MEDITATING MONKS AT PONGOUR FALLS

Photograph by DANG NGO

Monday, June 24, 2013

The Worlds Most Famous Unsolved Mysteries

The Assassination of John F. Kennedy John F. Kennedy was shot once in the back and once in head while riding with his wife Jacqueline in a Presidential motorcade through the streets of Dallas, Texas on November 22, 1963. Lee Harvey Oswald was arrested 45 minutes after the shots were fired. After hours of interrogation, in which none of the proper procedures were followed, he was accused of murder. He was killed by Jack Ruby in...

Tuesday, June 18, 2013

5 Art Websites that Will Inspire You

Image from Flickr user Nina Matthews Photography Art has the power to make us think outside the box, ask questions, fascinate and inspire curiosity. Whether the medium is through paint, photography or design, art is something that surrounds us every day and is objective in taste. We have compiled a list of  five websites that will dazzle your eyes, challenge your mind and expose you to many different lenses of artistic endeavors....

Monday, May 27, 2013

Water Bridge in Germany

Water Bridge in Germany  ...

Wednesday, January 16, 2013

Tallest mountain "Mount Everest" #Nepal

Tallest mountain "Mount Everest" Mount Everest is one of the tallest mountains in the world. It is part of the Himalayan Mountains. They were formed in the last few million years. After the supercontinent of Laurasia broke up millions of years ago, India moved slowly north towards Asia and then crashed into it. The seabed between the two plates (the earth's crust is divided into large areas of land called plates) was crumbled and pushed...

Friday, January 11, 2013

Quit Dissing My Megapixels--I love all 36 million of them!

Quit Dissing My Megapixels--I love all 36 million of them! First of all, I must say that I have resisted the urge to write this post for over a year because I know I am going to get dozens of comments saying nothing more than “Megapixels are unnecessary–I want ISO.”  I often think that photographers simply repeat what they have heard other pro photographers teach online, and stick to it instead of investigating things on their own. Before...

Wednesday, January 9, 2013

How to Photograph the Milky Way

How to Photograph the Milky Way Last week, I took a photo of the Milky Way above an old schoolhouse building in Idaho. I posted the photo on our Facebook page, and it received 1,548 likes, 177 comments, and was shared 84 times. I was pretty happy (okay, fine… I was ecstatic) that so many of you said such nice things about my picture. MANY of you asked how the photo was taken, and wanted a tutorial on photographing the Milky Way.  Your wish...

Wednesday, January 2, 2013

50 essential photography tips

50 essential photography tips Whether photography is a hobby or a profession, you'll get a whole lot more out of it if you understand how it works. With a firm grasp of aperture, shutter speed, sensitivity and focal length, the ratio of truly great to merely mediocre shots you download at the end of an expedition is all but guaranteed to climb. Here we present CNET UK's 50 essential shooters' tips. Don't uncap your lens without them. Aperture 1....

Sunday, December 30, 2012

A women shares her home with 11 cats – four cheetahs, five lions and two tigers!

A women shares her home with 11 cats – four cheetahs, five lions and two tigers Riana Van Nieuwenhuizen, shares her home with 11 cats – four cheetahs, five lions and two tigers! Wow, What a lady! The sanctuary worker shares her South African home with not one but FOUR orphaned cheetahs, five lions and two tigers. Forty-six-year-old Riana said: ‘I love them all. But they’re a handful.’ Riana bought her first cheetah, Fiela in 2006, after realising...

Saturday, December 29, 2012

Save Digital Photos as RAW or JPEG

Save Digital Photos as RAW or JPEG Should photographers save their digital photos in RAW format or JPEG in their camera? Many photographers are unsure which digital photo format has the best image quality. However, most digital photos end up as JPEGs for printing or web display. The real choice is where to process the RAW image data from the digital sensor. Should photographers do it in the camera as part of the picture taking process, or save the...