Saturday, June 30, 2012

Ab initio, "The Passion", Ad infinitum !

This title translates as follows:
From the beginning, The Passion, to continue forever!

Ad valorem translates to - add value- to "Harry Potter" and "Fifty Shades"

We begin with some rhetorical questions. Can it be a natural evolution of the emotive sense? Can it be revolutionary authors initiating new motives for a newly re-defined generation? Then we can expect transformation to excellence, nothing but the best for you and perhaps for me too, lol.
JK Rowlings and EL James appeal to different target markets. 
JK Rowlings, the author of Harry Potter distinguished her ambition through the eyes & the ears of children with her unique flavor of characters. It is quite a significant and advanced pace of fiction writing from 'The Lion, The Witch & The Wardrobe'. The movies followed. 
EL James, the author of Fifty Shades, she too has also distinguished herself for women with a flavor for the erotic, romantic side. The movie I understand, is in the makings and is yet to be released.
Social media has moved me to blog on these two remarkably talented women.
From nothing to everything, from nobody to somebody, won't you say?!
Interestingly, why did children cling to these thrillers & why did women also?
What has changed or what will change? To some of us who prefer to be passively neutral in commentaries, I daresay that The Passion, brings life worthy of lessons, in an equation that will bring moral value upliftment which equals the benefit to society, moreso in a global village hemisphere. The emotive plot through 'The Passion' is ever present with a traditional flavor, yet religion has been written in the Bible, however named, be it Bhagavad Gita or The Quran, as 'The Law that man must follow'. 
Perhaps, a revocation through transformation has begun. 
I end this blog with a quote from psalm 46:10
Be still and know that I am God,
I will be exalted among nations,
I will be exalted in the earth.

Friday, June 22, 2012

Outta de senses?

Friday 22nd June 2012 
http://www.guardian.co.tt
BC Pires page A25 .... Father's feminism.... For God so loved the world that he gave his son to suffer & die, in a democracy?
Patricia McIntosh  page A27 .... There are local experts to do the job... Talent exist not just in construction sector, but also in education?
Richard Lord page A5.... Free HPV vaccines.... The vaccine costing the government $6m, so what is free?

Sunday, June 3, 2012

Sensing The Photo Blogger In Me

Photography... Is not about amateur photographers, oh no!
It is about to tap all the senses. Yup! Even the sense of touch & sound ;-) 
Amazing by Grace eh? 
Well, I'm about to shoot the photo! If you see it, you feel it, you taste it, you hear it, you can talk about it by leaving a comment.
Ok, food my favorite topic, you can 'taste' it. I have eaten food but rarely  tasted good-looking food, you know a chef's speciality like the ones that the cameras have acted upon. Tell me when you have tasted photo foods and whether it looks like the taste, ok? With the exception of gyros, doubles, roti with curry duck & pelau, my opinion doesn't matter, because the photos sure taste delicious, yummo! With all sense of humility, I must confess now if you have not guessed already, that I am just an amateur photographer trying to write a photo blog.
Wedding photos, details, especially the rings matter, so can you 'see' it? The  decor, the cake, the bridal dress the groom & his bess man ;) Touch the camera, apply various shutter speeds, do u 'hear' songs of photography ie click flash? Noise commanded by motion sensors in the camera to shoot moving subjects, and yes, shadow means 'noise' to the professionals! 
Portrait photos are by no means simple! Masculine portraits differ significantly from feminine portraits pose although there are minor similarities. Both use a common backdrop colour of white, black or green. 
In masculine pose, the head is tilted slightly to the lower shoulder while in feminine pose, the head is tilted forward slightly to the side of the upper shoulder. The straight face towards to the camera is used for business. There is seven-eights & three-quarters head tilt and profile angle for your information. I happen to be around photographers, what a co-incidence for my personal knowledge sensing expansion! 
Hair light is common for both to give some shine & texture. 
In studio portraits, if the colour of the shirt or top is white, the more preferred option is a  contrasting backdrop colour such as black otherwise the subject's clothes will blend in & the face being highlighted will look fatter. Contrasting backdrop colours make the subject look slimmer. For more slender facial portraits, the subject's nose is pointed towards the main light, casting a shadow from short lighting, so that broad lighting is not the preferential choice for most women. Keeping the arms away from the body also gives a more slender pose.  A photographer can easily choose to capture or not capture a woman's double chin. You get the 'feeling'? Shrieking with laughter, a boyfriend will either want to touch or not touch this woman's face whether in dream photo by virtual reality, or physical realm! And, a man is bound to talk about a 'metro' woman in any rumshop after a few drinks, lol.