QUEREMOS UM MUNDO MAIS BACANA PARA NOSSA MOLECADA MAS TEM GENTE QUE ODEIA A IDEIA.

Tenho falado sobre intolerância. Gostaria de falar apenas sobre como criar um mundo mais bacana para minhas meninas crescerem. Mais solidário, menos poluído. Mais consciente que devemos, todos, ter um papel ativo na busca por qualidade de vida.

Mas tem gente que não parece acreditar nisso, em a despeito de saber que pode ser identificado, coloca o ódio e a vontade de matar na frente de toda e qualquer civilidade.

foto: Fernando Gomes

Este imbecil de Porto Alegre jogou o carro deliberadamente contra cliclistas membros do Massa Crítica, braço local do movimento que defende o uso da bicicleta como transporte individual e uma solução viária para cidades enlouquecidas.

Ele fez isso diante dos oficiais que ajudam na organização e deslocamento dos ciclistas.

Buzinou antes. Tentou forçar passagem. E atropelou, ferindo mais de 10 ciclistas do grupo.

Que as autoridades gaúchas tomem providências.

O covarde abandonou o carro, mas foi identificado. Cadeia.

New MacBook Pro with stunning I/O speeds

As advised, The New MacBooks

arrived, packed with stunning new feature for photographers. No more waiting when using Nik plug ins on Aperture 3 or the need to attack an external SDHX card reader. Powered by an i5 or i7 Sandy Bridge processor and with the innovative Thunderbolt I/O port, the New MacBook will please those who hate lost time. Ans now Face Time is HD. New creative opportunities here folks.

And if you really need an Blu Ray reader/writer, please, go elsewhere. Macs are not for plain media consumers. It's for creators. Like us.

And negative film still alive

Kodak bring us in 2011 a brand new film, ready to be used for those who love scanning after the processing. Fine grain and capable of bring up nice, sharp images. Ready to try on my Olympus XA.

Simplicity: an easy way to enjoy image creation

Some folks spent their lives trying hard to bring home outstanding images. I still believe in synchronicity between your soul and the subject. The camera don't matter, unless you're is a pro photographer working for a client who need a given kind of imaging, such large gormat prints, studio shots in wich the extreme detailing are mandatory.

If your way is toward fine art, the better approach is keep the hart in charge, and let your eyes follows.

Take a cheap camera. If it got manual adjustment, better. If not, don't mind. Just keep trying to match the way you look to reality with the focal length of your tiny toy. How the camera register colors, contrast and the sharpness of your subjects?

Forget software pieces like Aperture or Photoshop.

On The Wind
Macumba's Beach
Rio de janeiro
February, 2011
Brazil
photo: Felipe B, taken with an old 2007 Casio EX-V7.
f/6.5, ISO 64, focal length 44.1mm, WB on Auto, Sharpness on Hard,
High saturation, center weighted metering.


Try to bring your creative surge up, just using in camera resources. Better yet, learn to be your own curator and "edit" the masterpieces of each session. Don't put every shot on a virtual card box, where the pictures gonna be forgotten forever. Print the best photo of each session. Ever.

Try to increase the size of your prints, even if the "web expert" don't recommend. Find your own expression values.

That's the only way to be a point out of a curve.

In the search of...bokeh on a compact digicam

People used to say that they're moving to DSLR just to achieve a nice bokeh on their photos. But you can achieve the same effect using your compact camera.

These photos are made with a Casio EX-V7, using ISO 64, great aperture and moderate shutter speeds.

If your camera don't have manual, P, A or S adjustment, just leave the scene mode on macro and control your zoom.

Go an try.