In these modern times, cameras are everywhere. Whether it’s a tiny digital you keep in your pocket or a medium format monstrosity you use for a hobby, cameras have become an integral part of human life. With that in mind, let’s take a trip down memory lane and talk a bit about where modern photography came from and what it has meant to our civilization.

One of the most amazing things about photographs is how heavily we depend on them to record our history and tell our stories, considering the fact that chemical photography is a relatively new science. The first permanent photograph was created as recently as 1825 using pewter plates and a substance called “bitumen,” and later iterations of the photograph would be printed on glass; paper didn’t become more readily available into around 1888 as a result of the innovations by George Eastman (Eastman-Kodak).

In 1901, Kodak introduced the Kodak Brownie camera to the public. This was the first time that photography was so easily accessible to the public, in terms of ease of use and cost. It was during this time that developing film as an industry really took off. It is amazing to think that something like printing and viewing our pictures was a foreign concept just 100 years ago. The modern SLR camera has only been around for about 80 years, and even in that time frame hasn’t changed too much in terms of construction.

While black and white photography hasn’t changed much since the early 1900’s, color film has experience dramatic advancements over this brief period of time. Though color photography had always been a concept pursued by early photographers, color film and printing didn’t become accessible until the 20th century. Kodak’s “Kodachrome” was introduced around 1935, but it would be a while before color film became the norm. One interesting thing about the advancement of photography is how black and white photos are still being used despite the popularity of color photographs; how many people do you know that still have a black and white television?

Of course, you can’t talk about photo history without mentioning the huge importance of the digital revolution. This technology, which feels like a normal part of life, has only been in widespread use for about 15 years. The first megapixel sensor wasn’t even made until 1986 and now it’s a common technology word in our vocabulary. Though digital photography hasn’t changed much about the way we take pictures (point and shoot), it has had an immeasurable impact on our ability to share our photographs with the world.

Photography is the way in which we record and share memories. A photograph can be as simple as remembering a birthday party, or as important as drawing attention to a conflict on the other side of the globe. They help add meaning and emotion to the words of reporters articles and help preserve history for future generations. Every photo we take represents some type of relationship, achievement, strength or weakness.

Springing up from the Central Highlands, it has an entourage of beautiful streams and waterfalls, and many of them come with legends attached.

Dray Sap and the story of an Ede girl

Situated in Dak Nong Province’s Krong Ne District where the Ede minority people live, Dray Sap is one of several Central Highlands waterfalls whose origins are steeped in mythology.

Legend has it that a pretty Ede maiden named H’Mi was pursued and proposed to by many wealthy men, but fell in love with a poor, but good-natured man.

One day, a giant monster with scorching eyes descended as H’Mi and her lover who were sitting on a rock and flirting with each other. The monster is said to have taken water from the river into its cavernous mouth and spit it out with force, knocking the young man unconscious and sweeping the girl away.

The grief-stricken man stood rooted in grief, and was transformed into a large tree clinging to a rock. The spot where the young lovers were attacked became a waterfall, the sound of which is the boy’s call for his lover and the mist around it, the tears shed by two pining hearts.

Dray Sap means “Smoke Waterfall” in the local Ede minority language. The crashing waterfall has indeed created a mist with a smoky effect. Dray Sap is also called the “Husband Waterfall” commonly known as “Thac Chong” in Vietnamese.

Seen from afar, the three-tier Dray Sap Waterfall is a striking picture against the backdrop of mountains and forests. The water flows especially strongly in the rainy season, when the fall is about 12 meters high and 120 meters wide. In the dry season, the landscape is just as vivid with the white water contrasting perfectly with the vast blue sky.

For visitors, a suspension bridge facing the waterfall offers great photo opportunities.

There are also many hiking trails through the surrounding forest that take travelers through dense foliage to small springs. The area is home to a variety of singing birds that provide soothing musical accompaniment.

Dray Nur and the golden bamboo rat

Not far from Dray Sap is Dray Nur, probably the jewel in the waterfall crown that the region wears with pride.

Dray Nur bisects Dak Nong and Dak Lak provinces. It is considered the most imposing waterfall in the Central Highlands, pouring from a height of over 30 meters and a width of 250 meters.

In the dry seasons one can go past the water into the large cave underneath.

Several auxiliary falls give visitors the option of bathing in the falls and refreshing themselves in body and spirit.

Dray Nur, needless to say, has its own story to tell.

Dray, in Ede language, means waterfall and Nur means bamboo rat.

The story goes that there was a prince named Nur, who enjoyed the scenic landscapes of the area, wandering through the forests. Nur was the son of Yang Ea, king of the water world.

One day, he came across two pretty girls whose father, a chieftain in the region, was killed in a battle with another tribe. Without any support from their family, the two maidens had to go to the forest to search for food to survive.

Moved by their plight, the prince used his magic powers to supply their house with enough food and other necessities

As the days passed, his compassion turned into love and the prince married the girls.

Shortly afterward, the prince left his two wives to return home and see his father, who, unhappy with what his son had done, forbade him to return to the forest.

The son refused and escaped. But he began to miss his father before long even as he lived a happy life with his two wives who were very devoted to him. They stuck by him wherever he went.

One day, the prince turned himself into a golden bamboo rat and dived into the waterfall next to the king’s palace.

His wives were sad and parked themselves at the site to wait for their husband to come up.

The waterfall was then named Dray Nur to commemorate the prince.

The Dray Nur waterfall is also known as “Thac Cai” or “Wife Waterfall“ in Vietnamese.

From the town of Buon Ma Thuot, Vietnam’s coffee capital in Dak Lak Province, it takes about an hour to get to the waterfalls by car.

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So, these school kids , well-aware of the disastrous consequences of using plastic bags, did what the adults should have done way back… design paper bags from newspapers and sell them to the vegetable vendors at an affordable rates.

But as they, old habits die hard; we are back to ground zero, as people have gone back to their bad old ways of using plastic bags. So what went wrong with the children’s campaign of popularizing paper bags? Why did the concerned newspaper cease to carry more stories on it? We don’t the reason why?

As of now, what we know is that the use of plastics have increased like never before and this can wreak havoc in the environment as most of them are not biodegradable, therefore not environment-friendly.

But living in a world without plastic is an unimaginable prospect; given the fact plastics over the years have become a fundamental part of our living.

Advantageous of plastics

The significant growth in use of plastics is due to its favorable properties. These include:

• It’s Versatility and can be customized to meet very specific technical needs.

• Light in weight as compared to other materials, leading to less fuel consumption during transportation.

• Very durable

• Resistant to chemicals, water and impact.

• Hygiene properties in terms of food packaging.

• Thermal and electrical insulation properties.

• Inexpensive to produce

As per the latest reports, people world over manufacture and use 20 times more plastic today than we did 50 years ago!

Plastic products are used for all and sundry purposes. The kind of products produced from plastics include, Industrial Plastic Products, Plastic water tank, Pet Preforms, Plastic Aircraft Products, Plastic Automotive Parts, Plastic Bags, Plastic Balls, Plastic Barrels, Plastic Basins, Plastic Baskets, Plastic Bins, Plastic Bottles, Plastic Bowls, Plastic Boxes, Plastic Buckets, Plastic Prefab Homes, Plastic Canisters, Plastic Cans, Plastic Capacitors, Plastic Caps, Plastic Clothings, Plastic Coatings, Plastic Mugs, Plastic Packaging Products, Plastic Panels, Plastic Pallets, Plastic Pipe Fittings, Plastic Pipes, Plastic Sanitaryware, Plastic Sheets, Plastic Stationary, Plastic Straps, Plastic Strips, Plastic Tanks, Plastic Tapes, Plastic Toiletries, Plastic Toys & Games, Plastic Trays, Plastic Tubes, Plastic Tumblers, Plastic Vases, Prefab Homes, Plastic Yarns …the list is long. So it is plastic and plastic everywhere.

So it is safe to surmise that plastics have made their presence felt in a big way in our daily lives. Packaging industry is reported to be the single largest sector using plastics. So doing away with them completely is not that easy, considering its significant influence in our daily lives, however, one can chalk out various strategies to make the most use of them, thereby restrict their production.

There are 50 groups of plastics with hundreds of varieties. The best thing being all varieties can be recycled. However, reusing plastic is preferable than recycling as it uses less energy and fewer resources.

Degradable plastics

Numerous retailers in UK have recently come up with degradable carrier bags. These bags are made from a special type of plastic that degrades under certain conditions. For instance, degradable plastics are of two types, bio-degradable plastics and photodegradable plastics. Bio-degradable plastics contain only a small amount of non oil-bases material, like corn starch and photodegradable plastics will break down when kept under the sun.

Degradable plastics are widely being used in countries like Austria and Sweden, where fast-food retail chain McDonalds has been using bio-degradable cutlery since three years. Plastic which photo-degrades in six weeks are been used in manufacturing carriers for beer cans.

Bio-plastics

As hazardous chemical additives are used in plastics, leading to health and safety concerns, manufacturers are gradually shifting to plant-based plastics. For instance, world’s largest toy manufacturer Mattel had announced that company will be using plant-based plastics for manufacturing of toys. Similar promises were also made by companies like LEGO, IKEA, Nike and The Bodyshop. So hopefully, within few decades, we could expect the whole world shifting towards using plant-based plastics.

So, you’ve been watching and hearing and reading the past week about the biggest sports stories of the year that was, 2009, the highs and lows, the champs and heartbreak losers, the scandals and deaths. We live out a year, and if we survive it, we look back.

Some things you just can’t predict. They just have to happen.

Well, here’s something we can predict for 2010: The biggest sports story of the year. The next time Tiger Woods plays competitive golf. Pretty simple, huh?

If there was ever an unfathomable downfall, it was Tiger’s. Now, if he’d had a off year playing golf, and his off years are better than most golfers’ best year, we would have said, OK, he’s only 34, let’s see how he bounces back in 2010.

In fact, 2009 wasn’t an overpowering golf season for Tiger, but that small matter got blown away by his high scores in the bedroom.

Problem was it wasn’t his bedroom. And all hell broke lose. Arguably the biggest global name in sports was brought to his knees by a string of admitted sexual trysts. After all, Tiger had a drop-dead gorgeous wife (and two kids) under his own roof.

There’s no use asking why. Marital infidelity ain’t new. But when the perpetrator is Tiger Woods, it registers like an earthquake. His image was simply that of the greatest golfer of all-time, with another 10 years to pump the resume. That was his public image. His private image was … well, no one really knew. Yes, his wife was beautiful, and when they’d kiss after he won a major it was an irresistible photo op. It was easy to imagine Mr. & Mrs. Tiger Woods having an unbelievably wonderful life.

But he never showed much of himself away from the game. We could see him on TV almost any old time, in commercials and in magazine ads that would lift him into becoming the first billionaire athlete.

He lived an intensely private life. Now we know why. Sure, with his money he could buy any comfort creature on earth. He pretty much had. A house bigger than your home town. A yacht. A Buick wasn’t the only vehicle in his driveway. But he wanted more. He wanted excess.

He wanted women. A bunch.

We began hearing about this after he backed out of his driveway at 2:30 in the morning and crashed the vehicle. Who knows what was on his mind then. It wasn’t about paying the deductible. He probably thought, ‘I‘m Tiger Woods, nothing bad will come of this. I’ll just sign a few autographs for the cops and be on my way,’ wherever he was going at that time of the morning.

Wherever that was, he couldn’t escape. It was only a story because it was Tiger Woods. And it was nothing, until the details began to spill out. They were no small details. They were about women. Tiger holed up in his hole for a few days, hoping the story would blow away. It got bigger instead. He should have known. He’s Tiger Woods.

He admitted to the affairs, his wife left without saying goodbye, and Tiger is still in hiding.

Maybe, before he plays again, Tiger will hold a press conference, or do an interview with Oprah or the Golf Channel. 60 Minutes might be too tough on him. He better get used to it.

How long can he tap dance around this? There’s already been a written mea culpa, but the public wants more. It wants to see and hear him say the words. What was his problem? Was it just the available sex?

Maybe he’ll say nothing until he returns to the tour, letting the chip shots fall where they may. This we do know. The next time we see him on the first tee will be must-see TV. The ratings will be record-breaking. Breaking records is what the man does, but this time, it’s for the wrong reasons. Everybody wants to see how the fallen Tiger, looks, acts, plays. It’ll be like we’re seeing him for the first time.

His tunnel vision on the golf course is legendary. He doesn’t talk; he plays. He doesn’t smile; he plays. He’s a sore loser. He’s not playing for the paycheck. Second place sucks.

What kind of Tiger will we see the next time we see him? Whatever that tournament is, let’s say it’s the Masters, just to up the drama, what if he wins it? Is that possible? He’s done things in golf that are unmatched, but he’s never done any of it riding a scandal. Everybody from Letterman to the lady at the checkout counter had a Tiger joke. He’d been humiliated, this proud, unfaithful man. His clean slate wasn’t blemished, it was kicked around, crushed, spit on, like it only can happen to the very famous.

So, Tiger plays his first round somewhere, then comes the press conference. Yeah, there will be golf questions, but which media person will be the first to pop the first query about you know what. Will Tiger consider the question, or take the Mark McGwire back door approach? Don’t be surprised if Tiger issues a pre-tournament statement that he won’t be fielding any questions about you know what.

Here’s a safe question: Tiger, how difficult is it to play competitive golf again after what you’ve been through? A softball question that could lead somewhere.

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Someone who wants to make a quick buck evidently sold these sex photos of Black and Perez Hilton decided to publish both the censored and uncensored photos. Hilton also says he is told there is a video to go with it. In the pictures, Dustin Lance Black is send giving oral sex to his partner and letting the guy screw him without a condom. I hope they were both tested first! The photos all have a 2006 time stamp on them, so if that’s correct then this all went down when Milk was simply a gleam Black’s eye.

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Black had first visited San Francisco in the early 1990s and was inspired by city supervisor Harvey Milk’s representation of the gay community while diagnoses of AIDS among gay people were increasing. He had first viewed Rob Epstein’s documentary The Times of Harvey Milk when he was in college, and thought, “I just want to do something with this, why hasn’t someone done something with this?” Researching Milk’s life for three years, Black met with Milk’s former aides Cleve Jones and Anne Kronenberg, as well as former San Francisco Mayor Art Agnos, and began to write a feature film screenplay encompassing the events of Milk’s life. The screenplay was written on spec, but Black showed the script to Jones, who passed it on to his friend Gus Van Sant, who signed on to direct the feature. Black is an old friend of Milk producer Dan Jinks, who signed on to the biopic after he called Black to congratulate him and discovered that the project did not have a confirmed producer. On February 22, 2009, Black won the Oscar for Best Original Screenplay for Milk at the 81st Academy Awards. He wore a White Knot to the ceremony as a symbol of solidarity with the marriage equality movement.

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· Before the wedding, get to know the couple’s expectations. You can even compile a check list to ensure that you do not miss any particular person that the couple would surely like to be photographed with. A wedding is a family affair, so get acquainted with the bride and the groom’s siblings, best friends, and grandparents.
· Every wedding is different, so get familiar with small details, procedures, traditions and customs that are associated with it. This way you can capture its true spirit! Also scout the locations where you will be clicking photographs before the big day. This will help you plan your shots and the amount of lighting required in each location.
· Photography is a combination of both art and science. You have to be creative and technically sound with colour and light management, digital imaging, file management, image correction and editing. Practice your techniques by attending the seminars of professional photography organizations.
· Be at the right place at the right time especially during the cutting of the wedding cake, throwing of the wedding bouquet and many other spontaneous moments that need be instantly captured! Use different angles, such as wide, close-up, high, etc. to create an interesting and a versatile album.
· In order to avoid a glare from the sunglasses ensure you have the correct angle while taking a shot. As a glare from eyeglasses can lead to big bright spot in your photo and can ruin a picture perfect moment!
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To begin with, there is the fantasy niche known as’sword and sorcery’. Some examples include the role playing game’Dungeons And Dragons’ and stories such as the’Lord Of The Rings’. To take these kinds of pictures, shoot the customer in full garb ( patois for period costume ) in front of the green screen, holding the weapon of their choice,eg a sabre, bow and arrow, or wand. Then, use digital backgrounds such as stunning nature scenes and old architecture ( particularly castles ) Then get your green screen program out and work your magic from there. Tip : If the customer wants to have that soft paranormal look, take a bit of nylon and strap it to your camera lens with an elastic tie. Instant softness and puzzle added.

Another well-liked fantasy niche is that of sci-fi. The more apparent of this genre would be’Star Trek’,'Star Wars’ and’Babylon Five’. However [*COMMA] this category also includes’Dr. Who’ ( a time and inter-dimensional show ) and steam punk ( Victorian time running today’s technology with steam ). Within of this niche there are thousands of cos-players ( those that enjoy putting on a costume whenever they can ) who adore having their picture taken. Some ideas for amazing pictures would be : For space travel – like Star Trek – assume the observation deck ( a large window with a star field behind it ) or Ten-Forward cantina ( shoot a modern bar for the background ). For steam punk, choose interiors of old Victorian houses.

A niche that is regularly mixed in with these two previous ones, yet also deserves it’s own class, is that of fairy tales. These are the footage of fairy people and other delicate creatures. For these use mystical landscapes that give a feeling of mystery with just a hint of mischief in store. However [*COMMA] don’t think that fairy tales are only for small children, nor just for cos-players. Another group of people who love these types of pictures are female high school seniors. Consider shooting their portrait with them in their promenade dress, but then placing them in this mystical land. This guarantees you provide them with instant sorcery and joyful memories.

Eventually, the last niche which can fit inside of all of these, yet is also all by itself, is that known as Anime and video game cos-play. For these kinds of photos, look into plenty of Asian inspired locations ( both interior and exterior ) as well as decrepid locations such as an old warehouse or the remains of an ancient civilization.

Overall the thing to remember when shooting a fantasy photo is that irrespective of how strange or outlandish the costume might be and no matter where in the world these characters should be, as long as you can make the picture look believable to the customer, you’ll have repeat business for years to come. It is very easy to make your pictures look plausible with a green screen program.

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Kingfisher Swimsuit Calendar of 2010 will soon launched in this winter season. In this swimsuit calendar you can see beautiful girls, sun, surf and sand. This Kingfisher calendar of 2010 is India’s answer to the Pirelli calendar. The KingfisherSwimsuit Calendar 2010 and other equally coveted limited edition calendars are ready to roll out. In here you can see the exclusive photos of the hot and sexy 2010 Kingfisher calendar.

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Vijay Mallya, the maker of the Kingfisher Calendar has tied up with the lifestyle channel NDTV Good Times for a reality show to search for the calendar girl. Titled ‘The Hunt for the Kingfisher Calendar Girl 2010′, the grand finals of the event will be held at The Zuri, White Sands Resort & Casino, Goa. The winner of the show gets an entire month to herself on this hot and sizzling calendar.

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Belleek china has an fine affect of singularity in each molded piece. Every attention to detail and each stroke of art heighten its face esteem and the originality of an Irish craft.

Its Humble Beginnings

It was during the 1800s in the Fermanagh Lakelands on the shore of Elbe River in Ireland where the particular minerals that passed Belleek Irish china its lustrous feature were observed unintentionally by a man named John Caldwell Bloomfield. This made-up the way for the birth of Belleek china which finally became the most celebrated pottery in Ireland. In 1857, the pottery’s founding father, Bloomfield, declared that any piece with the slimmest imperfection should be ruined.

Ever since then, it has been one of the most tried after china collections in the world. The earliest pieces occur with a creamy color with a impact of pearl-like splendor. From tea set and dinner plates to vases, wedding souvenirs, and many more, they are handcrafted with complex designs. The attainments and plans were passed down from generation to generation, fixing it totally one of a kind.

A Story in Every Belleek China

All of the Belleek china porcelain pieces holds in diverse stories, from its origin and story and how its uniqueness interlaces with the lives of the people at present. Existent for more than 150 years, it has survived beyond simply a piece that we expect up to, usually perched high above the dining room behind glass cabinets. It is not precisely merely a collection, but it is a story of how affairs have evolved and how it still remains intense and a chronicle of how it is created, thorough with every particular and each ounce of time and effort streamed attempting to establish each piece as unflawed as the other.

It is not barely about what it is. Each piece of Belleek china prides in accounts shared within those times as women and families get together around the table, sipping tea from their Belleek Irish china, sitting and talking about how life rotated out for everyone. The piece itself totally has yielded and distributed the histories and love of each and everyone gathered around. With each item rendered as much importance to stimulate definite it is not imperfect, it is the image of profound flawlessness.

At home, a point, a table, or a corner would need a impact of flawlessness to prepare a Belleek Irish china as specific as the exclusive itself. The size or the number of the porcelain is not altogether what counts the to the highest degree. It is what it represents and the aura that it bestows along that could attain a deviation in one’s home and to the whole being of a person.

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The family is left devastated and traumatised and whilst time will, to some degree, heal the pain and hopefully the insurance company will pay for replacement goods nothing will replace the lost memories now stored on many families PC’s

Of course, today, computers in the home are not just there to provide access to the Internet or to play a few games on. With the huge switch to digital cameras the PC is now being used as a “family photo album” to store all snapshots of children growing up, special family events, holidays and everything else that was originally stored in the classic Family Photo Album.

And its not just photographs but increasingly as people become more comfortable with the technology family videos are also being copied to and stored on the family PC.

Given the relative “value” of these images and memories, many of which simply cannot be replaced, it’s critical that we all get into the routine of backing up the data from our PC. Regular backing up of data is something that businesses have gotten used to doing and is just part of the daily routine, Families now need to adopt the same mind set and consider how best to protect this valuable asset.

Creating a back-up system does not need to cost the earth and for many the chances are there is already an old unused and unloved PC in the home that’s no longer used because its too slow, won’t play the latest games, or runs an old Operating System. Inside these abandoned PC’s will be a Hard Disk Drive that can be salvaged and reused to create your own personal back up system – think of it as you back up “safe” in which you store all your treasured memories and documents.

All that’s needed is to take the salvaged hard drive and pop it into an appropriate Hard Drive Enclosure. A Hard Drive enclosure also referred to as a “Caddy” or “Case” provides a housing for the Hard Drive and allows it to connect to any PC via a USB lead.

Once connected the old hard drive (but now in the new enclosure) will appear as a new Drive letter on PC it’s connected to and from there you can copy all your important documents to it. When you’ve done this simply disconnect it and store it somewhere away from your main PC so if your PC does get stolen its not attached to it!

If you don’t have an old an old hard drive you can salvage then you could buy a new Hard Disk Drive to use with the enclosure – its still a really costs effective way to build a back-up solutions

Some Hard Drive enclosures have a built in “one touch” back up button that allows you to specify which files and folders should be backup. You then simply press the button and these files are automatically copied for you.

There are other more expensive back-up options that you might consider but Hard Drive Enclosures couple with a Hard Disk Drive is a great and cost effective option in these hard pressed times.