Monthly Archive for October, 2002

after six years of absence, wallace and gromit has finally returned! watch out for their 10 one-minute movies.

do you remember your last long-haul flight? the long toilet queue after meals is always annoying, especially when you have to contend with the narrow aisle and turbulence. patent 6,329,919 will solve the toilet problem with a comprehensive reservation system.

microsoft was not about lose customers to apple’s switch campaign, so they embarked on their own switch to windows xp campaign. microsoft’s short-sighted pr team however decided to get a stock photograph model as their freelance writer to write the fake testimonial. (the xp campaign link is a google cache, because microsoft has removed their own page in shame)

prize winners of the world press photo delivered startling photographs of human suffering and death caused by conflict and disaster all over the world. such photos also require a certain sense of ethics, explained by the national press photographers.

it was obvious deception when national geographic moved pyramids and time magazine made oj simpson looked guilty. however, if a dead american soldier dragged through the streets of mogadishu is tasteless, while a taliban soldier being dragged away for execution is a prize winner, who’s taste are they questioning?

if you plan to progress in photography, you might transcend the 7 spiritual levels of photography. perhaps we may never meet those that ascend to the highest level, because they are photographers that dress funny, stay up late and are crummy in promoting their works.

once you’ve gone beyond equipment lust, photography with any available light is possible. all you need is a keen eye and a tripod for 2am photography.