Some Tips To Help You Become A Better Photographer

A famous saying that is uttered by many people, is that a picture is worth a thousand words. Pictures can capture the emotions, atmosphere, and feeling of any moment, forever on film. If you want to capture your own moments on film that will last forever, then read this article on photography.

A good photography trick that can help you out is to hold your breath before you take a picture. Holding your breath will allow you to take a clear shot. Ideally you should use a tripod but this simple trick can help prevent you from getting blurry pictures.

A great photography tip is to try out different lenses. A cool lens you can try is the fish eye lens. With the fish eye lens you end up with a lot of neat distortion around the center of the image. It can make your photographs much more interesting.

Invest in small, high-speed memory cards instead of one that will hold a lot. It will help you protect the photos that you have taken if something should happen to make your card fail. Do not wait too long to back up the images to a hard disk to avoid losing everything.

An important photography tip to keep in mind is to always make sure there’s a clear focal point in your photograph. Without a focal point, there won’t be much there to keep the viewer’s interest. Their eyes will just wander and they’ll quickly move on to the next photograph.

Use a plain background so that it won’t take attention away from your subject. A cluttered background will distract attention away from what you are really trying to take a picture of. If you are taking pictures outdoors, make sure there are no trees in the background that will look like they are coming out of the subject’s head.

Simple settings are the best for general photography. Do not complicate your photo taking opportunities by constantly fiddling with your camera. Many cameras have great general settings that will work fine in most normal situations. Changing settings too often can muddle things, and cause you to get unexpected bad results.

Do not let your knowledge shape your pictures. You should base your picture around your idea and creative feel and use knowledge and your equipment help you make this idea come to life. You can experiment with techniques when you first learn them, but you will take your best pictures when you let your ideas take charge.

Create the perfect photo! There is no such thing as taking a great shot, unless you just happen to be at the right place at the right time. For all the rest of the times, great images have to be created by you, the photographer. Take the time to set-up the images that you want to shoot.

In conclusion, a picture is worth a thousand words. Just one picture can create a magical moment that will live on, in film forever, as emotions and feelings are preserved by the picture. Using the information from the article on photography above, you can capture any moment on film.

Huge six-legged robot.

 A giant-mantis robot with hydraulic legs has been unveiled by a designer who spent four years creating it.

             

Matt Denton, from Hampshire, estimates his "very expensive toy" has cost him hundreds of thousands of pounds.

He says a mining company and a marine research organisation are now interested in his design and he hopes it might be used at science fairs.

During its development the machine had one outing, at a music festival, where Mr Denton says it was well received.

"It's an entertainment vehicle," he said. "But I hope it will inspire people."

The project was only initially intended to take 12 months, Mr Denton, who usually specialises in small-scale animatronics for the film industry, said.

"After 18 months we tried the model out. We had to completely strip out and rebuild the legs. They were too heavy and complicated.

"I'm a software and electronics engineer so this was out of my area - I had to learn fast."

The robot, driver-operated by joysticks within a cockpit, can only travel at 1.5km/h (1mph) and manage a distance of 5km on a 20-litre (4.5-gallon) tank of diesel.

"It's not about miles to the gallon, it's about gallons to the mile," he said.

"It wasn't built to be efficient and fast. It was built to look cool and insect-like and fun."

Mr Denton said he was inspired by science fiction to create the "walking" machine.

"But legs are very inefficient - the wheel was invented for a reason," he added.

Source: BBC

Sony Announces Xperia L and SP Android Smartphones

Sony has launched two new Android smartphones — the Xperia SP and Xperia L.

The company's flagship phone for 2013, the Xperia Z, has been revealed in January, so what do these two devices bring to the table? Well, as one would expect, the Xperia SP and L are Sony Mobile's mid-range and camera-focused offerings, respectively.

The Xperia SP sports a 4.6-inch, 720p screen, an 8-megapixel camera and a dual-core 1.7GHz Snapdragon processor.

All of these are stuffed into a thin aluminum frame, which will be available in white, red and black colour variations.

The Xperia L offers what Sony calls the "perfect smartphone camera experience," with an 8-megapixel camera, HDR support, a dedicated camera key and Sony's "Exmor RS for mobile" tech which provides "vivid colors" and "stunning clarity," Sony claims.

The rest of the specifications include a 4.3-inch FWVGA display and a dual-core processor. It will also be available in white, red and black.

Both devices have NFC support, Sony's STAMINA Mode for extended battery life, and the usual array of media-related apps from Sony.

Both devices be available worldwide from Q2 2013.

Improvements to Timeline

We’re rolling out improvements to timeline that help you express what's important to you.

A place for things you care about
Now it’s easier to organize the things you care about on your About page. Redesigned sections give you one place to add music, movies, TV shows and books that interest you, alongside your photos and friends.

If you’re a movie buff, you can add your favorites to your movies section or use apps like Flixster and Netflix to share what you’re watching.

If you’re an avid reader, you can keep track of the books you want to read or add more with Goodreads.

If you see a book a friend read recently, you can add it to your books section by clicking the add button.

You can also add other apps to share more things you do. For example, you can include your Instagram photo stream as a section on your timeline. If you ever want to remove an app from your About page, visit your Activity Log.

 

(Source: Facebook)

Introducing your YouTube One Channel

You are more than the sum of your uploads. On your new channel, branding works across devices, you can reach out to non-subscribed viewers, and you can show off more of your content so fans will go deeper. Get the new design

Make your first impression count

All your viewers can become subscribers. You just need to win them over. With the new design you can feature a trailer that plays only when non-subscribed viewers land on your channel. This is your chance to let them know what your channel is all about and encourage them to subscribe.

Dress up once, look good everywhere

People watch your channel everywhere, on their couches, at their desks, on the bus. You need to look your best on all kinds of screens. Now your channel art will scale beautifully to any size screen, and your social and merchandise links will be available on any device with a browser.

Your content is a unique snowflake

Take greater control over how you present your videos and playlists on your channel. You can now curate content — your own or others’ — into highly visible sections for your fans to discover what to watch. With multiple layouts for videos and playlists, you can arrange your channel to best highlight your content.

Now, when your subscribers click on your channel from the guide, your full channel appears instead of just your activity feed. Your fans see exactly what you want them to when they click on your channel.

(Source: Youtube)