Digital Photography Blog has compiled a great list of tutorials on Digital Photography Composition Tips. It can’t be stated enough how good composition can turn a good photo into a great photo!
Be sure to check out their other tips that include:
CosmicPainter is an amazing, fun and addictive application from GarageCube. It is a drawing program with one cool feature – the destination canvas is rotating while you are drawing on it.
The effect that you see is a bit like a Spirograph! As you will see, it allows you to create complex animated patterns very easily.
Are you looking for a way to have smooth looking video when the camera and camera operator are in motion? If your answer is yes, you need a stedicam! Stedicams can be very expensive, but this tutorial will show you how to build a $14 Steadycam!
At the end of the tutorial, make sure you check out the results that have been obtained with this homemade devide. Quiite impressive.
Streamingmedia.com: The Windows Media ActiveX control is not just for Internet Explorer anymore. The Mozilla/Netscape team has built ActiveX support for Windows Media directly into their latest browsers.
This article shows how to sniff for browser support for Windows Media, and embed your video for everyone.
Bryce Point in Bryce Canyon National Park has been captured in a phenomenal 1 Gigapixel Image! The photo consists of 196 separate photographs taken with a 6 megapixel digital camera, and then stitched together into one seamless composite.
The final image is 40,784×26,800 pixels in size, and contains about 1.09 billion pixels! Check out the FAQ at the bottom of the page where the photographer writes specifically about the process of taking a 1 gigapixel photo.
Red Alert (Quicktime MOV) is an excellent short-documentary that shows the talented graphic designer who was responsible for the Homeland Security Warning System.
ZDNet report that in the streaming video market, Flash is coming out of the shadows. Macromedia’s Flash has surfaced as an alternative platform for streaming video and rich content development.
In an arena where Microsoft’s Media Player, Real Player, and Apple Quicktime seem to dominate the market, Macromedia is quietly gaining some ground. One of the bigger advantages of Flash is the fact that the swf file format natively streams over HTTP. This means that most web developers can stream video without having to purchase streaming server software, or find a host that can support it.
[link via Ben Forta]
A Daily Dose of Imagery is a fantastic photoblog from Sam Javanrouh of Toronto. The images are beautiful and updated daily.
PhotoMemes.org maintains a large list of Infectious Photo Projects or photo memes. In simplest terms, a meme is a contagious idea.
Therefore, all the sites listed contain interesting photo projects that focus on a uniquely contagious idea or theme.
Writing a screenplay for a short film or video? Writting a novel or narrative? Random Name Generator will create names (first and last) based upon US Census data.
You can even set an obscurity flag, which reduces the chances of getting a common name (like Jim). You can also specify gender and the number of names to generate.
