Workshop de arta fotografica - DigiPhoto 2007

Dupa cum ne-au promis organizatorii DigiPhoto 2007 (ASII), evenimentul se va incheia cu un workshop dedicat artei fotografice, in cadrul caruia vor fi premiati si castigatorii concursului national de fotografie digitala, DigiPhoto.
Workshop-ul va avea loc in data de 19 mai, ora 13:30 in Sala Henri Coanda a Palatului Culturii, Iasi.
Printre detaliile care ne-ar atrage la WorkShop, avem enumerate:

• Cei mai mari fotografi vor sustine prezentari in domeniul fotografiei
• Festivitatea de premiere DigiPhoto 2007 - (premii in valoare de 3.000 €)
• Vom avea un studio foto profesionist de 5.000 € pus la dispozitie de PhotoSetup pe care vei putea face practica fiind ajutat de mari profesionisti
  
• Vom creea un cadru in care profesionistii si amatorii vor putea avea un schimb de experienta
• Tombola pentru participanti cu premii de peste 500 RON.

Agenda:

• 13:30 - 14:00 Inregistrare participanti
• 14:00 - 14:05 Bun venit!
• 14:10 - 14:40 Prezentare - Matei Bejenaru
• 14:40 - 14:50 Tombola
• 14:50 - 15:05 Prezentare - Aparatura foto de colectie din patrimoniul Palatului Culturii
• 15:05 - 15:35 Prezentare - Alin Popescu
• 15:35 - 15:45 Tombola PhotoSetup
• 15:45 - 16:00 Pauza
• 16:00 - 16:30 Prezentare - Vasile Dorolti
• 16:30 - 17:30 Festivitatea de premiere
• 17:30 - 18:00 Prezentare - studio fotografic oferit de PhotoSetup
• 18:00 - 19:00 Practica pe studioul PhotoSetup

Cei 12 castigatori au fost alesi de catre un juriu format din fotografi profesionisti din peste 1100 de participanti care au intrat in concurs cu aproximativ 2800 de fotografii. Lista castigatorilor va fi afisata pe site-ul concursului digiphoto.asii.ro sambata 19 mai dupa workshop.

Daca vreti sa participati, trebuie doar sa va rezervati loc.
Eu deja m-am inscris si sper sa ne vedem acolo!

...si deznodamantul, surprins in Ziarul de Iasi.

Summer < Web /> 2007 Outcome

The event was great! Just a few minor flaws that were "understandable" considering the fact that this is the la(te)st edition. :(

"A picture is worth a thousand words is a proverb that refers to the idea that complex stories can be told with just a single still image, or that an image may be more influential than a substantial amount of text. It also aptly characterizes the goals of visualization where large amounts of data must be absorbed quickly."

That is why I say to you: Smile, it's picture time!

• here are some pictures from the event, taken by the XForms Apprentice!
  

  Summer <Web /> 2007



• and here are some taken by Anca Luca:

  Summer Web, 12-13 may 2007

If I will find some more, be sure I will put here a link to them!

Canon PowerShot S5 IS

I was just taking a look on BoG.com after an exhausting day when guess what do I see? :->
Some piece of news, quoting dpreview.com about the latest (May 7^th) Canon release: S5 IS!

Finally we have the update everyone had expected at PMA, the new PowerShot S5 IS digital camera. The S5 IS features an eight megapixel 1/2.5" (5.8 x 4.3 mm) CCD sensor and a twelve times Image Stabilized zoom lens. Unfortunately this lens, while offering long reach with its maximum 432 mm equiv. FOV doesn't improve at the wide end with the same 36 mm equiv. FOV as the S3 IS. Improvements include Face Detection (for AF, AE and Flash in shooting mode and red-eye removal in playback), a 2.5" LCD monitor (up on the S3 IS) and a flash hot-shoe. Still no RAW support though.

Features at a glance:

• 12x optical zoom lens with Ultrasonic Motor (USM) and UD lens
• Optical Image Stabilizer
• 8.0 Megapixel CCD
• DIGIC III with advanced Noise Reduction technology and Face Detection for stills and movies
• Red-Eye Correction in playback
• 2.5” high-resolution vari-angle LCD
• Long-play VGA movies with stereo sound and Photo in Movie
• 22 shooting modes including full manual control and 0cm Super Macro
• High ISO 1600 and Auto ISO Shift
• Compatible with Wide/Tele/Close-up converter lenses and Canon EX Speedlite flashes

As far as RAW support goes, I wouldn't be concerned since there are modified "firmware updates" available even for my A630 that can enable shooting RAW pictures.
But for the rest of the features... well, it really sounds good! :D

Summer < Web /> 2007 Presentation

Well, it seems that I will have some Summer < Web /> time of my own tomorrow.
My presentation (in Romanian) is called:

XHTML 2.0
Good-bye backward compatibility, hello structure!

And it will be an overview on XHTML 2.0, with more attention drawn on XForms.

World Sunlight Map

Ever wandered in what part of the world is it cloudy right now?
Can they really see the sun right now?
Watch the sun rise and set all over the world on this real-time, computer-generated illustration of the earth's patterns of sunlight, darkness, and cloud cover based on current weather satellite data thanks to a nice toy from die.net, powered by Google Gadgets: