Attached to this post you’ll find two links to other blogs that talks about how you can prepare for taking those shots that you have waited for.
and…
http://www.photozz.com/fizz/21261993.aspx
10 + 10 tips to Prepare for Once in a lifetime Photo op.
Author: saarimner
Crosswind landings
Since I’m not a pilot (and never will be) I can hardly understand how they can land in these conditions, I’ve always been fascinated by cross-wind landings. There are numerous videos out there with scenes from some really amazing landings and this is a good collection (if you turn the music off).
I’m really happy that I wasn’t onboard….
Upgrade to iOS5 – part 2, and lion OS 10.7.2 – updated
Day after upgrading to Apple iOS5; my experiences so far:
- The phone still feels a little bit laagy. especially when I’m in app store (and if you’ve read my previous post you know that I’ve visited app store like 300 times already. If I would’ve owned a 3GS I would’ve waited for some more information on the performance.
- My apps haven’t returned so I still have to manually reinstall them from app store. A time-consuming task to say the least. UPDATE: I’ve found a way around this. Just launch iTunes at your computer and sync the programs once more. I lost all my folders so all the apps are just hanging around but at least I don’t need to manually install every single one through iCloud.
- iCloud feels even better than yesterday. The experience to take a pic with the phone and seconds after see it in Aperture is amazing
- Upgrading my iMac to the new Lion 10.7.2 went really easy. The only problem I’ve got was a duplication of my calendars. That was easy resolved with just deleting one copy under preferences
After the first 12 hours after upgrading my conclusion it that I would’ve waited a few days to upgrade if I wasn’t REALLY interested in just get some experience with the new iOS and I didn’t mind struggling a bit to get there. I still haven’t succeeded in upgrading my iPad (still get an error message at the end of the upgrade process). I guess I will end up deleting it and then reinstall from my backup. UPDATE: Earlier this morning I finally (3:rd attempt) got things to work (maybe this was due to installing the Lion upgrade before?!) and it works great. The problem with the apps, like I had on the iPhone I’ve on the iPad aswell. Apart from that everything now works fine and I also think that the performance is back.
Upgrading to iOS5
Tonight was the night when the final release of iOS5 was about to be released. With a cup of coffee in my hand I eagerly waited for the upgrade to reveal itself in iTunes, and suddenly, there it was.
I’m a quite heavy user so my phone is stuffed with things, so I was prepared for a pretty long, timewise, upgrade. After a little more than 1 hour I was finished.
My initial reactions so far:
– I notice a slight decrease in speed performance due to the heavier OS but I’m not sure yet whether this is because I still have a lot of things to handle before everything’s up or if it just me searching for differences
– The upgrade process was pretty sleek, no bigger worries but on my iPad I’m actually still struggling. Keeps getting an upgrade error. But as always with Apple products it’s just to start all over again
– iCloud really feels like a bigger thing than I initially thought it would be. It’s actually pretty nice to have all your photos (for instance) instantly uploaded to your iPad and iMac when you have taken them
– I’ve always had some problems with “me.com” but now when the services are all pulled together, it seems like those problems have been resolved with the iCloud-solution
– The biggest problem I’ve had so far is that a large portion of my 400 app’s (yes I know it’s a little bit weird) doesn’t get installed so I need to manually press the “iCloud”-button to install those that aren’t there already. With the iCloud-button i mean the service that Apple released during the summer where all your apps are synced between your iTunes-account, your phone and iPad. Quite neat and it works perfectly. Even though the service works perfectly it’s quite time consuming to enter that button, go to the screen where the icon is, go back to iTunes and click the next one.. and do this for all my apps.
– The new reminder-app seems really good at first glance. Haven’t for obvious reasons been able to try it so much yet.
If you’ve upgraded and wan’t to share your thought’s I’m really curious about how things went.
Soft tune for Wednesday evening
When I was in my late teens one of my favourite artists was Richard Marx. Today I stumbled over some new songs from him. Corny, yes! But it sure reminds me about “those days back then”…
Word of the day
Keep your face always toward the sunshine – and shadows will fall behind you.
Quote by – Walt Whitman
It is still beautiful to feel the heart beat but often the shadow seems more real than the body – Tomas Tranströmer
Adobe demonstrates deblurring
This looks truly amazing! Adobe demonstrates a new function for deblurring a blurred image, in the next release of Adobe Photoshop. Think about all the pictures you’ve taken that now can be saved. This looks really interesting!
On my way to work
As I’ve said before on this blog autumn is my favourite season of the year. The colors are truly amazing and the air crisp and clean.
This is a picture I took on my way to work today.
Best of Nature – Photography show
If you’re into Nature Photography maybe this competition can be something for you. If you aren’t interested in competing you’ll probably like this site anyway.. there are some truly amazing pics there (scroll down a bit on the linked page).
An oldie for Tuesday morning – Keane Everybody’s changing
Keane – Everybody’s changing
Free iPhone app – iExposure
iExposure
If you’re new to shooting in PASM-mode, you probably are interested in getting the right manual values for your shutter-speed, aperture and so on and at the same time learn how these things work together.
With this app you will get a great introduction to all of that and also get som handy tips for different conditions. The app usually costs $1 but is now free.
Tranströmer
Börjar mer och mer upptäcka Tomas Tranströmer, årets Nobelpristagare i litteratur. Har tidigare år haft svårt för att uppskatta pristagarna som jag ofta upplevt som alltför pretentiösa; med Tomas Tranströmer är det tvärtom.
Läste det här citat av honom som jag tyckte passade bra med en bild jag tog i Milano i Januari i år.
“Den här kvinnan köper och köper saker för att kasta i gapet på tomrummen som smyger bakom henne.”
Förmögenhetsfördelning
För några år sedan började jag fundera över om vi inte, efter ett par årtionden – som gått i individualismens tecken, kommer att få en ny typ av fördelningspolitisk våg med tanke på hur förmögenheterna på jorden fördelas. (OBS! Jag lägger ingen egen politisk värdering i detta.) (1)
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När vi idag har ett samhälle där individen i första hand måste visa på att man vill lösa sin egen situation innan man begär hjälp, vilket jag personligen tycker är rätt, måste vi också ha skyddsnät som fungerar tillfredsställande. Idag behöver 40 miljoner amerikaner “food-stamps” för att kunna äta sig mätta samtidigt som extrema förmögenheter fördelas på väldigt få. Vi har också banker som ständigt måste räddas efter att ett fåtal personer tillförskaffat sig förmögenheter och fördelar, detta utan att sen behöva ta det ansvar som krävs av varje enskild individ.
Den senaste tidens demonstrationer i USA (98%-vågen) känns som att ett tecken på
ovanstående. FN gjorde en undersökning där man kom fram till att fattigdomen i världen skulle kunna utrotas för 90 miljarder US-dollar. Det är ungefär samma siffra som nämndes för vad det kostar att utrota miljöförstöringen enligt samma undersökning. Samtidigt ser vi idag företag som värderas till 400 miljarder US dollar. Detta tror jag kommer att sticka alltfler i ögonen över tiden.
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Personligen tror jag ironiskt nog att den allra rikaste procenten har mest att vinna på att hitta vägar för att snabbt visa på mindre girighet och större vilja att bidra till samtliga människors välbefinnande.
Kommer uppdatera med källhänvisningar senare idag.
(1) Min personliga politiska uppfattning är liberal, dvs jag tror på individens rättigheter och skyldigheter samtidigt som jag tror på skyddsnät för de som verkligen försökt och ändå faller igenom. Alla har inte samma förutsättningar när vi föds.
Word of the day
So, after a great weekend a new week is here again. I’ll continue to try to bring some famous words for each day but I’ll guess it will be harder for each day to find good famous words. Do you have a favourite wording that you’d like to share together with one of my pictures (maybe you also have an idea what the picture should look like), don’t hesitate to send it to me.
Hope you have a great start on this week.
We make a living by what we get, we make a life by what we give.
Winston Churchill
(c) Pedro Hansson – Nikon D7000 – 35 mm
iPhone 5
Did Apple just introduce their “light” model due to the fact that Steve Jobs just had days left? I don’t think that it’s impossible.
Apple is one of the Worlds best companies when it comes to marketing and PR and it wasn’t hard to predict that the sad news about Jobs would outstand the news around the new model. At the same time the new CEO really needs something to “deliver” to get him moving in his new role.
So… I wouldn’t be surprised if we’ll see the new iPhone around Christmas time (or before) when the sad news about Jobs have calmed down a little.
Just a thought…
Word of the day
I’m not sure whether or not I will be able to deliver this every week-day (especially since I’ll try to combine the words with my own pictures), but I’ll try.
Hope you’ll have a great day!
(c) Pedro Hansson – pic taken at home
World press photo
World Press Photo have gathered over 100.000 pictures and now sorted out 160 of them to a show in one of Stockholms Shopping Malls, Gallerian. Among those they have also picked some winners and I must say they are impressive!
After the jump you’ll find the best pictures in each class.
Beautiful places for a picnic – and a photo?
National Geography has put together what they belive to be the best picnic spots in the world. My personal favourite of the listed places… Haleakala National Park, Hawaii. What a sky! Which one is yours?
Word of the day
I’m not sure whether or not I will be able to deliver this every day (especially since I’ll try to combine the words with my own pictures), but I’ll try.
Hope you’ll have a great day!
Sad news about Steve Jobs
For the last years I’ve been a true fan of Apple (as I might some of you already figured out…). I often even joking about my home as a live “Apple store”.
I’m really sad to receive the sad news about this inspiring man leaving us. A man with true visions and a clear sense of where we are going.
If you haven’t read the blog post, or seen the video in “one of the most inspirational speeches ever”, today is a good day to watch it.
Rest in peace, Steve Jobs!
https://saarimner.com/2011/10/01/one-of-the-most-inspirational-speeches-ever/
Music for wednesday evening
Swedish group Blacknuss feat. Titiyo & Jennifer Brown
10 Landscape Photography Tips
I often go back to this article that I think, in it’s simplicity, is really good! Short, and precise tips for better pictures.
Photo from Smashandpeas website
Hans Rosling – World statistics presented with animations
If you still haven’t seen Hans Roslings speeches about the world and where we are heading, you might think that this is interesting. It’s a bit long but watchable in bits.
Next iPhone, how good is the camera?
As some of the readers of this blog have found out I’m using my iPhone quite heavily. While yesterdays news about the new iPhone 4S was a big disappointment, it will be interesting to see how the next iPhone’s camera will come out. And if you would like to see some examples already, you don’t have to wait.
I think it looks really promising!
Couldn’t resist
I think we all have seen thousands of clips like this and I almost promised myself to not post things like this on my blog, hmmm but even I had to surrender to these guys! 🙂
Hope you have a great day!
Autumn signs – iPhone pic
Since today was the big launch day for what many of us thought to be iPhone 5, and we instead got the iPhone 4S where the main feature seems to be, besides better battery and faster processor, a better Camera with 8MP, I thought it might be a good idea to put up a pic with the current cam.
What do you think of the new iPhone? Disappointment or exactly what you were waiting for?
Summer in Piteå
Music for tuesday evening
Swedish artist Stephen Simmonds. For Spotify users you’ll find more of him here.
Get ready for the next natural disaster inside a big yellow ball?!
Well this is an invention that’s a little different. A big yellow ball to hide in when things get rough… Would you like to hide in one of those? It looks funny but maybe the idea isn’t so bad? What do you think?
Impressive infrared photography
I haven’t tried this myself but I hardly can’t wait to do it! The pictures are really stunning.
After clicking the link, you’ll fly off to inspirationfeed.com (the creator of the article), where you’ll find a really good article on how to achieve Infrared Photos. What really stunned me was the surreality at the same time as things also look natural. Can’t explain it any better, sorry 🙂
Hope you like this introduction to Infrared photography. There are som linkes in the article that also are really good. Have you tried something like this? Would really appreciate to hear/see what you learned.
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