Photographs

Everybody seems to love a photo album. Well, I don't have the disk space to post all of my photos... but here are a few particular favorites for your enjoyment.

Here I am! This photo was taken with a Kodak Digital Science DC120 digital camera, when I was still working at ACC TeleCom. In case it isn't obvious, the photo was taken by holding the camera at arms' length. That's why it looks so odd...

Other photos of me are also available:

My University of Rochester student ID photo, in black and white
- GIF format
- JPEG format

December 26, 2002

I got a new digital camera for Christmas! Have a look at the pretty birdies.

August 19, 1999

After far too long, I've scanned in some photos from the great Blizzard of 1999. These photos were taken several days after the blizzard hit; what you're looking at is after several days of sunlight, melting, and road-clearing projects.

December 5, 1998

Over Thanksgiving, I raided Mom and Dad's photo albums. After some restoration work, you can now see the Christmas tree by which all others are judged (at least as far as my family is concerned).

August 8, 1998

Here's my favorite photo from my summer vacation, featuring the ever-photogenic Mac the Cat. I'm particularly happy with the way it's framed.

Photos taken with a Kodak Advantix 4100ix camera and Advantix 400 film. Prints by Kodak Premium Processing (Qualex). Scanned on an UMAX Astra 600S scanner.

June 26, 1998

I've added a new superwide panoramic photo of the view from the hammock in New Hampshire. This was stitched together from two panoramic APS prints. Unfortunately, the color on the original photographs wasn't very good... my first (and to date, only) experience with Konica's APS developing was underwhelming.

I should mention that my preferred method of APS developing is via Kodak's Qualex subsidiary. Since our "local" Qualex is in Syracuse, New York (oddly enough), this means two-day service. I've found that "one hour" APS developing isn't worth it, even if they use Kodak equipment. The image quality isn't as good because most one-hour minilabs can't use the magnetic "IX" information exchange data on the APS film to compensate for the exposure conditions automatically. Also, most minilabs print panoramic photos short -- so you end up with less width overall, and effectively more of the height of your image in the print. That means that you don't actually get what you saw in the viewfinder.

These photos were taken with a Kodak Advantix 4100ix camera, using Kodak Advantix film and Konica APS developing from the Hannaford grocery store in Keene, NH. The prints were scanned on a UMAX Astra 600S scanner and manipulated in Adobe Photoshop 4.0. Image Copyright ©1998 Rob Levandowski, all rights reserved.

June 12-13, 1998

A selection of new photos is available:

Mac the Cat
My father
My mother
Dusk on Highland Lake (panoramic)
My father waterskiing (panoramic)
The family "camp" in Stoddard, NH (panoramic)

These photos were taken with a Kodak Advantix 4100ix camera, using Kodak Advantix film. The prints were scanned on a UMAX Astra 600S scanner.

I adored my 1996 Dodge Intrepid ES when I first got it. However, I wasn't too sad when the lease expired. Great design, poor execution... By the time the lease ended, many things had gone wrong on the car. That wouldn't have been so bad, as it was under warranty, but when combined with my horrific experiences with Rochester-area Dodge dealerships, it changed my mind about this car! If you read the Chrysler newsgroup, you'll find many other people with similar unfortunate experiences. In my opinion, it's not safe to buy a Chrysler product, because of the uncertainty that it will be put together to last, and the chances of bad service experiences.

My new car is a Saab 9⁵ SE V6, which is a superior car in every way. Read more about it.

My big bookshelves hold about a third of my books. I love to read! Luckily, my father is a woodworker, so he was able to build me the bookshelves I so desperately need...

The computer room of my apartment is filled with Apple Macintosh computers. (You might have guessed that from my domain name.) My primary system is an Apple Power Macintosh G4 with two 500MHz processors and an Apple Cinema Display. After a long day of working with UNIX systems, I want a computer that just works. That computer would have to be a Macintosh. I don't like spending hours messing with my computer like Jerry Pournelle. I guess that you could say I'm an "evangelist" for the Macintosh. I do have a few non-Mac computers: an IBM laptop provided by my employer, a FreeBSD-based firewall, the stray Sun or two... The room used to look a lot different back when I was at ACC.

These photos were taken with a Kodak Digital Science DC120 digital camera, loaned from ACC TeleCom.

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