tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-73319212024-03-11T08:03:04.335-07:00It's What I Do...Opinion : Design : Photography : Brand You : Search Engine Marketing : StoriesDonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00960303867805884580noreply@blogger.comBlogger4374125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7331921.post-4458182942463328782013-03-14T14:24:00.001-07:002013-03-14T14:24:00.531-07:00"collapse, posturing and composure" - If you are a photographer, this may make you a bit uncomfortable. Good.<div class='posterous_autopost'><div class="posterous_bookmarklet_entry"> <blockquote class="posterous_long_quote"><p>Collapse is the breeding ground of martyrdom, neediness and self pity. Not attractive.</p> <p>Sometimes this fools people.</p></blockquote> <div class="posterous_quote_citation">via <a href="http://marketingforhippies.com/collapse-posturing-and-composure/">marketingforhippies.com</a></div> <p></p></div></div><div class="blogger-post-footer">Visit <a href="http://www.dongiannatti.com">my website</a> for more information.</div>Donhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00960303867805884580noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7331921.post-8277858116796867652013-03-12T16:09:00.001-07:002013-03-12T16:09:34.781-07:00"You failed… or did you?" On the fine art of critiquing photography... or is it? Heh.<div class='posterous_autopost'><div class="posterous_bookmarklet_entry"> <blockquote class="posterous_medium_quote">So the next time you are debating submitting photo assignments of your penis-selfie, or naked and drunk best friend in a riot to the instructor, or whether the middle finger bomb is going to catch flak I suggest you all keep this in mind. If the people you are learning from fail your pair of harshly lit boobs with a banana between them image and people who shoot campaigns for Vogue are making gobs of money and fame doing the same thing, we have a conflict of opinions and maybe, just maybe, generations.</blockquote> <div class="posterous_quote_citation">via <a href="http://mediumlondon.com/2013/03/12/you-failed-or-did-you/">mediumlondon.com</a></div> <p></p></div></div><div class="blogger-post-footer">Visit <a href="http://www.dongiannatti.com">my website</a> for more information.</div>Donhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00960303867805884580noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7331921.post-85372433143112348512013-03-09T20:03:00.001-07:002013-03-09T20:03:24.661-07:00"Confessions Of A Nude Model" - GWC's... the girls KNOW who you are. Sad, but oh so true.<div class='posterous_autopost'><div class="posterous_bookmarklet_entry"> <blockquote class="posterous_medium_quote">The sad truth is that most of the photographers who I worked with were usually men with lucrative jobs who were willing to heavily invest in their “new photography hobby.” Their photos were unfailingly amateur and cheesy, but they were always the ones willing to pay my $150 flat rate for three hours of shooting. During those shoots I always felt like a piece of meat: they most likely booked me just to spend time with a naked girl. Don’t misunderstand, not all of the photographers operated like this; some were very talented and I was deeply honored to work with them. But the large majority of them were creeps.</blockquote> <div class="posterous_quote_citation">via <a href="http://www.thefrisky.com/2013-03-08/girl-talk-confessions-of-a-nude-model/">thefrisky.com</a></div> <p></p></div></div><div class="blogger-post-footer">Visit <a href="http://www.dongiannatti.com">my website</a> for more information.</div>Donhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00960303867805884580noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7331921.post-38172847683559110332013-03-07T10:40:00.001-07:002013-03-07T10:40:51.721-07:00"Mostly True: TIME to Start Over" - well... yeah. Photographer Kenneth Jarecke has a great post today.<div class='posterous_autopost'><div class="posterous_bookmarklet_entry"> <blockquote class="posterous_long_quote"><p>Synergy is executive speak for, "We're going to make more profit off of your work, we're not going to pay you any more, and you're going to have to work harder."</p> <p>Synergy is what's behind every rights grabbing contract photographers and writers are now asked to sign.</p></blockquote> <div class="posterous_quote_citation">via <a href="http://kennethjarecke.typepad.com/mostly_true/2013/03/time-to-start-over.html">kennethjarecke.typepad.com</a></div> <p></p></div></div><div class="blogger-post-footer">Visit <a href="http://www.dongiannatti.com">my website</a> for more information.</div>Donhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00960303867805884580noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7331921.post-33309353571541437962013-02-27T16:00:00.001-07:002013-02-27T16:00:24.065-07:00"Award-Winning Photo DQed for Photoshopping" What? You mean someone cares about the 'rules'? <div class='posterous_autopost'><div class="posterous_bookmarklet_entry"> <blockquote class="posterous_medium_quote">As you can see, the altered version burned out (for the most part) the referee in the background, while dodging the winning athlete’s headgear — the first of which is specifically prohibited in the contest’s rules.</blockquote> <div class="posterous_quote_citation">via <a href="http://www.petapixel.com/2013/02/27/award-winning-washington-post-photo-disqualified-for-being-photoshopped/">petapixel.com</a></div> <p>Why would the photographer think anything about the rules? </p><p>There is very little attention paid to the rules these days. </p><p>Sad commentary on the state of things, isn't it?</p></div></div><div class="blogger-post-footer">Visit <a href="http://www.dongiannatti.com">my website</a> for more information.</div>Donhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00960303867805884580noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7331921.post-23089119374118352042013-02-22T22:30:00.001-07:002013-02-22T22:30:30.111-07:00"Google Debuts Pixel" - let the games begin... this thing looks simply amazing... I gotta have one<div class='posterous_autopost'><div class="posterous_bookmarklet_entry"> <blockquote class="posterous_long_quote"><p>Pichai says his team started working on the Pixel two years ago with the intent of “rethinking everything that’s possible with a laptop.”</p> <p>With that charge in mind, the Pixel introduces some new ideas, and a few older ones too. The exterior design is impressive: an austere rectangular block of aluminum with subtly rounded edges. The black, inset, squared keys bring Apple MacBooks to mind. The implementation of a touch display can’t be found on Apple laptops yet, but it’s increasingly common on newer Windows 8 machines. But nothing from Apple or the world of Microsoft is quite like the Pixel.</p> <p>The touchscreen ditches the 16:9 aspect ratio found on most laptops in favor of a 3:2 display that’s more friendly to web browsing.</p> <p>The touchscreen measures 13 inches and rocks a density of 239 pixels per inch, which results in a resolution of 2560 x 1700 pixels for a total of 4.3 million pixels. And, as expected, discerning individual pixels on the device isn’t easy. The screen is gorgeous.</p></blockquote> <div class="posterous_quote_citation">via <a href="http://www.wired.com/gadgetlab/2013/02/chromebook-pixel/">wired.com</a></div> <p>Yeah... I need another computer like a hole in the head... but damn... I mean it. love the design and the entire package seems right to me.</p></div></div><div class="blogger-post-footer">Visit <a href="http://www.dongiannatti.com">my website</a> for more information.</div>Donhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00960303867805884580noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7331921.post-12717766678810376742013-02-22T13:33:00.001-07:002013-02-22T13:33:22.026-07:00Lens Flair, Fashion Designers Are Shooting Their Own Campaigns: ... ... I got nothin'...<div class='posterous_autopost'><div class="posterous_bookmarklet_entry"> <blockquote class="posterous_medium_quote">It all started, as so many such things seem to, with Karl Lagerfeld, the archetypal contemporary designer. “I was the first,” Lagerfeld says magisterially, before admitting that, in fact, “Thierry Mugler did it also many years ago.” Lagerfeld’s initial foray into commercial photography sprang from a spat. “The press packs that I distribute at the show used to be done by has-beens or young debutante photographers,” he explains. “One season at Chanel, in 1987, they did three tests, and they were all awful. I said to the director of fashion imagery, ‘I’m very sorry, but that doesn’t work.’ And he said to me, ‘If you’re going to be like that, do it yourself.’ ” So, being Lagerfeld, he borrowed a Hasselblad, hired an assistant, and did just that.</blockquote> <div class="posterous_quote_citation">via <a href="http://www.wmagazine.com/fashion/2013/03/fashion-designers-shoot-their-own-campaigns">wmagazine.com</a></div> <p><a href="http://www.wmagazine.com/fashion/2013/03/fashion-designers-shoot-their-own-campaigns">http://www.wmagazine.com/fashion/2013/03/fashion-designers-shoot-their-own-ca...</a></p></div></div><div class="blogger-post-footer">Visit <a href="http://www.dongiannatti.com">my website</a> for more information.</div>Donhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00960303867805884580noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7331921.post-91320115204629211682013-02-21T17:29:00.001-07:002013-02-21T17:29:34.913-07:00Photographer Michael David Friberg on "Getting Started" in editorial photography.<div class='posterous_autopost'><div class="posterous_bookmarklet_entry"> <blockquote class="posterous_medium_quote">After you shoot some personal work you are proud of that you think is up to snuff, find some places you think your work fits in and show it to them. There is no one way anybody does this but that is sort of the baseline. When you are ready, you will know…</blockquote> <div class="posterous_quote_citation">via <a href="http://michaeldavidfriberg.tumblr.com/post/43653369578/man-that-ariel-photo-is-absolutely-stunning-how-did">michaeldavidfriberg.tumblr.com</a></div> <p>Yep... pretty much got it right there.</p></div></div><div class="blogger-post-footer">Visit <a href="http://www.dongiannatti.com">my website</a> for more information.</div>Donhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00960303867805884580noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7331921.post-1937569478478293352013-02-19T23:37:00.001-07:002013-02-19T23:37:36.228-07:00"Higgs Boson Particle May Spell Doom For the Universe" - but wait... there is some good news!<div class='posterous_autopost'><div class="posterous_bookmarklet_entry"> <blockquote class="posterous_long_quote"><p>But even if the universe is in for an unfortunate end, there is at least one reason for consolation.</p> <p> "You won't actually see it, because it will come at you at the speed of light," Lykken said. "So in that sense don't worry."</p></blockquote> <div class="posterous_quote_citation">via <a href="http://news.yahoo.com/higgs-boson-particle-may-spell-doom-universe-152236961.html">news.yahoo.com</a></div> <p>See... I told ya there was some good news.</p></div></div><div class="blogger-post-footer">Visit <a href="http://www.dongiannatti.com">my website</a> for more information.</div>Donhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00960303867805884580noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7331921.post-46881535880962998482013-02-19T12:36:00.001-07:002013-02-19T12:36:42.718-07:00Professional Photographers - do you really care about your clients? Really? Really really?<div class='posterous_autopost'><div class="posterous_bookmarklet_entry"> <blockquote class="posterous_medium_quote">If you’re a photographer who is giving your clients their images on a disc, you don’t care about your business or your clients. Sound harsh? I’m sure it does but I believe with every fiber of my being that it’s the truth.</blockquote> <div class="posterous_quote_citation">via <a href="http://tiffinbox.org/professional-photographers-sell-professional-products/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=professional-photographers-sell-professional-products">tiffinbox.org</a></div> <p>Really?</p></div></div><div class="blogger-post-footer">Visit <a href="http://www.dongiannatti.com">my website</a> for more information.</div>Donhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00960303867805884580noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7331921.post-12116693774603593752013-02-19T12:32:00.001-07:002013-02-19T12:32:03.359-07:00"The Value of Experience" - Yes, it is important to gain and use the experience of actually DOING something<div class='posterous_autopost'><div class="posterous_bookmarklet_entry"> <blockquote class="posterous_long_quote">The ability to capture the innate beauty of a significant piece of architecture over just a few days, and then return with exceptional results, comes from the experience gained over a period of many years. It also requires the knowledge of light, lighting, and architecture. In his book, <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Outliers-Story-Success-Malcolm-Gladwell/dp/0316017930/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1311613648&sr=1-1">The Outliers</a>, <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kq2n1Jlx5P0">Malcolm Gladwell referred to this as the 10,000 Hours Rule</a>. This is why most of our great architectural photographers — Peter Aaron, Nick Merrick, Tim Hursley, and others — are in their 40s, 50s and 60s.</blockquote> <div class="posterous_quote_citation">via <a href="http://blog.feinknopf.com/2011/07/value-of-experience.html">blog.feinknopf.com</a></div> <p></p></div></div><div class="blogger-post-footer">Visit <a href="http://www.dongiannatti.com">my website</a> for more information.</div>Donhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00960303867805884580noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7331921.post-40058189101751824092013-02-19T12:11:00.001-07:002013-02-19T12:11:19.638-07:00"Destabilizing the bullying power structure" - Seth proves once again why his blog is NEVER to be missed<div class='posterous_autopost'><div class="posterous_bookmarklet_entry"> <blockquote class="posterous_long_quote"><p>Bullying is what happens when an individual with power exercises that power against people who don't fit in. By threatening to expose or harm or degrade the outlier, the bully reinforces the status quo in a way that increases his power. [Physical bullying is a different phenomenon... I'm mostly writing here about emotional bullying.]</p> <p>"I will punish you because you don't fit in, and I will continue to punish you until you do."</p> <p><em>Bullying persists when bureaucracies and hierarchies permit it to continue.</em> It's easier to keep order in an environment where bullying can thrive (and vice versa), because the very things that permit a few to control the rest also permit bullies to do their work. The bully uses the organization's desire for conformity to his own ends.</p></blockquote> <div class="posterous_quote_citation">via <a href="http://sethgodin.typepad.com/seths_blog/2013/02/destabilizing-the-bullying-power-structure.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+typepad%2Fsethsmainblog+%28Seth%27s+Blog%29#.USPH47Epxas.facebook">sethgodin.typepad.com</a></div> <p></p></div></div><div class="blogger-post-footer">Visit <a href="http://www.dongiannatti.com">my website</a> for more information.</div>Donhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00960303867805884580noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7331921.post-53370988965916107022013-02-19T12:07:00.001-07:002013-02-19T12:07:02.468-07:00"CD jewel cases become grid of frames"<div class='posterous_autopost'><div class="posterous_bookmarklet_entry"> <blockquote class="posterous_long_quote"><div><div class="slideImg"><img src="http://img4-3.sunset.timeinc.net/i/2006/11/cd-photos-l.jpg?400:400" alt="CD jewel cases become grid of frames" /></div><span class="photocredit">Rob D. Brodman</span></div> <div> <div> <div> <div><a href="http://www.sunset.com/home/weekend-projects/affordable-diy-decorating-projects-00418000079482/page16.html/page15.html" title="previous"> « </a></div><strong class="num">15 of 22</strong><div><a href="http://www.sunset.com/home/weekend-projects/affordable-diy-decorating-projects-00418000079482/page16.html/page17.html" title="next"> » </a></div> </div><strong class="viewAll teaserLink"><a href="http://www.sunset.com/home/weekend-projects/affordable-diy-decorating-projects-00418000079482/page16.html/page24.html" title="View All"> View all </a></strong></div> <h1>Turn CD cases into frames</h1> <p>Castoff CD cases are the perfect size for creating a quilt-like grid collection of landscape photos.</p><p>From the book <i><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Photocraft-Cool-Things-Pictures-Love/dp/0821261959" target="_blank">Photocraft: Cool Things to Do with the Pictures You Love</a></i>: Scan or crop your images to the size of a CD case (5 3/8 in. wide by 4 5/8 in. high) then print on good photopaper and trim. We recommend using standard (not slim) cases. Discard plastic inserts.</p></div></blockquote> <div class="posterous_quote_citation">via <a href="http://www.sunset.com/home/weekend-projects/affordable-diy-decorating-projects-00418000079482/page16.html">sunset.com</a></div> <p>This may be the perfect thing for a wall in my office that is now less than spectacular. Heh.</p></div></div><div class="blogger-post-footer">Visit <a href="http://www.dongiannatti.com">my website</a> for more information.</div>Donhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00960303867805884580noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7331921.post-29983936449147655132013-02-18T10:24:00.001-07:002013-02-18T10:24:44.311-07:00"Fashion Week Sucks Balls" - Well... some of you may disagree, I am sure.<div class='posterous_autopost'><div class="posterous_bookmarklet_entry"> <blockquote class="posterous_long_quote"><p>As you approach Lincoln Center (where the main NYFW events takes place), a terrifying, dark desperation hangs in the air. Dozens of photographers wait outside the door, hungrily looking from person to person, hoping to see either a celebrity or someone with a bloggable outfit that they can photograph.</p> <p> Though there are close to 100 different photographers there, they're not shooting for anyone you've ever heard of. They all "work" for "online magazines" that have ".blogspot.com" in their URLs. You will see the above scene (a woman, who is probably a fashion student, being mobbed because she's wearing a "funky hat") play out multiple times. </p></blockquote> <div class="posterous_quote_citation">via <a href="http://www.vice.com/read/fashion-week-sucks-balls">vice.com</a></div> <p>But, yeah... the writer has it pretty right. </p><p>But that is what happens when you are not in the 'inside' of something that really has no 'inside'... or... something. </p><p>Fashion, like pop culture in general, is becoming a sort of characature of itself. </p><p>There are terrific people working within that industry for sure. I just hope that they can prevail over the insanity that seems to be surging into it. </p><p>I have to go now, there is a workshop on 'fashion photography' being taught by a 17 year old high school drop out that the whole world is talking about.</p></div></div><div class="blogger-post-footer">Visit <a href="http://www.dongiannatti.com">my website</a> for more information.</div>Donhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00960303867805884580noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7331921.post-43460613763944115012013-02-18T10:13:00.001-07:002013-02-18T10:13:34.388-07:00"Embattled country star Mindy McCready Finally Ends her Decades Long Quest for Death"<div class='posterous_autopost'><div class="posterous_bookmarklet_entry"> <blockquote class="posterous_long_quote"><p class="cnn_storypgraphtxt cnn_storypgraph21">Before 2005 ended, McCready had suffered two drug overdoses, was arrested on drug charges, was pregnant with McKnight's child and, authorities say, attempted suicide.</p> <p class="cnn_storypgraphtxt cnn_storypgraph22">She attempted suicide again in 2008, authorities say, and had another drug overdose in 2010 before joining the cast of VH1's "Celebrity Rehab with Dr. Drew." The reality show chronicles the life of celebrities as they're treated for alcohol and drug addiction.</p></blockquote> <div class="posterous_quote_citation">via <a href="http://www.cnn.com/2013/02/18/showbiz/mindy-mccready-death/index.html">cnn.com</a></div> <p>Personal tragedies aside... </p><p>Where the hell were all those "professionals" around her that seemed to be incapable of telling her NO. </p><p>Drugs. <br />Mental illness. <br />Drugs. <br />Celebrity for Drugs. <br />Acclaim and following for Drugs. <br />More mental illness (Duh!) <br />More Drugs. </p><p>Some people with more talent than her will struggle their whole lives for a tiny sliver of what she had. Some people who are sick and dying will struggle for the rest of their lives to hold on to something... anything... that reminds them of who they are and what they are capable of. </p><p>She was rich, beautiful, talented, and obviously a savvy entertainer. </p><p>But drugs... with the willing accomplices of the press, her agents, the people (leeches) that surrounded her, the record company, the 'music industry' - the all gave her a pass. </p><p>She was a meal ticket for them... and they only mourn the loss of that. </p><p>They lost her a long time ago. </p><p>They just didn't care. </p><p>Prepare for the tearful "We miss you so much, Mindy" moments from these abysmally cretinous vermin. </p><p>They only miss her money, and welcome a chance to be on TV faking their loss.</p></div></div><div class="blogger-post-footer">Visit <a href="http://www.dongiannatti.com">my website</a> for more information.</div>Donhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00960303867805884580noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7331921.post-23515936977223174522013-02-17T08:29:00.001-07:002013-02-17T08:29:36.413-07:00"Get Ready To Lose Your Job" - well, if you are employed doing something that tech can do, you may be screwed.<div class='posterous_autopost'><div class="posterous_bookmarklet_entry"> <blockquote class="posterous_long_quote"><p>Meanwhile, “profits have surged as a share of national income, while wages and other labor compensation are down,” <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2012/12/10/opinion/krugman-robots-and-robber-barons.html" target="_blank">notes</a> Paul Krugman. Walter Russell Mead <a href="http://blogs.the-american-interest.com/wrm/2013/01/28/another-road-the-blue-elites-are-wrong/" target="_blank">agrees</a>: “The old industrial middle class…has been hollowed out, and no comparable source of stable high income employment has emerged.” Recent <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2013/02/16/business/economy/income-gains-after-recession-went-mostly-to-top-1.html" target="_blank">data</a> supports that: “Incomes rose more than 11 percent for the top 1 percent of (American) earners during the economic recovery, but barely at all for everybody else … Median household income is about 9 percent lower than it was in 1999.”</p> <p>Coincidence? Nope. The great tech revolution of the last 30 years is finally beginning to metastasize into every other human domain–in other words, <a href="http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424053111903480904576512250915629460.html" target="_blank">software is eating the world</a>, endangering almost every job there is. I argued a few weeks ago that this means <a href="http://techcrunch.com/2013/01/26/america-has-hit-peak-jobs/">America has now hit peak jobs</a>. Let me now unpack that a bit.</p> <p>For 50 years now <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moore%27s_law" target="_blank">Moore’s Law</a> has been (to oversimplify) doubling computing power every two years. People like Ray Kurzweil and Vernor Vinge look at that astonishing history of nonstop exponential growth and predict a <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Technological_singularity" target="_blank">technological singularity</a> within our lifetimes.</p></blockquote> <div class="posterous_quote_citation">via <a href="http://techcrunch.com/2013/02/16/this-time-is-different/">techcrunch.com</a></div> <p>But if you are engaged in the creation of something unique that tech cannot do... you may prosper.</p></div></div><div class="blogger-post-footer">Visit <a href="http://www.dongiannatti.com">my website</a> for more information.</div>Donhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00960303867805884580noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7331921.post-1758241352521540182013-02-16T06:55:00.001-07:002013-02-16T06:55:48.181-07:00"8 College Degrees with the Worst Return on Investment" Photo students with high student loans - see #2<div class='posterous_autopost'><div class="posterous_bookmarklet_entry"> <blockquote class="posterous_medium_quote">Artists are respected, revered and celebrated. The trick is achieving that status while they're still alive. After all, the term "starving artist" didn't come from nowhere. Here are three jobs commonly held by workers with a fine arts degree:</blockquote> <div class="posterous_quote_citation">via <a href="http://salary.com/8-college-degrees-with-the-worst-return-on-investment/slide/4/">salary.com</a></div> <p>Yeah, baby! </p><p>Spend $130,000 for a gig that pays $40K.. IF YOU CAN GET A JOB! </p><p>Now that is totally thinking outside the box. </p><p>The box of sanity. </p><p>The people who encouraged you to take out student loans, and their accomplices at the institutions that have decided to rob your future blind are no higher than con men on the scumbag charts. </p><p>If you are paying for this with current dollars and no loans, then fine. You are allowed to burn your money while partying down (dude) at some lame-ass institution of statist, non-relevant bullshit. </p><p>So... party on...</p></div></div><div class="blogger-post-footer">Visit <a href="http://www.dongiannatti.com">my website</a> for more information.</div>Donhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00960303867805884580noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7331921.post-80265103460352650182013-02-15T09:52:00.001-07:002013-02-15T09:52:57.881-07:00"CHAOS, FEAR, SURVIVAL & LUCK: LONGEVITY IS THE ANSWER" - Photography Doug Menuez NAILS it!<div class='posterous_autopost'><div class="posterous_bookmarklet_entry"> <blockquote class="posterous_long_quote">The effort to express your vision combined with the battle in the crowded marketplace to sell your talents during the worst economic crisis in history; well it's dauntingly Sisyphean. Set that against the Congressional and corporate rights grabs and the need to balance work against time with your family and putting the food on the table, well, that will bring you to your knees. It's not about f-stops and lighting, first you have to figure out who you are. It could be called a mid-life crisis but really it's a creative crisis that ties together all the issues of our lives. I believe all photographers must go through this to remain relevant. Like Sisyphus, we have to embrace the dark sea as he did the rock, making each stroke against the waves a pleasure and an exercise in free will to create the life we want to live.</blockquote> <div class="posterous_quote_citation">via <a href="http://editorialphoto.com/articles/doug_menuez/">editorialphoto.com</a></div> <p><a href="http://editorialphoto.com/articles/doug_menuez/">http://editorialphoto.com/articles/doug_menuez/</a> </p><p>Wonderful, salient and very very relative.</p></div></div><div class="blogger-post-footer">Visit <a href="http://www.dongiannatti.com">my website</a> for more information.</div>Donhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00960303867805884580noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7331921.post-31106311602069279262013-02-14T18:38:00.001-07:002013-02-14T18:38:21.052-07:00Sunk: The Incredible Truth About the 'Bounty,' a Ship That Never Should Have Sailed | Outdoor Adventure | OutsideOnline.com<div class='posterous_autopost'><div class="posterous_bookmarklet_entry"> <blockquote class="posterous_long_quote"><p>The plan made some of the crew uneasy. None were trained to care for special-needs people, and they were already stretched to the limit with their existing duties.</p><p>But Walbridge seemed sure it would work. Kannegiesser showed me a series of texts from both the captain and Christian, sent last fall as plans materialized. Walbridge reported that he’d secured permission for the ship’s new mission, and as the <em>Bounty</em> set sail, Kannegiesser wrote that things were moving along nicely on his end.</p><p>“Great,” Walbridge responded. “I think we (mostly you) will make it happen.”</p><p>It’s unclear how much all this factored into Walbridge’s decision to set sail on October 25. Kannegiesser and Doug Faunt both say that the St. Petersburg event was on the captain’s mind. But Simonin told me that the HMS Bounty Organization was “not aware of any concrete plans with the DeRamus Foundation at that time.”</p><p>Waiting for Sandy to pass, she suggested, just hadn’t seemed necessary. “We’ve been in seas like that before, even worse,” she said, “and we didn’t think it was insurmountable. We always had the utmost confidence in him.”</p><p>ON A SNOWY DAY in December, the <em>Bounty’</em>s extended family, including more than 100 former crew, assembled in Fall River, Massachusetts, to memorialize Robin Walbridge and Claudene Christian. They tossed wreathes into the ocean, struggled through eulogies, and stood on the deck of a battleship while DeRamus recited the Pledge of Allegiance. It was an exhausting day. The survivors that I spoke to were all having trouble sleeping. Many were in therapy; some were on indefinite walkabouts as they waited to see what’s next.</p></blockquote> <div class="posterous_quote_citation">via <a href="http://www.outsideonline.com/outdoor-adventure/Sunk-The-Incredible-Truth-About-a-Ship-That-Never-Should-Have-Sailed.html?page=all">outsideonline.com</a></div> <p>fascinating...</p></div></div><div class="blogger-post-footer">Visit <a href="http://www.dongiannatti.com">my website</a> for more information.</div>Donhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00960303867805884580noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7331921.post-73001984636640965002013-02-14T17:59:00.001-07:002013-02-14T17:59:21.234-07:00"A Letter to My 2 Girls Re: The Internet" - Yes, yes... a good note to all of our daughters.<div class='posterous_autopost'><div class="posterous_bookmarklet_entry"> <blockquote class="posterous_medium_quote">But I want you to know that the place that I work has no rules. No one tells anyone to “stop” and no one tells anyone what they can and cannot do. There are no spankings on the internet, no timeouts, and no one is denied dessert because of something they did during the day. People on the internet and people who use technology (like your iPods and iPads) can do whatever they want with very little consequence.</blockquote> <div class="posterous_quote_citation">via <a href="http://tentblogger.com/letter-girls-internet/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+TentBlogger+%28TentBlogger%29&utm_content=Netvibes">tentblogger.com</a></div> <p></p></div></div><div class="blogger-post-footer">Visit <a href="http://www.dongiannatti.com">my website</a> for more information.</div>Donhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00960303867805884580noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7331921.post-91750955666934588022013-02-14T08:13:00.001-07:002013-02-14T08:13:30.599-07:00"Think Friday's close asteroid flyby is sobering? Look at this" - Kinda gives one... perspective, ya know<div class='posterous_autopost'><div class="posterous_bookmarklet_entry"> <blockquote class="posterous_long_quote"><div class="wp-caption aligncenter" style=""><a href="http://en.es-static.us/upl/2012/03/2012_DA14.jpeg"><img title="2012_DA14" class="size-full wp-image-125610" src="http://en.es-static.us/upl/2012/03/2012_DA14.jpeg" alt="" width="580" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">Asteroid 2012 DA14 will pass closest on February 15, 2013. As the image above shows, it will pass much closer than the orbit of the moon – closer even that orbiting geosynchronous satellites (22,000 miles). Image via NASA. <a href="http://earthsky.org/space/asteroid-2012-da14-will-pass-very-close-to-earth-in-2013" target="_blank">Read more about the close asteroid flyby here.</a></p></div> <p>Still, our Earth <em>is</em> being bombarded with objects from space with regularity – over timescales typically longer than our human lifespans – as astronomers have now realized. Asteroid 2012 DA14 will not strike us on February 15, 2013. But, if it did, its <em>potential</em> for destruction is being compared to an event in Siberia in 1908: <a href="http://earthsky.org/space/what-is-the-tunguska-explosion" target="_blank">the Tunguska event</a>. In 1908, a small comet or asteroid exploded in Earth’s atmosphere and flatted miles of Siberian forest; it could have flattened a city instead if the timing had been different. Earth is mostly water, so an incoming asteroid would likely land in the ocean. But the potential for destruction remains. </p> <p>That is why, if an opportunity arises to express an opinion on whether funding should continue for astronomers to track and study near-Earth objects … well, personally, I would vote yes.</p></blockquote> <div class="posterous_quote_citation">via <a href="http://earthsky.org/space/relative-positions-of-near-earth-asteroids-within-0-3-au">earthsky.org</a></div> <p>For those who can't see the tiny link that Posterous provides above: <br /><a href="http://earthsky.org/space/relative-positions-of-near-earth-asteroids-within-0-3-au">http://earthsky.org/space/relative-positions-of-near-earth-asteroids-within-0...</a></p></div></div><div class="blogger-post-footer">Visit <a href="http://www.dongiannatti.com">my website</a> for more information.</div>Donhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00960303867805884580noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7331921.post-58639888937700094732013-02-13T17:35:00.001-07:002013-02-13T17:35:47.189-07:00Hey... You Need a Point and Shoot for fun shots! Amazon has a ton of them on sale NOW<div class='posterous_autopost'><p>I just bought one (like I need another camera)...</p> <p><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Best-Sellers-Electronics-Digital-Point-Shoot-Cameras/zgbs/electronics/330405011/?_encoding=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&linkCode=ur2&pf_rd_i=507846&pf_rd_m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&pf_rd_p=1367760562&pf_rd_r=1F8TQT06CFACYN0Z3V3C&pf_rd_s=right-5&pf_rd_t=101&tag=itswhaido-20" target="_blank">Incredible Markdowns in Digital Point and Shoots</a><img src="https://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=itswhaido-20&l=ur2&o=1" border="0" height="1" alt="" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;" width="1" /></p></div><div class="blogger-post-footer">Visit <a href="http://www.dongiannatti.com">my website</a> for more information.</div>Donhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00960303867805884580noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7331921.post-47812667521166037642013-02-13T12:46:00.001-07:002013-02-13T12:46:27.178-07:00"I’m Not Into Social Media" - Chris Brogan... and you know... he may be right<div class='posterous_autopost'><div class="posterous_bookmarklet_entry"> <blockquote class="posterous_medium_quote">But I guess what isn’t as worth talking about any longer is the whole “gee whiz, this space is so amazing and I’ve got the latest apps and I love using them.” Maybe instead, we can talk about our goals, our pursuits, those things we’re going to do with the tools.</blockquote> <div class="posterous_quote_citation">via <a href="http://www.chrisbrogan.com/im-not-into-social-media/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+chrisbrogandotcom+%28%5Bchrisbrogan.com%5D%29&utm_content=Netvibes">chrisbrogan.com</a></div> <p></p></div></div><div class="blogger-post-footer">Visit <a href="http://www.dongiannatti.com">my website</a> for more information.</div>Donhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00960303867805884580noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7331921.post-5309651582292292582013-02-05T18:59:00.001-07:002013-02-05T18:59:32.983-07:00"Silent Circle's latest app democratizes encryption. Governments won't be happy" - Freedom finds a way!<div class='posterous_autopost'><div class="posterous_bookmarklet_entry"> <blockquote class="posterous_long_quote">By design, Silent Circle’s server infrastructure stores minimal information about its users. The company, which is headquartered in Washington, D.C., doesn’t retain metadata (such as times and dates calls are made using Silent Circle), and IP server logs showing who is visiting the Silent Circle website are currently held for only seven days. The same privacy-by-design approach will be adopted to protect the security of users’ encrypted files. When a user sends a picture or document, it will be encrypted, digitally “shredded” into thousands of pieces, and temporarily stored in a “Secure Cloud Broker” until it is transmitted to the recipient. Silent Circle, which charges $20 a month for its service, has no way of accessing the encrypted files because the “key” to open them is held on the users’ devices and then deleted after it has been used to open the files. Janke has also committed to making the source code of the new technology available publicly “as fast as we can,” which means its security can be independently audited by researchers.</blockquote> <div class="posterous_quote_citation">via <a href="http://www.slate.com/articles/technology/future_tense/2013/02/silent_circle_s_latest_app_democratizes_encryption_governments_won_t_be.html">slate.com</a></div> <p>It always does.</p></div></div><div class="blogger-post-footer">Visit <a href="http://www.dongiannatti.com">my website</a> for more information.</div>Donhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00960303867805884580noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7331921.post-76920915915785760862013-02-05T16:52:00.001-07:002013-02-05T16:52:20.302-07:00Filed under "Duh, ya think"?<div class='posterous_autopost'><div class="posterous_bookmarklet_entry"> <blockquote class="posterous_medium_quote">Honestly, I don’t think the rule is very realistic for kids this age," Mandie Watkins, Alex's mom, told KDVR.com. "I think that when a child is trying to save the world, I don't think he should be punished for it.</blockquote> <div class="posterous_quote_citation">via <a href="http://www.foxnews.com/us/2013/02/05/colorado-boy-7-out-to-ave-world-reportedly-faces-suspension-for-imaginary/?test=latestnews">foxnews.com</a></div> <p>Remember when teachers were smarter than bags of hammers? </p><p>Remember when teachable moments were there to teach? </p><p>Remember when 'playing' and 'imagination' were all part of a 7 year olds world? </p><p>Remember that most of what he sees on TV by the parasites in Hollywood is nothing that they don't shove down his throat every Saturday morning. </p><p>Remember this the next time they want a school bond election. </p><p>Remember how fucking entirely stupid they are. NOT worth what they are paid. They used to be heroes... now teachers in publik skools are more like fascist losers who can only spread fear and loathing. </p><p>The loathing part they deserve. </p><p>While the president kills people all over the globe with drones... and no one says a thing... </p><p>MY GAWD it must be hard to be that ignorantly stupid.</p></div></div><div class="blogger-post-footer">Visit <a href="http://www.dongiannatti.com">my website</a> for more information.</div>Donhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00960303867805884580noreply@blogger.com0