Wednesday, 31 July 2013
Images So Good You'll Think They're Photos
Breaking Bad Images So Good You'll Think They're Photos
These art pieces are, in some forms, what level, & more, I am aspiring to achieve. They really offer an image of where, & what, I am hoping to offer, or at least a percentage of my new skills.
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| Riccardo Minervino is an Italian CG artist who works for Capcom This is NOT a photograph! Although exceptional, aesthetically it is not to my choice of image, however the moustache is a blurred, not quite a s clear as I would want it; gives the game away. |
Photography Tips
The Photography Tips that 96 Photographers Wish They Would Have Learned Sooner
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| Photographer learning the craft as he shoots a sunrise via Jim Harmer: improvephotography.com "Two weeks ago (I know, I’m slow…) on the Improve Photography Facebook fan page, I asked our community what photography tips they wish they would have learned sooner. I was looking for lessons that many photographers procrastinate learning and it ends up keeping them back from progressing as photographers." |
I am inquisitive & constantly yearning to better oneself, but with an insatiable appetite to learn & develop have luckily realised that I do have to be awake to the fact that I can tend to overload my brain with 'stuff'; things that I want to know or know more about. Thus, there are some things I would love to learn how to do, or just to be able to do much better; from digital design, to shooting guns & cameras. Fortunately, over time, I learnt to postpone some things for other days; improving my photography skills was 1 of these!
I have constantly taken photographs, the latter few years with only a mobile phone, but now, thanks to a special present from someone who loves my images, I am learning a new camera. Hence this article has grabbed my attention; found via Pinterest!
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| Taken with a mobile phone |
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| Taken with my Samsung WB250F |
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| 1st image shot with my Samsung WB250F |
Tuesday, 30 July 2013
Zynga Poker
Playing Facebook Games
This article reminded me to add my notes on my online playing of games: Two more games execs quit Zynga | GamesIndustry International
I play Zynga Poker & have reviewed the methods & attractions of playing Poker online; holding 2 accounts has helped me review the game by trying various options/actions to see how the rules work, & playing at the same table on different browsers. I was surprised that there were differences in the layout/UI; ie notification that a friend is online/playing was in a totally different area of the page in Chrome than in Firefox. I also noted the emotional/psychological effect, ie desire to win more when you have won, obtain 'gifts' from other players, find items to win 'collections' & 'awards' etc, & the feeling when you have won $$$$millions & then lost it all; virtual dollars of course! This however, is, I am sure, how players start to actually 'buy' chips & gifts with real money, & some will become hooked, racking up huge debts I am sure, unless they have limits built in to curtail this; Zynga are a profit-making company after all. I have also tried a selection of other Facebook online games but the loyalty & desire to play was not generated; some due to the tasks/play being too easy & non-mind using, others as they seemed too slow/cumbersome & inability to move on with the game at a quicker pace; ie Fishing, Vegas Slots, & the addictive Candy Crush & not as (for me anyway) 'Ville ranges. However, other Facebook games do use the brain, & can be played with your friends, such as Criminal Case where a crime scene needs investigated & has various options of play, & wordy games like Words With Friends & Scrabble. Zynga & Facebook have too many to choose from, but days & weeks could be whiled away playing these simple entertainment games online, filling in time or procrastinating & imbuing a desire to be rewarded!
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