“The delicate balance between modesty and conceit is popularity.”
Max Beerbohm
Fyi, for those who keep asking… I deleted my Facebook account ages ago. It’s passe and a really grand waste of time.
It enriches only Facebook who gather your data, and those of your so-called ‘friends’ to sell more targeted advertising.
And more.
I expect a mass […]
Every 2 minutes today we snap as many photos as the whole of humanity took in the 1800s.
Largelydue to mobile phone, digital cameras are now ubiquitous – it is estimated that 2.5 billion people in the world today have a digital camera. If the average person snaps 150 photos this year that would be a […]
“What I hate is ignorance, smallness of imagination, the eye that sees no farther than its own lashes.
All things are possible.
Who you are is limited only by who you think you are.”
From The Egyptian Book of the Dead
In a study titled “Reversed Facial Images and the Mere-Exposure Hypothesis,” psychologists Theodore H. Mita, Marshall Dermer and Jeffrey Knight demonstrate that “individuals will prefer a facial photograph that corresponds to their mirror image rather than to their true image.”
But what’s really interesting about the study is its exploration of why we find […]
“The soul is the same in all living creatures, although the body of each is different.”
Hippocrates
This is a post from a while ago when I actually thought I would have FAR more time to discuss photography production rather than analysis.
Well, I’m so busy I have even less time now… but I’m starting this anyway. I get a LOT of questions from aspiring and professional photographers who want to venture into […]
“The greatness of a nation and its moral progress can be judged by the way its animals are treated.”
Mahatma Gandhi
I don’t normally do this – there are enough problems in this world to think about – but I became aware of something this week online that saddened me, touched my heart and I just couldn’t ignore.
You will find the story here:
http://www.linkedin.com/pulse/someone-out-trying-do-right-thing-needs-some-help-amanda-scott
A rabbit, you say? Yes, a rabbit.
Read the story. An animal that […]
“The secret to creativity is knowing how to hide your sources.”
Albert Einstein
Instruction leaflet for ‘Bullet’ camera made by Eastman Kodak, America, 1936-1942
