News

• Google buys Youtube for 1.5 Billion
• Microsoft releases Internet Explorer 7
  • And the first IE 7 bug is found in less then 24 hours
• Apple is seeing Red - Red iPod Nano released
  • Small Number of Video iPods Shipped With Windows Virus - Apple needs to do a little more quality control
• Zune means F-word in Hebrew - Microsoft even has problem naming products without ticking somebody off
• Visa & Mastercard no longer accepting transactions for AllOfMP3.com
  • AllOfMP3.com allows free music downloads to Windows desktops
• SBC/AT&T no longer requiring contracts for DSL
• MPAA VP finally admits Piracy is the outcome of problems with DRM
• Halo movie cancelled - Universal Studios and Fox have pulled the plug on the Halo movie, based on the hit XBox? game

Cool Links

• 10 Pros and Cons for Switching to Mac
  • New Mac Commercials - Better Results is the best!
• Google RSS Reader - A nice evolving web based RSS reader
• Freesounds: A Creative Commons website for sound samples
• Fake Airplane Crash at a House for Halloween - It even fooled the LA cops
• Fastest street legal car - Proof you don’t need a huge car company to make something with speed
• Battlefield 2- Top Gear parody - Absolutely hilarous use of the Battlefield 2 game engine
• Animated DaVinci Sketches
• Sexual Consent video - Lawyers are definately taking over the world
• Mac Geek Girl of the Month

Reviews

• Slick Effects for iMovie
• Fall TV Season
  • Best new shows:
    • Heroes
    • Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip
    • The Class
    • Shark
  • Not so new that are still fresh
    • My Name Is Earl
    • The Office
    • Battlestar Galactica
    • How I Met Your Mother
    • House

Rants

• Microsoft - EULAs? and Errors!!!
  • Changes to Windows Vista License very unhealthy for consumers
• Apple - iPod syncing, .Mac & dissing Microsoft over viruses on iPods
• Sony - Arrogance
• Why we hate CSI Miami:
  • David Caruso is a terrible actor/William Shatner school of acting.
  • Why is it always sunset in the lab and other things that bug us.

Going Pro as a Photographer

• Camera
  • Canon G7
  • Canon Digital Rebel XTI 10MP
  • Canon EOS 5D - 12 MP
• Software
  • Apple Aperture
  • Adobe Lightroom
  • Capture NX
  • Adobe Photoshop CS2
  • Paint.NET
  • ACDSee
• Tutorials
  • Lynda.com

Tips - everyone thinks they are a photographer! (expound here) Learn what sells and what doesn’t.

• What NOT to submit to pro photography web sites, unless these are remarkable:
  • Sunset pictures
  • Ducks on the pond pictures
  • Picture of people without releases
  • Pet pictures
  • Scenics (vacation photos)
  • Portraits
• What does sell:
  • People at work: Corporate photography/ used in annual reports
  • Generic product photography
  • Weather
  • Transportation : aircraft,vehicles, etc.
  • News events : war, breaking news of national or international importance
  • Fashion: Not pictures of high school girls modeling jeans or prom dresses
  • Sports: Especially national team sports ( but beware of copyright laws)
  • Celebrity: especially pictures of celebs in trouble
• Best Photo Sites
  • Photo.Net - For serious professionals and amateurs. Great place to get critiques and get your photos seen.
  • photolinks.com - Great place to get your photography site listed, Photographers directory : For working free-lance independent photographers
  • Flickr.com - Internet’s most popular photography site for both amateurs and professionals. Features open forums and closed private pages.
• Stock photo agencies:
  • ShutterStock - Stock photography for sell
  • Lonely Planet - Travel and business stock
  • Acclaim Images - Photography stock direct from photographers
  • iStockPhoto - Another great place to sell your photos and post your portfolio to get jobs
  • FotoSearch - Huge source of royalty free photos for purchase
  • Corbis Stock Photography - Probably the most elite/best of the best stock photography sites
  • ProFotos - Best directory of places to sell your photos.You can also post your portfolios here.

 

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