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Using HDR for Real Estate Phototography
How to use subtle HDR effects for a realistic appearance.
(tags: hdr photography)

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I checked my Akismet queue and as usual I found a large number of splogs copying my posts. One interesting thing I noticed is that many of them use exactly the same template. Either one person is running all of these, or there’s some standard software being sold or distributed for stealing content. I’m sure [...]

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This is an old family photo I found and scanned. I have no idea who any of these people are but I know it’s from my mother’s family. It could have been taken either in New York or Odessa.

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Take Away Show - Arcade Fire - LA BLOGOTHEQUE
The group does an acoustic performance of Neon Bible & Wake Up in an elevator and into the crowd.
(tags: arcadefire music)

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Layers Magazine - The How-To Magazine for Everything Adobe. | Layers Magazine
Lots of photoshop info and great tutorials.
(tags: photoshop)

24 + 1 Photography Podcasts That Will Inspire You
Collection of photography podcasts.
(tags: photography podcast)

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I must be the only one who isn’t happy about California legalizing gay marriage.
We have a marriage ‘protection’ amendment on the ballot here in November. This decision in California is a dream come true for the amendment’s supporters. It will energize their base with the fear of it happening here and help them get out [...]

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Google Doctype
Google Doctype is an open encyclopedia and reference library. Written by web developers, for web developers. It includes articles on web security, JavaScript DOM manipulation, CSS tips and tricks, and more.
(tags: web css development)

Taking pictures on LA’s Red Line violates the “9/11 Law” - Boing Boing
Keith tried to take a picture on the Red [...]

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One of the best things about DLSR cameras is that they give you a lot of control over focus, exposure, and depth of field, allowing you to choose exactly how you want your picture to look.
When I photograph flowers or plants, I usually like to use a very narrow depth of field to emphasize the [...]

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I really love this song.

‘Fired Up & Ready to Go’ is by Fojeba, a musician born in Cameroon now living in Canada. His song is a Central African makossa. Fojeba uses samples from Obama’s speeches in the music including his signature “Fired Up, Ready to Go” as a refrain.
Via Calabash Music’s blog, which also features [...]

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A very nice article in Mercury News mentions Daniel Brusilovsky and his new venture, Teens in Tech. Daniel is a 15 year old podcaster and blogger, who I’m proud to say is also on MacMegasite’s staff.
Daniel and his 14 year old business partner Richard Escobedo gave a talk at SDForum’s Teens Plugged In forum yesterday.
Daniel [...]

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The Candidates: How will they look in four years? - - PopPhotoApril 2008
Using Photoshop magic to age the candidates. Obama looks the best; unsurprisingly McCain looks the worst.
(tags: photoshop)

Bert P. Krages Attorney at Law Photographer’s Rights Page
A Downloadable Flyer Explaining Your Rights When Stopped or Confronted for Photography
(tags: photography)

PhotoblogsWiki
Information for photo bloggers & photographers in [...]

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MacMegasite has another new sponsor, Second Gear LLC.

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Microsoft has released a beta of World Wide Telescope, the application that made Scoble cry. They claim to support the Mac, but if you look at the system requirements, to run it on a Mac, you need an Intel Mac with Windows XP or Vista installed in Boot Camp.
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Unfortunately it doesn’t seem [...]

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Creaceed has released a new version of Hydra, which includes a new HDR plugin for Aperture 2.1.
It doesn’t offer as many options as Photomatix, but the results are very nice. These were created with the same source images I had previously processed with Photoshop and the Photomatix plugin. The results look very natural, although it [...]

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MacMegasite has a new sponsor, Mac Poker. I’m not too thrilled about it, but their site isn’t objectionable and they paid in advance. Thanks to their payment, I increased the memory & cpu allocation for my virtual private server, which should make all of my hosted sites faster.

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Photowalking.org
Photowalking is the act of walking with a camera for the main purpose of taking pictures of things you may find interesting.
(tags: photography)

Hyperfocal Distance
Focus your lens at infinity and the leading edge of the area that is in focus is the hyperfocal point for that lens. Focus on that point instead of infinity and you’ll [...]

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Thanks to Thomas Hawk, I found lots of great photography links and subscribed to several photography related blogs. One of my new favorites is Stuck in Customs. They do some really amazing HDR photos. I had previously seen their HDR tutorial.

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It looks like I need a new battery for my MacBook Pro. It only charges to 98% and according to coconutBattery, it’s only at 73% of the original capacity.
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Resetting the SMC and reconditioning the battery several times, both in the MacBook Pro and in a Newer Technology external charger/reconditioner didn’t help at [...]

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When Obama wins
(tags: obama fun)

Thomas Hawk’s Digital Connection: LoJack for Laptops
Thomas Hawk praises LoJack for Laptops.
(tags: computrace absolute_software lojack)

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I just added a few small enhancements to my FriendFeed iPhone app. It now shows only 10 items per page and lets you view more items a page at a time. It also now remembers the login cookie for 30 days or until you log out.

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