Today I'll write a little bit about FotoMagico. That's the piece of software I use on my Mac Mini to present my public slideshow. The software cost me only 30 bucks and it does what I need it for.
All in all it is a solid software which can create slideshows and play them directly from the computer in high quality. There is no need to render the show to a video file or so. I can show the slides directly from the software using a second screen, or in my case, a beamer. The software offers me all I need. I can put my slides together using a storyboard, mix it with music and add some titles. There are no extraordinary effects, but all what I need to work. The only thing I miss is the ability to create some standalone programs which show the slides. But it also works fine using FotoMagico in several instances. As the pictures are displayed in another screen, I can operate the show on my first screen without showing the interface of FotoMagico to the audience.
Another goodie is that an additional app for the iPhone is available, which allows me to control the show via iPhone. That cost me some more money for the app, but it's worth to invest those 20 bucks.
If you are interested in FotoMagico, you can download a 5 day demo from www.bonix.com.
Cheers!
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Thursday, August 12, 2010
Wednesday, August 11, 2010
Day 22; The Garden of Eden
After staying two days in Cape Town we started traveling along the south coast of South Africa up to Jeffrey Bay. This part of the country is called "The Garden Route" and you have not to travel far to see why. The whole area is full of plants and flowers. Many of them are endemic, what means that they only grow at this certain place on the earth and nowhere else. In the bible is written that Adam and Eve had to leave the paradise, the Garden of Eden. But if you walk through this fantastic landscape, those garden the nature built up, you think that this story must be wrong. Because you are exploring the paradise with your own feet.
The main road to Jeffreys Bay runs manly a little bit away from the coastline. But you have a lot of possibilities to access the awesome coast which can be very steep at some points. Especially the way from George to Knysna, the heart of the Garden Route, has a couple of nice lookouts along the coast line. If you have luck, you can watch whales and dolphins out there.
Further on, the Storms Rivers Area and the Tsitsikamma National Park are worth a visit. Also you will pass a Bridge which has a height of more than 200 Meters and offers worlds highest bungee jump. All in all it was a wonderful trip. But after so many impressions we've been lucky to stay some days at the same place, in the small summer house of my friend Moosa in Jeffreys Bay.
Next time I'll write a little bit about the safari trip we did in Quatermain's Camp near Grahams Town.
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The main road to Jeffreys Bay runs manly a little bit away from the coastline. But you have a lot of possibilities to access the awesome coast which can be very steep at some points. Especially the way from George to Knysna, the heart of the Garden Route, has a couple of nice lookouts along the coast line. If you have luck, you can watch whales and dolphins out there.
Further on, the Storms Rivers Area and the Tsitsikamma National Park are worth a visit. Also you will pass a Bridge which has a height of more than 200 Meters and offers worlds highest bungee jump. All in all it was a wonderful trip. But after so many impressions we've been lucky to stay some days at the same place, in the small summer house of my friend Moosa in Jeffreys Bay.
Muizenberg Bay
African Penguins at Boulder Beach
Next time I'll write a little bit about the safari trip we did in Quatermain's Camp near Grahams Town.
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Tuesday, August 10, 2010
Day 21; Cape Turn
As promised, I'll start a series of small descriptions of South Africas beautiful landscapes. If you travel South Africa you normally have your first touch down in Johannesburg or in Cape Town. If you want to go for Kruger National Park, you'll start in Jo'burg. But we decided to travrl the Garden Route which goes along the south coast of South Africa.
But your journey starts directly after landing in Cape Town by visiting the cape. Of course it is a must do because it is so popular. The is the south end of Africa, the place which every ship had to pass on it's way to or from Asia. Until the Souez Channel has been digged out in the desert sands.
But the cape is not only popular. It is just fantastic nature, even if there are many tourists. There is the cape itself but also you can visit the penguin colony at Boulder Beach or have a look at the colorful beach houses at Muizenberg Beach. They are not for living in there, but to change your clothes.
Next time we start our travel to Jeffreys Bay along the Garden Route.
Cheers!
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But your journey starts directly after landing in Cape Town by visiting the cape. Of course it is a must do because it is so popular. The is the south end of Africa, the place which every ship had to pass on it's way to or from Asia. Until the Souez Channel has been digged out in the desert sands.
But the cape is not only popular. It is just fantastic nature, even if there are many tourists. There is the cape itself but also you can visit the penguin colony at Boulder Beach or have a look at the colorful beach houses at Muizenberg Beach. They are not for living in there, but to change your clothes.
The Cape of Good Hope
Dassie "on the rocks"
Cape Point
Lion's Head
View from Lion's Head ofter loosing some droplets of sweat
Sundown at Hout Bay
Next time we start our travel to Jeffreys Bay along the Garden Route.
Cheers!
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Monday, August 9, 2010
Day 20; My Work Flows
During my work on the slideshow, a kind of a complicated workflow came into my room and sat down on my desk. Then it started to crouch into my computers and now I can't get it away. But it works fine for me and so there is no need to chase it away.
The thing is that I have to swap in between my Mac and Windows PC. All the pictures and the slideshow software is on my Mac and Lightroom and the well calibrated and qualified screen is at my windows machine. So I have to do the sorting stuff at the Mac, copy the pictures to the PC, after Lightroom it goes back to the Mac for putting the pics together and if there are some corrections to do, I have to do them at the PC and overwrite the files on the Mac. I know, it is a little bit complicated. But it works well for me and, thats the important fact, it does work generally!
But I am open to read and hear your critique. Anyway I'd like to get some mails from you. Even if you only write nonsense like me! photopodary@lightpicture.ch Yes it is a .ch domain and not a .com one. Because... I'm a Swiss, did you know ;-)
Cheers!
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The thing is that I have to swap in between my Mac and Windows PC. All the pictures and the slideshow software is on my Mac and Lightroom and the well calibrated and qualified screen is at my windows machine. So I have to do the sorting stuff at the Mac, copy the pictures to the PC, after Lightroom it goes back to the Mac for putting the pics together and if there are some corrections to do, I have to do them at the PC and overwrite the files on the Mac. I know, it is a little bit complicated. But it works well for me and, thats the important fact, it does work generally!
But I am open to read and hear your critique. Anyway I'd like to get some mails from you. Even if you only write nonsense like me! photopodary@lightpicture.ch Yes it is a .ch domain and not a .com one. Because... I'm a Swiss, did you know ;-)
Cheers!
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Sunday, August 8, 2010
Day 19; Sunset Blues
Here in the northern hemisphere, the sunrise is in the east and sunset is in the west. But is it the same in the southern hemisphere? I never cane remember that so here is a memory hook for you (in German we call it "donkey bridge").
It's like in the alphabet. The E comes before the W and the S is in between. So the sun starts at the E of the alphabet, runs over the S and ends up at the W. That easy!
That works also for Germans. Then it is just the O for Osten instead of the E. Oh yes, as the sunrise and sunset in the southern hemisphere are celebrated in from the sun the same directions like in the northern one, my donkey bridge works all over the world. And even the sun stands in the north at noon it works. Because the N is also in between the E and the W. Only for the Germans in the southern hemisphere it doesn't works completely, because the N comes before the O. But there are not so many permanent Germans in the southern hemisphere. And for the tourists, the light version does it well!
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It's like in the alphabet. The E comes before the W and the S is in between. So the sun starts at the E of the alphabet, runs over the S and ends up at the W. That easy!
That works also for Germans. Then it is just the O for Osten instead of the E. Oh yes, as the sunrise and sunset in the southern hemisphere are celebrated in from the sun the same directions like in the northern one, my donkey bridge works all over the world. And even the sun stands in the north at noon it works. Because the N is also in between the E and the W. Only for the Germans in the southern hemisphere it doesn't works completely, because the N comes before the O. But there are not so many permanent Germans in the southern hemisphere. And for the tourists, the light version does it well!
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Saturday, August 7, 2010
Day 18; The Travelplanner
If you do a travel, there goes some planningwork ahead. For a wedding you can book a wedding planner. That's the same for a travel. I think it's called travel office. But in my case I prefer to plan my travel by myself. That's more fun and cheaper.
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Friday, August 6, 2010
Day 17; Africa, Africa
In three weeks I've got the chance to show a part of my diashow which is planned to show in this winter. I'll show pictures from the USA, Australia and South Africa. I've sorted all the pictures already and also I've the music for the pictures. The last setp is now to put it all together. As I want to show the pictures of Souh Africa, I thought to introduce the Rainbownation a little bit. This will be a small series of explanations, experiences and locationscouts and pictures of South Africa within the next days in this podary.
Have fun and enjoy!
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Have fun and enjoy!
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Thursday, August 5, 2010
Day 16; Virtual Photographing
Today I want to introduce a plugin for photoshop which is also available as a standalone, both for free. It's calle virtual photographer. This is a little bit like your alanog kitchen for digital photos. It allows you to do black and white transformations, colorize your photos or add artificial grain to it. If you never had a darkroom ar analog times, you've got it now. I you had one, you'll get it back.
You can download the tool at www.optikvervelabs.com. And again, it's free!
Cheers and CU
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You can download the tool at www.optikvervelabs.com. And again, it's free!
Cheers and CU
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Wednesday, August 4, 2010
Day 15; Plan T
This week it seems to be very difficult to do something in photography. There are so many other things which make it difficult to plan my photo activities. Some people plan every minute of their live. For me it's different. I don't like to plan too much but some amount of scheduling is essential to get all things done. To my luck my vacation starts next week. That means a lot of time to do undone things. So, today I will schedule up a little bit the next days.
CU and plan also some time where just nothing is planned :-)
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CU and plan also some time where just nothing is planned :-)
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Tuesday, August 3, 2010
Day 14; It end in a disaster
As I told you, I've tried to install Jolicloud on my desktops using the USB-Installer. The problem was that I could not boot from USB. Either at my Windows 7 machine nor at my Mac Mini. It came even worster. The USB-Installer set up the install files onto my extended harddisk at my Mac! All the data on it has been deleted. To my luck there was not very important data on it.
Also the Windows 7 setup failed. Even with Jolicloud Express, a Windows install for Jolicloud. It started the download and installed Jolicloud. But afterwards I was not able to boot into it.
As good Jolicloud worked on my netbook, as horrible and time wasting the installation on my desktops was. I've learned to let my fingers off "idiot save" things. There is a list of tested netbooks at the Jolicloud homepage. I strongly recommend to install Jolicloud only onto those systems.
Next time I will go back to my photographic work and try to avoid wasting time like that ;-)
Also the Windows 7 setup failed. Even with Jolicloud Express, a Windows install for Jolicloud. It started the download and installed Jolicloud. But afterwards I was not able to boot into it.
As good Jolicloud worked on my netbook, as horrible and time wasting the installation on my desktops was. I've learned to let my fingers off "idiot save" things. There is a list of tested netbooks at the Jolicloud homepage. I strongly recommend to install Jolicloud only onto those systems.
Next time I will go back to my photographic work and try to avoid wasting time like that ;-)
Monday, August 2, 2010
Day 13; Cloudsurfing
I've installed Jolicloud on my netbook. Jolicloud is an alternative operating system especially made for netbooks. It is very social because you have a lot of applications for social networking on it. It is very simple to use and also fast. Somehow it is a little bit like an iPhone or an iPod to use. There are hundreds of applications you can easily download and install.
Is shall also work on desktops. Therfore you can download a tool called USB-Installer. But so much I can tell you... I tried it and it ended in a disaster. But more about this in the next entry...
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Is shall also work on desktops. Therfore you can download a tool called USB-Installer. But so much I can tell you... I tried it and it ended in a disaster. But more about this in the next entry...
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Sunday, August 1, 2010
Day 12; Fire that works!
Today it's national holiday here in Switzerland! That is a good oportunity to have a barbecue, to burn off fireworks and to take some pictures of fireworks!
First of all you have to know where the fireworks burns off. If your friends burn it of, it's not so a problem. If you like to photograph a public firework, you may ask the organisator previously where it will be burned off. If possible, choose a place which is a little bit higher, so that you get into a horizontal line with the firework. Using a tripod is essential. Change in to the manual mode (M) of your SLR. Go down with your ISO to around 100. Use a middle apperture around f8 until f16.
Now you can use a shutter speed in between 2 and 30 seconds. If you have a remote shutter control, use it! You also can use the bulb mode. If something happens at the sky, press the shutter until the explosion ended and then release the button. This way your shutter is open as long there is action in the sky.
Have a lot of fun and don't play with the fire ,-)
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First of all you have to know where the fireworks burns off. If your friends burn it of, it's not so a problem. If you like to photograph a public firework, you may ask the organisator previously where it will be burned off. If possible, choose a place which is a little bit higher, so that you get into a horizontal line with the firework. Using a tripod is essential. Change in to the manual mode (M) of your SLR. Go down with your ISO to around 100. Use a middle apperture around f8 until f16.
Now you can use a shutter speed in between 2 and 30 seconds. If you have a remote shutter control, use it! You also can use the bulb mode. If something happens at the sky, press the shutter until the explosion ended and then release the button. This way your shutter is open as long there is action in the sky.
Have a lot of fun and don't play with the fire ,-)
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Saturday, July 31, 2010
Day 11; Old School
If you use a film scanner it makes sense to take pictures with an analog camera. I started photography with the analog technique like many others. As I've got the chance to delevop black and white film at my own, this was the media of my choice. Soon after my first steps in photography the digital cameras came down into a market which I could pay and also the quality was usable. So I bougth my first digital one. But I did never stop taking pictures onto b/w-films from time to time. I would miss the feeling to do something with my hands. To develop the films and to enlarge the pictures onto photosensitive paper.
You don't need a big laboratory to develop your own films. Just some tools for developing, a completely dark room and some chemicals. The tools, films you'll find at e-Bay or ask you photo store of your choice, which also can sell you the chemicals. The dark room might be a cellar or you can use a dark bag which you even can carry with you. And for the camera take a look at your parents or grandparents attic or e-Bay.
Now you need a little patience to get used to the handling. Tutorials for developing films you'll get from the internet or a friend who also does analog photography. And even if you don't want to buy all that stuff and learn the handling, just send the films to a photo laboratory which develops b/w films.
In any case, it's worth to give it a try because taking pictures with analog technique differs from the digital one in a way which level up your photographic skills.
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You don't need a big laboratory to develop your own films. Just some tools for developing, a completely dark room and some chemicals. The tools, films you'll find at e-Bay or ask you photo store of your choice, which also can sell you the chemicals. The dark room might be a cellar or you can use a dark bag which you even can carry with you. And for the camera take a look at your parents or grandparents attic or e-Bay.
Now you need a little patience to get used to the handling. Tutorials for developing films you'll get from the internet or a friend who also does analog photography. And even if you don't want to buy all that stuff and learn the handling, just send the films to a photo laboratory which develops b/w films.
In any case, it's worth to give it a try because taking pictures with analog technique differs from the digital one in a way which level up your photographic skills.
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Friday, July 30, 2010
Day 10; Ice Cold Butterfly
Today I wen't outdoors with my loan dog (it's not my dog but I ofter take him with me for a walk). I suggest you to go outdoors as often you can to discover new places. I've been at a place which I discovered by a look at the map and the desicion that this area might be interesting. Then I walked there and found a fantastic place!
But today something was strange. There where those butterflies dancing around me. One of it came to me and sat down on my leg. And I swear! It's body was ICE COLD! That was scary! "What shall I do if this butterfly is a super mutated ice creature which tranforms me to an block of melting ice?", I thought. Frigtened from those butterflies I tried to sneak away from this place carefully and I had luck! Pheew!
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But today something was strange. There where those butterflies dancing around me. One of it came to me and sat down on my leg. And I swear! It's body was ICE COLD! That was scary! "What shall I do if this butterfly is a super mutated ice creature which tranforms me to an block of melting ice?", I thought. Frigtened from those butterflies I tried to sneak away from this place carefully and I had luck! Pheew!
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Thursday, July 29, 2010
Day 9; Great Baggy
As I unpacked my new film scanner, the bag delivered with fascinated me! It was taylor made for the scanner and its tools. And it helps me to gain more space on my hard fighted desk. Every square milimeter I have to fight for.
If I don't need the scanner, I let it in the bag. If I need it, so I have to make place for it on my desk, install it and scan. After scanning, I can put the box back into its bag and let it disapear in my desk drawer. Can you imagine how many square milimeters of free space keep left on my desk then? Terrific!
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If I don't need the scanner, I let it in the bag. If I need it, so I have to make place for it on my desk, install it and scan. After scanning, I can put the box back into its bag and let it disapear in my desk drawer. Can you imagine how many square milimeters of free space keep left on my desk then? Terrific!
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Day 8; In the middle
Today i'll get my negative and dia film scanner. Yeah! Finally I can scan all my black and white negatives in a good quality. The scanner cost me around 350 swiss bucks. That's about the same in Dollars. For that money I've got a good value for prize.
Often the most expensive products are not also the ones with the best quality. Also products with a low prize doesn't have to be cheap at all. My orientation tends to buy products in the mid-prize area. There you'll find mostly good products for a fair prize. But first think about your needs to buy the right for you.
Cheers!
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Often the most expensive products are not also the ones with the best quality. Also products with a low prize doesn't have to be cheap at all. My orientation tends to buy products in the mid-prize area. There you'll find mostly good products for a fair prize. But first think about your needs to buy the right for you.
Cheers!
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Wednesday, July 28, 2010
Day 7; Second Weekend
Unbelivable! The first week of my project passed and there are seven entries in my podary. Hopefully I will be so full of discipline the next 51 weeks to! :-)
Today I still have to sort the pics of the weekend. Two days + two photographers = a lot of pics to sort. Because of this I'll present you some of the photographs made last weekend.
Have fun!
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Today I still have to sort the pics of the weekend. Two days + two photographers = a lot of pics to sort. Because of this I'll present you some of the photographs made last weekend.
Have fun!
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Tuesday, July 27, 2010
Day 6; Finishers
After a shooting try to sort and edit your shots soon. Even if the customer is not in hurry or you shoot for yourself. It is good, sometimes, to let pass some days in between the shooting and the selecting/editing. It might change your view to the pics and you'll select different pics than directly at or after the shooting. But don't wait too long as your job might run out of your seight. At the end you get under pressure and the work begins to staple. To find a good balance is the secret. As always :-)
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Sunday, July 25, 2010
Day 5; Out of comfort
To get more experienced in any thing, you need to leave your comfort zone. The more you try out new things or things where you don't feel comfortable, the more confortable you get with them.
Today I tried to enlight difficult light situations using my flashlight. The background was in bright sunlight, but my subject, like a biker, was in a shady area. What would you expose correctly? The fore- or the background? To get both sides of the medal you need the help of your flashlight. Use it to enlight you subject while you expose the background correctly.
Another nice effect is to underexpose the background about one or two f-stops while your subject is correctly exposed with the flashlight. I call it thunderstorm effect. At a thunderstorm front often there is a black wall of clouds in the back while objects in the front are shining in he sunlight. I really had to try several times to get the correct parameters for the exposure.
So don't forget; by leaving your comfort zone you'll get comfortable with your weak points.
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Today I tried to enlight difficult light situations using my flashlight. The background was in bright sunlight, but my subject, like a biker, was in a shady area. What would you expose correctly? The fore- or the background? To get both sides of the medal you need the help of your flashlight. Use it to enlight you subject while you expose the background correctly.
Another nice effect is to underexpose the background about one or two f-stops while your subject is correctly exposed with the flashlight. I call it thunderstorm effect. At a thunderstorm front often there is a black wall of clouds in the back while objects in the front are shining in he sunlight. I really had to try several times to get the correct parameters for the exposure.
So don't forget; by leaving your comfort zone you'll get comfortable with your weak points.
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Saturday, July 24, 2010
Day 4; Good night
Today it's a really short one. Tomorrow I have to get up early and I have really go to sleep now.
Therefore I've got a first picture for this blog, made from the display of my cam :-)
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Therefore I've got a first picture for this blog, made from the display of my cam :-)
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Friday, July 23, 2010
Day 3; Be prepared...
Being prepared for the things who might come; that is essential for living a photographic life. Today I have to prepare for a weekend full of action! The Ironman Switzerland 2010 event starts tomorrow. Like in the last years, also this year I have got the opportunity taking pictures for the organisator of the event.
Therefore I have to prepare all my gear early enough in advance. The meaning is to let at least one night in between, preparation and event.
It's important to think about the job and what you need for in advance. Depending on the job and the location you can decide how much gear is needed and what makes sense to carry around with you. To find a good balance is the secret.
For the next two days I need a small but well bundled package. My 7D, my super zoom lens (which has potential to discuss about) and as many batteries and memory cards I can get. Oh, and the flashlight, of course. As I am on the road all the time, my bundle has to be small and lightweighted.
Yeah! I'm looking forward to have a great time this weekend! But you will read and hear about soon.
Cheers!
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Therefore I have to prepare all my gear early enough in advance. The meaning is to let at least one night in between, preparation and event.
It's important to think about the job and what you need for in advance. Depending on the job and the location you can decide how much gear is needed and what makes sense to carry around with you. To find a good balance is the secret.
For the next two days I need a small but well bundled package. My 7D, my super zoom lens (which has potential to discuss about) and as many batteries and memory cards I can get. Oh, and the flashlight, of course. As I am on the road all the time, my bundle has to be small and lightweighted.
Yeah! I'm looking forward to have a great time this weekend! But you will read and hear about soon.
Cheers!
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Thursday, July 22, 2010
Day 2; Dentist for my homepage
Today I went to the Dentist for the annual check. He didn't found no hole and nothing else exept healthy brave teeth doing a good job every day. Everything was on its place and in good condition in my mouth!
The opposite is at my hompage. It is full of holes which have to be filled up. So I would need a Dentist for my homepage and that is me! It begins with the inconsequent translation to English, further I've token many pictures which I don't present at my page yet and there is a business website about me as a photographer to complete and publish. Too much work for only one or two hours this eve. I've to do that step by step.
But I have to do it because your website is your business card. If there is a mess at your website, there will be also a mess in your life and work. So it's time to clean up a little with his mess. And the next turn to do this is mine.
My step for today: Publishing an episode of my Swiss podcast about photography and select and edit some pictures for the show notes. Write and publish the show notes. That's enough for today! Ehm, no... I have to set up some social networks for my podary and also I have to post my audio files. But then I'd have enough action for today. So... See you tomorrow!
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For all Swiss guys and German speaking folk; check out my podcast about photography!
lightcast - the Swiss photo podcast
www.lightpicture.ch
The opposite is at my hompage. It is full of holes which have to be filled up. So I would need a Dentist for my homepage and that is me! It begins with the inconsequent translation to English, further I've token many pictures which I don't present at my page yet and there is a business website about me as a photographer to complete and publish. Too much work for only one or two hours this eve. I've to do that step by step.
But I have to do it because your website is your business card. If there is a mess at your website, there will be also a mess in your life and work. So it's time to clean up a little with his mess. And the next turn to do this is mine.
My step for today: Publishing an episode of my Swiss podcast about photography and select and edit some pictures for the show notes. Write and publish the show notes. That's enough for today! Ehm, no... I have to set up some social networks for my podary and also I have to post my audio files. But then I'd have enough action for today. So... See you tomorrow!
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For all Swiss guys and German speaking folk; check out my podcast about photography!
lightcast - the Swiss photo podcast
www.lightpicture.ch
Wednesday, July 21, 2010
Day 1 (and a half)
Hi there out in the world!
My Name is Manuel and I started in photography about eight or nine years ago. One of my qualities is to have a lot of ideas. One of my negative qualities (negaties?) is to have much problems at changing them over to reality. I always have to push myself, to kick myself.
So, a longtime idea of me is to get more professional, famous and popular in photography. First it was just a hobby. But during the years it started to be a passion more and more. And now it wouldn't be bad to earn some money from it from time to time. So, to kick me to this point, I had the idea to start a podcast diary, a podary, about getting to a higher level. I want to try to do some small steps forward, but one every day. Let's say for a year. And what's your part in this game? It is to actuate me a little bit. Every comment of you will help me to do another step forward. But it's not only all about me. I really hope that also other people can get a benefit out of this.
Why should you listen at this? Honestly, there is no reason, except... If I can learn something, maybe you also learn something. And why I am doing this in English as a Swiss guy? I won't bore you with my Swinglish. Maybe amuse you a little bit. But I also have some english speaking friends out there in the world. So I just hope to get a little bit more connected to them through this. Also I hope to get some new friends as well (and don't to lose some existing ones ;-). And last but not least, I am expecting that the audience could be slightly bigger as if I would do this in Swiss German. :-) And... maybe... it also helps to kick forward my English a little bit...
If you like this idea and if you are curious about what happens during the next year? Please leave a comment!
If you want to have a look at some of my pictures? www.lightpicture.ch is the address. Don't get frightened; most of the entries are in German. But pictures are speaking an universal language, isn't it?
My Name is Manuel and I started in photography about eight or nine years ago. One of my qualities is to have a lot of ideas. One of my negative qualities (negaties?) is to have much problems at changing them over to reality. I always have to push myself, to kick myself.
So, a longtime idea of me is to get more professional, famous and popular in photography. First it was just a hobby. But during the years it started to be a passion more and more. And now it wouldn't be bad to earn some money from it from time to time. So, to kick me to this point, I had the idea to start a podcast diary, a podary, about getting to a higher level. I want to try to do some small steps forward, but one every day. Let's say for a year. And what's your part in this game? It is to actuate me a little bit. Every comment of you will help me to do another step forward. But it's not only all about me. I really hope that also other people can get a benefit out of this.
Why should you listen at this? Honestly, there is no reason, except... If I can learn something, maybe you also learn something. And why I am doing this in English as a Swiss guy? I won't bore you with my Swinglish. Maybe amuse you a little bit. But I also have some english speaking friends out there in the world. So I just hope to get a little bit more connected to them through this. Also I hope to get some new friends as well (and don't to lose some existing ones ;-). And last but not least, I am expecting that the audience could be slightly bigger as if I would do this in Swiss German. :-) And... maybe... it also helps to kick forward my English a little bit...
If you like this idea and if you are curious about what happens during the next year? Please leave a comment!
If you want to have a look at some of my pictures? www.lightpicture.ch is the address. Don't get frightened; most of the entries are in German. But pictures are speaking an universal language, isn't it?
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