Looking for a job

My Resume In WordleNet
Originally uploaded by Alejandro Ramírez

I just lost my job and I am looking for a new one right now.

I have almost 11 years of experience in the IT field, 9 of which have been in software quality assurance and testing.

Download a Word (.doc) copy of my resume here

Puzzle

Puzzle
Originally uploaded by Alejandro Ramírez

The fall is finally here and its colors are all around us. Today Nikki and I went around looking for good shots of tree colors.

We parked somewhere randomly in Redmond and walked for about an hour and a half.

Midnight Madness Google Earth Video

A segment of my video submission is featured (watch at the 1:19s marker).

Yay!

Behind this steel curtain lies a part of my past

Behind this steel curtain lies a part of my past
Originally uploaded by Alejandro Ramírez

Who says that cell phone cameras don't take good pictures? I was in the public storage the other day getting boxes in and out and as I was about to open the curtain, my right eye wondered down and caught this interesting view. So I pulled out my camera and snapped a couple of shots until I got this one.

Chemical Brothers Competition: Midnight Madness

This is my 2-20sec video for the Chemical Brothers' competition "Midnight Madness" and if it gets selected it could be added to the official video to be released in their new album "Brotherhood" which will be available very soon.

My video shows is a series of takes of me painting with light in front of the camera, spelling the words M-I-D-N-I-G-H-T M-A-D-N-E-S-S.

Hope you like it :-)

background music is The Chemical Brothers' Hey Boy Hey Girl, my favorite song.

Just in time

Just in time
Originally uploaded by Alejandro Ramírez

Last Sunday we met with a good friend -Eric- and went on a photo stroll in downtown Seattle. He knows a lot about photography and gave us really good tips.

It was really fun and relaxed that day.

Cascadas de Snoqualmie

Snoqualmie Falls
Originally uploaded by Alejandro Ramírez

Durante la visita de mi cuñado Tyler fuimos de paseo a estas hermosas cascadas.

La caída mide 83 metros y se puede caminar alrededor y hacia el pie de la cascada.

www.snoqualmiefalls.com

Macro Photography

Blue Fly (Profile)
Originally uploaded by Alejandro Ramírez

This is one of my first shots with a 90mm macro lens.

I have to say that it's not very easy and you need a very steady hand. The lens is also a little heavy (400g), and the hand gets tired fairly quickly.

It's simply amazing to look through the lens, it feels like having a microscope and being able to enter into another dimension.

Tulip Festival

Trio
Originally uploaded by alexkywalker

Today we went to the Skagit Valley, about 60 miles north from home to see the tulip fields and took a bunch of great pictures.

The day was sunny and warm, the colors of the flowers were surreal, you could just feel lost admiring their beauty.

Blurred Water Creek

Blurred Water Creek
Originally uploaded by alexkywalker

I have a new hobby: photography.

This picture was taking really near my place and it was taken using a very slow shutter speed setting to run the running water and with a high ISO setting to lighten up the scene since it was late in the afternoon.

This hobby is not exactly new to me, this is my second digital camera and I took a photography class during my master's degree.

My first digital camera was a Sony Mavica FD5, which used de 3 1/2" floppy disks to store pictures (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sony_Mavica).

My new camera is a Canon Digital Rebel which is an entry-level camera but very amazing!