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Facebook Timeline Map Feature

Ryan Mauro — Fri, 28 Oct 2011 21:30:12 +0000

I was tooling around on my Facebook Timeline recently because I wanted to update my cover photo when I noticed a feature called “Map” underneath my cover photo, next to my basic information, just above the timeline entries (see aside image).
I could see that it’s thumbnail image was a map with a waypoint for “The Sagamore Hotel” the location I tagged my latest Facebook photo album with. Upon clicking this feature to see more, It launched a Bing-powered map containing waypoint representing stories from my timeline. Locations containing more than one story were larger and had a relevant number.
I could also choose a type of story to view from just underneath the map. Choices included: Stories (the default view which shows everything), Life Events, Photos, Public Places, and Restaurants. In addition, I could also sort by time period as well via the timeline scale in the upper-right-hand side of the page. By using a combination of these filters, I could look at all the restaurants I checked into in 2010, or just the photos I added locations to in August. I think this is a great feature and finally adds some long-term value to adding locations to photos and to checking into places with Facebook.

The New Facebook Timeline

Ryan Mauro — Tue, 27 Sep 2011 18:24:00 +0000

As a Facebook Developer I was given the option today to switch over to the new Timeline Profile for Facebook. Right now only other Facebook Developers are able to see my profile in this manner, but I’ve attached a screenshot of my profile page for a sneak peak.

ULAX Liberty Cup 2011

Ryan Mauro — Fri, 19 Aug 2011 16:01:57 +0000

The top photos from the 2011 ULAX Liberty Cup lacrosse tournament held at Columbia University’s Baker Athletic Complex in New York, NY. The tournament took place on August 6^th and 7^th and featured teams comprised of both collegiate and post-collegiate players primarily from the northeast, but also from as far away as Colorado. This is the third Liberty Cup held by ULAX and also the third Liberty Cup I’ve had the pleasure of photographing.

SHOT WITH

Canon 60D
Canon EF 200mm ƒ2.8L

1900 Photos / 2 Days

Ryan Mauro — Fri, 12 Aug 2011 00:40:52 +0000

Last weekend I photographed the 3rd annual ULAX Liberty Cup, a two day men’s lacrosse tournament held every Summer in Manhattan. The tournament was held on Saturday and Sunday, and over the course of those two days I took just over 1,900 photographs. If you take those 1,900 photos and divide that by the 600 minutes of lacrosse I covered, that creates an average of 3.2 photos a minute, or 1 photograph every 18.75 seconds.

9 Resources for Creating WordPress Customizations

Ryan Mauro — Fri, 29 Jul 2011 01:30:13 +0000

I’ve been working with WordPress a lot recently and getting more involved with the customization of WordPress 3 installations with respect to post types, taxonomies, and meta fields. With that in mind, I’m posting a handfull of links to tutorials and plugins that I have personally utilized at one point or another. The majority of these links are from Envato’s Tuts+ Network, but a few of them are from other websites I’ve come across.

Custom Post Types

Custom Taxonomies

Custom Meta

Wesport, MA

Ryan Mauro — Wed, 27 Jul 2011 01:00:30 +0000

Some select photos from a weekend trip to Westport, Massachusetts shot with the Canon 60D using either the Canon EF 20mm ƒ2.8 or the Nikon Nikkor 35mm ƒ2.8. Vintage effects created using Adobe Photoshop CS5. View my post, “Ports of Call“, to see a short film I made from footage taken during this trip and a trip to Newport, Rhode Island.

Concord Marketing Partners

Ryan Mauro — Sun, 24 Jul 2011 23:13:45 +0000

A web development project for Concord Marketing Partners – an out-sourcing agency specializing in small businesses. The project was to create a simple website to promote the extensive list of services and link out to the agency owner’s social media presences on Facebook, Twitter, and LinkedIn. The site was developed using WordPress as a content management and features a customized, widget-ready theme, with Google Analytics integration. The site’s SEO was increased using advanced permalinks, titles, meta keywords, and xml sitemaps.

Ports of Call

Ryan Mauro — Sun, 24 Jul 2011 00:55:05 +0000

Over the course of two weekends in July of 2011 I recorded about 90 minutes of footage while on weekend excursions to Newport, RI and Westport, MA. “Ports of Call” is a two and a half minute “vacation film” I put together from all the shots I took at these locations. All the footage was taken with the Canon 60D in 720p at 60fps (59.94), allowing me to conform the footage to 30fps (29.97) for “slow motion” with using frame blending.In addition, the footage of Westport, MA was shot using the Cinestyle preset and given primary grading with the Technicolor Cinestyle LUT. I used Adobe After Effects to edit and composite the footage and gave it a retro feel using a modified secondary grading from Nick Campbell’s Vintage Film for Looks.

SHOT WITH:

Canon 60D
Canon EF 20mm ƒ2.8 USM
Nikkor 35mm ƒ2.8

CREATED WITH:

MUSIC:

J. Viewz – Salty Air (feat. Noa Lembersky)

Design Inspiration #4

Ryan Mauro — Wed, 20 Jul 2011 00:30:14 +0000

I love Reel Roulette. Whether you’re looking to hire talent or someone like me who just needs a little inspiration from time to time, then I would highly recommend frequenting this website. It features a search capability, a list of the top 20 most “liked” reels, and a randomization in case you just want to be surprised.

Fox Ridge Farm Photoshoot

Ryan Mauro — Thu, 14 Jul 2011 23:39:03 +0000

This past Sunday, July 10th, I drove to Fox Ridge Farm in Newtown, CT for some quick preliminary photoshoots with a handfull of equestrians. Originally I was scheduled to shoot a set of horses all sired by the same stallion, but the night beforehand some of the riders who were supposed to handle the horses had to cancel. Despite the non-idyllic lighting of a cloudless midday afternoon, I was able to walk away with a handful of decent photos and found a few locations on the property to shoot the group shot when its rescheduled.