Comeuppance? No, Maybe It was Cam-Uppance
A Florida woman who set up a webcam at home was able to see her house being burgled - from her office, 25 miles away. She called police and said the men were scaring her pets, eating food from her fridge and stealing Nintendo games. Two intruders - who apparently squeezed through a dog flap - were arrested in the home.
FOOTNOTE: Image conscious.
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Showing posts with label Image Conscious. Show all posts
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Tuesday, September 11, 2007
Image Conscious
Photography? Yup, Give It Your Best Shot
Photograph copyright: DAVID McMAHON
It might just be the fact that I am a career journalist, but I always encourage bloggers to post their photographic efforts on their sites. Why? Simple.
Because an image provides a visual point of reference. That's why you never see a newspaper page without a photograph on it. So get those cameras out. Post those images. Doesn't matter if it's your local fishing hole, or your corner store. Remember, ninety per cent of the people who read your blog are NOT from your city - so any image you post is going to have some appeal.
So it was great to hear from Who Dat Dare Pokah recently, saying he is going to buy a camera and wants some advice on photography. Another Aussie photographer-blogger, Dave, also got in touch and we nutted out how best to choose between a couple of cameras he was looking at. If ever you have a query, get in touch with me. No worries at all. I'm always there to help. And it was heartening to see Hammer saying he'll start using his camera again.
Over the past few months, I have encouraged some very good bloggers to put more emphasis on posting their shots. Among them are Bart, Dan, Bob T Bear, Deborah Gamble, Carol Cooper, Jenera Healy and Shashikiran. I'd like to think, in an avuncular sort of way, that it has added considerable value to their sites.
Of course, there are bloggers who make very good use of their own photography, like Abraham Lincoln, Photoxification, Helena, Cecilia, Mushy, Fat Hairy Bastard, GS, Ruth, Mrs Nesbitt, Ms Creek, Merisi, Dot and Country Girl City Living, as well as many others.
As you know, I always have a camera with me. If I didn't, I would never have got the shot The Star-Bangled Spanner, nor would I have got the impromptu photo sequence How Do You Hide A Skyscraper, showing how the Melbourne fog hid an entire high-rise office block.
Let me tell you, from the bottom of my heart, that the single most important add-on for a good blogger is photographs or graphics. And if you want to disengage the ``automatic'' button on that camera and start using manual commands, you can refer to my notes at the end of each post where I publish a photograph. I record all the technical information on each shot - to share my secrets with you.
Photograph copyright: DAVID McMAHONIt might just be the fact that I am a career journalist, but I always encourage bloggers to post their photographic efforts on their sites. Why? Simple.
Because an image provides a visual point of reference. That's why you never see a newspaper page without a photograph on it. So get those cameras out. Post those images. Doesn't matter if it's your local fishing hole, or your corner store. Remember, ninety per cent of the people who read your blog are NOT from your city - so any image you post is going to have some appeal.
So it was great to hear from Who Dat Dare Pokah recently, saying he is going to buy a camera and wants some advice on photography. Another Aussie photographer-blogger, Dave, also got in touch and we nutted out how best to choose between a couple of cameras he was looking at. If ever you have a query, get in touch with me. No worries at all. I'm always there to help. And it was heartening to see Hammer saying he'll start using his camera again.
Over the past few months, I have encouraged some very good bloggers to put more emphasis on posting their shots. Among them are Bart, Dan, Bob T Bear, Deborah Gamble, Carol Cooper, Jenera Healy and Shashikiran. I'd like to think, in an avuncular sort of way, that it has added considerable value to their sites.
Of course, there are bloggers who make very good use of their own photography, like Abraham Lincoln, Photoxification, Helena, Cecilia, Mushy, Fat Hairy Bastard, GS, Ruth, Mrs Nesbitt, Ms Creek, Merisi, Dot and Country Girl City Living, as well as many others.
As you know, I always have a camera with me. If I didn't, I would never have got the shot The Star-Bangled Spanner, nor would I have got the impromptu photo sequence How Do You Hide A Skyscraper, showing how the Melbourne fog hid an entire high-rise office block.
Let me tell you, from the bottom of my heart, that the single most important add-on for a good blogger is photographs or graphics. And if you want to disengage the ``automatic'' button on that camera and start using manual commands, you can refer to my notes at the end of each post where I publish a photograph. I record all the technical information on each shot - to share my secrets with you.
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