http://mottweilerstudio.com/wordpress Mon, 12 May 2008 03:38:22 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I always wondered how an M&M was made. Even as a kid, I couldn't help wondering how they got that sugar coating so perfectly formed around that chocolate core. Every time . . . ! I don't think I ever found one that showed any sign of actually having been ... http://mottweilerstudio.com/wordpress/2008/05/10/the-mystery-of-the-mm/ We made one of these bamboo plywood mailboxes for our house and decided that they were worth offering for sale. This one above has optional Prairie Style, multi-light door perforations. They were designed to fill the need for a porch-mounted mailbox that would securely hold your mail including periodicals and provide ... http://mottweilerstudio.com/wordpress/2008/05/08/bamboo-mailbox/ The original design for this camera included a built in LCD/pushbutton interface and a control knob to change exposure slits. The current project entails converting the camera to use a remote, hand held controller operating through a bluetooth radio interface. User commands are entered via a touch screen LCD interface. This ... http://mottweilerstudio.com/wordpress/2008/05/07/5-inch-rotating-camera-update/ http://mottweilerstudio.com/wordpress/2008/05/06/palomar-luminaire/ The P.90 beta cameras are completing the testing phase and the results are looking promising. Some good feedback from beta testers has led to improvements and some good ideas. Production has begun on the new cameras. The photo above is of one the beta cameras currently undergoing testing. This material, curly ... http://mottweilerstudio.com/wordpress/2006/12/04/new-p90-beta-camera/ A stroll around downtown Portland led me to the old customs building. It is a beautiful structure facing a downtown park. About a 15 minute exposure with the P.90 prototype during a conversation with a curious passerby led to this image. The following information on this building was provided by Bart ... http://mottweilerstudio.com/wordpress/2006/10/08/the-portland-customs-building/ The Broadway Bridge is just one of the multiple bridges spanning the Willamette River in Portland that make this city such a great place for urban photography. I took the P.90 prototype and my Linhoff clamp/pod and made some photos of and from the bridge. http://mottweilerstudio.com/wordpress/2006/10/04/p90-and-the-broadway-bridge/