tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-43845976003502835892024-02-18T20:49:46.947-08:00Mind's MuralMinutes in CaptureAllison Smithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15401125602364541227noreply@blogger.comBlogger46125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4384597600350283589.post-512537848801736892011-04-26T18:07:00.000-07:002011-04-26T18:44:42.053-07:00Time lapse photographyFound some beautiful time lapse photography videos courtesy of Mashable tonight. Here are my favourites...an incredible view of the Aurora Borealis, Moonlight and Milkyway and a Star trail.<br />
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YouTube via <a href="http://mashable.com/2011/04/24/time-lapse-nature/">Mashable</a>Allison Smithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15401125602364541227noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4384597600350283589.post-91816160152652233312011-02-24T17:21:00.000-08:002011-02-24T17:21:28.106-08:00Worldwide Photography:DublinFound these stunning pictures on <a href="http://abduzeedo.com/">abuzeedo</a>, a graphic design site. Enjoy!<br />
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Dublin Docklands by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/bensollis/5021795842/">Ben Sollis</a> via <a href="http://abduzeedo.com/worldwide-photography-7-dublin">abuzeedo</a><br />
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Temple Bar in Dublin by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/odddutch/1150278190/">Odddutch</a> via <a href="http://abduzeedo.com/worldwide-photography-7-dublin">abuzeedo</a><br />
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Dublin Colours by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/sschremm/4992796242/">Mount Fuji!</a> via <a href="http://abduzeedo.com/worldwide-photography-7-dublin">abuzeedo</a>Allison Smithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15401125602364541227noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4384597600350283589.post-14332082065456253592011-01-29T00:27:00.000-08:002011-01-29T00:27:23.207-08:00coolirisI found this awesome browser plug-in called cooliris that lets you view your photos on an infinite 3-D wall and post it to your blog or other site. You can also view the photos on your computer, thus eliminating the need to click from page to page! Genius. And looks attractive too! See mine <a href="http://mindsmural.blogspot.com/2011/01/my-cooliris-wall.html">below</a>.Allison Smithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15401125602364541227noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4384597600350283589.post-80946055318357729632011-01-29T00:24:00.001-08:002011-01-29T00:24:36.189-08:00My Cooliris Wall<img style="visibility:hidden;width:0px;height:0px;" border=0 width=0 height=0 src="http://c.gigcount.com/wildfire/IMP/CXNID=2000002.11NXC/bHQ9MTI5NjI4OTQwMjY*OSZwdD*xMjk2Mjg5NDY5NzkzJnA9OTAyMDUxJmQ9Jm49YmxvZ2dlciZnPTEmb2Y9MA==.gif" /><object id="ci_82294_o" classid="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000" width="400" height="248"><param name="movie" value="http://apps.cooliris.com/embed/cooliris.swf"/><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"/><param name="allowScriptAccess" value="always"/><param name="bgColor" value="#121212" /><param name="flashvars" value="feed=api%3A%2F%2Fwww.flickr.com%2F%3Fuser%3D43530047%40N05" /><param name="wmode" value="opaque" /><embed id="ci_82294_e" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" src="http://apps.cooliris.com/embed/cooliris.swf" width="400" height="248" allowFullScreen="true" allowScriptAccess="always" bgColor="#121212" flashvars="feed=api%3A%2F%2Fwww.flickr.com%2F%3Fuser%3D43530047%40N05" wmode="opaque"></embed></object>Allison Smithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15401125602364541227noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4384597600350283589.post-53255478588157285462011-01-23T19:08:00.000-08:002011-01-26T22:13:51.523-08:00getting creativeIt was far too cold to go out this weekend so today I sat around and logged a little arts & crafts time, sans glue and pipe cleaners, but still a lot of fun. The collage below is a result of getting creative with Google's Picasa collage maker and Photoshop. There are some pretty amazing (and free!) photo editing tools online. Read about 18 of them in <a href="http://www.aboutonlinetips.com/free-photo-collage-making-software/">18 Incredible Ways to Create a Digital Photo Collage</a>.<br />
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The series Outside In was commissioned for the Brighton Photo Biennial 2010 by Martin Parr.<br />
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"Our happiest places, through the camera's lens and the mind's eye."<br />
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I came across this gallery at Pictory tonight after a somewhat chaotic day at the office. I am exhausted.<br />
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It is much easier to remember our happy places when we're in them. I have a few....Mexico. Bed (always bed!). A good friend's house on Sunday movie night. Niagara-on-the-Lake in the Spring, with its beautiful gardens and fudge shops. A pumpkin farm in Fall (can still smell the leaves on a nasty Winter night). And of course, that great little parkway in Thorold...<br />
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<h2>Oh the Indignity</h2><h2 style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: small;">Cane toad Agathe rests on a toy scale during an inventory at the zoo in Hanover, central Germany. All inhabitants of the zoo are to be counted, weighed and measured.</span></h2><br />
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Don't Forget to Wash Your Hands<br />
Pupils from Alperton School in North West London use new public toilets.<br />
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Find more great 'Weird Music' pics in Life's <a href="http://www.life.com/image/first/in-gallery/46531/weird-music">gallery</a>.<br />
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Via <a href="http://oddstuffmagazine.com/art-of-high-speed-photography-frozen-images-by-lex-augusteijn.html">Odd Stuff Magazine</a><br />
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Via <a href="http://feministphilosophers.wordpress.com/2010/09/30/the-hello-kitty-assault-rifle/">Feminist Philosophers</a><br />
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<a href="http://operationsroom.wordpress.com/2010/09/15/amazon-and-its-war-on-wrap-rage/">The Operations Room</a><br />
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<a href="http://www.pictorymag.com/showcases/in-deep/#pictory-1978">Ik Kil Cenote (Mayan Village sinkhole)</a><br />
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Via <a href="http://deems.co.za/2008/12/18/potd-flowchart-of-should-you-make-a-flowchart/">deems.co.za</a><br />
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Source: <a href="http://karenkavett.blogspot.com/2010/07/so-you-want-to-watch-youtube-flowchart.html">karenkavett<br />
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I found this truism on a post called, <a href="http://geoffreywebb.wordpress.com/2010/08/05/10-rules-of-tech-etiquette/">10 Rules of Tech Etiquette</a> on <a href="http://geoffreywebb.wordpress.com/">Geoffrey Webb's</a> blog.<br />
<blockquote><blockquote>"In your rush to record life, don't forget to live it."</blockquote></blockquote>The warning appears in Webb's ninth rule of tech etiquette: Put your camera away. As an aspiring photographer and iPhone owner, this rule attracted my attention. As Webb indicates, living in this age of constant publishing, sharing and exchanging of digital information can take our focus off of what's important. Technology has presented humankind with a paradox. The advent of social media is being marketed aggressively. 'Friend' has become a verb as well as a noun. An entire generation is pushing the limits of interaction, and at times, boundaries. In our rush to record life's great moments in 140-character tweets, witty status updates and candid pics of our friends, are we so focused on recording and sharing every aspect of our lives that those real, personal interactions lose the very depth and richness we strive to capture? <br />
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I love technology. Recently, I've taken an avid interest in both photography and social media, so much so that I have to remind myself to unplug sometimes to read a book. Actually call someone. See a movie. Have dinner with family. <br />
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Sometimes, whether you're at work or with friends, you have to turn off the gadgets just to enjoy the 'fullness' of whatever is happening in that moment, simply because even the fastest shutter speed or highest HD camera can't capture it as well as the oldest recording device at our disposal: memory. Webb's words are ones to live by, and reminded me of the feeling of giving up trying to capture Canada Day's amazing fireworks with my Canon Rebel to revel in the awesomeness of being there.<br />
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His son has died of cancer and he had to fight to have his special status recognized, but Yamaguchi looks as if this inspires him to keep telling his and others' stories:<br />
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<blockquote>"Yamaguchi was quoted yesterday by the Mainichi newspaper. "My double radiation exposure is now an official government record. It can tell the younger generation the horrifying history of the atomic bombings even after I die," he said."</blockquote>Inspiring and incredible story. <br />
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A brief, visual how-to for DIY owl owners. Apparently owls don't like the 'high-pressure' setting of the garden hose any more than cats, squirrels or annoying relatives do. Huh.<br />
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A newly born silver-leaf langur gets some early discipline and love from his doting parents. This baby monkey was just about 12 hours old, born at the Columbus, Ohio, Zoo in August of 2009.</td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br />
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Found this photo story on AIDS on <a href="http://www.life.com/">Life</a>'s website. Very informative, powerful and thought provoking stuff, telling the history of the public's perception of the disease, all the way back to the 19th century when it made the jump from primates to humans.<br />
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<script type="text/javascript" src="http://www.letsgetsocialnow.com/source-codes/large.js" language="JavaScript"></script>Allison Smithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15401125602364541227noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4384597600350283589.post-14250431082232060022010-07-18T15:39:00.000-07:002010-08-06T21:39:12.068-07:00Newspaper paperweightsFound this <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/slideshow/2010/07/16/opinion/20100718_Weights-5.html">slideshow</a> on <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/">The New York Times</a>' site today. Makes me wish I was alive in the '50s, what a cool time for pop art and newspapers! Back then, according to this piece, some publishers felt threatened by radio, and the industry adapted and 'radio magazines' were created. Imagine if that generation had known what was to happen to future generations of publishers?<br />
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<script type="text/javascript" src="http://www.letsgetsocialnow.com/source-codes/large.js" language="JavaScript"></script>Allison Smithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15401125602364541227noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4384597600350283589.post-46183308290488277332010-06-23T21:53:00.000-07:002010-08-06T21:39:53.821-07:00June on Welland Canals Parkway<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-zDMmOKb6sOPNvmT6vBCk7FB_Fvc_Bl3WavSSb4WQCDwf7OAAlNU5q-_042GxuCz9WDPlQNW8DHhl8rsi5iZnhL0IqTmYgShq6x7CJtc17uF7uqH4vthWl33CwCA7y214UQsNPJ-ypSc/s1600/IMG_6872.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-zDMmOKb6sOPNvmT6vBCk7FB_Fvc_Bl3WavSSb4WQCDwf7OAAlNU5q-_042GxuCz9WDPlQNW8DHhl8rsi5iZnhL0IqTmYgShq6x7CJtc17uF7uqH4vthWl33CwCA7y214UQsNPJ-ypSc/s320/IMG_6872.JPG" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvrGauxGJsOMCorrvj_G5e1jl_wLLB3ST_5fYvjxsSHL8A1tE7Z2n3YZHDSnF_9sJ_MwWNe3YlzYUooFV3wlZdybDjidcPThZW7BIh5xUYAYtvoeSoLVb8PGn8GYynE3tQY_BtJMn-aU8/s1600/IMG_6861.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvrGauxGJsOMCorrvj_G5e1jl_wLLB3ST_5fYvjxsSHL8A1tE7Z2n3YZHDSnF_9sJ_MwWNe3YlzYUooFV3wlZdybDjidcPThZW7BIh5xUYAYtvoeSoLVb8PGn8GYynE3tQY_BtJMn-aU8/s320/IMG_6861.JPG" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBQuWSp8CwnpZTYrxfmWZomNNeIXvtHV1EecLfsqXE95MVI2j5ZCOtPQyCv789mvki7z6jByEW5B5GITomrJIHfiY3U9WwU3SUkIIQ4KZbX59vf0WqQO6MTGW3YZL6g_7gwILvoJ346Ac/s1600/IMG_6865crop.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBQuWSp8CwnpZTYrxfmWZomNNeIXvtHV1EecLfsqXE95MVI2j5ZCOtPQyCv789mvki7z6jByEW5B5GITomrJIHfiY3U9WwU3SUkIIQ4KZbX59vf0WqQO6MTGW3YZL6g_7gwILvoJ346Ac/s320/IMG_6865crop.jpg" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAKqvBnArV86zNDB7uFbuuD2nPUf_3EjcW4CzT2lxN4L3ULF8_fgLiudIAso5cLAlHQ9ft2CaHpgLjg8qgr9flTv8rSjNF9TS7bPmgz_BuSxmv_kFgigXSF2rWjNDUfzU3Bbz3mhKXH78/s1600/IMG_6870.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAKqvBnArV86zNDB7uFbuuD2nPUf_3EjcW4CzT2lxN4L3ULF8_fgLiudIAso5cLAlHQ9ft2CaHpgLjg8qgr9flTv8rSjNF9TS7bPmgz_BuSxmv_kFgigXSF2rWjNDUfzU3Bbz3mhKXH78/s320/IMG_6870.JPG" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiy6dLiyTD_4xoegrQkbqI2ZR5OvxoDbXfY4t8OcFe2pdYd4z8__Zu6Rh6NZPQ6YBxDw0zex03qaRsHEu_EP4v4vzpnXMs4tmYnZQB8eJrEzfNTnfo0nWDMTMRQ4eQgc61TKHUyRMIAmdY/s1600/IMG_6863.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiy6dLiyTD_4xoegrQkbqI2ZR5OvxoDbXfY4t8OcFe2pdYd4z8__Zu6Rh6NZPQ6YBxDw0zex03qaRsHEu_EP4v4vzpnXMs4tmYnZQB8eJrEzfNTnfo0nWDMTMRQ4eQgc61TKHUyRMIAmdY/s320/IMG_6863.JPG" /></a></div><br />
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