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Kinetic Photography

admin — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 17:50:03 +0000

Kinetic photography (kinetic meaning “caused by motion”) is an experimental photographic technique in which the photographer uses movement resulting from physics to create an image. This typically involves the artist not directly holding the camera, but allowing the camera to react to forces applied to it in order to make a photograph. This can include, but is not limited to; holding and shaking the wrist strap of the camera while taking a picture, dropping the camera off of objects while taking a picture, throwing or spinning the camera up in the air while taking a picture (called a camera toss), or rigorously moving the camera while taking a picture, etc. As the photographer has surrendered control over the camera to physical forces, this technique tends to produce abstract, random or blurred-motion photographs.

I’ve just started experimenting with this for fun. I leave a long exposure on my camera and snap a photo while moving the camera quickly. I”ve gotten some interesting results! Here’s some examples:

Kinetic Photography Porch Lights

Description taken from WikiPedia…

Web Program Languages

admin — Sun, 22 Nov 2009 20:34:40 +0000

With all of the different types of programs out there in the field of web development, I thought it might be a good idea to list the popular languages and descriptions with links to their main websites. I am currently taking a Javascript class at St. Pete College, but am working on adding to my knowledge in other programs to stay ahead… This is fairly easy for someone to do by practicing and studying the following sites.

Javascript

JavaScript is an object-oriented[2] scripting language used to enable programmatic access to objects within both the client application and other applications. It is primarily used in the form of client-side JavaScript, implemented as an integrated component of the web browser, allowing the development of enhanced user interfaces and dynamic websites.

http://www.javascript.com/

JavaScript is an object-oriented scripting language used to enable programmatic access to objects within both the client application and other applications. It is primarily used in the form of client-side JavaScript, implemented as an integrated component of the web browser, allowing the development of enhanced user interfaces and dynamic websites.

Link to Javascript website

ASP.NET

ASP.NET is a web application framework developed and marketed by Microsoft to allow programmers to build dynamic web sites, web applications and web services. It was first released in January 2002 with version 1.0 of the .NET Framework, and is the successor to Microsoft’s Active Server Pages (ASP) technology.

Link to ASP.net website

Ruby on Rails

Ruby on Rails, often shortened to Rails or RoR, is an open source web application framework for the Ruby programming language. It is intended to be used with an Agile development methodology that is used by web developers for rapid development.

Link to Ruby on Rails website

PHP

PHP, or PHP: Hypertext Preprocessor, is a widely used, general-purpose scripting language that was originally designed for web development, to produce dynamic web pages. It can be embedded into HTML and generally runs on a web server, which needs to be configured to process PHP code and create web page content from it.

Link to PHP website

Meta Keywords Useless in Google?

admin — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 22:55:50 +0000

I recently came across this post on the Google Webmaster’s blog. I have always been taught to believe that keyword meta tags are extremely important when trying to rank your web site on Google. Little did I know that Google hasn’t paid much attention to keywords for the last ten years!

Here’s the Link.

Rather than relying on keywords, Google looks for important content located in the site.

Although the keyword meta tags are no longer as important, Google still uses the description meta tag when your web site comes is shown after a search. However, it is still good practice to keep your keywords for other search engines.

Design Blog

admin — Sun, 15 Nov 2009 06:17:18 +0000

This is my first post for my design blog. I will be updating this category as I find and research new trends in the design industry. Talk to you soon!