This is why I love What The Duck. Aaron Johnson, the strip’s creator, has an uncanny grasp of what’s funny or ridiculous about photography, and knows just how to present it in a simple, three-cell strip. Any photographer out there, amateur or professional, can relate to the subject matter. When I discovered What The Duck, [...]
» Go to this postGiven our obsession with popping pills for just about every condition, symptom and imagined thing, I think it’s worthwhile to have a look at this next video:
There’s also a funnier take on this.
» Go to this postOur recent trip to WDW was also an attempt to document the place and our experiences through serious photography, and it was a worthwhile learning experience. Some questions that I asked myself as I set out to do this were:
Am I prepared, equipment-wise?
How do I manage to capture worthwhile photos given that I only have [...]
Ligia and I, together with my parents, made a two-day trip to Disney World in Orlando, FL this past weekend. The trip was wonderful, and we really enjoyed ourselves. Along the way, I learned a few valuable things, which I thought would be good to share.
An airline that lets you board the plane even though [...]
Reuters is running a video on a man named Lechi Vataev, a Chechen refugee currently in Russia. He can channel 220-volt electricity through his body naturally, without damage or convulsions. He doesn’t know why he can do it, or how he came into his powers. After seeing the video, I have to say the fellow [...]
» Go to this post NASA is working with Stanford University and some fellow at the Carnegie Institute to come up with a real dud: a plan to blot out the sun. Yes, you heard it right.
They plan to shoot millions of tons of particles into the atmosphere, block out the sun’s rays, and that way everything will be better: [...]
Just this summer, I demonstrated what was then a new product on the US market on HGTV’s “I Want That! Tech Toys” show. It was called the Nabaztag smart bunny, and it was an interactive, programmable little toy that looked like a white bunny and connected to the Internet through WiFi. I also wrote a [...]
» Go to this postCheile Turului is a picturesque and little known canyon located near Cluj, Romania. It’s a bit hard to get to. It’s off the main roads, and one has to travel on unpaved country roads and through a couple of villages to get to it, but the effort is worth it.
I’m not sure how to best [...]
This book is meant for “photographers who are serious about producing the highest quality photographs in the most efficient and cost-effective way possible.” That would include anyone from advanced amateur photographers to seasoned pros looking for new and more efficient ways of doing things.
Ken Milburn, the author, is a seasoned pro with lots of [...]
Chikai Ohazama of the Google Earth team announced over the weekend that they’ve added (through their Google Web layers interface) photos and Wikipedia content to various locations around the Earth. The way it works is that you browse around with Google Earth, and as you navigate to a location where photos are available, you are [...]
» Go to this postUpdated 10/29/2007: I’ve revised my opinion of Zooomr since I wrote this. See “Taking a break from Zooomr” for the details.
I’ve had a link to this blog post from Thomas Hawk on my desktop for a whole month. I really wanted to write about it, but didn’t get the time until now.
In his blog entry, [...]
Constanta, located on the Black Sea, is one of the main cities of Romania. It’s a busy port, and a city with a lot of history. I guess its equivalent here in the States would be Miami. I visited Constanta with Ligia in April of 2003 and took some photos on the wharf, which is [...]
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