Author Archives: Jeremy McLean

About Jeremy McLean

Jeremy is a front-end web developer and marketing professional in Saint John, NB. He has 5+ years experience helping small businesses succeed online in the greater Saint John area. At his primary career with Kinek, he is helping build a start-up throughout North America. He also runs his own web & video development company, Memorywalk, in evening and weekend hours.

The Food Program

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Not to many times in life do we receive the opportunity to do something completely outside of our comfort area. My wife Kara and I went on a trip to Yamasa this past March with the Friends for Life organization. Kara spent her time fitting hearing aids and I filmed and helped document families that are sponsored in the food program. I created the video above to help gain awareness of the program and the need for basic necessities in Yamasa. Seeing the living conditions and how much the food program means to these people put a shock into me that definitely changed my perspective on things.

I appreciate the little things so much more. I find myself never wanting to waste anything, and the people in these communities showed me an unexpected passion for helping one another. Some people who owned very little were giving their food away to help others who had nothing. In one word, I would have to describe it as inspirational.

Please repost this video to your Facebook wall or Twitter feed or give it a “like” on Vimeo. Any way you can help spread the word about this program is helping these people. All of the people in the Dominican would simply say “Gracias”.

Humbled

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hungry child
Last week I was in Yamasa, Dominican Republic filming a documentary and helping out in any way I could with the Friends for Life group. The group basically has been helping people in poverty for years by bringing medical supplies, testing hearing, educating young students, and getting sponsors for families who simply cannot feed themselves. This is not anything like Canadian welfare where people take advantage of the system. This is along the lines of without the food program, these people would simply die. More… →

Photography apps for iOS

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The hot topic for Photographers these days is #iphoneography. One of the best parts to taking photographs with the iPhone is the ability to download some apps for a few dollars and make the photo much more interesting. Last week I purchased 6 photography apps that I will review below and that I believe are worth while purchases for the pro or hobbyist photographer.

  1. iPhoto – If your a Mac owner you most likely know the beauty of iCloud. Apple announced iPhoto for iOS last week and I jumped at the chance to download the app for $4.99. Some people are complaining about the lack of features in the reviews but don’t let this fool you. It’s well worth the $5 and is amazing for a version 1 of an app. It’s syncs will iCloud perfectly, has the basic touch up features you would expect and the brush tool gives you control over really making the photograph look as interesting as you want it to be. Some features that will most likely come in a V2 is vignette/lighting controls and some more brushes.

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#iphoneography

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Richard Hernandez
If you own an iPhone 4 or 4S you know how powerful the censor is on your camera. It’s a quality censor and you can really take amazing photographs wherever you are with the convenience of reaching in your pocket and snapping a shot. It’s looked at as a fun thing to do for people who like to play with their phones but in reality its a pro photographers dream. Instead of limiting them to only taking photos when they have their 35mm or DSLR with them, they can now snap a shot whenever they see something they want to shoot. More… →

Magic Lantern

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Magic Lantern ReviewFor those photography lovers out there that also want to shoot amazing video with great sound, I introduce to you, Magic Lantern. A fellow photography friend, Colin Swift, and I have been researching Magic Lantern for quite some time but we were a bit worried about what it could potentially do to our camera. We both own the powerful prosumer Canon T2i/550D. Magic Lantern is essentially a lightweight piece of software that you install on your SD card that you put in your camera. It doesn’t replace your DSRL’s software, but instead runs over top of it. Brilliant. I recently took the leap of faith and installed Magic Lantern on my camera. This is what I found… More… →

Dominican Volunteer Trip

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Shooting video with DSLR
Sometimes it’s not easy to ask for help, especially if you are a 28 year old competitive male that has a history of trying to do everything himself. In this post, I am putting my instinct aside and am asking for a helping hand for those that can offer some assistance.

My wife, Kara, and I are heading to Yamasa, Dominican Republic for a week long volunteer trip to help those who cannot afford any type of medical treatment. We will be traveling down March 19th with a group of Audiologists and nurses who will be fitting hearing aids and providing medical treatment. This is the first time I personally have done anything like this, and I really don’t know what to expect. More… →

Make You Laugh

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What makes you laugh? If you sit down and think about it, our imagination can run wild. Here are a few things that make me roll over laughing at times.

  1. I catch myself flipping through the channels and end up watching the India channel where they often play their countries top music videos. I don’t know who makes their videos but they are unique to say the least. They are always good for a laugh! 

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