Have you used 3D modeling software? I have been wanting to do that ever since I saw movies like Matrix and Star wars. I recently saw this article and now I really want to check out Blender. http://www.photo-mark.com/notes/2012/may/14/photographers-you-will-be-replaced-software/
Tuesday, May 15, 2012
Sunday, May 13, 2012
Words of wisdom from Steve Job's father figure
Here is something from Steve Job's biography by Walter Isaacson. Checkout http://michael-roberto.blogspot.com/2011/10/markkulas-three-principles-at-apple.html?m=1
for some discussion on this.
Markkula wrote his principles in a one-page paper titled “The Apple Marketing Philosophy” that stressed three points. The first was empathy, an intimate connection with the feelings of the customer: “We will truly understand their needs better than any other company.” The second was focus: “In order to do a good job of those things that we decide to do, we must eliminate all of the unimportant opportunities.” The third and equally important principle, awkwardly named, was impute. It emphasized that people form an opinion about a company or product based on the signals that it conveys. “People DO judge a book by its cover,” he wrote. “We may have the best product, the highest quality, the most useful software etc.; if we present them in a slipshod manner, they will be perceived as slipshod; if we present them in a creative, professional manner, we will impute the desired qualities.
Simply superb!
By the way here is a nice blog on more or less teh same topic: http://www.coffeewithkrisstina.com/book-review-steve-jobs-by-walter-isaacson/
for some discussion on this.
Markkula wrote his principles in a one-page paper titled “The Apple Marketing Philosophy” that stressed three points. The first was empathy, an intimate connection with the feelings of the customer: “We will truly understand their needs better than any other company.” The second was focus: “In order to do a good job of those things that we decide to do, we must eliminate all of the unimportant opportunities.” The third and equally important principle, awkwardly named, was impute. It emphasized that people form an opinion about a company or product based on the signals that it conveys. “People DO judge a book by its cover,” he wrote. “We may have the best product, the highest quality, the most useful software etc.; if we present them in a slipshod manner, they will be perceived as slipshod; if we present them in a creative, professional manner, we will impute the desired qualities.
Simply superb!
By the way here is a nice blog on more or less teh same topic: http://www.coffeewithkrisstina.com/book-review-steve-jobs-by-walter-isaacson/
Thursday, May 3, 2012
Super Moon Saturday - May 6th 2012
Do you want to photograph the moon? This Saturday might be the right time for just that.
Checkout sites like http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/moonrise.html or http://aa.usno.navy.mil/data/docs/RS_OneYear.php to find out the moon rising and moon setting times. Checkout simple photography tips at sites like http://www.astropix.com/HTML/I_ASTROP/TRIPOD/TRIPOD4.HTM and get great pictures.
Checkout sites like http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/moonrise.html or http://aa.usno.navy.mil/data/docs/RS_OneYear.php to find out the moon rising and moon setting times. Checkout simple photography tips at sites like http://www.astropix.com/HTML/I_ASTROP/TRIPOD/TRIPOD4.HTM and get great pictures.
Film making grants from SFFS
I learnt about this very recently as one of my alma mater's alumni got the grant. Check out
http://www.sffs.org/filmmaker360/Grants/sffskrf-filmmaking-grants.aspx
http://www.sffs.org/filmmaker360/Grants/sffskrf-filmmaking-grants.aspx
Tuesday, April 24, 2012
Book review. Hmmm... Book mention!
When looking through the new books I saw "101 Social media tactics for nonprofits - a field guide" by Melanie Mathos and Chad Norman. This book is a real treasure trove if you want to harness the power of social media. From whatever little I browsed through I seem to like this book. Will post more on this later. (http://www.101socialmediatactics.com/)
How to be a wedding photographer?
Recently one of my friends was planning to cover a wedding and was looking for all the major events to shoot. He stumbled on http://photo.net/learn/wedding/wedding-photography-timeline
Explore the site further under the "learn" pull-down. There are lots of tips.
Explore the site further under the "learn" pull-down. There are lots of tips.
Monday, April 16, 2012
Nikon D800
Looks like the much anticipated Nikon D800 (http://www.nikonusa.com/Nikon-Products/Product/Digital-SLR-Cameras/25480/D800.html) might not be available soon. Checkout the rumor at http://nikonrumors.com/2012/04/15/weekly-nikon-news-flash-158.aspx/#more-37716