Ideas from Mark Stout

About 3 weeks ago I subscribed to a free month of Google's Gemini Pro .  With it, I could make 3 high quality 8 second videos a day with sound.  Three is not many but it served my needs.  And while eight seconds seems low, the next time you watch TV or a film, notice how often and how fast the shot changes.  According to a Wired Magazine article " The average shot length of English language films has declined from about 12 seconds in 1930 to about 2.5 seconds today" Note :  This blog is aimed at two audiences.  One, those not as enamored of tech as I am and the other, my fellow enthusiasts.  For the first folks, my  Substack  newsletter reproduces the relevant posts.  The more techy posts live only here on the blog, as they have for the last 17 years.  This is one of those posts. My project I worked on was a series of about seven unique shots. In each case they were an employee modeling the proper phrasing when speaking to a custom...

My wife has returned from four months working and studying overseas with almost 200 photos taken on our Ricoh Theta S camera. I was busy uploading them individually to Ricoh's site, when I had to divert my attention to another project I have on Google Photos . I had not thought of uploading a Theta S image to Google Photos.  I tried it and it worked wonderfully. Instead of having to upload each of my wife's photos to Ricoh's site, I was able to upload the entire set to a folder on Google Drive. Being in Google Photos, it easy to share images with others, add descriptions, and let those you share the images with make comments.

It's not selfie sticks that are evil, but how you use them.  This guy knows the right way.   Just goes to show.  Tools don't make you a good or bad photographer.  It depends on how you use them.

Many cameras in the family, all taking photos of the same event.  How do you consolidate the photos? One method is discussed in this Family Tech column .

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