Month: November 2012

  • Tangled: A Hair-Raising Adventure

    Become a fan on Facebook and order here: on.fb.me Play the Tangled Double Trouble Game: bit.ly Tangled is now available on Four-Disc Combo Pack (Blu-ray 3D/Blu-ray/DVD/Digital Copy). What happens when the greatest thief in the Kingdom accidentally stumbles on its longest-grounded resident? Check out the latest trailer for TANGLED and get ready to join Flynn Rider and Rapunzel on an epic adventure!

  • 2 November, 2012 – Two Shows Worth Seeing

    Photographer Steve Levinson’s new show Outer Beauty opens at the ARTA Gallery in Toronto’s Distillery District (14 Distillery Lane). November 7 – November 20, 2012.

    The official opening reception – Friday, November 9, 2012 from 5:00 PM to 9:00 PM.


    HBO will be broadcasting a four-part documentary series from award-winning filmmaker Michael Mann. Witness debuts this Monday, November 5th at 9:00p.m.ET/PT with Witness: Juarez. The film follows combat photographer Eros Hoagland as he explores Juarez, Mexico, the "murder capital of the world" where drug violence has left over 10,000 dead.

    Presented in four parts – JuarezLibyaSouth Sudan and Rio – Witness focuses on three determined photojournalists: Eros Hoagland, who explores the gang- and drug-related violence in both Juarez, Mexico and Rio de Janeiro, Brazil; Michael Christopher Brown, who chronicles escalating ethnic tensions in the wake of Muammar Gaddafi’s ouster last year in Libya; and Véronique de Viguerie, who follows the “Arrow Boys” and their struggle against General Kony in South Sudan.

     

             

    "Yes I downloaded the videos. THEY ARE AWESOME!!! I learned so much I think my brain is going to explode.

     

    Now I need to get the LR4 video to see how much of Lightroom 4 I don’t know".

     


    The Luminous Landscape – What’s New

  • Adding autumn colours

    Enhancing and adding to the autumn colours using Adjustment layers in Elements 9, easy to follow in all versions of Photoshop.
    Video Rating: 5 / 5

  • Adrian Lux – Can’t Sleep

    STOP-MOTION 2500+ photographs. Spring break 2011. Pacific coast. Malibu. Santa Monica. Venice beach. Drinks. Friends. Kites. Stop-motion. LOCATION: Venice Beach, Santa Monica, & Malibu. California. DATE: Spring Break 2011 MUSIC: Adrian Lux – Can’t Sleep www.facebook.com
    Video Rating: 4 / 5

  • Dr. Oliver Sacks on The Mind’s Eye

    In The Mind’s Eye, physician and author Oliver Sacks tells the stories of people who are able to navigate the world and communicate with others despite losing what many of us consider indispensable senses and abilities: the power of speech, the capacity to recognize faces, the sense of three-dimensional space, the ability to read, or the sense of sight. Dr. Sacks recently visited the American Museum of Natural History to discuss his book and how he too has struggled with several perceptual conditions, from face-blindness to a loss of stereo vision due to ocular cancer. Dr. Sacks’ talk was recorded live on Oct. 17, 2011.

  • Retro Mondays – Super Mario Land (GB/3DS) Review

    Super Mario Land Review! This game was developed by R&D1 & Gunpei Yokoi. It released for the Nintendo Gameboy in 1989 & is on the Nintendo 3DS Eshop buy it today! Add me on – www.facebook.com twitter.com Show credits Music by: www.chrishollandmusic.net Graphics by: www.youtube.com
    Video Rating: 4 / 5

  • How to restore a faded photograph | lynda.com tutorial

    This Photoshop tutorial shows how to restore a faded photo using a Curves adjustment, masking, and Gaussian Blur technique. Watch more at www.lynda.com This specific tutorial is just a single movie from chapter nine of the Photo Restoration with Photoshop course presented by lynda.com author Janine Smith. The complete Photo Restoration with Photoshop course has a total duration of 3 hours and 53 minutes, and covers evaluating scanned images for imperfections, using the Clone Stamp tool and other Photoshop tools, and addressing common problems and their fixes, starting with the basics (fading, spots, and paper texture) and continuing with more complex challenges (rips, adhesive tape, ink marks, mold, and more). Photo Restoration with Photoshop table of contents: Introduction 1. Fundamental Restoration Techniques and Tools 2. Basic Fixes 3. Fixing Damaged Photos 4. Fixing Stains, Mold Spots, and Other Problems 5. Fixing Exposure Problems 6. Repairing Color 7. Rebuilding and Recreating Backgrounds and Missing Pieces 8. Final Enhancements 9. Start to Finish: Restoration Project Conclusion
    Video Rating: 3 / 5

  • Digital Photography – ISO

    froknowsphoto.com One of the very first things in photography you will want to understand is ISO. ISO controls the sensitivity of your images sensor or how much light gathering ability your sensor will have. When we were shooting FILM it was called film speed, examples are 100-200-400-800 and 1600 ISO. Now, we no longer have film but it is still called your “film speed”. In the digital camera you still have the ability to change your ISO generally from 100-3200 and in some cameras all the way up to 120000 ISO. You are no longer locked into one film speed until you finish the roll, you can change your ISO for every picture if you would like. Would it be a good idea to let the camera select the ISO for you? Absolutely not, you, are better able to determine what your settings should be. Let’s dive into this head first and make it as simple as possible. Before I get into what ISO you should set for what situation lets look at what ISO directly controls. It controls how sensitive your sensor is meaning how much light it will gather. The brighter it is outside or in the situation you are photographing the lower your ISO can be. Keep in mind that ISO will directly effect your shutter speed. As you raiser your ISO your shutter speed will follow. For example if your shutter speed is 1/60th of a second at 100 ISO and you bump your ISO to 200 your shutter speed will jump one stop and go to 1/125th. The brighter the situation the lower the ISO, the darker the situation the higher
    Video Rating: 4 / 5

    I had another version of this up(the only difference with this one is this is a new soundtrack my friend composed specifically for this. In order to be a partner with youtube, you must have the rights to all the music, so this was our attempt at that. My friend Stephen composed the music for this, it’s an original piece specifically for this. You can contact him here. Stephen Anderson. www.stephenjanderson.com As for me.. I’m a freelance cinematographer. For any potential job offers, feel free to contact me through my youtube page, or through my email at dpdevin@gmail.com Here’s some footage I shot with my Canon 5D Mark II while in Canada with my family last week. We spent 10 days on Vancouver. Most of that time was spent in one of my favorite places, Barkley Sound. It’s an area with 150 islands in a 5 mile radius. We canoed from one island to the next, camping on them. On a technical side, it was all shot on the Canon 5D Mark II. Most of the shots were done with the Canon 16-35mm 2.8 L Series. A Nikon 50mm 1.8 adapter, and a Nikon 70-200 2.8 with Canon/Nikon lens adapter. The smooth shots were done with a glidecam 2000. You can check out the exact model on their official website here where you can also buy them. www.glidecam.com I had my tripod as well, with several shots handheld, with a “smooth cam” filter applied to it with Final Cut pro. For BUSINESS ENQUIRERS ONLY, you can contact me at this email. devinsupertramp@gmail.com
    Video Rating: 4 / 5