MichaelChang

<p>Yeah, but difficult to browse, so I linked the full page sites instead. </p>

<p>From 2011 - 2014: </p> <p><a href="http://www.theatlantic.com/photo/2011/02/world-press-photo-contest-2011/100008/">World Press Photo Contest 2011 - The Atlantic</a></p> <p><a href="http://www.theatlantic.com/photo/2012/02/world-press-photo-contest-2012/100246/">World Press Photo Contest 2012 — In Focus — The Atlantic</a></p> <p><a href="http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2013/02/pictures/130219-56th-world-press-photo-best-news-pictures/">Pictures: Best News Photos from 2013 World Photo Press Contest</a></p> <p><a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/world-press-photos-of-the-year-2014-2015-2?op=1">World Press Photos of the year 2014 - Business Insider</a></p>

<p>Mad Men is promoting its final episode with a fun photo replacement from your Facebook postings into their Kodak Carousel scene. The original scene can be seen here: <br> <a href="https://vimeo.com/20736616">https://vimeo.com/20736616</a></p> <p>On the Mad Men Carousel Facebook page, just click "Start the Show" to begin your good laugh:<br> <a href="https://www.facebook.com/MadMen/app_816697355069269">https://www.facebook.com/MadMen/app_816697355069269</a></p>

<p>Service providers are paid for their competence and professionalism relative to the job at hand, so no service provider should work for free if (s)he is able to deliver on the promised service.</p> <p>Newbie practitioners will often work twice as hard for half the money in order to establish themselves. We would no more expect a lawyer fresh out of law school, or a home mechanic turned pro working out of his home garage, to work for free, independent of their experience compared to seasoned pros.</p> <p>Of course there are risks to the customer, but that's why they're paying less for what will hopefully be the near-equivalent service; and it often is.</p>

<p>Came across this link and thought folks here might enjoy it:<br> <a href="http://listverse.com/2013/01/22/10-pulitzer-prize-winning-photos-and-their-stories/">http://listverse.com/2013/01/22/10-pulitzer-prize-winning-photos-and-their-stories/</a></p> <p> </p>

<blockquote> <p><em>"For a video project, I would like to do water explosions,... slow motion water bursting onto the talents' faces....... blobs of water flying through the air."</em></p> </blockquote> <p>You'll need a high speed camera probably greater than 800 FPS, and a lighting kit to match. You can rent those but it won't be cheap.<br> <br> "Blobs of water flying through the air" will be the challenging part. Water is low viscosity that won't form blobs in high volume unless it's contained (in a balloon), but fortunately it doesn't need to be water for effects purposes. In fact you can experiment with higher viscosity fluids, or even non-Newtonian fluids which has interesting properties when pressure is applied. Examples of non-Newtonian fluids: cornstarch/water, ketchup, paint, shampoo. <br> <br> Lots of possibilities with many variables to experiment with, and with enough time and experimentation you'll almost certainly find the perfect combination of technique, material, and aesthetics. <br> </p>

<blockquote> <p><em>"How do I stop receiving emails from other PN members through Photo.net's remailer system?"</em></p> </blockquote> <p>It's really quite easy, Tim. Just say so in your bio since anyone wanting to communicate with you will have to go through your main page. <br> <br> In the unlikely event that anyone should email you anyway, then just ignore it. </p>

<blockquote> <p><em>"I wonder what compatibility issues Window 10 will have with existing software, like photoshop, or other software and external hardware."</em></p> </blockquote> <p>Microsoft will release an upgrade adviser which is a small download that will check your system for compatibility issues. It generally works pretty well and there are often workarounds for alleged incompatible programs or hardware. <br> </p> <blockquote> <p><em>"Another thought, will upgrading require a disk formatting that removes existing programs you might be using?"</em></p> </blockquote> <p>I believe an upgrade from Windows 7 or 8 will not require reinstallation of programs. The exception being if the upgrade involves 64bit/32bit swap in either direction, then it becomes a fresh install. <br> </p>

<p>Without intentions to veer off-topic, advertising has become ever more clever in an effort to punch through the sheer volume of noise on the Internet, and that's only the half of it.</p> <p>Statistics have shown that pre-roll ads on YouTube are skipped over by the vast majority of viewers within 5 seconds, and who can blame them when all ads have become a blur. Well, GEICO's ad agency decided to tackle the problem with a series of "Unskippable Ads" by playing the entire ad in the first 5 seconds tantamount to beating you to the punch; too late, you already saw it!</p> <p>The ads are simply brilliant. This is the best one:<br> <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pvcj9xptNOQ">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pvcj9xptNOQ</a> <br> Others are here:<br> <a href="https://www.youtube.com/user/GEICO/videos">https://www.youtube.com/user/GEICO/videos</a></p> <p> </p>

<p>Good God, Nick, I think you're right! lol</p> <p>I had to view it again in 1080p a number of times before I saw that! </p>

<p>James, I suspect the blinks (and their duration) were deliberate to make spotting changes more difficult. </p> <p>I had initially thought slowing the video down would make it easier to spot changes, but to my surprise it was quite the opposite - speeding up the video incrementally made it respectively easier. In fact it wasn't until 8x speed that I spotted the gorilla on the left-building rooftop! </p>

<p>Hector, you and Matt did much better than I had. I was too busy looking at the girl walking across the scene. :-) </p> <p>To add insult to injury, they hung a giant teapot in front of the building on the right! </p>

<p>We photographers take pride in our ability to "see" things others miss. This 1 minute ad is a fun test. <br> <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qpPYdMs97eE">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qpPYdMs97eE</a> - 1:15</p>

<p>Laure, try drag-and-drop your sample picture into the Google Image Search page linked below, or you can upload it by clicking on the little camera in the search box. <br> <a href="https://www.google.com/imghp?hl=en&ei=ntX0VNqCHcjSaOaxgagD&ved=0CAMQqi4oAg">https://www.google.com/imghp?hl=en&ei=ntX0VNqCHcjSaOaxgagD&ved=0CAMQqi4oAg</a></p> <p>Pick the image from the search result if it shows up and post the link here so we can see it. </p> <p>Alternatively, you can upload the picture to a hosting site (or your Facebook page) and link it here. </p>

<p>It's science, and pretty basic science at that, but if any of us had to explain it to someone who does not have an understanding the basics, I bet most of us will have to search Google and Wikipedia extensively for references in order to write an accurate and comprehensive explanation even though we think we know the answer. </p>

<p>Found this: Leonard Nimoy as a photographer:<br> <a href="http://www.leonardnimoy.de/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=4:photographer&Itemid=17">http://www.leonardnimoy.de/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=4:photographer&Itemid=17</a></p> <p>I also just read that Nimoy starred in an old film titled "Zombies of the Stratosphere". This is a preview - he's the pilot of the craft sitting in front. <br> <a href="http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xm5ur2_zombies-of-the-stratosphere_shortfilms">http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xm5ur2_zombies-of-the-stratosphere_shortfilms</a></p>

<p>Vic, in my view, she will have no claim to the pictures if she violated the terms of your verbal agreement. </p> <p>The consideration in this case is the exchange of services from which you respectively receive something of value from the other - she gets the pictures, and you get the exposure from her posting of the pictures. You have both also agreed on the method of your exposure through watermarking. </p> <p>So, there was meeting of the minds (offer and acceptance), there was consideration, and there was performance which you have partially fulfilled and are willing to complete according to the original agreement, but she isn't, so the deal's off and you're under no obligation to move forward unless you choose to give her the watermarked photos per your agreement.</p>

<p>Vic, I can understand her objection then. Having a watermark on a potentially professional site presentation might give it that Time-for-Print perceived look by viewers.</p> <p>Seems to me that you've both done the work; now it's a question of whether it'll go to waste or toward fruitful use if you can both come to an agreement.</p> <p>I don't think this issue should rise to the level of legal interpretation; it's a resolvable matter that involves compromises or the search for alternatives. It'd be a shame to abandon the effort. </p> <p> </p>

<p>Hi Vic, do you know the reason behind her objection to the watermark? Did you send her samples? </p> <p>Is it possible that you can both agree on a discreet watermark to resolve the matter?</p>

<p>I like my cameras as feature-packed as humanly possible. This way I get to choose the features most suited to a particular situation I might encounter and disable the features I don't need. </p>

<blockquote> <p><em>"Maybe I'm way off base - maybe not."</em></p> </blockquote> <p>Michael, this reminded me of a reply I read about busy folks running companies and how they respond to hundreds of emails. I took a screenshot. <br> <br> <br> <img src="http://d6d2h4gfvy8t8.cloudfront.net/17973711-lg.jpg" alt="" width="675" height="326" /><br> </p>

<p>I'm not involved with PN beyond being a user, but moderators are volunteers, and we can't very well expect any of them to simply sit around waiting to moderate; they have a lives to live and other matters to attend to as well, so having their service is really a privilege so we get to enjoy the site while they do the hard (and often dirty) work.</p> <p>It makes sense to me that the Casual Conversation Forum is moderated by multiple volunteers; it's a more open and diverse forum with many possible topics therefore more potential for the need of action, so it's more likely someone will be monitoring threads to do such unpleasant tasks as deleting SPAM and moving threads before it interferes with member participation.</p> <p>Moderators aren't getting as much acknowledgement as they should considering what they're being paid to do the "fun" stuff. </p>

<p>I had entirely forgotten about Square having looked into it some time ago. </p> <p>One issue I recall (and I'm not sure what PayPal does), is that Square can apparently withdraw the paid funds from your bank account should there be a dispute. This can be a problem if you're taking in large amounts, transfer the funds, and you don't have overdraft protection, meanwhile the money is held by a third party until the dispute is settled. </p> <p>Might want to look into that to avoid potential problems. </p>

<p>Hi Edwin, I'm not aware of another way to accept credit card payments directly than for you to create a merchant account; probably not very practical for one-time use. </p> <p>Alternatively, the client can take a cash withdrawal against the credit card in an amount equivalent to the payment to you, or you can offer your client a modest discount as an incentive to use PayPal which might be sufficient to persuade the client to create a PayPal account, and tell the client it's really a painless process.</p> <p> </p>

<p>The description "Digital Black Hole" seems a little extreme. </p> <p>Imagine preserving your old Led Zeppelin LPs on the same premise when it would take nothing short of a global nuclear catastrophe to destroy every single digital copy of those LPs.</p> <p>Of course our digital (or digitally converted) content isn't as widely distributed as Led Zeppelin's music, but the probability of it becoming unreadable in 100 years is just as infinitesimally small unless you live in total isolation from civilization and never made copies of your digital (or analog) content for safekeeping. <br> </p>