25 Awesome examples of high speed photography. It is considered the hardest type of photography. The practice in not easy as seems. High Speed Photography requires the whole set of cameras and different objects to capture. Here we have collected some impressive and awesome high speed photography for inspiration. Feel free to leave your comments in the comment box below and tell us which one is your favorite.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average has never been higher. On Tuesday, after a run-up of 125 points, the index of 30 blue chip companies closed at 14,253, beating the record close set in October 2007. Wind back those five-plus years, and you’ll recall we were on the verge of a global financial collapse and the worst recession since the Depression.
So what are we to make of crossing this line? Especially if you believe it’s not industrial behemoths like Alcoa, General Electric, and Procter & Gamble – all component companies in the Dow – that are the economic engines of our future but tech companies like Apple, Google and Facebook. What’s a tech investor, or even an employee of a tech company, to do?
Invest in tech, says Kevin Landis, president of Firsthand Capital Management, a mutual fund company, with $300 million under management. Landis’ largest holdings are Apple, Amazon, Google and Facebook. On the secondary market, he’s also purchased a chunk of still privately held Twitter.
“I think of the Dow as possessing what I would call psychological incumbency; it’s probably that simple as to why it’s followed so closely,” Landis says. “But as an active investor, I am glad people follow it. I do better in a world where people look at the wrong things.”
That Wall Street was celebrating the Dow on Tuesday, and not the tech-heavy Nasdaq, is a function of how ridiculously expensive tech companies were back in the bubble days of 2000 when the Nasdaq hit a record 5,049. On Tuesday it closed at 3,220. Nowhere near a record, but higher than it’s been in 12 years...
HDR Photography is one of the most creative part of modern day photography. High Dynamic Range Imaging (HDRI or HDR) is a set of methods used in imaging and photography to allow a greater dynamic range between the lightest and darkest areas of an image than current standard digital imaging methods or photographic methods. HDR images can represent more accurately the range of intensity levels found in real scenes, from direct sunlight to faint starlight, and is often captured by way of a plurality of differently exposed pictures of the same subject matter. In simpler terms, HDR is a range of methods to provide higher dynamic range from the imaging process. Non-HDR cameras take pictures at one exposure level with a limited contrast range. This results in the loss of detail in bright or dark areas of a picture, depending on whether the camera had a low or high exposure setting. HDR compensates for this loss of detail by taking multiple pictures at different exposure levels and intelligently stitching them together to produce a picture that is representative in both dark and bright areas. In this post I am going to showcase some amazing examples of HDR Photography to inspire our fellow photographers. Enjoy!
Google stock rocketed up another $11 today to close at a new all-time high.
At $785 a share, Google now has a market cap of $260 billion.
The re-awakening of Google's stock follows a multi-year period in which most investors generally ignored the company.
Google went public in 2004. Over the next three years, the stock proceeded to blast from $100 to $700.
But then, from 2007 to the middle of 2012, as the company's hyper-growth slowed, Google's stock multiple compressed.
But Google the company kept growing.
After a four-year rocket ride following its spectacular 2004 IPO, Google's stock took a multi-year breather.
From 2007 to the middle of 2012, as the company's hyper-growth slowed, Google's stock multiple compressed.
But Google the company kept growing.
And Google the cash factory kept coining more and more money.
And now, with Google's stock having settled into a reasonable price-earnings ratio--24X trailing earnings--the stock is on the move again.
The Panasonic liveblog was barely finished when we saw this beauty calling out to us from the show floor. This is Panasonic's 20" 4K tablet, running Windows 8. It's a prototype design right now, but seemed to be pretty well put together, and not something quickly knocked up for the show. Given that it's not a full release model, details on specifications are sparse, but we can tell you that as well as that truly jaw dropping display, there is a front facing camera (no details on resolution, but possibly 2-megapixel), and an Intel Core i5 running the show. Input / output wise there wasn't a lot going on, but there was micro-USB, microSD and at least WiFi. If you're thinking that that display is going to pretty much keep you tethered to a wall to keep it powered, then we were told that it will at least give you two hours of use on the go.
Nature Wallpapers are most hit top in Google and every person in the world likes nature view photographs, therefore we have decided to show you some most beautiful nature wallpapers. Here is a collection of most beautiful nature wallpapers in high quality.
Icon designs can be simple, with flat two-dimensional drawing or a black silhouette, or complex, presenting a combination of graphic design elements such as one or more linear and radial color gradients, projected shadows, contour shades, and three-dimensional perspective effects.
In order to maintain consistency in the look of a device, OS manufacturers offer detailed guidelines for the development and use of icons on their systems. This is true for both standard system icons and third party application icons to be included in the system. The system icons currently in use have typically gone through widespread international acceptance and testing.
Regardless of the operating system application icons are all generally unique, so they stand out from one another. Folder icons help you identify what’s inside of them. File icons generally display a document with an application logo that lets you know what application created it or is the default to open it.
Icon design factors have also been the topic for extensive usability studies. The design itself involves a high level of skill in combining an attractive graphic design with the required usability features. Icons are meant to look like the item that they represent. The icon needs to be clear and easily recognizable, able to display on monitors of widely varying size and resolutions.
If you have ever taken a picture and then thought it was not a true representation of the real world scene, then you are surely in need of High dynamic range (HDR) photography.
Normal (non-HDR) images are taken at just 1 exposure level which limits the contrast range. Depending on the exposure settings, the photo will lose details in either the bright or the dark areas of the image. Through HDR photography the real life scenes like intensity of sunlight and the shadow effects can be well replicated.
Since one of our older inspiration articles “called 10 High Quality Landscape Pictures” is so populair, I decided to create a second Landscape inspiration article including 25 amazing landscapes from all over the world to help you inspire. You can use all these photos “from different photographers” in your personal work, however if you would like to get bigger photo sizes and would like to find out if you can use them in you commercial designs, I advice you to contact the original designer.
Here is the collection of HD 3D Wallpapers. Hope these wallpapers will inspire you especially if your desktop running out of wallpapers.
Business coach and consultant Jim Schleckser has spent years trying to understand how start-up and small business CEOs budget their time. Not suprisingly, the best CEOs--the ones that are able to grow highly-profitable, fast-growing companies--had a lot in common.
As part of the CEO Project, a boot camp for entrepreneurs, Schleckser advises CEOs and company founders on the most important areas of their business to focus on. At the core of his advice, Schleckser believes CEOs need to put the blinders on and focus on what truly drives growth. Here are the core components Schleckser says you should focus on.
Today’s free fonts collection specially rounded up for graphic designers. In this article you can find 50 high quality free fonts. A month ago we’re posted fonts related article with the title of – 26 Fresh Fonts For Designers, which turned out to be very popular. But I felt like I haven’t featured even a half of latest, free fonts, so I decided to continue with another font related article.
These high quality free fonts, where many of them are very good for font creation, creative graphic typographic works, poster design, unique web design titles and so on. I don’t need to tell you where to use those fonts, I am here to find that stuff for you!
Today’s free fonts collection specially rounded up for graphic designers. In this article you can find 50 high quality free fonts. A month ago we’re posted fonts related article with the title of – 26 Fresh Fonts For Designers, which turned out to be very popular. But I felt like I haven’t featured even a half of latest, free fonts, so I decided to continue with another font related article.
These high quality free fonts, where many of them are very good for font creation, creative graphic typographic works, poster design, unique web design titles and so on. I don’t need to tell you where to use those fonts, I am here to find that stuff for you!
Abstract is by definition a process through which higher concepts are obtained from the usage of normal principals and methods. Abstract wallpapers can be obtained through different designing methods, such as the usage of curved lines, odd shapes or unusual palettes.
Abstract wallpapers also can present fractions of real objects or reality in a distorted fashion thus creating a new abstract concept.
Animals are a major group of multicellular. Their body plan eventually becomes fixed as they develop, although some undergo a process of metamorphosis later on in their life. Most animals are motile, meaning they can move spontaneously and independently.
WordPress is one of the more popular and most used blogging software these days. Its ease of use, highly customizable properties and flexibility have made it the favourite CMS of hardcore bloggers. On the other side of the fence, mobile phones and other mobile devices like tablets are no longer meant for entertainment purposes only. One can get any information they desire through their mobile device, just by a few movements of their fingers. Users are growing more dependent on their mobile devices to get their daily information.
It's clear that Forbes and I disagree on what constitutes a celebrity, but it was nice to see both Howard Stern and Dr. Dre may their way into the top 10 this year!
In this post we have collected 46 fabulous ios icon designs. Enjoy! If you like these logo designs you might also want to check out our previous post below.
