Category: Entertainment
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The Wile E. Coyote School Of Photography
You can do anything as long as you don’t look down. I have just video’d ( I want a more elegant term….comments, anyone? ) a dance show for the annual Middle Eastern Dance Festival. I used to refer to it as Parts Of The Middle East Dance Festival with some irony until a troupe came…
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What Creating Content Meant
It meant creating contentment. And it generally did not require a vlogging camera. Times has changed. Now you must use the latest vlogging camera to create content. Whether people are happy with it or not is beside the point. If you inch up the SEO chart with your exposé of how to unscrew a jam…
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The Experts Got It Wrong
And you followed them blindly…right over the edge of the cliff…into the center of the minefield. Cool, eh? You’ve been YouTubed again. At least this time you didn’t get sucked into the five-hour jump from one site to another. Umm, is this a bad time to mention you are still wearing a tutu? Every presenter…
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The Lecture Circuit
As opposed to the trade show circuit – and how they affect the casual photographic viewer. I had a chance for many years to participate in trade shows and professional conferences. I still do, but on a much less involved level – and may be in a better position to see what they offer. Let…
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So How’s That Social Isolation Workin’ Out For You, Eh?
You mean the business of de-activating Instagram and Facebook? Actually pretty good. a. There are no cravings. I do not fidget in my armchair and reach feebly for the iPad. The turkey is cold and getting colder. b. There are no consequences. No sirens in the night – no vans parked down the street. You…
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Giving A Public Speech
You’ll all have to, one day. Here’s how. a. Have a clean place to do it. No-one wants to listen to you if they are frightened of things on the floor. b. Have it well-lit. Not necessarily the audience – but the speaker should be good and visible. c. Audience. That means they are listeners.…
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The Loss Of DP Review
Is the current buzz of the internet. If it goes ahead, the site and channel stop in April and disappear sometime afterwards. The reason given is cost-cutting within the current state of the US economy by Amazon – the owners of the property. With 11 people listed as the staff, I wonder whether that really…
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If You Are Going To Be Jolly
Don’t do it on my shoes. The working photographer needs their wits about them. They also need a sense of humour. And a sense of dignity. And occasionally they need to be senseless. a. When it all goes down, you need to either go down with it or rise above it. The best place at…
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Where IS Your Picture?
In this case, Japan. But that’s not what I meant. Where is the picture in your picture? Is it exactly framed and evident – that perfect composition that all the textbooks and websites applaud? Is it part of a picture? Is it there at all…or only implied? All Australians of a certain age have sat…
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What Happens When You Don’t Go On-line?
And isn’t this just the most ironic place to ask that question? But what really does happen when you elect to deal with the world face-to-face? a. The faces you see are real. They may be real ugly, real beautiful, or real stupid, but you get to observe them first-hand. No-one can Photoshop themselves in…
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