f/11. To get everything in focus, you will need to narrow your aperture and use a technique called “deep focus”. Most professional photographers will recommend using f/11 as a rule-of-thumb. This should effectively ensure that the elements from the middle … Continue reading →

8 Successful Mental Habits to Defeat Fear, Worry, and Anxiety Don’t figure things out by yourself. Be real with how you feel. Be OK with some things being out of your control. Practice self-care. Be conscious of your intentions. Focus … Continue reading →

Follow these simple steps in order to best fit your shiplap around your receptacles. Turn off the power. Remove outlet face plates. Measure outlet. Cut shiplap board to fit outlet. Fit shiplap board over outlet. Attach outlet face plate. Repeat. … Continue reading →

Number of burglaries reported in the U.S. 2020, by state In 2020, the federal state of California had the most reported burglaries in the United States, with a total of 145,529 reported cases. Texas, Florida, North Carolina, and Washington rounded … Continue reading →

Principles of Photographic Composition Unity. By grouping, placing or arranging in such a way that several individual components appear to have a sense of oneness and unity is achieved. Balance. This refers to equilibrium either symmetrical or asymmetrical. Proportion. Harmony. … Continue reading →

One of the biggest changes that has been brought about by the invention of the smartphone, is the ability to instantly gain access to a picture every single time.Another major development in photography since the invention of the smartphone is … Continue reading →

What is balance in photography? Balance is a composition technique that arranges elements within the frame to achieve equal visual weight across the image. The visual weight of an element essentially measures how much attraction it draws from the viewer. … Continue reading →

exposure value. In photography, exposure value (EV) is a number that represents a combination of a camera’s shutter speed and f-number, such that all combinations that yield the same exposure have the same EV (for any fixed scene luminance). How … Continue reading →

How can you hide your camera yourself? Here are a couple of ideas on how to hide a camera in your house: Inside a fake pot plant (use a fake one so there’s no need to water it) Snug on … Continue reading →

It’s common for victims of a burglary to experience fatigue, loss of sleep and a loss of appetite after a burglary. Also, the heightened level of vulnerability that one feels after a burglary can often lead to depression and anxiety. … Continue reading →

Lessons Learned From Kodak: Don’t Get Trapped by Your Core Business Model Don’t get trapped by your business model. Start innovating before you need to. Place multiple small bets, not just one big bet. Don’t go it alone. What is … Continue reading →

1900 – Kodak introduces their first Brownie, a very inexpensive user-reloadable point-and-shoot box camera. What was photography used for in the 1900s? In the sciences (and pseudo-sciences), photographs gained credibility as objective evidence because they could document people, places, and … Continue reading →

PHOTOGRAPHY and painting have had a fruitful relationship since photography’s invention in 1839. Actually, since before that. The precursor of photography, the so-called camera obscura (Latin for “dark chamber”), was invented in 1457 as an aid to drawing. What is … Continue reading →

A mixed economy combines elements of tradi- tional, market, and command economic models to answer the three basic economic questions. Because each nation’s economy is a different blend of these three economic models, econo- mists classify them according to the … Continue reading →

An example of this is the invention of gasoline fuel; prior to the discovery of the energy-generating power of gasoline, the economic value of petroleum was relatively low. The use of gasoline became a better and more productive method of … Continue reading →