delnerdo: Yesterday the iPod quietly celebrated its tenth birthday. This quote is from macrumors.com and I include it here to reflect on initial acceptance of new technologies:
<quote> Initial reaction to the iPod wasn't entirely favorable. Slashdot's famous reaction was "No wireless. Less space than a nomad. Lame." MacRumors was also around at the time as well, and much of the reader reaction wasalso negative. One commenter wrote:
All that hype for an MP3 player? Break-thru digital device? The Reality Distiortion Field™ is starting to warp Steve's mind if he thinks for one second that this thing is gonna take off.
Of course, ten years later, the iPod has sold over 304 million units. </quote>
Will your words sound similar in a decade?
I for one do not like their desgns.... it shouts "look at my looks coz'nothing else is good about me"...
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Posted on Mar 13, 2012 at 07:56:05 UTC
jrg: People getting married have no qualms shelling a lot of money out for limos and flowers, but they immediately moan and complain when they look at prices for a wedding photographer. It’s actually amusing. As the years pass there will ne no limo, no flowers, but the photos will be there as loving testimony to the event.
It is not something which is exlcusive to the wedding pro... In my line of work (not wedding photography) I can say that I have made offers for weddings at my place... About 5-600 have actually taken place at my work but I have made many more offers...
It is a rare couple indeed who gladly pay all. Almost invariably there is at least one thing they want on the cheap ands sometimes it is the photographer, sometimes the videoshooter, often catering or location, or the car they want to (yes I have seen many cars and even helicopters that for one day are even more expensive than a good pro). The only extra disadvantage the wedding pro has is that with the popularity of digital shooting everybody knows at least one person with a digital DSLR and also many more who think of themselves as pros...
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Posted on Jan 27, 2012 at 16:24:54 UTC
On challenge entry forger in the Fire challenge
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openluchtmuseum?
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When I saw the small image my first thougt was a re-enactment with birds instead of planes (very clever idea I thought) of the scene from "A bridge too far"where all the aircraft flew over a church..
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Posted on Oct 17, 2009 at 10:01:04 UTC
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breda , Netherlands
delnerdo: Yesterday the iPod quietly celebrated its tenth birthday.
This quote is from macrumors.com and I include it here to reflect on initial acceptance of new technologies:
<quote>
Initial reaction to the iPod wasn't entirely favorable. Slashdot's famous reaction was "No wireless. Less space than a nomad. Lame." MacRumors was also around at the time as well, and much of the reader reaction wasalso negative. One commenter wrote:
All that hype for an MP3 player? Break-thru digital device? The Reality Distiortion Field™ is starting to warp Steve's mind if he thinks for one second that this thing is gonna take off.
Of course, ten years later, the iPod has sold over 304 million units.
</quote>
Will your words sound similar in a decade?
I for one do not like their desgns.... it shouts "look at my looks coz'nothing else is good about me"...
jrg: People getting married have no qualms shelling a lot of money out for limos and flowers, but they immediately moan and complain when they look at prices for a wedding photographer. It’s actually amusing. As the years pass there will ne no limo, no flowers, but the photos will be there as loving testimony to the event.
It is not something which is exlcusive to the wedding pro... In my line of work (not wedding photography) I can say that I have made offers for weddings at my place... About 5-600 have actually taken place at my work but I have made many more offers...
It is a rare couple indeed who gladly pay all. Almost invariably there is at least one thing they want on the cheap ands sometimes it is the photographer, sometimes the videoshooter, often catering or location, or the car they want to (yes I have seen many cars and even helicopters that for one day are even more expensive than a good pro). The only extra disadvantage the wedding pro has is that with the popularity of digital shooting everybody knows at least one person with a digital DSLR and also many more who think of themselves as pros...
openluchtmuseum?
where is a volcano when you need one?
But I suspect they saw this image and therefore added the criterium that the image should not have been used in another challenge...
oh man, those eyes.... "Gotta win, gotta win, gotta win"
almost blasphemy to take a picture instead of just enjoying the view..
Probably a case of self defense, I mean, what would YOU do if a fierce and vicious thing landed on your head?
Amazing capture by the way
That is a plantation (sorry couldn't help that. just my education I guess :D) .But congrats on a win with a very nice picture....
at last a Carnaval pic I can relate to...
more my kind of carnaval than Venice and Brazil combined....
I can't believe I missed this challenge.... :C
When I saw the small image my first thougt was a re-enactment with birds instead of planes (very clever idea I thought) of the scene from "A bridge too far"where all the aircraft flew over a church..