I can’t even begin to describe how amazed I am by this gent’s dedication to his craft. It’s unbelievable how much talent and dedication goes into this form. Unreal.
Earth Time-lapse
Here is a new and amazing time-lapse of earth from the Russian spy satellite, Elektro-L No. 1. The satellite has a 121-megapixel camera on it and utilizes both visible wavelengths and infrared wavelengths given off by plant life and want not. Previous to this video and the subsequent still image that came from it, the most hi-res image of earth shot was from NASA, the famous “Blue Marble” image. It was actually a collage of sorts, an image cobbled together from a series of images shot by a NASA satellite. This new video and image, however, are the highest resolution images of earth to date and from what I understand is one stand alone image. It’s an amazing video of earth in all it’s splendor. You can see mountains casting shadows, the reflection of the sun off the ocean… crazy. Enjoy.
Fun with Photo Booth
My son enjoys photos. He likes looking at them and when he gets cranky, show him pictures. Doesn’t matter if it’s of dogs, people, or chipmunks eating cigarette butts. He even enjoys the front-facing camera on the iPhone, and now the FaceTime camera on my MacBook Pro. So he got cranky tonight and this, along with many other funny faces, was the result. Oh, the joys of Photo Booth. He had fun, and so did I. Ladies and gentlemen, I give you… the chipmunk.
New Spider-Man Trailer
Sony released a new trailer for The Amazing Spider-Man. Each trailer gets me a little more jazzed for this one. Admittedly, I’m a Spider-Man fan. I loved the comics as a kid, and during junior high and high school we’d all rush home to get a snack and catch some Spider-Man on FOX TV. I wasn’t a fan of the 3 films released by Sam Raimi (director) starring Tobey Maguire as Peter Parket/Spider-Man. It was cheesy and campy, and by the end it was 1960s Batman the TV series campy. I don’t want to see this kind of stuff…
Life In Brushstrokes
Artists sometimes choose to hide the brush strokes in their work. This process in and of itself is an art form. Like many disciplines in art, though, hiding or not hiding brush strokes depends upon the artist and what they wish/hope to accomplish in a piece. Some make it a point not to hide the brush strokes but choose to make it a featured element in their work.
I’ll come back to this.
Inspired Wednesday 16
Been a busy week, several little small projects and planning to do. Got a bit behind on Inspired this week and as I’m thinking about this- I get to one conclusion; in the midst of the busy find at least one thing that throttles you, creatively. So, while I was plenty full on inspiration this week I did find this video and wanted to share it. Regardless of you’re medium- there’s something for everyone in this video. Take it in, use it, press on.
Blackberry and RIM are Dead
The picture featured is from a staged protest outside of an Apple store in Australia that went down a few days ago. Yes, it was staged. A busload of paid activists were ferried over to the Apple store and a man just happened to be there and capture the short protest in action. At first, it was believed that Samsung was behind the staged protest, because they have a history of unsuccessfully mocking Apple. However, after some some digging around on a website that was associated with the protest, it was found that a URL link in the website code was directly linked to Research In Motion’s (RIM), maker of the Blackberry smartphone, Australian website. It was also later noted that the man with whom this photo is credited, has been a paid associate for RIM on two occasions in the past. Tsk, tsk, RIM.
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