Archives for November, 2008
Shooting Stills vs Shooting Video
Sunday, November 30th, 2008
Why do so many exceptional photographers struggle to shoot just halfway-decent video? It’s certainly not for lack of vision. The answer, I think, is more fundamental. It’s a misunderstanding of how the two formats work. So basic is this difference that it often simply goes unsaid.
A metaphor: Everything that is possible to capture on a [...]
Condition: Critical, Voices from the War in Eastern Congo for Médecins Sans Frontières
Sunday, November 23rd, 2008
At the end of October I finished production on my second Congo piece, this time for Medecins Sans Frontieres (Doctors Without Borders). ‘Condition: Critical, Voices from the War in Eastern Congo’ features numerous firsthand testimonials as well as the stunning black-and-white photography of Cedric Gerbehaye.
From the description:
Hundreds of thousands of people are on the run, [...]
Office Circus
Monday, November 17th, 2008
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Me and Tim. Video courtesy of Bob Sacha.
Using Terminal to Quit Invisible Processess
Sunday, November 9th, 2008
No matter how much RAM your mac is pushing, it’s inevitable that your computer will eventually hang; those times when no matter how many applications you quit, your computer still seems to working in slow motion.
By way of review, the simple way to quit hanging applications is to use force quit (command-option-esc) and a window [...]