A great HDR Tutorial from Wolfgang Bartleme (aka “The Austrian Wolf”). One of these days, I’m going to start shooting this way… probably after it’s an automatic function of the camera though.
Multitasking, in short, is not only not thinking, it impairs your ability to think.Thinking means concentrating on one thing long enough to develop an idea about it. Not learning other people’s ideas, or memorizing a body of information…
Takes a little while to get going, but overall a great article about the virtues of seeking solitude from distractions in order to develop your own original thoughts.
“I think you’ve got a pretty good imagination, despicability-wise!”
“Look Around You - Computer Games”
Can’t believe I hadn’t heard of this BBC series before. Brilliant. Make sure to watch them all. (via daringfireball)
Do you think Chelsea Clinton asks herself if her mom would understand something complex? No. Because her mom is a badass.
If there is a state of the art of end-of-life care, it is this: death with dignity.
This is the most concise, easily understood article on the perils of end-of-like care in the United States I’ve ever read. It is a must-read, and frankly, a must-heed, in my opinion. (via kottke)
These sorts of tests are common for engineering hires, but it’s nice to see an example of a good design-oriented one.
Embarrassed I had never seen this until today. Lovely work all around. (via drawar)
This recently unearthed video of Steve Jobs at work during the early days of NeXT is a remarkable look inside how he ran meetings, how he created culture at his startups, and how others — like Joanna Hoffman around the 11 minute mark — called B.S. on his reality distortion field. It’s also remarkable in that it reveals Jobs to be a man who picks carrots in pressed work shirts.
Sometimes when you are deciding on technologies to use on a new site (e.g. jQuery vs. YUI or MS SQL vs. MySQL) it’s instructive to examine what everyone else is doing. BuiltWith has an incredible amount of trending data to help you out in that regard. Very, very cool.
Lots of good thinking here. No solutions, but a nice reminder that two-dimensional touch interfaces are transitional, not permanent.
Stephen Colbert loses it on-air. Rivals another one of my all-time favorite Colbert on air crack-ups.
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I prefer mine ;) http://www.vanilladays.com/hdr_tutorial. Its a bit more in-depth in areas and shows you the settings to avoid if you want to produce a nice photo instead of one of those OTT hideous HDR messes people love ;)
mike -
there are now digital cameras (of the point-and-shoot variety albeit higher-end) that will do this automatically for you.
they will do multiple exposures and combine them in-camera even!
mark
Pete: You’re right. That is a great tutorial.
mark: Awesome… which model(s) are you referring to?
mike – i know the pentax k-7 will do a version of it “in-camera”, where the camera ITSELF does the few shots AND merge for you. also, i believe there is a fuji that has the capability.
mark: Very interesting! Hadn’t heard of that. The sample shots I saw from this review don’t blow me away, but for a first stab at in-camera HDR, it’s not bad at all.