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  • Dreamy Theater 2nd – Magnet [M=Hatsune Miku, Megurine Luka]

    Please read the Description Box/Info Box. .: Info about this Video :. Game Title: Project DIVA Dreamy Theater 2nd Platform: PlayStation 3 Developer: Sega Publisher: Sega Genre(s): Rhythm game Mode(s): Single-player Project DIVA is a rhythm game created by Sega and Crypton Future Media for the PlayStation Portable featuring the virtual-diva vocaloid Hatsune Miku. The gameplay is based on pressing buttons on the controller when floating gray button icons appear on top of the colored button icons. Project DIVA Dreamy Theater 2nd is an add-on of the sequel, Project Diva 2nd and now supported stereoscopic 3D display. Hatsune Miku (????) is a singing synthesizer application with a female persona, developed by Crypton Future Media. It uses Yamaha Corporation’s Vocaloid 2 synthesizing technology. The name of the character comes from a fusion of the Japanese for first (? hatsu), sound (? ne) and future (Miku (??) sounds like a nanori reading of future, ??, normally read as “mirai”), referring to her position as the first of Crypton’s “Character Vocal Series”. She was the second Vocaloid to be sold using the Vocaloid 2 engine and the first Japanese Vocaloid to use the Japanese version of the Vocaloid 2 engine. Her voice is sampled from Japanese voice actress, Saki Fujita. Hatsune Miku has performed onstage as a projection. [M = Modules] :: Song Titel :: Japanese: Magnet Romaji: Magnet English: Magnet ================================================== I only record these …

  • 28 September, 2012 – I Said I Wouldn’t Do It Again – But I Am!

    Sorry – After just 24 hours the waitlist is now 4X over-subscribed,
    and so we’re not adding new names at the moment.

    After leading my third photographic expedition to Antarctica I said publicly that I was done.  But what I didn’t say was the reason why.

    I love Antarctica. It’s as close to visiting another planet as is possible. It’s a life changing experience that only a very small number of people get to do, and a photographic challenge unlike any other.

    But after six rough crossings sailing across the Drake Passage, the roughest ocean in the world, is not something I care to do again. Two and a half days of lying in my bunk drugged with anti-nausea pills is not only a rite of passage, but also just not worth it. For me anyhow.

    But now there’a an alternative. There is a company that flys us from Chile directly to an Antarctic base, and to our ship. The flight takes 2 hours in a modern 4 engine commercial jet, instead of two and half stomach churning days at sea. 

    So – In late January 2014, just 14 months from now I will be leading my fourth photographic expedition to Antarctica. I’m not ready to annnounce details yet, or take reservations. That’ll come a couple of weeks from now. But since my last three expeditions sold out in a matter of days, I want to allow people a chance to get in place before the official announcement.

    If you think you want to join this one week expedition to Antarctica (aboard a fantastic ship, one which I chartered for my last trip), with eveything included and some of the world’s best photographic instructors, all you have to do is send me an email. I’ll put your name on a waitlist and you will be given priority notification of the opening of booking. No obligation at this point.

    Sorry – After just 24 hours the waitlist is now 4X over-subscribed,
    and so we’re not adding new names at the moment.

      

     "Every time I go back to a module I had already seen, I learn additional things.  I have never seen tutorials that have the excellent mix of what the features are, 
    how to use them, enough of the under-the-hood information 
    and concepts so that I can utilize the features creatively and efficiently, 
    and just enough humor to keep the motivation     level high.  Wow!"

    …
    The Luminous Landscape – What’s New

  • Photography With Bad Weather – Challenge Accepted!

    If you have a photo camera (DSLR or a film one) then you’ve definitely took photos outdoors at least once, twice or even regularly. When capturing landscape photography or portraits you could notice that weather and lighting do matter greatly. You can take photos of the same object with a few minutes time interval and get different results. And you Continue Reading
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  • Just Posted: Panasonic Lumix DMC-LX7 review

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    Just Posted: Our Panasonic Lumix DMC-LX7 review. The latest of our collaborative reviews with Jeff Keller of The Digital Camera Resource Page is of Panasonic’s enthusiast compact. The LX7 retains the bright lens and small body that have become the hallmarks of the series but adds more direct control than its forebears, including a dedicated aperture ring. Underpinning it all is a new 10MP CMOS sensor – moving on from the CCDs used in the LX5 and 3. Do all these changes help restore the Lumix to the top of the enthusiast compact pile? Read our review to find out.

    News: Digital Photography Review (dpreview.com)

  • Recycled Film Roll Magnets


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    Just when you thought it was safe to turn away, those empty film rolls are back. Back from the dead!

    You can put your shotgun away, though: these Recycled Film Roll Magnets don’t want to eat your brains, they want to hang your prints!

    Handmade right here in America, these upcycled empty film canisters conceal powerful neodymium magnets that’ll stick with determination. Put those prints up with pride, you green genius, you.

    Recycled Film Roll Magnets
    Three for $ 15 at the Photojojo Store

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  • 30 September, 2012 – The Digital Negative Book

    Jeff Schewe has just published an important new book titled The Digital Negative. I have created a brief review (more like a plug) for my friend’s book. But, my bias aside, it really is that good, and it should find its way to your bookshelf tout suite.

    Sony A99

    I have started field testing the brand new Sony A99 full-frame 24MP camera. I will be shooting with it in Algonquin Park next week, and expect to have my review available some time the week after.

     

     "Every time I go back to a module I had already seen, I learn additional things.  I have never seen tutorials that have the excellent mix of what the features are, 
    how to use them, enough of the under-the-hood information 
    and concepts so that I can utilize the features creatively and efficiently, 
    and just enough humor to keep the motivation     level high.  Wow!"

     

    …
    The Luminous Landscape – What’s New

  • The Lonely Tree

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    The Lonely Tree

    Sometimes the right things take root in the wrong places.

    Original photograph and digital sketch by Jake Garn.


    Jake Garn Photography

  • Digital Is Not Forever

    I’ve often toiled over the archivability of digital imagery and even wrote about a close call I had in losing a drive that archived some of my work, A Happy Ending to My Drive Crash. With some regularity I have thoughts revisiting the prospect that it’s just a matter of time before I have to endure this again and deal with the loss of a drive and even worse an irrecoverable loss of a drive. While there are certain precautions you can take to minimize such loss I can’t help but think that digital will always lack permanence.

    Proponents of photographic prints are always keen to highlight that paper has been an archivable medium for thousands of years where as digital is a relatively new phenomenon of the last half century. Less electricity digital imagery is locked away on hard drives that then become perfect paper weights. The more I see others immerse themselves in digital photography the more I see society risking the loss of a significant portion of our visual history. Can we really trust digital to always be there? Enter a video short I saw the other day titled “Lost Memories”. It’s worthy of a watch…

    LOST MEMORIES (French, English Subtitles) from Francois Ferracci on Vimeo.

    So now that you’ve seen the video I ask you…. how permanent do you expect your digital imagery to be and what are you doing about it?

    Copyright Jim M. Goldstein, All Rights Reserved

    Digital Is Not Forever

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  • 4 October, 2012 – Using Color Harmonies in Photography

    Our regular columnist Alain Briot continues with his tutorial series on Using Color Harmonies in Photography with an essay on Complimentary Color Harmony.

      

     "Every time I go back to a module I had already seen, I learn additional things.  I have never seen tutorials that have the excellent mix of what the features are, 
    how to use them, enough of the under-the-hood information 
    and concepts so that I can utilize the features creatively and efficiently, 
    and just enough humor to keep the motivation     level high.  Wow!"

    …
    The Luminous Landscape – What’s New

  • 8 October, 2012 – Sony Alpha A99 Field Test Report

    This year the peak of Fall colour in Algonquin Park coincided with the arrival of a production Sony Alpha A99 camera for testing. I was able to spend several days working with the A99 in a range of weather and light conditions, along with a wide selection of Zeiss and G series lenses.

    My field test report is now online.

             

    "You and Jeff did it again!  A great series of videos.

    I’ve watched the earlier Camera to Print series as well as the LR 2 & 3 videos and as usual, I learned 
    new technique and ideas even though I’ve been behind a camera for 45 years.

    Additionally, the rapport you two have is most engaging, enjoyable, and totally different than the sterile video tutorials from others (I’m afflicted with being a visual learner). 

    Again, a great series of videos that have helped me grow once again." 

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    The Luminous Landscape – What’s New