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Photography with the aid of a digital camera is beyond doubt very fascinating. However, it also has many a nooks that the users of the digital camera must be aware of and also must be well educated to deal with in order to produce good photographs worth the most prized digital camera. Such a concept is that of the red eye! In order to understand what this red eye actually is, a little detailed introspection is necessary. Basically speaking red-eye is a function of at least three things, they are firstly, ambient level of light because stumpy light level causes the retina of the person to be photographed to open wider to admit more light thereby divulging open the iris, which is the primary part that reflects the red light hence giving the appearance of red eyes for the subjects. Also secondly the younger the person being photographed the wider remains the retina and hence the greater the effect of red eye in the picture. Thirdly, the reflection angle of the flash plays a vital role, as the light is recoiled back to the digital camera and the closer the incident light beam is to this reflected light beam, the greater becomes the red eye effect. To prevent this instruments such as flash brackets are useful to make the flash a bit removed from the propinquity of the lens. Thus the red eye effect is somewhat revealed till this part of this discussion. Now is the time to look into a greater detail in order to analyze the various aspects of the red eye effect and also find out ways of reducing the problem as far as possible.

It can be noted here that the only important thing is that the users must ensure that the proper fixing of the angle between the flash beam and the lens axis. The general rule here is that the photographer must keep the angle wide enough that the light beam from the flash does not reflect off the retina of the person being photographed and comes right back into the digital camera lens. A good idea is to make the red-eye reduction work by making the flash shine a light into the eyes of the person being photographed just before the flash is incident and the shutter is pressed. This causes the irises in the eyes of the person being photographed to narrow down or shrink. As a result of this the eye develops a smaller opening for the eye view of the digital camera and does not show off the blood filled retina. This light is called pre light! And very importantly this process works only if the person to be photographed is in point of fact looking directly at the flash for the pre-light to come.

Other factors influencing the red eye are the level of ambient light during the time when the photograph is being taken and how near the flash light is to the lens. The rule of thumb comes out that the brighter the ambient light; the lesser is the effect of red eyes, everything else being one and the same. As the flashlight goes farther from the lens, the fewer becomes the effect of red eyes, everything else being one and the same again. Thus the key idea is that red eye is not caused if the ambient light is comparatively high. And it does have a significant effect if the shooting area is dark. Many digital cameras have built in features for anti red eye that is used to reduce red eye when taking a picture of a person looking straight at the camera also. But manually, the best red eye reduction can be obtained with the help of an external flash as described.

The above discussion has dealt with the most important ideas regarding the red eye effect. The discussion has analyzed the inherent facts about the digital camera red eye effect, their causes as well as remedies. The only thing that remains is that the users must implement these ideas while shooting under circumstances discussed here so that the red eye effect cannot harm the beauties of art created with the aid of the fantastic device, the digital camera!

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Complex Of Thinking

Preface
It may be unusual to say that the most perfect theories and concepts of the world are complex ones. Man himself is a complex being that has nothing to do with simplicity. Gratification acquired by struggle is just like a wild goose chase.

In this book, I would like to follow only but myself. I have neglected all of the past and passed theories, whatever revolutions they might have caused. In fact, the ground and the ultimate motive behind all such events is the “human mind”, whereof the constructions of imaginary buildings are materialized. Human mind is the very basic and the ultimate institution that brings about the change in social living. It causes both the construction and the destruction of earthly beings especially man.

I elaborate my views, as I said, in the light of my own view, regardless whether they challenge the views of Aristotle, Freud, or Buddha. It is such a vast topic that from the very beginning to now, man is in search of it i. e. “search of man himself”. All of the philosophers have given their hypotheses, and it is upto us whether we consider them upto date or out-dated.

I am just changing the title a little bit, however, the substance is the same one. I am also in the search of man with all of its human characteristics. My purpose of using these ‘valueless and meaningless’ words is to detach or separate the human and the animal characteristics, signs, symptoms, behaviors and many more things. I may not be acceptable for many of the people but this is no matter. I am supposedly working for the origin of the human race to which, I myself belong too. I must not be apologetic in my comments about human race rather I would proclaim openly what man is in my eyes.

The personality of man is not my concern only, but I am prone to go after all of the institutions, social, scientific or commercial to check their validity in our life.

Since man is the subject, so it seems very applaudable to begin with man himself to be the first topic in contents.

 Man or Human Being

Man is a kind of animals in its all of characteristics. The term ‘social-animal’ for man’s society seems incorrect since the animals also have a type of social living though on a little level. Surly, man can be called a rational animal but such a sense the animals also possess in terms of examining the situation, avoiding the danger, and recognizing the partner or children.

Thus, the question still is un-improved that what a man is or is like? But the title I would like to paste on man is surly an animal but by calling him “unnatural animal”.

Selfishness is a characteristic of animals in all of ways. Always, they care for themselves and subdue the others. This is called the power of nature. This is the very nature, which forces them to attack others, kill them and eat them. They have no passion of sympathy, love, compassion or kindness except for themselves. So, the nature forces them to obey it in a natural environment. In such a way, they are quite natural animals.
What is with man on the other hand? Man is living an unnatural life that is not set for him by nature.

If we observe man through the process of ‘evolution’, we then can be able to admit the fact that man is after all an animal in its seeds. This is such a species that became supreme since man could get the power of thinking.

How was this thinking started? When was it started? Who was the earliest of the evolved man from pre-man species like apes? Was his life an animal life or he was better in his living?

These are quite complicated questions, which might never be given with answers. I will try to throw light upon them to my extent of perception. But the question of man’s nature still lingers.

If on the other hand, we go through the process of ‘Special Creation’; we’ll clearly see man being a violator of all divine laws. By the admission of this theory, one thing becomes clear that ‘man was destined to be a superior creature’ and he is not an evolved form of animals.
Once again by passing the basic question, we try to peep into the religious scriptures. Bible, Vedas, Granth, Avesta, and many other scriptures proclaim the fact of ‘special creation’. Quran (Holy book of Muslims) present both of the facts i. e. Evolution and Special Creation.

In the process of evolution, Quran has made us count 5 steps and stages.

1. Creation from water. (Protozoa or single-celled animal)

2. Creation from mud. (Mixture of water and clay)

3. Creation from stenched mud and clay. (When it came out of water)

4. Special creation. (When the multi-celled animal was transformed into man)

5. Creation from essence (embryo) of human jell-water.

So, whatever the process might have been, this fact what Quran narrates seems more influential. Anyway, the struggle for the creation of man emphasizes that man was especially created. In this way, man got some superiority over other creatures.

Thus, when it is proved that man is the model creature of the universe, it must have been ideal in all of its aspects of life. My question is to you, “is it so”? I know prematurely the answer i. e. ‘No’.

Let us compare now the man and animals, the superior and the inferior, the wise and the unwise, the civilized and the beast.

Animals kill others for their food, but man kills others for his greed. Thus, morally, animals have an edge over man. They don’t kill others when they are satiated, but man even goes on killing despite having no need of it. Animals never kill their own race, but man doesn’t hesitate doing so. Man has created such dangerous weapons that it seems man is wishful for the removal of human beings from earth.

Animals have never been given the concepts of accountability before God, so they have no fear of their doings. But man, on other hand, clearly sees the threat, but he doesn’t even bother for that. Billions of words have been created for the moral teaching of man. Yet he kicks them whole off within a minute and turns into its unnatural nature. Thus, man’s ultimate nature is ‘wild’ one.

Man can only survive if he moves back to the Stone Age. To remove all of the tensions prevailing humanity, we need man be a hunter again. If not hunter, then maximum he should be an agricultural man, whose chief concern is his crops, who relies upon rivers, who prays to God for a good crop, who keeps interaction with other members of society, and who has enough time to share his moments with others of his vicinity.

Man must never be given the greed of wealth, nor should he be facilitated like today.

As it is famous, “An idle’s brain is devil’s workshop”. When man turns to be prosperous, selfishness strikes his mind automatically and he draws big lines between him and other lower part of society. This idleness (caused by prosperity) forces him to create disturbance in the life of poor for his timely pleasure and activity. In fact, in this way, the lower class becomes a toy in the hand of high-gentry.

I plead to the thinkers of this generation to put forward a solution of this problem or accept my view to cleanse the society from brutality, selfishness, exploitation, deception, assassination, and so on.
I hope, you agreed a bit with me, and would have enjoyed. Please keep intact since I will write more articles on similar problematic issues.

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If you are the type of person that wants to discover the secrets of singing and exactly how to sing with vitality and professionalism in less than three months, then you to sign up for one of the courses available online.

There could be many reasons behind your decision to join a singing class. You just might be a person who feels an internal need to perform through your voice. Or you want to sing in a band, in church or in a choir. Singing can give you a real pleasure and ease the everyday stress. It can even make you sexier, or a superstar! So, you can see that the reasons for signing up are more numerous, but what is important is to pick a cutting-edge How-to-Sing learning kit, so that you will get immensely satisfying results fast. Whatever your reason for learning to sing is, you’ve come to the right place. Regardless of your level (beginner, intermediate or advanced), this information applies to you.

You need to find an easy to follow system, jam-packed with quality information, including books (full-color illustrated step-by-step lessons, fully supported by audio files). It should also include software which can help you perfect your pitch and should also include a mini recording studio. With such tools, quite soon you will be able to sing with the range and control of a pro.

The benefits from using a “Learn to Sing” package are numerous. It will help you to take your singing voice from ordinary to extraordinary, make a signature song all your own, and learn every nitty-gritty detail about auditions, singing in a band, and more. The software will allow to extend your vocal range to four octaves or more. The system will surely improve your singing voice and you will learn a lot of new things and at the end, you will be amazed at yourself.

Online, there are plenty of learn-to-sing software packs, but what makes the good one really stand out? Well, the number of features and functions in the package is usually what makes the difference. But these features must have the potential to allow you to learn how to sing like a professional. An absolute must is the Perfect Your Pitch feature that will allow you to hit the right note every time and ultimately to sing better. Next, get a software product that deals with harmony, as it is not as easy as it sounds. How to sing with a Band is another ‘must have’ feature. Finally, you need a system that is easy to use and produces results fast.

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While in United States, schools and programs use sports to improve students as civilians, in Venezuela, the same objective is not only reached, but overcome with the teaching of classical music instruments. Perhaps this might be seen as an unconventional method for someone who isn’t related with the classical culture. However, the discipline it takes to learn an instrument, the team work, solidarity and values gained in orchestral music, and the dedication each musician gives to his instrument and the music keep the Venezuelan youth away from vice and in moral values.

Abreu, founder and leader of the Venezuelan Music Program, said that “music can be accessible to everyone, and its protagonists can not only be children of a tender age, but also of any social class, in other words, it is an art that does not exclude.”

The Venezuelan music program is managed by the government, and it started about 30 years ago. It began with a few musicians with a big dream to change the way how classical music was seen. Orchestral music began as a minority that played for minorities, and then it developed into a minority that played for majorities. However, Venezuelan is making a revolution, and converting orchestral music into majorities that play for majorities. Right now, there are about 120 youth orchestras, and 60 infantile orchestras in all Venezuela, teaching more than 135000 children. At the same time, this method helps improve the life of the poor population, by giving them a chance to overcome themselves, not by giving them money or housing, but by giving them the tools so that they, by themselves, can find their way to these things.

Children as little as 3 years old begin with their training. The audiences that see the results in concerts don’t know how much work and dedication is behind this. However, the students are willing to work hard and give their time to their instrument. By the time they are in the tender age of eight years old, they know more about instrumental technique than some adults studying an instrument. This program also gives an opportunity to those children born with hearing or sight, learning, or other type of disabilities. This program helps these children to feel integrated in the community, and feel as productive beings when they hear the crowd roar after playing or singing a musical piece.

The success of the program was gradual and progressive, but now it has reached a quality, until the point that great masters have recognized that the place with more potential for the growth of classical music is in Venezuela. This program isn’t only promoting music as a social helper in Venezuela, but it is extended to other Latin-American countries, with the objective to reach every country in Latin America. In Panama, many artists from this country travel regularly to give master classes and help promote our musical culture and growth.

Hopefully, soon Latin American countries will be recognized not for our political instability, high poverty rates or corruption, but for our successful music programs used to improve our life quality. A system that began with a few musicians, and is now with more than 135 000 members, is a symbol that music is a viable way to keep the youth in mainstream and away from substance abuse, violence and other factors that stain our communities and countries.

So you’re putting on a Hawaiian Luau. There are lots of fun things you can do for this party to make it memorable and unique.

Make your Luau a ‘Blue Hawaii’ with a fifties touch. Play some old fifties Elvis music for your guests to dance to. If you like you can hand out party favors of dark shades and hair combs. Put up blue streamers and give out leis made from blue flowers or even give out tropical blue drinks. Guests can come wearing the every popular Hawaiian shirt and sandals. Don′t forget to play the Limbo game. And if you can it might be fun to watch the popular Elvis movie at some point in the party.

If you have a lot of space and are planning on having your Luau outside you may be able to find some exotic entertainment for the evening. Flame throwers are always exciting for guests to watch or you can hire someone to teach guests how to dance Hawaiian style. If you’re in for some excitement set up a fire walking tournament. Spread out those hot coals and see who can stand the heat.

Many people have some form of roast pork and pineapple at their Luau, but you can but a little twist on it by serving up Hawaiian pizza or pork and pineapple Kabobs. Or serve up some traditional food for guests to try. Laulau is a combination of pork, chicken, beef and/or fish wrapped up in Ti leaves and baked in an underground oven. You can replace the Ti leaves in this dish with spinach leaves and set them in the coals of the grill after wrapping in foil. This could be an excellent appetizer with a sweet and sour sauce for dipping.

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“Pencil Drawings of Dragons”

I take away smiles from all the dragons.
Pencil drawings on paper
stories told
dragons made to know of my conquering ways.
I am the master of my own shadow.

Ahh it all does please me so
my stencils on the moon.
I sit atop it now
inside the moons glow

reviewing all my former postings
still silent

yet smiling
as a ship sets sail
being led by a pegasus

to the Milky Way.

Fantasy fairies of art
a meeting of the goddess
warrior women
legends of mermaids lore
they meet me at oceans door.

I laugh and leave them chocolate

lest they fade away.

Art deco

art stencils

how do I paste fantasy fairies

securely on the moon?

I melted my dragon

erased his confidence

right when I needed him most!

Back to my easel and pencil box

I suppose

dragons can be drawn again

smiles reassured.

Drawing fire from his breath

mermaid art

warrior women conquer all.

I do not recent my dragon

I draw him freely

and yet

I make sure he understands my power.

I am a warrior
I hold my own pencil

my watercolors at hand

I draw when and whatever pleases me.

I take my graphite

draw a dragon, a fairy, a ghost of me.

I pick up all the stencils

art deco I have planned

I remind myself of my own worth.

I do not need to fit in an envelope

I would not travel well anyway.

Art deco

art stencils

I paste my heart on the Milky Way.

I will steady the ladder

hold it safely

for you

my darling pegasus

to see the view.

My glass is held high

I filled it to the brim with dreams

I toast the ghost of a dragons past

no matter the fire

or drama he roars forth.

I am a warrior

a woman

a goddess

dreams rest very safely in my heart.

ABOUT Kathy Ostman-Magnusen
I paint and sculpt female fantasy art and map faery tale adventures. I dream of beautiful women on canvas and art of exotic women.
I have illustrated for Hay House Inc.,”Women Who Do Too Much” CARDS taken from Anne Wilson Schaef′s book. I also illustrated for Neil Davidson, who was considered for the Pulitzer Prize in feature writing, and several other publications. My paintings are collected worldwide.

Giclee canvas art work, greeting cards and posters are available for sale on my website:

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Let’s face it, the majority of today’s youth over the age of 12 know how to manipulate a computer better than their parents. They are also much more knowledgeable in technology in general; be it the latest cell phone or the newest mp3 player out in the stores. What is mp3 ? That is a question you will hear most often from parents when talking about the subject. They may have heard of the ever-popular iPod, but do they even know what it looks like ?

It is estimated that by 2010 there will be approximately 300 million mp3 players in circulation. That is astronomical ! Mp3 is basically a musical format which is compressed whilst retaining the quality of the sound. It isn’t the only format in existence, but is the most recognized. You also have WMA (Windows Media Audio - used by Windows Media Player), AAC (encoding technique employed by Apple), ATRAC (used by Sony), and a few others. Some mp3 players will not play WMA files, for example. There are ways of getting around this but it usually involves some illegal manipulation of the music files. WMA files can only be played and copied for a limited number of times.

With internal capacities of up to 60 gigabytes (approximately 30,000 songs), today’s digital music players are in hot demand. Almost every teenager has one. People are willing to spend over $400 to get their hands on the latest gadgets capable of storing an unprecedented number of songs (and other media files such as videos and pictures). How do you transfer this media onto your newly-acquired mp3 player ? Scores of people are still downloading music illegally on the internet, infringing copyright laws. Others download their music legally.

Apple has its popular online music store, iTunes. Sony recently launched Connect, and Real has Rhapsody. All these are legal music downloading services with a low monthly service charge, with a small additional charge for downloading a song. The cost varies between 79¢ and 99¢ per song.

With Rhapsody, for example, one has the possibility of browsing their entire catalog of over 2 million songs and creating a personalized playlist. You can listen to the songs as many times as you wish.

Using the legal music downloading services such as the aforementioned ones is a far better option for you the consumer, and your PC ! The RIAA is actively pursuing file-sharers (illegal music downloads) and serving them with lawsuits. Just like the AIDS virus, the RIAA doesn’t discriminate. They once sued a 12-year old girl for sharing copyrighted music online. Nobody is immune.

Another downside to downloading music illegally is that you are also downloading hundreds of viruses that can cripple your PC. They hide themselves within the music files and then attack your browser or registry.

You are better off paying less than $15 per month and download your music legally, than have to bear the embarrassment of a lawsuit, or having to purchase a new computer because a bunch of viruses have rendered it useless.

Recognised an an expert in the field of mp3’s, Nkeno Kapya is our preferred resource when it comes to legal mp3 downloads. He owns download-music-legally.net download-music-legally.net, a site that offers a free 14-day trial of legal mp3’s.

The Departed (2006)

Giant (1956)

Traffic (2000)

Manhattan (1979)

Departed-meets-Giant: A police informer moves out to Texas under federal witness protection program and sets up a ranch in the middle of nowhere, right next to the Mexican border. Soon, another rancher sets up business right next door. The newcomer is another implant from the East – but he is a notorious contract killer in disguise looking for the informer. They do not know each other’s true identities… yet. Soon they meet and start to visit each other’s ranch house and one of them falls in love with the other’s wife. Something she does sparks off a chain of events all the way down the wire, leading to the bloody final scene where no justice is served and all go to their graves with their secrets.

Manhattan-meets-Traffic: A neurotic and starving NYC writer starts to act as a drug courier to meet ends meet. His life changes when one day he delivers drugs to a Christmas party attended by New York’s richest politician and his young and beautiful daughter. Although he makes a lot of money supplying drugs to the girl soon his remorse and guilt for slowly killing the girl that he loves is just too much to bear. He tries to enroll her in a rehab program. She justifies the expenses to her dad as an art degree program in London. But when her dad is suddenly arrested for running the largest drug ring in history, both our hero and his teenage lover realize that the dad is actually the one who is supplying the drugs to both of them. Now our hero must decide between owning up to his love and fighting it out to the end to save her or moving out to his brother’s home in Wyoming to run his winter sports resort. The girl also has a choice to make – will she stick with the our hero and begin a new life or side with her father to the very end?

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Red-eye happens when the light from the built in flash of your digital camera reflects off your subjects retina. Because your digital cameras flash is so close to the lens the line the light takes to and from the eye is almost a straight line. Because of this direct path and the reflectivity of the retina the light inherits the red color of the blood vessels in your subjects eyes. The results are the distinctive red glow we see in so my of our compact digital camera photos.

Because the flash is so close to the lens that when someone is looking into the flash they are also looking directly into the flash. In essence their eyes are picking up and reflecting all the flash from the camera. It’s for this reason that many people purchase external flash units so they can position the light further off center and all but eliminate any red-eye. Well that may be fine IF you want to go through all the trouble but what about the rest of us who are basically shooting from the hip and don’t want to bother with auxiliary flash units?

Web video is here to stay and broadband is the vehicle that is fueling the boom. Just about every size and shape of digital camera that is sold today includes capability to take motion pictures. Depending on the magnitude of the camera, you can record both audio and video, ranging from a four-minute segment to up to fifteen to twenty minutes (and more!).

And what can you do with these segments?

Advertise your work…on your own website, on a portal, on YouTube, Skidoo, My Space, and the many more spin-offs that are sure to come along.

THE PARADE EFFECT

And not only can you offer a slide-show of selected archived images, but you can include a section on your website such as “Images from my recent trip to Oaxaca, Mexico”.

Another feature: Self-promotion. Include a video of yourself, your surroundings; your opinions that you believe are relative to the stock photo industry and to your photobuyers.

And why is this important? Everyone loves a parade. We enjoy watching snippets of a parade. They last only a few minutes, and then another section of the parade comes along. It goes along with human nature to be engrossed for a few minutes in people-watching.

If that person is you on a web video, you’ve discovered a new form of public relations with your client list. Put the two together and you have helped cement a photobuyer-photographer relationship.
To give you an example of how this works, you can see a clip of how I placed a short (2 minute) clip on YouTube:
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Web video′s rapid growth will continue. In our industry, video will be the most important form of media on the Internet.

MOVING FAST

You probably remember previous attempts of web video technology. They
were filled with static, flickers, and glitches. On regular phone lines, they were impossible to view. Now the technology is much better. There’s still some room for improvement, but for you, the time has come to start doing your homework and get ahead of the curve.

Thanks to earlier TV innovations such as “America’s Funniest Videos,” and “Candid Camera” – no one expects Hollywood style lighting and precision with your web videos. If the message is clear, perfection can take a back seat.

Since Internet-savvy photographers and photobuyers populate the stock photography marketplace, there has been an increasingly rapid adoption of broadband with us.

In the general population, over 65 million consumers signed up for broadband service in 2006, according to the technology research firm, In-Stat. They report that worldwide broadband subscriptions now number 285 million. That number is expected to double in the next four years.

This is not to say that text descriptions or articles (like the one you’re reading now) will disappear. But Web video will give an added new dimension to your stock photography business.

To learn more, check out “web video” on your favorite search engine and see how you can adapt this new idea to your marketing efforts.

Rohn Engh, veteran stock photographer and best-selling author of “Sell & ReSell Your Photos” and “sellphotos.com,” has helped scores of photographers launch their careers. For access to great information on making money from pictures you like to take, and to receive this free report: “8 Steps to Becoming a Published Photographer,” visit sellphotos.com sellphotos.com