On a whim I picked up David duChemin's three available e-books ($5 each, pixelatedimage.com). I already went through his first book and, while it doesn't directly affect what I'm trying to do (the book, I feel, is more angled towards people photography and photojournalism), it was a very interesting read. So I decided it was worth $15 to find out what else he had to say.
The first one, simply entitled Ten, is a "top ten"-like of suggestions to improve your photography. The first one: "Get pickier." As someone with nearly 35,000 images under his belt so far (some of which are actually okay), I definitely could stand to do that. But this bit really got me snickering:
"Once the initial thrill of using a camera begins to wear off in exchange for the thrill of creating great images, and you've got all the requisite shots of cats and your own feet out of the way, start getting pickier, more selective."
Touché. (How many hundreds, no, thousands do I still have to go through, and how many am I not permitted to delete...)
Have you ever stopped being friends with someone over differences in political views? Are there any issues that are so important to you that you cannot be friends with someone who holds a contrary opinion?
Nope, but everyone I know who hold contrary opinions to mine respect my opinions, and I respect theirs. To me, that is the important part, and the one part that everyone depressingly forgets. This country has a major problem right now with intolerance of differences of opinion, and I think that things would be way better off if people could learn to see and appreciate where others come from. I'm not holding out any hope, though.
Desktop Wallpaper Meme The Rules: - Anyone who looks at this entry has to post this meme and their current wallpaper. - Explain in no more than five sentences why you're using that wallpaper! - Don't change your wallpaper before doing this! The point is to see what you had on!
Ask me 3 questions about anything you like and I will answer them. then, repost this in your journal (or comment here) and I'll give you 3 questions to answer.
I don't think anyone present at that event is on LJ, but I know there are some people on here who probably would find it interesting, so here you go. I hope to make the whittling down and posting of pictures a habit, but when I started at the beginning of my DSLR era, I quickly got overwhelmed by all the cat pictures. XD
(I guess this means I really should buy Lightroom now, too, and not just wait for the trial to run out before doing so...)
The results of the poll are sufficient for me to start wondering if I should just stay away from roads. I do know that "texting while driving" is ill-specified -- some of you might only send messages when stationary, some of you might only send messages when nobody else is around, some of you might send messages while plowing through crosswalks. I dunno. For the record, I have read text messages while driving, but I absolutely refuse to send them, if only because there is no way for me to enter a complete message in the time that it takes a traffic light to turn from red to green.
Wonder why dual-link DVI KVM switches are so expensive? It would be so nice to use my 30" instead of my refurb 24" for photo management. As it happens, a 2-port dual-link DVI KVM switch costs a bit more than the refurb 24".
...er, actually, not really. I was a geek back when people made fun of geeks. But geek got redefined years ago, and now it's popular, which breaks my brain because the definition of geek involved the opposite of that.
Also, the quiz is dumb. "Stop talking Star Wars long enough to get laid"? Right. KHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
2227.2 miles plus around 10 or 15 that weren't counted because I forgot about the trip odometer until I was on 680. Yawn. Mountain Dew Game Fuel does nothing to keep me awake and tastes pretty horrible. (Fortunately, I didn't have that much in the way of nod-off problems.)
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