Cropping guidelines

25Feb12

I came across this graphic on the Internet and followed its source…which turned out to not really be its source. Any suggestions on the original idea? None the less, it’s quite a useful guideline for how to crop the human body so that it does not look awkward.

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Digital light on detour

16Feb12

Under-lighting used to be a film technique for designating a nefarious character. The wonderful character actor Peter Lorre demonstrates this in the photo above from the movie The Beast with Five Fingers. However, this classic light has taken on a new reference in the digital age. See the meaning of under-lighting go on a detour [...]

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On worth

13Feb12

The Pleasures and Sorrows of Work Alain De Botton A snob is anybody who takes a small part of you and uses it to come to a complete vision of who you are. That is snobbery. And the dominant form of snobbery that exists today is job snobbery — you encounter it within minutes at [...]

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Google surveillance

04Feb12

Did you know that Google keeps track of all of the websites that you visit? You can learn more about it here. Ah, Google. Is that why you quietly removed the famous “Don’t be evil” statement from your company profile? You can turn off the preference here: google.com/history/optout

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