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- bulletfactory4
(for New Yorkers) - your New York Public Library or Brooklyn Public Library Card gets you full, free access to lynda.com
https://www.nypl.org/collections…
http://www.bklynlibrary.org/lynd…- vklar
- oh snap!HijoDMaite
- same with newport beachdbloc
- same with newport beachdbloc
- wow just found out Carlsbad library has Lynda and Gale courses all available remotely form home! jeezus!HijoDMaite
- bklyndroobeki1
Keep Your Hand from Getting Crushed During a Handshake by Touching the Other Person's Wrist
- met an asshole today who tried to crush my hand.bklyndroobeki
- I hate those fuckers. Settle down with your gorilla grip wannabe dominance. Hey look! Boobs! Get the hell out of here.lvl_13
- the hemp bracelet guy is definitely the perpetrator hereterry_cloth
- haha, you're rightbklyndroobeki
- 'the bone-crusher' only used by wannabe -alpha-types. was at a party not long ago, and my wife introduced me to her dept. head (she's a highschool councelor)exador1
- anyhow, the guy gives me 'the bonecrusher' handshake....
i told her later 'watch out for that guy...he may seem cool, but he's probably a bit of a dick...exador1 - sure enough, as the months roll by, turns out..he IS a bit of a dick.... that handshake said it all....exador1
- I know a self defense move to get out of this in 0,5secBennn
- Hahaha Ben, you madman.detritus
- the old: put your thumb over his and rotate hand forward and up?terry_cloth
- Gnash3
browser extension
- dbloc2
- tried them all.
all of 'em work numero unoBen99 - ^ ben can be considered an expert. because MontrealGnash
- xactlyBen99
- http://img.izismile.…ApeRobot
- surely #2 would just turn your drive into an ice slide...set
- um ok, I've just woken up and my brain hasn't started working yet. Please never mention my above comment ever again.set
- lol, setGnash
- Can't wait for it to snow here in the UK so I can put these to good useIanbolton
- tried them all.
- HijoDMaite0
Dammit! I've been straining my pasta water in the sink my entire life!
- i thought everybody knew that.ApeRobot
- Don't feel bad, most people I know do it wrong. Drives me crazy.ETM
- this was new to me. good info though and i will try it soon.capn_ron
- New to me, too. Also new to me was what he describes as a "little bit" of butter.nb
- how did martha or julia do it?bklyndroobeki
- butter? are you crazy??Irafis
- Nice one.instrmntl
- Wordsworth1
How can I photograph hard shadows on metal objects using a bare strobe, without clipping any spots on the said object?
If I move the light away to avoid hot spots, then the shadows appear too far apart and look weak or inconsistent, because of distance and angle.
And if I bounce the light or diffuse the strobe with a white plastic cover on naked bulb, an umbrella or soft box, then no more hard shadows.
I'm curious to learn this to photograph silver flatware, cutlery and glass objects.
Or the easy answer is to keep experimenting.
Samples,
- Oh, snoot and grid?Wordsworth
- You need a small light sourcegrafician
- Maybe this tutorial helps: https://www.youtube.…grafician
- I've seen this and forgot about it, I think its what I want, thanks graf!Wordsworth
- One of my clients have been demanding this a lot lately as influencers (non photographers) shoot with just 1 light setups with no modifiers. Followerstoemaas
- To do it on the cheap, just use direct sunlight and an iPhone...grafician
- hair light or fill light. matelic objects can pick up light super easy without filling the shadow at all.pango
- both pens in photo picked up the light bounced from the white surface. and you can still see the shadow.pango
- thanks pango, i'll give that a try.Wordsworth
- if the pen is too reflective. your hardest problem will be blocking out your reflection. or the room.pango
- Exactly, flatware and utensils is a bitsch to photograph, esp deep ladles and spoons etc. Oh well.Wordsworth
- Exposure bracketing?aliastime
- Damn. Yes ailas!Wordsworth
- Krassy0
1. Lightly cut the surface in a square shape
2. Indent the surface area inside the incision with a spoon (softly but firmly)
3. Pour egg into indent made with spoon in step 2
4. Sprinkle cheese onto surface of egg white.
5. Broil at 400 degrees until golden brown on edges and cheese has melted
6. Garnish with pepper as desired.
- jagara5
Return YouTube Dislike
Browser extension and an API that show you dislikes on YouTube.
- nb0
You know, I'm sure you all know this... but I just discovered that you can right-click in the browser window to view page source. Mind blown.
- my mind was blown a about 3 years ago.hotroddy
- hahaha... oh man.Al_dizzle
- Wow... I know that since 1998benfal99
- WAIT... I know about View Source. I just thought you had to go to the View or Tools menu. The right-click is the new info for me.nb
- late april foolsfadein11
- or Ctrl-UBusterBoy
- Or Cmd-Shft-Uelahon
- benfal990
Did you know that?
Turning your iPhone on Plane Mode will charge your phone two times faster than normal.
- nopedbloc
- well, now you know.
Now you know.benfal99 - now you know, dbloc, you know. now. You do, know. Dbloc. Now.benfal99
- supposedly just slightly faster, but not twice as fastaliastime
- turning your phone completely off will speed it up even morehereswhatidid
- its nowhere near twice as fast.fadein11
- and it applies to any phone.fadein11
- so, wait a minute, turning off your phone makes it consume less power?drgs
- hereswhatidid, my phone is off all the time.ohhhhhsnap
- shapesalad2
'after Leonardo da Vinci (Italian, Vinci 1452–1519 Amboise)'
Copyright free massive library of image 'stuff' donate to download hi-res, otherwise use for inspiration.
- Not Free at all, there's always some kind of hook and scam. Thanks I'm good.utopian
- Still a cool search engine, and you can always just go grab the file from the archivenb
- Upv!nb
- NY's Metropolitan Museum of Art's former logo. https://medium.com/a…CyBrainX
- This method of geometrical construction for large letters of the Roman alphabet was a standard exercise for designers at some point in history.uan
- I've used it teaching After Effects. Gave the kids the letters (there's a font with the construction lines) and let them reveal animate the constructions.uan
- found a manual in this 1778 book:
https://archive.org/…uan
- sted5
- PhanLo4
https://architextures.org/
Free library of seamless textures for architects and designers
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It also has an online app where you can create your own patterns
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- Nairn4
- a few gems in here, thanks.fadein11
- i read his blog posts, this guy has tons of great links and tools he built.renderedred
- from his blog: https://www.pxfuel.c…renderedred
- also: https://tablericons.…renderedred
- sarahfailin3
- How can you ensure you stay in that first position?BusterBoy
- we need miore of thisStoicLevels
- If I find myself in this situation, I'm not "escaping".CyBrainX
- Nairn2
"TV Size to Distance Calculator and Science"
https://www.rtings.com/tv/review…
Might be getting my first TV in nearly 15 years 'soon', so this might come in handy. I suppose it's also true for monitors...