In the modern photography art the lack of optical clarity and photographing the object in motion, have a larger impact in the every day photography composition.
The images created by long exposure periods not only dissolve the borders of the shapes in movement but introduce in the composition an element specific to the photography. This element is called movement time.

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Tags: art, blur, engineered, modern, photography
Category Photography Articles |
Low light levels make night photography a challenging yet rewarding subject. The best results require specialized equipment, like SLR cameras, tripods, cable releases and flashguns. After sunset, the everyday world is magically transformed, and city buildings, fireworks, thunderstorms and the northern lights all become popular subjects.
I present 60 best examples of night photography, photos, created by some hard-working and dedicated photographers.
Tags: best, night, photography
Category Photography Articles, PhotomaniaX |
In a blink of the eye, a lot can happen. A lot of astonishing things happen in a split of a second, but they are moving too quickly for us to see. High speed photography is the art of photographing a rapidly occurring event. Depending on the event to be photographed, methods range from use of ultra-short time flash exposures to producing lots of exposures in a split-second. Seemingly frozen in time, a lot of photographers have their own special method doing high speed photography. The usual photographic flash component offers a flash that lasts around a thousandth of a second (a millisecond). But photographic flash component used in high speed photography is so much quicker than this, and it creates a flash of light around a microsecond (a millionth of a second). This let you to freeze time through pictures that are happening tremendously fast.

It’s not easy to come up with a perfect shot while capturing rapidly occurring event, photographers that specialize in this type of photography are masters of patience. Below are some incredibly cool images that shows the beautiful combination of artistic expression and technical precision.
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Tags: fast, high, image, nikon, photo, photography, speed
Category Photography Articles, PhotomaniaX |
Internet dating sites are becoming hugely popular in these bustling times, and places likeTagged, Myspace, Facebook, Yahoo! Personals and Match.com are boasting that 25% of relationships are now started on internet dating sites like themselves. This is great news for some folks, but it got me wondering if there isn’t a reason some of these folks can’t seem to meet people in real-life. Maybe there are some things about a few of these people that are just a little “off” and that’s the reason they have trouble finding the special someone. These are a few things that may make people stop and say, “Hey wait minute…”, when they are scanning your profile. A few red flags like these could cost you your chance at eternal happiness.
6. The Ccreen Name or Profile has “princess” in it
Letting your potential suitor know that your favorite book as a child was Curious George or I used to love reading Dr. Seuss when I was little are nice little tidbits of information that he/she will find cute and endearing when reading your profile. Listing your favorite books says a lot about a person and can end up being a deal breaker because it is something you can talk about and may show the type of ideals or entertainment you and your match share. Listing things like Mein Kampf by Adolf Hitler, or Aleister Crowley’s The Book of Law are going to send out some serious weird signals (especially because there is no room on the form to explain your choice). I’m guessing a good portion of men and women on dating sites don’t want their first-date dinner conversation to be about the dark arts or genocide.
5. Listing that you drink “daily” or do drugs “daily”
No judgment here on my part, I’m simply stating that listing that you drink like Dudley Moore in Arthur or smoke enough weed to make Snoop Dogg jealous may not be endearing to a potential boyfriend or girlfriend. Maybe you only drink a glass of wine a day or smoke after a long day at the office, but listing “daily” for these may make you sound as if you are a raging alcoholic or a drug dealer. Again, it’s the wording and lack of options of the website that gets you here. Who knows, maybe some people won’t mind it, but chances are that people looking at your profile may get the wrong impression from this and you may miss out on true love…or true love may be passed out on a keg in the living room. To each his/her own.
4. Putting that you “definitely” want kids
The option of “someday” is probably the right answer here, ladies. Putting “definitely” kinda makes it sound like you’re baby crazy. Hey, I understand that you want to be as truthful and honest as you can in order to meet your perfect match, but when “definitely wants children” is in your by-line, it is gonna scare some men away–especially when “someday” is an option, rather than “definitely.” And a lot of women want kids, which is fine and perfectly natural. I’m not saying that one should lie when making a profile, it just may be a better option to pick a word that doesn’t seem to make having children seem so finite. A lot of people who would date you may want kids too, but it’s probably a good idea to meet someone you love and think would make a good parent before making a decision like this.
3. It says on your profile that you created your own religion
“I’m a minister for my religious sect, ‘The First Church of Mikhail Kalashnikov! My sermons are a mix of Christianity, Voodoo, Pokemon cards, black magic and firearms — lots of firearms.” Sounds like a scary way to spend a Sunday morning. But who knows, maybe that guy has it right? Religion is simply a mixture of faith, love and compassion. However, if you are of an odd or (truly) unorthodox religious sect, people may be turned off by it. Not to say that they are right or correct in their religious viewpoints, but going to church or temple or a mosque is quite different than the gun and liquor hootenanny that the guy who created “The First Church of Mikhail Kalashnikov” performs each Sunday morning for his “followers.” I’m a firm believer in the 2nd Amendment, but a good portion of people would draw the line at going to a religious sermon with so many guns that you start having ‘Nam flashbacks and you’re only 23-years-old.
2. I’m 21 years old and I have 3 kids
Your decision making skills seem…loose at best. While most men would enjoy that you don’t always expect them to be wearing a condom when the date comes to an end and most women like a man that can take care of children–having a lot of children at a fairly young age probably does not bode well for most people looking for love on Match.com. There are a litany of reasons for this: some folks may want kids but not starting immediately, obviously there is probably going to be at least one other man/woman that will have an affect on your relationship (nobody wants to worry about crazy ex’s who are baby daddies/mommas), and if you are dating someone with kids, there is always going to be someone else around that is more important than you. I’m not saying that it’s a competition, but it can put a serious strain on a relationship because it’s hard to get to really know someone when time has to be divided up between your mate and your kids. On one hand, having a lot of kids at a young age shows a person has to have certain type of maturity because they take care of children, but on the other hand, it shows a complete lack of maturity to get yourself into that situation in the first place.
1. Listing watching porn as a hobby
It’s probably happened before. Sure, the internet consists mostly of websites where people are getting intimate with men, women, animals, clowns, inanimate objects and a world of other things, but it’s not something that you probably want to go around telling people. And the pron industry rakes in billions of dollars a year, so quite a few people are looking at it. But more times than not, that’s not something you want to share on a dating site. Let me rephrase that: Unless you are a woman, this is probably something you save about yourself until after the honeymoon. To some people (ballpark–almost every male alive) a woman that enjoys pornography is a plus. And if your hobby is making pornography, that is probably something you save sharing about yourself until the honeymoon. Surprise, honey! Let’s make this a night that well remember for the rest of our lives and probably long after that.
Tags: date, online
Category Cerita Pelik, Fact, Personal LiFe |
Pada tahun 2004, terdapat 3 servis email yang mendominasi dunia internet iaitu Hotmail, AOL dan Yahoo!. Selepas percubaan yang berjaya, Google membuat keputusan untuk berada setapak ke hadapan untuk melancarkan Gmail (atau nama saintifiknya Google Mail in German) pada 1 April. Gmail dikatakan sangat skeptikal pada ketika itu kerana ia menawarkan kapasiti 1Gb untuk penyimpanan email sedangkan syarikat email lain hanya menawarkan 100Mb kapasiti.
Namun, hanya terhad kepada 1000 opinion leaders dijemput untuk menggunakan servis versi BETA tersebut dan mereka dibenarkan untuk menjemput rakan dan keluarga mereka sahaja untuk menggunakan servis berkenaan. Selepas itu, pengguna Blogger.com pula dijemput untuk menggunakan servis Gmail Beta dan ini menyebabkan servis itu digilai ramai bukan sahaja dari penulis blog tetapi pengguna internet yang lain sehinggakan ia dianggap sangat berharga dan pernah dijual di dalam E-bay berharga $150 USD. Kemudian, google membenarkan penggunanya menjemput 50 kenalan untuk menggunakan servis tersebut sehingga pengguna internet mudah untuk menggunakannya seperti sekarang.
Pada tahun 2005, kapasiti penyimpanan telah ditambah kepada 2Gb (kalau masa tu, 2Gb ni terlalu besar sangat dah) dan Gmail diterbitkan dalam pelbagai bahasa termasuk Bahasa Melayu. Gmail telah berkembang dan akhirnya pada tahun 2009, google telah membuang status ‘BETA’ pada nama Gmail dan sekarang Gmail adalah servis Email nombor satu di dunia.
KENAPA MEMILIH GMAIL?
Gmail adalah inovasi dari engine carian nombor 1 di dunia iaitu Google dan semestinya mempunyai kelebihan yang tersendiri iaitu :
- Gmail akan meningkatkan kapasiti penyimpanan dari masa ke semasa dan tidak terbatas seperti Yahoo!, AOL dan Hotmail.
- Mereka mencipta satu interface (antaramuka) yang berbeza daripada servis email yang lain seperti meletakkan bintang dan label pada email.
- Gmail akan digunakan sebagai satu akaun yang boleh mengakses seluruh aplikasi di google termasuk You Tube .
- Google Labs memberikan lebih banyak kelebihan dari servis yang lain.
- Aplikasi lain seperti Google Docs, Chat dan Calendar berfungsi dengan baik.
- Ia adalah satu sistem email yang hebat, percuma dan penuh kemudahan.
- Gmail juga boleh diguna menggunakan domain name anda sendiri contohnya nama@cronixsoul.com.
- Sesuai untuk semua jenis telefon bimbit.
GMAIL SEBAGAI GOOGLE ACCOUNT
Jika anda telah berdaftar dengan Gmail, bolehkah anda menggunakan aplikasi lain selain email? Jawapannya ya!
Seperti yang kita telah bincangkan tadi,Gmail juga secara tidak langsung adalah akaun Google. Anda boleh mengakses servis lain daripada Google seperti :
- Google Analytics – mengesan bilangan pelawat dan analitik perkembangan blog dan website anda.
- Blogger – Yang korang tulis blog tu.
- Google Calendar – Kalendar yang telah dilampirkan di dalam Gmail.
- Google Docs – Website untuk menulis dokumen berformatkan Microsoft Office.
- You Tube – Menonton video secara online.
- Google Site – Mencipta laman web anda.
- Google Dashboard – Portal bagi semua servis google dan boleh diakses dari satu interface.
- Dan banyak lagi…
Antaramuka (Interface) Gmail
Walaupun sebahagian besar fungsi email Gmail adalah serupa dengan yang anda mungkin telah digunakandalam perkhidmatan e-mel lain, biasanya anda memerlukan sedikit masa untuk mempelajari antara muka yang berbeza. Di bawah ini adalah panduan mudah untuk menggunakan antaramuka web Gmail:
Inbox
Di sini anda akan mendapati email yang anda telah terima dan juga di mana anda akan menemui balasan email anda telah menulis kepada mereka. Gmail tumpukan mesej yang dihantar akan dibalas oleh lebih daripada seorang pada satu email yang sama. (faham ke nih) Kalau tak faham tengok bawah ni :
Menulis E-Mail (COMPOSE)
Ini adalah apa yang akan anda klik untuk mula menulis email. Anda juga boleh menaip alamat e-mel lengkap atau mula menaip beberapa huruf pertama dan Gmail akan mencari melalui kenalan anda dan memberikan senarai pilihan alamat email untuk anda memilih.

Draft
Di sini anda akan menjumpai email yang telah anda simpan atau email yang anda tidak sempat hantar. Mana nak tahu kan, tengah tulis email ada orang datang rumah, just tekan “save to Draft” dan anda boleh menyambung penghantaran email pada masa akan datang.
Sent Email
Email yang telah dihantar dan anda boleh mengenal pasti email yang dihantar oleh anda ataupun orang lain.
More
Butang ‘More’ membenarkan anda memilih sama ada mengklasifikasikan email yang ada sebagai Spam atau memindahkannya ke dalam Trash.
Bersambung…
Tags: gmail, tutorial
Category Tutorial : Computers |