Jack Bauer on photography
Widely known as Jack Bauer in the hit TV series 24, now in its seventh season, Kiefer Sutherland was recently interviewed by Popular Photography & Imaging magazine. The interview is a good read, giving some insights into the behind the scenes action and people. There is one particular answer that left me thinking and I wanted to share this here. When asked about his view of the still-camera vs film, Kiefer said:
It’s the antithesis of what we do in film. We’ve often made jokes that sometimes it doesn’t matter what dialogue you have in a scene, it’s the energy and the speed and the ferocity with which you can deliver that dialogue and the energy that you can create off of that which creates a sensation for an audience. Basically not giving them enough time to digest anything. It’s just a blur and it creates a sensation. With the still image it’s the exact opposite. It allows your imagination to examine a moment rather than having it examined for you. As closely related as they are, the still imagery of photography is almost the polar opposite to me of telling a story through moving film.
I, for one, have no experience with film. Reading these lines by someone who is not only familiar with film and movies, but an accomplished actor, made me appreciate this addictive realm of photography that much more. I’ve always believed that photographs are not only works of art (some of them at least), but little monuments and more particularly, monuments in time; much more so than a film or a video. The greatness of an image doesn’t only consist of the moment it was taken, but also of how it inspires and what it makes us remember, to great extent, long after the snap.
I fell for The Ray Flash
The Ray Flash won Lighting Product of the Year (2008) by Popular Photography & Imaging Magazine. Originally introduced at a price point of $299, the recent price decrease to $199 has made it a very attractive offer and probably put it on the wishlist buy list of many; including myself. After reading the reviews at the Strobist and Scott Kelby’s blog, I decided to order the Ray Flash on Friday. It’s Monday now and I just received an email that the Ray Flash has already been shipped. It may take a few days to arrive with the border crossing and everything but I think it will be worth it. I will post some images and impressions when it arrives.
Ray Flash: The Ring Flash Adapter
Sandisk Extreme III 16GB at $99.00
Sandisk now has the 16GB Extreme III CompactFlash card on special at $99 USD. In Canada, BestBuy seems to match the price at $99 CDN. If you were considering buying this card, now would be a good time.
SanDisk Extreme® III CompactFlash® 16GB
ATI – Invalid Display Adapter Error – Adapter Disabled – Incompatible Driver (4870 X2)
I ran into quite a few issues trying to install a new video card today, the ATI Radeon 4870 X2 by Sapphire on Vista Ultimate.
Quick Facebook Numbers
Some other interesting numbers (all estimates):
- Members: 70 million +
- Revenue (projected for 2008): 350 million
- Employee headcount: 450, with possibility to rise to more than 1000
Source: Facebook borrows $100 million
Hard Drive model numbers explained (WD)
Click here for the WD Model and Order Number Format
iPhone: Quick iPod Shortcut/Music Controls
I have configured my home button to go to Contacts tab whenever I am in in another application. Interestingly enough, however, if I double hit Home when I am at the Home screen, while there is music playing in the background, you’ll get a little window with Previous/Pause/Next buttons.
Even better, the same little window with music controls appears also when double hitting Home while at the Lock screen! That’s big.. at least for me.. because it means i don’t have to slide and unlock and change to iPod in order to control the music (for when you are in the car for example and need to keep your eyes on the road
).Now, if music is not playing and music (iPod) application is closed and you are at the lock screen, you can still double hit Home and get access to music controls and start playing the music! That again is big
.To illustrate everything, here are some screenshots of what I’ve been describing:
At the lock screen with music application not running
At the Home screen with music playing
At the Lock screen with music playing and iPhone charging
At the Lock screen with music playing and iPhone not charging
Wow! Wanna have a 3D VR monitor?
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ZDNet: A dozen free & essential apps for Windows
Read on at ZDNet…
Massive "laptops"
HP has refined their original 20″ HDX laptop, which was much more of an actual laptop than Dell’s M2010 (since the M2010 is heavier, thicker and meant more for desk use than lap use). The new HDX has a 1080p screen ( which is a nice + ), offers a fast cpu which seems to actually not offer as much performance as one would think, and choice of blu-ray and hd-dvd drives. Despite all, the screen does not offer the same flexibility as Dell’s M2010 sleek silver hinges, it does not have a wireless keyboard and mouse or a wowy pop-up slot dvd drive .
I wonder how much of these HP will sell especially since HP’s HDX page doesn’t even come close to Dell’s M2010 product information page.
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Inspiration: Los Cabos – Through the Lens
