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TPN Moderators Pick (September 20th, 2008)
The problem with choosing between Winnie Ho’s photograph and Mark Jones’s photograph is the drama between the two. Winnie’s is a more dramatic backdrop and so one is definitely drawn to that, but both are technically excellent. I can’t say that one is better than the other …
Andok’s BBQ
Where to get the best BBQ in the Philippines … Andok’s (period) … charcoal open pit rotisserie … you got your choice of “pork belly” or “chicken stuffed with lemon grass” … simply does not get any better …
TPN Moderators Pick (September 6th, 2008)
Tom Guffey “I called it a tie between Mark Jones superb shot “Calm before the storm ” and the wonderful image by Joseph Rossbach of “Stormy sunset on the Potomac” …
The 30 Greatest Battles of WW II
Battles are ranked by a combination of Importance in the outcome of World War II, Amount of Men and Materials committed to the Battle, Intensity of Fighting and Casualties and Losses incurred in Men and Materials…
UMapper Map
In the age of digital photography, linked up with fast and efficient global travel … mapping of your photographs is the “next step” in being able to pull the viewer further into your photography by providing them them a geographical perspective of the photograph …
Noise Ninja 2.0 for Aperture
Noise Ninja often yields a two-stop improvement in effective image quality, while preserving important image detail. In addition, it can produce cleaner, smoother enlargements from low-ISO images …
Governments … you do not want to know!
Ran across this very bizarre one … and looking through it all … yes, bored to death, so I went through it … and it seems this stuff was for real, it actually was thought of … at any rate, my grandfather was also a firm believer that “Johnson had Kennedy assassinated” … go figure would ya …
35 Beautiful Music Album Covers
Album cover art is often considered to be one of the “extincted” fields in modern graphics design. In times when digital copies are cheaper and quicker to get, album covers have somehow lost their importance as less and less customers actually buy CDs and LPs in the stores …
Before / After Photograph Comparisons
For those that do not know, using the the TinyMCE Adavanced plugin, you have an added option to “swap image” with an “alternative image” … this is great to show others “before / after” comparison of adjustments you made to your photographs …
TPN Moderators Pick (August 3-8, 2008)
Tom Guffey “Mark Jones and …”Oh those Menghun eyes”. The details and texture of that gal really pull you in. Nice portrait, as you put her at ease for the shot” …
Photojojo!
Photojojo! states “We publish an insanely great newsletter on photography … it is free, easy to unsubscribe and advets as “spam free” …
Aperture 2.1.1
Beware when you upgrade to Aperture 2.1.1, that you will need your serial number … why they do not tell you this during the process of upgrading is insane …
Inclusion of YouTube on post/pages
Am including relevant YouTube clips on post/pages … using the Smart YouTube plugin … which to date is flawless in every respect and “dead simple” to use …
Yes I got a REAL Job!
My profession … Managing Director, OMCS Asia-Pacific, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia … OMCS Asia-Pacific is a global provider of “Planned Maintenance Optimization” …
TPN’ing to improve my Photography
This is, bar none, the biggest bang for the buck in internet photography education … the folks over at TPN seem to go out of their way in providing meaningful critique … critique you can put to immediate use … critique that will make you a better photographer …
F8 Wordpress Theme
Being a big fan of Word Press and the simplicity of Minimal Themes; graphically minimal, content-rich designs that provide readers with multiple entry points to access my content … and this is what I have come up with …
Color Blind? Not with Adobe Kuler!!
If your color blind or have difficulties in selecting colors that are well coordinated, then head on over to Adobe Labs Kuler … this is where one does colors and does colors properly …
TPN Moderators Pick (May 25-31, 2008)
Tom Guffey ”Sunset of Manila Bay by Mark Jones. This is a simple shot, excellent colors and a real eye catcher. Another “newbie” shows us he’s got talent!!!” …
TPN Moderators Pick (June 8-14, 2008)
Walter Rowe “I chose this one because of its simplicity. It takes me somewhere in a clean and simple composition with no clutter, no busy distracting background. Bravo!” …
Where to buy in the Philippines
The Answer is Hidalgo, Quiapo … Quiapo is a well known part of old Manila and a place which offers cheap prices on items ranging from electronics to magic boxes …