September 1st, 2010 → 7:04 am @ Yorgo Nestoridis
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Today as planned we will start populating the Photo Media stock platform. The pre-launch is reserved for Ycademy August Seminar Participants. Those concerned will receive a personal invitation by mail from Bianca later today.
Vouliagmeni from the Marina
During the next few days we will beta test the site extensively with the help of all venture partners. Today we focus on the sign-up procedure as well as on the identity verification. Also we will test upload capability as well as the resizing engine.
During the testing, the site will not yet be officially accessible from the home page link; please use the link contained in your invitation email.
Today’s task: Register with the site from the “Become a Seller” link on top right of the site and submit 10 Pictures for evaluation.
Bianca Gubalke and Zo Nicholas are the site admins whereas Bianca is focused on the Commercial end while Zo looks after Technical issues and Maintenance.
Join tonight’s Ycademy call where we will analyze the site’s behavior and give support where needed. Also we will set up your Venture Partner’s accounts based on your registration.
I am looking forward to a great venture!
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August 31st, 2010 → 10:00 pm @ Zo Nicholas
By Zo NicholasThe last day in August turns out to be a glorious summers day which is a rare occurence this summer here in Essex where I live. If you saw my earlier posts about the local Airshow you will notice that the weather nearly let us down. However, today was wonderful with long spells of warm sunshine so much needed after so many dreary days. The garden was the best place to be today. What caught my eye glistening in the sunshine was a big spiders web just by the door. Down came the spider from his hiding hole to catch an unwary little fly. Having watched this for a short while I decided it was an opportunity not to be missed and got the camera out. What was really intriguing was that I was watching the spider from underneath, and not looking down on his back.
Well I think its a garden spider, if anyone would like to correct me on this one please do. By the time the camera was in place this little spider had consumed his prey and looked like it was wrapping it up and then sort of pushed it out in a little ball. I am no nature freak but this episode was absolutely fascinating. Here is the photo I shot of this spider with my Nikon Coolpix. With the sun shining directly on the web the little ball here looks like a blue gemstone.
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August 31st, 2010 → 6:08 pm @ Bianca Gubalke
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Cape Town, South Africa, is getting ready for spring… and naturally we asked Dumi Sakuinje what’s planned at Monkey Valley Resort for the new season, starting 1 September 2010?
Check out the brief projection below, recorded on a sunny but pretty windy afternoon – with nothing but the last few feet left on a NIKON Coolpix P90 digital camera – high up at Monkey Valley Resort’s gem, the “Crowned Eagle”, on what’s to be expected in terms of September Entertainment at the beautiful beach resort.
This little movie was edited in Camtasia Studio Pro with no really efficient tool to eliminate the background noise the amazingly sensitive microphone of the digital camera had captured. It is only 1 minute 35 seconds long and was produced in High Definition for YouTube. . . where it’s currently loading. It will take a couple of hours with our slow Internet connections… but here come some interesting details for those interested in movie productions for online presentations and YouTube.
As we are still testing the best conversion and production formats, my experience with “Monkey Valley Resort in September” was the following:
My NIKON Coolpix P90 is normally set to produce digital photos in 3000 x 4000 size. I did not change these settings to 16:9 for instance. I kept all 3×4.
When starting a new project in Camtasia Studio Pro we are asked to select our format preferences.
As I plan to load the movie in HD to YouTube, I selected 1280 x 720 – which immediately reduced the original images on my Camtasia editing screen, leaving me with a large black frame around the picture.
Once the clip was edited, I published it with my personal settings – which again are YouTube/HD, meaning 1280 x 720.
The result was the display you see in the top picture here. Length: 1:35 min, 30frames per second, 214 MB.
Hmmm… I found this pretty heavy for a tiny clip like this… but I remembered that in a previous discussion it was mentioned that the whole black frame counts in terms of ‘weight’ – at least, that’s what I had understood.
Accordingly, I decided to experiment and try another version:
I did not touch the edited movie, but changed the initial settings in Camtasia to the original size I filmed it, 640 x 360 (4×3). . . but then chose the same format for YouTube/HD, meaning 1280 x 720. Being aware that I changed the 4×3 to a 16:9 … I just wanted to see the result. One never knows unless one tries… and this is not the end of the story yet :)
However, now I got double the weight: 452 MB, same time 1:35 min and 30 frames per second.
What I like here is that the picture will be seen at maximal height as demonstrated on the second screenshot above, the way Camtasia plays the movie straight after publishing.
Of course, I’d prefer to have it lighter … without losing any quality. Maybe I will get there in the next shot. . .
27% loaded… 242 minutes remaining on YouTube – duhh… what would I do with 10 minutes???
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August 31st, 2010 → 3:45 pm @ Yorgo Nestoridis
Today we start publishing the Photo Media Stock User Manual for Photographers. The Manual will lay down the rules and standards for photographers who wish to aubmit their application to the platform.
Ermoupoli Syros Greece. Photo © 2010 Yorgo Nestoridis
Your personal information must be full and accurate. Make sure your First and Last name are printed correctly, as well as your Street Address, City and Zip. Fill in all required fields. At the end of the application process you will be asked to provide a state issued ID which must include a photo of you. (Pass, ID, Drivers License). This proof of identity must be in .jpg format. If you don’t have a scanner, take a shot with your digital camera and show us how good your Macro shots are.
If and when your personal information changes, please contact support to modify or adapt your file with us.
You will find the full size user manual on the platform at Photo Media Stock as well as on static pages on this website.
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August 30th, 2010 → 8:10 pm @ Zo Nicholas
By Zo NicholasThe flying program at the Clacton Airshow 2010 included the famous RAF aerobatic team, the Red Arrows. There is nothing quite so breathtaking as watching this display team whiz through the skies and perform their aerobatics.
Here is a short video on Youtube of the Red Arrows aerobatics display at the 2010 Airshow in Clacton.
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August 30th, 2010 → 5:59 pm @ Bianca Gubalke
Ever thought of Destination Arctic Ice?
Visiting the North Pole or the South Pole?
My sister just returned from an extraordinary journey she’s always been dreaming of… a trip into a white world of silence and of serenity…
Still filled with her stories and waiting for the pictures, I wish to draw your attention to what I call “Destination Arctic Ice” – a world that seems to me is still relatively ‘untouched’, unspoilt, unaffected by human intervention, by human greed and destruction. It’s not far away on the moon or any other distant planet – it’s right here, right under our feet almost… and it’s still unexplored, virgin, complete. In my eyes – sacred.
And it should remain sacred.
Have a look at what no human eye has ever seen before – as I’m being told by photographer Gavin Newman who has built the ‘toys’ that enable him to go further than anyone else ever went underneath the Melting Artic Ice, filming “stunning life”… a habitat noone even expected, a habitat of grandiose beauty…
However, it already shows the scars of human greed by those desastrous trawlers… motivated by the overeating part of the world population. They have to be stopped – NOW!
It’s your and my Awareness that can do so, our determination to protect what we were given to care for – not to own, not to ‘possess’ nor to dominate. ‘Taking care of our house’ is part of our sacred contract with the Divine… whatever way you perceive it.
After all, we are all part of ‘it’… if we destroy what in a world of duality is perceived as ‘outside’ we destroy… ourselves.
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August 30th, 2010 → 6:53 am @ Yorgo Nestoridis
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High Dynamic Range Imaging (HDR) is a ” set of techniques that allow a greater dynamic range of luminances between the lightest and darkest areas of an image than standard digital imaging techniques or photographic methods” (Wikipedia).
The below exercise is a simple test, using only two images with different exposures.
Balux Glyfada 1
The image has been taken inside a room exposing it to feature the colors of the interior. As you can see, the consequence of properly exposing the interior leads to over exposed areas, namely on the table and then all over the background where we basically see only white.
Balux Glyfada 2
The interior is underexposed, however the background or the exterior area shows colors and details as the metering is set to render a clear image in the background.
Glyfada Balux HDR
After the merger we end up with a nice compromise which can be adjusted in post editing. Lightroom did a good job on the background as wel as on the table where we get now some of the blueish shine as a reflection from the external tones.
Balux Glyfada edited
For the purpose of this test I have just darkened the tonal range of the highlights a bit to see a real contrast to the previous image.
HDR imaging has become an easy task with Lightroom 3, even for beginners. The difference between the first and the last photo is simply smashing. The ability to edit HDR in Lightroom with just a few mouse-clicks will help many amateurs to get a more professional look to pictures featuring interiors.
Of course it’s also a great feature for night photography or anywhere where improved dynamic range cannot be reached with just one shot.
This and more we will demonstrate live and exercise with the participants at this week’s Ycademy calls as an add on to the Ycademy Seminar which took place during the past week-end.
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August 29th, 2010 → 3:42 pm @ Yorgo Nestoridis
Copyright © 2010 Yorgo Nestoridis. Visit the original article at http://yorgonestoridis.com/greece/lightroom-3-presets/.Just 4 samples using some of my Lightroom presets for the purpose of the Ycademy Seminar.
Enjoy.
Ermoupoli Syros, Greece - Original
Ermoupoli Syros, Greece - Preset 1
Ermoupoli Syros, Greece -Preset 2
Ermoupoli Syros, Greece - Preset 3
Ermoupoli Syros, Greece - Preset 4
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August 29th, 2010 → 8:51 am @ Bianca Gubalke
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While the Destinations Expo 2010 in Cape Town, South Africa, had opened its doors to the Holiday and Travel Industry, passionate yoga practitioners and yoga teachers from all over the country united for a Yoga Workshop at the Chapman’s Peak Hotel, Hout Bay, lead by Shimon Ben Avi, highly respected and wonderfully inspiring yoga master from Israel and teacher of my cherished yoga teacher and dear friend Leora Leibovitz.
This Yoga Workshop Destination Cape Town was not ‘only’ about the physical positions necessary to reach into our stillness inside and release the social imprints, mind conditioning, emotions and pain we all accumulate over time – but a magic journey into the understanding and experiencing of the true essence of Yoga.
Shimon Ben Avi is a powerful yet very graceful teacher with 26 years of experience and extensive skills especially in teacher training. Just back from the Himalayas, he abounds with wisdom and stories of Eastern Philosophy – in which he holds a PhD… as well as in Mathematics. Going far back to the roots of Upanishad, Mahabarata and Hindu Philosophy – reading and teaching from the Yoga Sutras of Patanjali… a Hindu scripture and foundational text of Yoga – he first stimulates and challenges the mental and spiritual process before taking things to the physical level on “the mat”. While Yoga is in no way a form of competition, very much to the contrary – Shimon Ben Avi has a unique gift of knowing what’s needed in a student to reach certain initially daunting goals – starting with the mental attitude, self belief, the focus directed to the right spot and … action!
An Advanced 14-days Yoga Teacher Workshop will be running until Friday, 3rd September 2010.
The essence of our learning? To cleanse, heal, energize and flow on our continued path towards… unconditional Love.
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August 28th, 2010 → 10:21 pm @ Zo Nicholas
By Zo NicholasThe Claton Airshow still manged to attract loads of visitor this year despite the weather, although the numbers were slightly down on previous years. Each year the show attracts not only the aircraft hobbyists but also families with children. As the airshow is a free event it makes a great day out for all family, there’s always something for everyone. Airshow, sand, sea and funfair!
A chance for the young to see a model of a Spitfire close up.
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August 28th, 2010 → 9:29 am @ Bianca Gubalke
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When Florence Gotil (Cheng Cheng) from Mindanao in the Philippines and I met on the Internet highway a couple of years ago, we wouldn’t have thought to be meeting at the Cape of Good Hope, South Africa, one day.
Yet, exactly this happened on Sunday 8th August 2010 as her mom’s dream had been: Destination South Africa! And the dream came true. . .
After a week of blissful sunshine, this was the day it rained… the only day she and her family from the Philippines and other parts of the world – a group of 17 touring the whole of South Africa – would be here. And we had prayed for this rain as Nature really needed it; never have we seen our dam that empty at this time of the year.
And then, while dark, errie clouds pulled over the rest of the Cape – the sun broke through the sky to bless our spontaneous meeting at Cape Point – not the most Southern tip of South Africa, but also known as the “Cape of Storms” or the “Cape of Good Hope”. And stormy and cold it was… and after that… it’s just Antarctica. . .
While we knew each other quite well in the virtual world, it was just wonderful to meet ‘live’, to hear about her flourishing truck and heavy equipment business, her future plans, her intention to market on a global scale using the Internet – for which of course Semiomantics Website Publishing is the answer to achieve the essential high Google rankings to start with.
Two women from different continents discussing real business at the end of the world over a plate of calamari fritti and hake… while baboons that were as cheeky as they were acrobatic snatched bits from the plates the moment one didn’t keep an eye on them! Too funny. . . and certainly a lasting memory for Cheng Cheng and her family!
While her tour continued, we communicated via the iPhone.
Meanwhile, she’s happily back home with many memories of her trip from Mindanao to Cape Town… when the Philippines and South Africa met.
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August 28th, 2010 → 4:59 am @ Yorgo Nestoridis
The Clacton Airshow 2010 attracts as every year loads of visitors and as so often the Red Arrows are the absolute stars. The below images have been contributed by Zo Nicholas.
Clacton Airshow 2010 Image Copyright Zo Nicholas
Clacton Airshow 2010 Red Arrows Image Copyright Zo Nicholas
www.youtube.com/watch?v=sWiTM5A0ilY
Nice shot!
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August 27th, 2010 → 5:18 pm @ Bianca Gubalke
Creating a modern Web Design for a client or a specific destination in today’s media-oriented virtual world means: Pictures! Pictures! Pictures!
Always carry a digital camera with you as – besides improving your photographic skills as a non-professional photographer – you just never know when your photographic Artwork is required. With good Digital Cameras within anyone’s reach we see many perhaps not excellent photos but certainly a quality we have never seen so widely spread.
Celebrating a special time at the relatively new Bistro Sixteen82 in Cape Town, South Africa, last week was just one of those occasions… The architecture, the style… everything is just totally captivating and deserves some Website Publishing… although the website of Steenberg Vineyards itself needs to catch up big time! Please click on the (compressed) image for better viewing!
Bistro Sixteen82 in Black & White or in Color… that’s the question, especially if you like the fine lines, volumes and light & shadow plays revealed without color interference. In fact… this gives me an idea for a black & white header for the DestinationsExpo Blog here!
As you see, there’s an incredible Artwork on this picture that needs color – especially the red and the green… representing white grapes and red grapes. . . the essence of a vineyard… and the story behind all of this will betold soon :)
Yes, I did posterize the colors a bit; I plan something specific with the exquisite originals; patience!
More on Steenberg Vineyards soon . . .
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August 27th, 2010 → 12:29 pm @ Zo Nicholas
By Zo NicholasFirst day of the Clacton Airshow 2010 provided a great opportunity to take out the digital camera to shoot some pictures of the days proceedings. Here are a couple of pictures taken of the Red Arrows aerobatics display on day one of the airshow.
and….
Notice the heavy cloud and murky sea, not really the weather you expect in August.
All pictures were taken with a point and shoot digital camera, a Canon Powershot A560.
Maybe just a slight improvement on the weather conditions for day 2 of the Clacton Airshow with some bright patches and a little bit of blue sky but not for long. The crowds again have gathered to watch the Red Arrows display at 12.30 today and the fly past.
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August 26th, 2010 → 11:03 pm @ Zo Nicholas
By Zo NicholasAlthougth the rest of East Anglia suffered some torrential downpours, down here around the coast of Clacton the weather remained relatively good enough for the Claton Airshow 2010 to go ahead. The weather was by now means the best, but at least good enough for the gathered crowds to enjoy the flying displays.
Here is a short video on Youtube, a small part of the Red Arrows display showing off their aerobatic skills.
Click HERE to watch the video.
The camera used in this instance is to take the clips is a point and shoot digital camera, a Canon Powershot A560 with a 4x Optical zoom.
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August 26th, 2010 → 10:33 am @ Yorgo Nestoridis
I tell you, it’s not worth talking about the match if not about the convincing performance of the US Selection for the Basketball World Championship which starts this week-end in Turkey.
In order not to be negative about the Greek performance … here below the highlights of the Greek performance ..:-). I hope the Greek team will show some real Basketball in Turkey!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=9H2VVU9DQ-Y
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August 26th, 2010 → 7:05 am @ Bianca Gubalke
Silvermine Nature Reserve – along Ou Kaapse Weg when coming from Cape Town, South Africa, and driving over the stunning Cape Peninsular mountain ranges towards Noordhoek – has just exploded with gold!
It’s spring!
Sweeping vistas from Silvermine Nature Reserve with a gentle mist dissolving in the early morning sunlight.
Although I experimented with filters in a couple of monochrome versions, I love the above untouched original digital picture from my simple Nikon Coolpix P90 as it’s so authentic and documenting a very special day.
Imagine with this a very soft breeze rustling through the leaves of the typical fynbos… the already withering ericas overgrown by strikingly energetic leucadendrons… and the occasional twitter of those beautiful little long-tailed sunbirds circling up into the crystalline air….
Magic!
Website Publishing is our main concern when firstly trying to reach Google Top 10 positions – and then holding them. This automatically means visibility and traffic – and from here it’s about attracting and keeping visitors, readers and potential buyers through captivating images, graphics and other forms of media – meaning a great Web Design – a Web Design like Semiomantics that is customized and optimized for each customer individually and prooves its efficiency every single day.
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August 24th, 2010 → 10:56 pm @ Zo Nicholas
By Zo NicholasAfter a day of very strong winds, heavy clouds, sunshine and showers as the night came we managed to get a peek of a full moon amongst the heavy clouds.
Taking a picture of the moon with a digital camera is not such an easy task. It needs just a little preparation beforehand to get a reasonable shot.
In this instance the camera used is a Nikon Coolpix P90, a 12megapixel camera with a 24x Optical zoom. In order to use the zoom successfully I took note of Yorgo’s advice in his article and set up a tripod as well as using a timer.
Catching the moon without cloud cover was a game of patience, as well as dedication for it was pretty cold outside. Here is the result below.
A shot to show the heavy cloud cover.
Unfortunately the cloud cover was too dense and the temperature outside too cold to sit around for too long outside in order to do shots with the other cameras. Something worth doing perhaps another night.
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August 24th, 2010 → 5:11 pm @ Yorgo Nestoridis
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I have tried for a while: blogging from the iPhone using just the normal WordPress application and then expecting results. here is the problem: when you use the iPhone appi to post to WordPress, your editing tools are limited. If you are used to Semiomantics standards when editing, the WP Application is definitely insufficient… or was I wrong?
The new Semiomantics XO Media script can act as a converter.
Here is my test set-up:
in stead of posting directly to my main site, I post to a new Semiomantics XO Media site, which is configured to convert the post into a Semiomantics standard format. That converted post is then fed into the main blog.
Of course the next challenge was then to build the converter directly into the destination site. Test site is my Yorgo Nestoridis site.
Result: absolutely smashing.
The first test post was this after-noon’s McDonald’s joins Garden Route Directory. Target key-words: “McDonald’s (or McDonalds) Garden Route” and we hit the top of Google right away!
Half an hour later, when the post has propagated half way through the YORGOO Publishing network, the result changed …
It changed, but not really that much and by tomorrow it will change again. Worth while noting: the original post has been published first at Yorgo Nestoridis (.com).
With this successful conversion Semiomantics reaches a new milestone in ‘mobile publishing’.
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August 24th, 2010 → 7:49 am @ Yorgo Nestoridis
Copyright © 2010 Yorgo Nestoridis. Visit the original article at http://yorgonestoridis.com/yorgo-nestoridis-media/digital-photography/shooting-at-the-moon/.Shooting at the moon with a Point and Shoot camera is not an easy task and the limits of the camera become quickly obvious. Yesterday I have taken some shots as a test for tonight’s full-moon night.
This above is about as close as I got and I have tried out different settings.
Equipment used:
The canm used is a Leica V-Lux-20 with 12 MP on a 1/2.33 Sensor.
With automatic settings, the moon just came back as a white disc on a black background. The cam did not distinguish between the different shades and reliefs on the surface of the moon.
The camera has optical and digital zoom systems as well as an extended optical zoom system.
The camera comes with a 12 x optical zoom and and extended optical zoom up to x 23.4. The extended optical zoom uses only a reduced part of the sensor to produce the picture. The photo can then be enlarged accordingly. The camera also uses an intelligent zoom system. This is a super resolution technology by which the zoom ratio can be increased by 1.3 times with about no deterioration of the picture quality.
Check out your camera menu, you may find iZoom or something similar there.
Make sure, when you shoot at the moon, that the macro zoom is switched off.
In view of the limited zoom range and the small size of the sensor, I put the emphasis on settings where a maximum of quality (detail) is preserved, rather than on speed or zoom (size of the moon in the frame).
To achieve this and to prevent noise, I am a friend of low ISO numbers. Considering the use of a tripod, time is no problem, so if low ISO numbers trigger longer exposure, the tripod will prevent the shake effect.
The camera will consider the moon as a whole at infinite distance; blurs due to the spherical shape are not an issue with my material. However, too low F-stop numbers will increase exposure speed and from what my tests show, it’s preferable to compromise between aperture and speed.
I have started out with f/11 at 1/100 and I just got a white disc on black background.
The above shot shows a possible compromise:
- Aperture: f/4.9
- Exposure time: 1/250 s
- ISO speed: ISO-80
- Spot metering mode
- Focal length of 49 mm which is the equivalent of 399 mm in 35 mm format
- The program selector was on Aperture Priority.
The best advise is: start with some settings and then play with aperture and shutter speed moving them gradually and then select the best picture.
The blue-moon has been achieved by tinting one of yesterday’s photos blue and by cleaning the whites.
More tomorrow.
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