This video helps explain the benefits of utilizing a beam splitter in order to create greater dynamic range. It’s somewhat of a straight forward concept and does not combine both camera bodies in any intricate way, but the concept is proven and working here. I do always find it funny how artificial HDR looks, but they manage to do a good job with the city shot. The closeup shot of the person is something that I think many filmmakers will fall in love with, reminds me greatly of the movie Ultra Violet and their actors perfect looking skin.
October 23, 2009 at 6:50 pm · Filed under off-topic
What should be done to a user’s online profile/website when they pass to the next layer of life as we know it? What becomes all of their virtual ‘belongings’? Should their online presence exit stage left, or be left in memoriam?
These are hard questions to answer, with possible differing of opinions, or even no opinion.
One could argue that taking down all of them on the virtual level is the proper thing to do, the respectful thing to do; however, conversely simply leaving it up, or perhaps leaving it be, or building it up can result in an even greater therapy: notifying for years to come of the occurrence, providing a corner of the somewhat-indestructible virtual-world a place of refuge for this person– their pictures, quotes, moments in time. Is it best to not deal with these feelings in the beginning, to rid oneself of these reminders…or is it best to deal, remind? As for my father’s death, it becomes profound to not leave an online presence, his virtual residence as you will. This is a man who amassed many domains, websites, connected with hundreds of individuals over the years, traveled the world, and for him not to be on the internet almost seems wrong. Like the vikings, I am prone to believe an afterlife partially starts with the life you leave on earth. Being left with gorgeous riches and a dog is not my bag; alas, leaving a memory, an imprint of some sort is important; if not for those to remember you by.
Not everyone is ready to reveal their emotions, memories, stories with those who have passed; but with an online profile of sorts, this too can be made possible later on in life– when you are ready, ready to say your peace, or add that picture of you two in one hell of a location together. I mean what really should be done to an online profile of a dead person? Should this be taken down in respect of the deceased, moved to an obituary– perhaps a middle ground of an obituary online profile? Or maybe it should be left up, in remembrance of this person’s footprint on life. Added to over the years, to keep in inclusion to your lives.
After all, you may want to click through and see them again, the way they left things.
September 4, 2009 at 3:47 pm · Filed under Uncategorized
“for a long time it seemed to me that life was about to begin– real life. but there was always some obstacle in the way, something to be gotten through first, some unfinished business, time still to be served, a debt to be paid.
at last it dawned on me that these obstacles were my life. this perspective has helped me to see there is no way to happiness. happiness is the way. so treasure every moment you have and remember that time awaits for no one. [alfred d souza]”
Image is of the Corpus Clock, developed by Steven Hawking, the evil grasshopper on top is a ‘Chronophage’
I was listening to a hairdryer this morning and thought of how much energy it uses to heat up.
If you use a standard hairdryer for 5 minutes a day, each day of the month for a month total, you use the equivalent total of a single day of energy consumption for 4-5 people, or almost a weeks-worth of energy used by one person!
As a side note, people in the United States typically use twice as much energy as those in Europe and Japan, and 10 times as much as those in India; consuming more than 25% of the worlds energy at only 5% of the worlds population!
February 1, 2009 at 10:31 am · Filed under Uncategorized
Good to hear, my friends website ToneTopia.com finally reached public status, please head on over and check it out. It consists of freelance and indie labels, many self-promoted. All music is free to stream, and does not require an account to listen to.
January 4, 2009 at 2:24 pm · Filed under photography
B&W 35m, manually processed and enlarged around 2003 or so. Some where colorized. The scanner left slight light/ghosting, the original images are actually very contrasty and even, perhaps I will rescan them with a different scanner.
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