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authorKai Stevenson <kai@kaistevenson.com>2023-02-22 18:56:48 -0800
committerKai Stevenson <kai@kaistevenson.com>2023-02-22 18:56:48 -0800
commit28a697f380787541e20086fe3dfc3733bf942339 (patch)
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Revert "added photos, changed project structure slightly"
This reverts commit 63e3331c264bf6261efbbd4067e49449e7feb557.
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require($_SERVER["DOCUMENT_ROOT"] . "/header.php");
?>
<p>
- The following links lead to music I've recorded. These recordings originate from
- one of two pianos: my 1903 Bechstein parlor grand or my Casio PX-S3000 digital piano.
- My digital piano can record MIDI, so I use a DAW to customize and assign a piano sound afterwards.
- However, I don't edit the MIDI data at all. It's all exactly as-played.
- For my acoustic piano, I either use my phone's voice memo app or my MXL990 microphone,
- depending on how lazy I feel.
- Any editing is done in Audacity or Ableton, though most of my recordings are posted raw.
+ The following links lead to music I've recorded. These recordings originate from
+ one of two pianos: my 1903 Bechstein parlor grand or my Casio PX-S3000 digital piano.
+ My digital piano can record MIDI, so I use a DAW to customize and assign a piano sound afterwards.
+ However, I don't edit the MIDI data at all. It's all exactly as-played.
+ For my acoustic piano, I either use my phone's voice memo app or my MXL990 microphone,
+ depending on how lazy I feel.
+ Any editing is done in Audacity or Ableton, though most of my recordings are posted raw.
</p>
<p>
- I have given a great deal of consideration to both the theory and philosophy of music.
- I feel broadly dissatisfied with the current state of musical education and appreciation
- in Western society. I initially pursued a classical education, but found myself
- unwilling to engage in the rote practice that was expected to memorize pieces.
- After taking a break from the piano, a good friend of mine introduced me to the
- possibility of improvisational playing. In my improv, I attempt to integrate elements
- of different time periods, especially baroque, impressionism, ragtime, and jazz.
+ I have given a great deal of consideration to both the theory and philosophy of music.
+ I feel broadly dissatisfied with the current state of musical education and appreciation
+ in Western society. I initially pursued a classical education, but found myself
+ unwilling to engage in the rote practice that was expected to memorize pieces.
+ After taking a break from the piano, a good friend of mine introduced me to the
+ possibility of improvisational playing. In my improv, I attempt to integrate elements
+ of different time periods, especially baroque, impressionism, ragtime, and jazz.
</p>
<p>
- I've only played music since 2021, so I am very much an amateur! I enjoy some of my music
- and hope you will too, but I don't want to imply that I am in any way an expert.
- I can also sing kind of, so there are some recordings of that, and there will be more in the future.
+ I've only played music since 2021, so I am very much an amateur! I enjoy some of my music
+ and hope you will too, but I don't want to imply that I am in any way an expert.
+ I can also sing kind of, so there are some recordings of that, and there will be more in the future.
</p>
<h2>Recordings</h2>
<ul>
@@ -35,5 +35,26 @@ require($_SERVER["DOCUMENT_ROOT"] . "/header.php");
<li><h3><a href="https://files.aberrantflux.xyz/music/12322.mp3">12/3/22 - Kai Stevenson</a></h3></li>
<li><h3><a href="https://files.aberrantflux.xyz/music/122422.mp3">12/24/22 - Kai Stevenson</a></h3></li>
<li><h3><a href="https://youtu.be/fzH5mGUSDLQ">1/6/23 [Video] - Kai Stevenson</a></h3></li>
+ <li>
+ <h3><a href="angelfish.mp3">Angelfish - Anne Gaudet</a></h3>
+ </li>
+ <li>
+ <h3><a href="101622.mp3">10/16/22 - Kai Stevenson</a></h3>
+ </li>
+ <li>
+ <h3><a href="101722.mp3">10/17/22 - Kai Stevenson</a></h3>
+ </li>
+ <li>
+ <h3><a href="creep.mp3">Creep - Radiohead</a></h3>
+ </li>
+ <li>
+ <h3><a href="12322.mp3">12/3/22 - Kai Stevenson</a></h3>
+ </li>
+ <li>
+ <h3><a href="122422.mp3">12/24/22 - Kai Stevenson</a></h3>
+ </li>
+ <li>
+ <h3><a href="https://youtu.be/fzH5mGUSDLQ">1/6/23 [Video] - Kai Stevenson</a></h3>
+ </li>
</ul>
<?php require($_SERVER["DOCUMENT_ROOT"] . "/footer.php"); ?>
diff --git a/src/photography/index.php b/src/photography/index.php
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require($_SERVER["DOCUMENT_ROOT"] . "/header.php");
?>
<p>
- Photography is an interesting medium. It, of course, explores human conceptions of beauty: symmetry, contrast, colour.
- It provides, too, a very literal image of projection--while humans live in a 3D space, a picture is usually viewed
- in 2D. For this reason, the photographer has ultimate power over the image he shares; an infinite number of 2D slices
- may be created of a 3D space. Despite this control, there is a way in which photography is different from other forms
- of art: a photographer does not necessarily feel that he is <i>creating</i>; often, he feels that he is
- <i>capturing</i>.
+ My photos come from either my iPhone 13 Pro, which takes pretty bad pictures, or my Canon 6D MK II, which is a full-frame DSLR.
+ For my DSLR, I almost always use my 50mm f/1.8 prime lens. Rarely, I instead use a 70-300mm telephoto zoom. Some of my photos will
+ have metadata attached if you're curious about the settings I use. In good light, I shoot from around 1/2000, 100iso, f/1.8, ranging to
+ 1/500, 400iso, f/6. In dark conditions, I shoot at around 1/200, 2000iso, f/1.8. Of course, a wide open aperture induces some significant
+ gaussian blurring, so that is a stylistic element that I sometimes want and sometimes don't. It does mean that I can minimize grain and motion blur.
+ The other thing that comes up is focal plane issues. Sometimes the plane of my subject does not exactly match the plane of focus, in which case
+ I will be forced to step down the aperture. I try not to go below f/8 if I can help it, because the image becomes less clear.
+ You may notice a vignette in some of pictures. This is usually not intentional--my lens just tends to do that. I'm too lazy to fix it in post.
+ On the note of post-processing, I don't do it much. Sometimes I retouch shadows and highlights, but I try to stay away from colour, with the notable
+ exception of my B&W work.
</p>
-<h2>Technical Details</h2>
<p>
- My photos come from either my iPhone 13 Pro, which takes pretty bad pictures, or my Canon 6D MK II, which is a full-frame DSLR.
- For my DSLR, I almost always use my 50mm f/1.8 prime lens. Rarely, I instead use a 70-300mm telephoto zoom. Some of my photos will
- have metadata attached if you're curious about the settings I use. In good light, I shoot from around 1/2000, 100iso, f/1.8, ranging to
- 1/500, 400iso, f/6. In dark conditions, I shoot at around 1/200, 2000iso, f/1.8. Of course, a wide open aperture induces some significant
- gaussian blurring, so that is a stylistic element that I sometimes want and sometimes don't. It does mean that I can minimize grain and motion blur.
- The other thing that comes up is focal plane issues. Sometimes the plane of my subject does not exactly match the plane of focus, in which case
- I will be forced to step down the aperture. I try not to go below f/8 if I can help it, because the image becomes less clear.
- You may notice a vignette in some of pictures. This is usually not intentional--my lens just tends to do that. I'm too lazy to fix it in post.
- On the note of post-processing, I don't do it much. Sometimes I retouch shadows and highlights, but I try to stay away from colour, with the notable
- exception of my B&W work.
+ There're no photos here because I haven't figured out how I want to handle serving images.
</p>
<h2>Selected Works</h2>
<ul>