Things you should be aware of before buying prints of digital photos online
Can you tell if the resolution of photo prints are going to be as good as the online galleries you view?
Well, the simple answer is no. There are very few guidelines, little documentation and digital photography is just not upto speed, yet! This is where knowledge of digital darkroom techniques and photo tools(software and hardware) used play a humungous role. Before you buy photos online inquire if:
I finally bought my Speedlite 500EX E-TTL Flash. Canon’s top range flash to date! Yippie! I am very happy. 
now comes the learning and practicing bit. Have to admit I read a fair bit on Photography everyday and in my travels I have done a fair bit of reading on Speedlite 550EX already, I need to now put those ideas that I have accumulated over the months into real world practice!
If you are an author, editor, or administrator of pages where the content change frequently (either daily, or every few days) you need to make sure that you have a few elements set within the of your document in order that your site visitors always get served with the most current version — in other words, your writing either in a blog/site journal/online magazine as your users may or may not always bother to check they are getting the very latest content.
Chumki is really growing up. She had to be de-wormed yesterday and I don’t think she liked the medicine very much after all. She did all she could to spit it out but didn’t succeed so now she runs away a bit from us. She’ll get over it LOL. But she tries to look all cute (well even more) and beg for food when we go in the kitchen. That habit is gradually wearing off but I guess it will take a bit of time and strong determination on our part to be mean! Here is a picture of chumki on the window sill against the backyard on Saturday morning. And if you want to check out other chumki blogs here you go.
If you live in Sydney and love flying chances are you would already know about the Southern Cross Gliding Club in Camden. Other than the historic beautiful town of Camden it also hosts a big aerodromme that has 3 seperate flying strips viz. Southern Cross, The Cessna Flying club and the Acrobatics power flight centre — run by some Germans and I don’t remember the name very well. The photo is from my archive of 14th July 2002. It’s been a while I went gliding maybe I should soon
Driving through the northern coastline of Tasmania as we headed from Launceston to Stanley on Christmas eve last year we came across this particular landscape which forced me to pull over… Most of northern Tasmania is like this but this really caught my attention. Sometime this year I will have my imagery from Tasmania online. The only reason I couldn’t have been able to do it is time… But hopefully soon. As for Somerset it is about 333 kilometers north of Hobart situated on Cam River at the junction of Bass and Murchison Highways. The picture really doesn’t do justice.
Max Lyons’ digital imagery has always impressed me. While most digital SLR are still learning and trying to cope with deficiencies of the good ‘ole 35mm SLR Max seems to have found methods that not only work in the present scenario it even yields more. Mind you he is not using the very latest camera or the very latest piece of lens either. Over the years of his digital photo wizardy he has developed some tools and some outstanding software like PTA Assembler( for stitching panoramas) Image stacker — a great software to make composite imagery at low light… this gave birth to his outstanding star trail idea I suppose. Absolutely stunning indeed! Max’s Digital gallery is a must see. I could spend hours there and go back for more..and more… and I have already done that so many times.
Edited: 7th September 2004: I am happy to say I am a proud owner of this book and it truly is worth every cent. Dan’s writing is simple, short and to the point and with loads of real world examples! If you are serious about your Web Standards approach to the Web, this book is for you!
Dan Cederholm has written a book ‘Web Standards Solution – The Markup and Style Handbook (Pioneering Series)’ — ISBN: 1590593812.
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Good books are so hard to find these days… Among the lines of what I do enjoy reading, I certainly think Iyanla Vanzant has carved a niche for herself in my heart. Her books are downright honest and realistic, her messages simple and clear. Who ever said simplicity is not good. In fact keeping things simple is the key to many successful avenues if not the only and most recommended way. In the past I have read Iyanla’s ‘In the Meantime‘ This book will make you cry and tear up in joy.. .well it did to me. I am also reading here ‘EveryDay I Pray‘ … and now… ‘One Day My Soul Just Opened Up‘.
Iyanla Vanzant is a Yoruba priestess, a talk show host, a doctoral candidate, a spiritual life counselor, and the author of the 1994 Blackboard Book of the Year, Acts of Faith, and the best-selling Value in the Valley. She lives in Silver Springs, Maryland. If you have never read her books you might like to try them someday.
A trip back in time… when we visited the natural island paradise of Tasmania. Launceston, the biggest northern town along that has grown over time along the Tamar valley heading upto the tip of Bass Strait. Cataract Gorge is also proud to boast its longest single span chairlift at 308m. There is a suspension bridge over the river that look absolutely beautiful…but venture only if you must. Tasmania on an average is about 5 times windier than Sydney or Melbourne if not more!! If swaying on a high bridge tickles your funny bone go for it. The weakest point in theory is the middle of the bridge as you can *FEEL* the whole damn structure oscillate to the forces of nature even when its relatively calm! The adjoining park is infested with fearless Peacocks. Beauty to behold!
Isn’t she such an adorable Cat? This was shot on last Saturday. This is one of her favourite places… top of the bookshelf in the lounge room. Typical of a persian… they always want to be perched on the top most piece of furniture in a room so they can see all thats happening… she loves sleeping here too only when she is left on her own… well I had this surge to look for cat bloggers… and do you know what I found! The firewall at work wouldn’t let me visit some of these sites…. because they have a ‘puss/y’ in the word….sad! Anyway what were you thinking?
This is my first shot after sunset since moving to Hornsby. Isn’t it pretty? I haven’t used my 50 mils prime in ages and while I was cleaning up my camera bag I just felt like giving it a try again. Hope you like the image. I haven’t done much photography in a while now. There was a time when I would shoot everyday but in the last couple of months things have gotten busier and I seem to be enjoying time away from the ‘puter. Way too relaxed. Or is it just the want of a new Camera? LOL I reckon ’tis a bit of both… And for those of you who do not know where Hornsby is: its up on upper north shore of Sydney
The main reason why professionals use lens hood during photography is to avoid unwanted strong light coming into the lens path (direct or indirect rays). If these ray reaches the image element in the camera it causes flares and low contrast images. Flares in some cases are so strong that they can spoil the image either partially or fully. By avoiding undesirable light getting in the path you would actually increase the contrast and crispness of your image. Lensflare is not a deriable effect in photography. Atleast not in the traditional sense of photography. The other good reason to use a lenshood is physical protection.
