they sure didn’t outweigh the positive. I turned 22, a wise old age… got to travel quite a bit with John Tibbs and company, made our own cd, t-shirts, etc…  He’s got a lot going for him. I continued to be able to film and take pictures, exploring more and getting to push my creativity to new ends. You can see that soon in my porfolio that’s being built at the moment. Met new people from all over the country and am glad I can call them friends.  Growth is happening continually for me, and I’m glad I haven’t become stuck in a rut physically, spiritually, mentally, etc… I thirst for all of these things. So what encapsulated me in 2009? Read on to see.

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What more is there to say, this is the first video taken from my 7D. It looks great coming straight from the camera. I shot in full HD, 1080p that is, on this clip. So be sure if you want to see that click through to YouTube. Otherwise I’ll be writing more about the camera after learning and playing more with it. Watch the video after the break
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Well if you weren’t aware, I’m now a proud owner of a Canon EOS 7D camera. This bad boy shoots both great still pictures and up to full 1080p HD video. I just received it yesterday so I’m still making friends with him, and adjusting to all of the new things I can do with this bad boy. My last camera, the Rebel XT, has a nice new home and we may be re-united every once and awhile. Perhaps even this Sunday. (more…)

Today I turned 22 years of age. Double deuce, it’ll be a good year that I’m sure of. It’s been incredibly busy thus far, nothing new there. I’ve been evaluating my online presence, and will be undergoing some changes in the near future. Besides being busy, that’s also why I haven’t updated in awhile. You’ll see the changes I hope in the coming two weeks. It’s really going to simplify everything, not to mention look a little better. That is once I can settle on a personal identity for awhile. Onto the video (more…)

Finally today we’re going to have a video that is about something else other than skateboarding. I love skateboarding and all, it’s just time to diversify my podcast a little. So as you found out earlier in another post I went out, “Chasing The Sun”, as I’ll call it. I’m working with a fellow named John Tibbs who I also play drums for. We’re going on a short tour and you’ll hear plenty about that, no worries. On his project we want to first create a great Myspace layout for this tour. We recorded one song during the winter and it’s titled “Glorious Morning” hence my need to find a great spot for a sunrise and/or sunset. I’ll explain more of that later, but it’s what inspired me to do this post. I went and paid a whopping $4 to get into Meramec Springs State Park, and drove up to the scenic lookout. I realized I was a little late for the sunrise, but I’d try shoot some stuff I’ve never tried before. With that said I shot an HDR and a Panoramic shot. (more…)