Book Review:Stoppees' Guide to Photography and Light: What Digital Photographers, Illustrators, and Creative Professional must know

Stoppees' Guide to Photography and Light: What Digital Photographers, Illustrators, and Creative Professionals Must Know

Publisher: Focal Press | 2008 | PDF | 504 pages | ISBN: 0240810635 | 51.44 Mb

Brian & Janet Stoppee have incorporated their decades of daily, hands-on expertise at image-making plus their leading seminars and one-on-one training into the most comprehensive guide to photographic lighting available!

Its impossible to be successful in photography without a mastery of light. Its the basis of all things photographic. The Stoppees welcome the reader into their professional world with a conversational tone that makes you feel as if you are a member of their team in pre-production planning, out on a shoot, or back at their studio, in post-production. Theyve packed the book with full color, vibrant images and lighting diagrams that make the technology easy to quickly understand. This compendium of professional know-how shows you how to both manipulate natures light and create natural-looking illumination with artificial light sources. Whether youre a professional photographer, you use photography in your profession, or you just want your images to look more professional, this book is your resource to creating far superior digital images.

Youll gain a greater understanding of:

* Lights Properties
* Digital Exposure
* Optics
* Metering
* Color
* Pre-Production
* Adobe Camera Raw
* Scanning
* Light Modifying Tools
* Support Systems
* Daylight Fluorescent
* HMI
* Wireless Battery Flash
* Digital Studio Flash
* Digital Tablets
* Painter
* Professional Printing
...and much more, just like the worlds top image-makers.

The Stoppees darkroom is all digital, so without this guide to photography and light, youll be left in the dark ages!

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Movie Review:Brave New World (TV 1980)

Brave New World (TV 1980)
Country:USA
Language:English
Release Date:7 March 1980 (USA)
Genres:Drama | Sci-Fi
Run time: 180 min
Plot:
In a future society based on pleasure without moral worries, love is prohibited but casual sex, now called 'engaging'... See full summary »
Director:Burt Brinckerhoff
Writers:Doran William Cannon (adaptation), Aldous Huxley (novel)
Stars:
Julie Cobb, Bud Cort and Keir Dullea
imdb info:http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0080468/

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Movie Review:Nineteen Eighty-Four (1984)

Nineteen Eighty-Four (1984)
Country:UK
Language:English
Release Date:14 December 1984 (USA)
Genres:Drama | Romance | Sci-Fi | Thriller
Run time:113 min
Filming Locations:Alexandra Palace Way, London, England, UK
Plot:
George Orwell's novel of a totalitarian future society in which a man whose daily work is rewriting history tries to rebel by falling in love.
Director:Michael Radford
Writers:George Orwell (novel), Michael Radford
Stars:
John Hurt, Richard Burton and Suzanna Hamilton

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Movie Review:Equilibrium

Movie:Equilibrium
Country:USA
Language:English
Release Date:26 February 2003 (Belgium)
Run time: 107 min
Filming Locations:Berlin, Germany
Genres:Action | Drama | Sci-Fi | Thriller
Plot:

In a futuristic world, a strict regime has eliminated war by suppressing emotions: books, art and music are strictly forbidden and feeling is a crime punishable by death. Cleric John Preston (Bale) is a top ranking government agent responsible for destroying those who resist the rules. Whe he misses a dose of Prozium, a mind-altering drug that hinders emotion, Preston, who has been trained to enforce the strict laws of the new regime, suddenly becomes the only person capable of overthrowing it.

Director:Kurt Wimmer
Writer:Kurt Wimmer
Stars:
Christian Bale, Sean Bean and Emily Watson

Production:
In Equilibrium, we note the following European fascist and modern architecture, as well as East German Soviet architecture:

    * Hitler's Olympic Stadium (Berlin).
    * Hitler's Berlin Tempelhof Airport, which was completed after WW II.
    * The subway station under the Reichstag Building, as well as the long modern tunnels: Berlin U-Bahn.
    * The decrepit East German neighborhoods, as well as the massive walls of an East German military base.

IMDB INFO:http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0238380/

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Documentary Review:History of the Bible

History of the Bible
Zion Reformed Church seminar held on 1/23/08. Pastor Matt gives a history of how we got the Bible.
Development

The Old Testament canon entered into Christian use in the Greek Septuagint translations and original books, and their differing lists of texts. In addition to the Septuagint, Christianity subsequently added various writings that would become the New Testament. Somewhat different lists of accepted works continued to develop in antiquity. In the 4th century a series of synods produced a list of texts equal to the 39-to-46-book canon of the Old Testament and to the 27-book canon of the New Testament that would be subsequently used to today, most notably the Synod of Hippo in AD 393. Also c. 400, Jerome produced a definitive Latin edition of the Bible (see Vulgate), the canon of which, at the insistence of the Pope, was in accord with the earlier Synods. With the benefit of hindsight it can be said that this process effectively set the New Testament canon, although there are examples of other canonical lists in use after this time. A definitive list did not come from an Ecumenical Council until the Council of Trent (1545–63)

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Documentary Review:Ancient Mysteries: Who Wrote the Bible?

Ancient Mysteries: Who Wrote the Bible?
Language: English
Producers: A&E Television Networks
Run Time: 150 minutes
VHS Release Date: January 22, 1997,later on DVD released
Description

It is the world's most widely read and revered book, regarded as the Word of God by the faithful and a fascinating historical document by scholars. But what are the facts behind the creation of this immortal text? This two-volume set chronicles new scientific research and theological insight into the origin of the Holy Scriptures. Leading Biblical experts journey back to the land and the times of the Bible's very creation to probe its most profound mysteries: Did Moses really write the Torah? What secrets does the oldest existing piece of the Bible reveal? And what hints of its genesis can the Dead Sea scrolls tell us? From ancient Qumran to Jerusalem and from Galilee to Egypt, the clues this unique inquiry uncovers will intrigue and inspire the faithful and scholarly alike!
Review:
It was fairly presented with guests ranging from the late Jerry Falwell to John Dominic Crossan (the Jesus Seminar fame). It is a comprehensive investigation into the authorship of the Bible. It presents a simplified and clearly explained view of the Documentary theory of the Pentateuch. It is not a propaganda on either the right or the left. It is vey informative and balanced.

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Documentary Review:The Visual Bible: Acts

The Visual Bible: Acts
Language: English
DVD Release Date: April 8, 2005
Run Time: 183 minutes
Number of discs: 2
Rated: G (General Audience)
Writers: Joyce Marcarelli
Directors: Regardt van den Bergh
Producers: Robert Marcarelli
Storyline:
The accounts of the New Testament Book of Acts, dramatized and narrated, as recalled by old Dr. Luke.
Actors:
Henry O. Arnold, James Brolin, Dean Jones, Bruce Marchiano, Simone Newman
Review:

This 1994 word-for-word depiction from the New International Version Bible of The Book of Acts is a wonderful addition to any Christian film library; directed by Regardt Van Den Bergh, it uses historically accurate costuming, and has the feel of what it must have been like in the time of the apostles, in their journeys throughout the Mediterranean countries.
It makes a great Bible study tool, and can be used either just to watch, or if you have a NIV Bible, to read along as the chapters unfold; also useful are the chapter and verse numbers on the lower right hand corner of the screen when each verse changes.

IMDB INFO:http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0304904/

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The Visual Bible: The Gospel of John

The Visual Bible: The Gospel of John
Country:Canada | UK
Language:English
Release Date:18 March 2004 (Singapore)
Subtitles: English, French
Rated: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
DVD Release Date: March 15, 2005
Run Time: 125 minutes
Genres:Biography | Drama | History
Runtime:125 min

Description

An epic in the spirit of THE PASSION OF THE CHRIST, this widely acclaimed motion picture is a meticulous recreation of the turbulent era of Jesus and the events that changed the course of history! Narrated by Golden Globe nominee Christopher Plummer (Best Supporting Actor, AMERICAN TRAGEDY, 2000), it’s the bold and powerful story of Jesus as told by his disciple John. The best-loved but least understood of the gospels, John presents a uniquely human portrait of courage and passion encompassing Jesus' entire three-year ministry, the final years of his life. Intimate and reflective, THE GOSPEL OF JOHN offers an unparalleled opportunity to experience the incomparable life and times of Jesus Christ.

Review:

This movie, based on one of the modern language versions of the Gospel of John is fairly accurate and nicley filmed. Christopher Plummer narrates and the actor portraying Jesus does a fine job. The strength of the movie is that while it is filmed on a limited budget, the director, Eric Till, is up to the task of trying to get everything he can out of the sets, sights,and people in the movie.

Director:Philip SavilleWriter:John Goldsmith (screenplay)
Stars:
Christopher Plummer     ...    Narrator (voice)
Henry Ian Cusick     ...     Jesus Christ
Stuart Bunce         ...    John
Daniel Kash         ...    Simon Peter
Stephen Russell     ...     Pontius Pilate
Alan Van Sprang     ...     Judas Iscariot
Diana Berriman         ...    Virgin Mary

IMDB INFO:http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0377992/

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Documentary Review:The Visual Bible- Matthew

The Visual Bible: Matthew
Country:South Africa
Language:English
Release Date:1 October 1993 (South Africa)
DVD Release Date: August 1, 2004
Run Time: 265 minutes
Filming Locations:Cape Town, South Africa
Genres:History |Christianity | Christian Film | Jesus Christ | 1st Century
Director:Regardt van den Bergh
Writer:Johann Potgieter
Stars:
Richard Kiley, Gerrit Schoonhoven and Bruce Marchiano

Description

Experience The Visual Bible's Matthew. This powerful and entertaining film is taken word for word from the text of the New International Version translation. This multi-million dollar production appeals to all ages, and it offers educational, spiritual and entertainment value. "The goal of The Visual Bible is to put the entire Bible on film using only Scripture to tell the story." Filmed on location in Tunisia, Morocco and South Africa, Matthew features a cast of thousands, historically accurate costuming and award-winning directing. The film stars Emmy award-winning actor Richard Kiley as Matthew, and introduces Bruce Marchiano as Jesus.

Review:
by joepizza (United States)

I've seen both the Passion and this movie. In the Passion, Jesus is joking with Mary about a table he had just built. It was a segment that warmed my heart, made me smile and pulled the GOD Jesus a bit closer to me , making it easier for me to touch. BUt that was about it as far a warmth. I absolutely was blown away by the Passion. After seeing THIS movie, I realized how the the Passion could, in fact, be a FAR FAR BETTER movie if it blended a bit more of THIS Jesus.

I shake my head because now I realize that THE PASSION could have an EVEN GREATER impact on my heart and emotions if THE Christ in the PASSION was portrayed a bit more like Bruces, Christ. I would have fallen in love with the Christ in the PASSION even MORE. Thus making the incredible suffering he endured even more shocking and regrettable.

IMDB INFO:http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0301359/

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Magazine: PC PRO - February 2011 (UK)

PC PRO - February 2011 (UK)
English | 180 pages | PDF | 40 MB

PC Pro is the UKs biggest selling PC monthly magazine and your source of professional IT news, reviews and tests. With every issue of the DVD edition youll get free software applications and exclusive content!

Book Review:The History of Art: The Essential Guide to Painting Through the Ages

The History of Art: The Essential Guide to Painting Through the Ages
Arcturus foulsham | 2007-08-09 | ISBN: 057203377X | 208 pages | PDF |2.8 MB

Description:

This work takes a fascinating and thought-provoking look at the major movements in the history of Western painting. It provides information about the topic ranging from the glories of High Renaissance Italy through the Romantics and Impressionists to the radical Abstract Expressionists. It contains a beautiful and colourful illustrated summary of painting's greatest works.

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Book Review:Gardner's Art through the Ages: A Global History

Gardner's Art through the Ages: A Global History
English| PDF | 233 MB

The most widely read history of art in the English language for more than 80 years, GARDNER has built its stellar reputation on the inclusion of the most significant images and monuments, discussions of these images in their full historical and cultural context, reproductions of unsurpassed quality, scholarship that is up-to-date and deep, and more help for students and instructors than any other survey text. The 13th Edition adds to this heritage with new images and new full-color reconstructions, as well as a unique ?scale? feature that helps students visualize the size of each work.

Product Details
Hardcover: 1104 pages
Publisher: Wadsworth Publishing; 13 edition (January 1, 2010)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0495799866
Product Dimensions: 11.7 x 9.8 x 2.3 inches

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Documentary Review: A History of God

A History of God
Language: English
DVD Release Date: April 26, 2005
Writers: Karan Armstrong
Run Time: 100
Description:

Based on Karen Armstrong's book, this film examines the concept of God in the three major monotheistic religions from the days of Abraham to modern times. Through analysis of historic and holy texts and incorporation of ancient art and artifacts, the program explores the deity written about in the Bible and the Quran.

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Movie Review:Anna Karenina (1997)

Country:USA
Language:English
Writers:Leo Tolstoy (novel), Bernard Rose (screenplay)
Release Date:4 April 1997 (USA)
Genres:Drama | Romance
PG: 13
Run time: 108 min
Plot:
Anna (Marceau) is a wife and mother who has an affair with the handsome Count Vronsky (Bean). Based on the novel by Tolstoy.
Director:Bernard Rose
Stars:
Sophie Marceau ...Anna Karenina
Sean Bean     ... Vronsky
Alfred Molina     ... Levin
Mia Kirshner     ... Kitty

imdb info:http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0118623/

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Documentary Review:12 Books That Changed The World , Episode-4/4

Twelve Books That Changed the World is a book by Melvyn Bragg, published in 2006.

The twelve books listed were:

    * Principia Mathematica (1687) — Isaac Newton
    * Married Love (1918) — Marie Stopes
    * Magna Carta (1215)
    * Book of Rules of Association Football (1863)
    * On the Origin of Species (1859) — Charles Darwin
    * On the Abolition of the Slave Trade (1789) — William Wilberforce in Parliament, immediately printed in several versions
    * A Vindication of the Rights of Woman (1792) — Mary Wollstonecraft
    * Experimental Researches in Electricity (three volumes, 1839, 1844, 1855) by Michael Faraday
    * Patent Specification for Arkwright’s Spinning Machine (1769) — Richard Arkwright
    * The King James Bible (1611) — William Tyndale and 54 scholars appointed by the king
    * An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations (1776) — Adam Smith
    * The First Folio (1623) — William Shakespeare

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Documentary Review:12 Books That Changed The World , Episode-2/4

 

Twelve Books That Changed the World is a book by Melvyn Bragg, published in 2006.

The twelve books listed were:

    * Principia Mathematica (1687) — Isaac Newton
    * Married Love (1918) — Marie Stopes
    * Magna Carta (1215)
    * Book of Rules of Association Football (1863)
    * On the Origin of Species (1859) — Charles Darwin
    * On the Abolition of the Slave Trade (1789) — William Wilberforce in Parliament, immediately printed in several versions
    * A Vindication of the Rights of Woman (1792) — Mary Wollstonecraft
    * Experimental Researches in Electricity (three volumes, 1839, 1844, 1855) by Michael Faraday
    * Patent Specification for Arkwright’s Spinning Machine (1769) — Richard Arkwright
    * The King James Bible (1611) — William Tyndale and 54 scholars appointed by the king
    * An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations (1776) — Adam Smith
    * The First Folio (1623) — William Shakespeare

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Docuentary Review: Twelve Books that Changed the World

Twelve Books That Changed the World is a book by Melvyn Bragg, published in 2006.

The twelve books listed were:

    * Principia Mathematica (1687) — Isaac Newton
    * Married Love (1918) — Marie Stopes
    * Magna Carta (1215)
    * Book of Rules of Association Football (1863)
    * On the Origin of Species (1859) — Charles Darwin
    * On the Abolition of the Slave Trade (1789) — William Wilberforce in Parliament, immediately printed in several versions
    * A Vindication of the Rights of Woman (1792) — Mary Wollstonecraft
    * Experimental Researches in Electricity (three volumes, 1839, 1844, 1855) by Michael Faraday
    * Patent Specification for Arkwright’s Spinning Machine (1769) — Richard Arkwright
    * The King James Bible (1611) — William Tyndale and 54 scholars appointed by the king
    * An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations (1776) — Adam Smith
    * The First Folio (1623) — William Shakespeare

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Book Review:Lord Edgeware Dies - Christie_ Agatha

Book :Lord Edgware Dies
Author: Agatha Christie   

Agatha Christie enters the world of the London theater in this novel, making most of the characters actors and actresses. Jane Wilkinson, a beautiful and popular actress, is in private life the wife of Lord Edgware. The marriage has never been happy, and now Jane wants to divorce Edgware and marry another man. She asks Poirot to intercede for her with her husband and get him to agree to the divorce. When Poirot meets with Lord Edgware he finds the baron very agreeable and says he has informed his wife of this previously in a letter. Jane insists she never received the letter, but is thrilled at the news.

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Book Review:Hercule Poirot's Christmas - Christie_ Agatha

Book:Hercule Poirot's Christmas
Author: Agatha Christie
   

In this case Christie assembles a cast of suspects, gives them ample motive and opportunity, gives them all reasons to lie, throws in a group of clues that simply cannot be reconciled in any logical fashion, and then brings off a solution which explains everything and exposes a killer you'd never suspect.

The story (originally titled "Murder for Christmas") was written in 1938, the same year Christie wrote "Appointment with Death." The two stories share much in common. "Appointment" features a fabulously wealthy, tyrannical matriarch who delights in tormenting her children. "Christmas" features a fabulously wealthy, tyrannical patriarch who delights in tormenting his children. By the time the matriarch/patriarch is bumped off, the reader is ready help kill him/her. The children in both stories are all pathetic weaklings. Despite their weakness, the reader can develop affection for some of them. 

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Book Review:Hallowe'en Party - Christie_ Agatha

Book: Hallowe'en Party
Author: Agatha Christie   

Even though "Hallowe'en Party" was written later in Agatha Christie's career, and some might believe it to be somewhat of a letdown from earlier works, it retains all the trademarks of what make Christie's intricately woven, delightfully detected mysteries so endearing and timeless. With Hercule Poirot serving as the sleuth who steps in to solve the murder, "Hallowe'en Party" is quick-paced and filled with a cast of characters who seemingly all have something to gain, or hide.

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