Category: Photography

Photograph of the Milky Way Taken Out the Window of an Airplane Above the Atlantic

June 17, 2014 / Paul / 0 Comments

One of the standard cliche Instagram shots that gets ridiculed on occasion is the plane wing photographs, usually accompanied by some clouds or a sunrise or sunset. And while we agree that taking a photo out the window of your commercial airplane is tacky and overdone, the photo above by astrophotographer Alessandro Merga is a big fat beautiful exception. The impressive image was captured on June 7th during a transatlantic flight from New York City to London while Merga’s flight was somewhere over the vast expanse of water we call the Atlantic ocean. On the one hand, this seems like the most logical place to take a beautiful milky way photo: you’re about 36,000 feet in the air and there’s practically no light pollution. But…

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Photograph of the Milky Way Taken Out the Window of an Airplane Above the Atlantic

How Recruiters Really Look at Your LinkedIn Profile and Online Resume

May 24, 2014 / Paul / 0 Comments

TheLadders conducted a study tracking the eye movements of recruiters when looking at resumes (online and off) and LinkedIn profiles. Besides revealing that recruiters only look at resumes for about six seconds, the study also points out the most important areas job seekers should focus on. Surprisingly, the thirty recruiters tracked over the ten-week study spent nearly a fifth of their time (19%) on a LinkedIn profile looking at the profile photo. Pitching its own candidate profiles, TheLadders points out that the photo gets more attention than more vital career information but the takeaway may actually be to make sure your LinkedIn photo is appropriate and professional. (AvidCareerist’s Donna Svei has some great LinkedIn photo tips here.) Secondly, your online resume gets the same…

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How Recruiters Really Look at Your LinkedIn Profile and Online Resume

Best WordPress Themes for Creative Agencies & Freelancers

May 4, 2014 / Paul / 0 Comments

If you are creative freelancers or have a business of design agency, a web presence based on WordPress will be your best choice to give the potential clients an indication of your experience and expertise. Even if WordPress has been mostly used to create blogs, it can be well adapted to present your portfolios, demonstrate your work or projects, show off your skills and offer your services as a designer or creative professional in a stunning style. In this collection, we hand-picked the best WordPress themes for creative agencies and freelancers with superb visual design to get the visitors first impression. The themes will keep you up with the latest trends of design no matter you are freelancers, artists, web designers or photographers. It is worth …

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Best WordPress Themes for Creative Agencies & Freelancers

Flickr Shows it Could Still Be the Best Photo-Sharing Platform

April 22, 2014 / Paul / 0 Comments

While I was studying photography in college, Flickr was the best place to store, organize and share photos. Almost everyone with a DSLR used it, poring over photosets and meticulously crafted albums. As smartphones grew in popularity, casual and professional photographers alike adopted mobile-centric apps such as Instagram. Flickr was slow to recognize this trend, however, and its relevancy slowly faded as the volume of photos captured, edited and shared from mobile devices grew. I’ve always wanted a superlative service that offers the best of both. A place where I can store and share all of my favorite photos, regardless of whether I’ve shot them on a smartphone, compact system camera or full-frame DSLR. Instagram’s success stems from its simplicity, but the …

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Flickr Shows it Could Still Be the Best Photo-Sharing Platform