Archive for June, 2010

Jun 23 2010

Against HDR

Categorized under Culture,Photography

June 26th is International HDR Day. HDR refers to “High Dynamic Range” a style of photography in which several different exposures of a single scene – usually one under-exposed, one normally exposed, and one over-exposed – are combined into a single image that supposedly shows all the shadow detail without any blown highlights. The software [...]

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Jun 16 2010

Vacation Time

Categorized under Corporate Bullshit,Society,Work

“The older I get, the less vacation I take.” I hear this from a surprising number of people. Many of them are middle-aged white middle-managers for mid-sized companies. Their offices are painted a middling beige. That odd sentiment is understandable if the person holds high stakes in the business, or has a clearly defined path [...]

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