Archive for the 'Raffy Paredes' Category
Your photos (4)–
An interesting article on the PetaPixel site last January caught my eye. The author, Michael Zhang was asking if people recognized great photography. He says he was inspired by the social experiment of Washington Post writer Gene Weingarten in 2007. Joshua Bell, a great and well-known violinist had just held an all-sold-out concert [...]
Easing Pain with Pictures–
We start today’s column with some helpful news.
In the news last week was a study by scientists at Stanford University that looking at pictures of people you love can reduce the pain that you may be experiencing. These scientists used MRI brain scans while applying different levels of heat on the skin [...]
Making Yourself Look Good (Part V)-
There’s more to looking good–
“What’s in a name? That which we call a rose
By any other name would smell as sweet.
So Romeo would, were he not Romeo call’d,
Retain that dear perfection which he owes
Without that title:–Romeo, doff thy name;
And for that name, which is no part of thee,
Take all myself. [...]
News and Readers’ Photos–
Ever wonder why some DSLR cameras with HD video capability have limited clip recording limits? Recent news suggests that recording videos for long periods of time may cause the camera’s sensors to overheat. To correct the situation, certain camera manufacturers are now considering installing tiny cooling fans for the sensors in the [...]
Your Photos 3–
Eight new contributors lead the featured readers in today’s column. First in line is Cindy Karingal, a housewife based in Singapore. Cindy shares that she’s been into photography as a hobby for more than a year now. She sent in the photo “Man and Squirrel.”
Retired multimedia man Jose Boy Guevarra, Jr. writes: “I’m [...]
News and Photos–
For some years now, your columnist has been actively participating in the World Pinhole Photography Day. This year’s WPPD is on April 24, 2011, the last Sunday of April. Anyone, anywhere in the world, who makes a pinhole photograph between April 23 and May 1 (since April 24 is Easter Sunday), can scan [...]
Expiry Date on Web Photos–
Readers who upload photos on various websites may be interested in X-Pire!, a software that will give them the power to put an expiration date on their images. When the expiry date arrives, the image on the website gets blocked from being displayed. Why would anyone want such a tool? Because [...]
