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@Adobe you rock!
First, they made CS2 available for free [1]. Now, they made the original Photoshop source code available for free [2].
SML also believes that the future of economy is free. Too awesome. Crazyisgood. SML Love.
# Notes
1. www.adobe.com/cfusion/entitlement/index.cfm?pid=4485850&a...
2. www.theverge.com/2013/2/14/3990378/original-adobe-photosh...
“Adobe for all: Free CS2 + Photoshop source code”
/ SML.20130215.PublicMedia.Adobe.CS2.Downloads.Photoshop.Source.Free
/ #SMLScreenshots #CCBY #SMLPublicMedia #SMLGraphicDesign #Crazyisgood #SMLPhotography #SMLIxD #SMLUniverse #SMLOpinions #SMLLove
/ #Adobe #US #technology #business #design #photography #tools #free #software #awesome #crazy #good #opinions #love #code #geeks #nerds
Chinese artist 李永斌 Li Yongbin’s “Face” paintings explore the concept of temporality and the ways and possibilities in which we perceive events unfolding. He records the reflection of his own face on a windowpane against a cityscape at the moment of sunset. As night falls, the reflection of his face gradually appears while the cityscape slowly fads into darkness.
The artist is self-taught, who started with paintings and progressively work towards using video as his medium. But in these photorealist / hyperrealist works he has infused the concept of time in an otherwise still image.
I am always amazed by paintings from the photorealist / hyperrealist genre, but often beyond the skills of the artists I see little to be desired from those works. But this painting allow me to see the artistry beyond just an amazing rendering of something photorealist, and it is that which I find most incredible of all.
Crazyisgood. SML Love.
李永斌 Li Yongbin (b. 1963 Beijing, China)
臉 Face
Acrylic on canvas
170x 195 cm
2006
# 李永斌 Li Yongbin
www.chengxindong.com/index.php?option=com_xdcsection&...
www.artspeakchina.org/mediawiki/Li_Yongbin_李永斌
# Xin Dong Cheng Space for Contemporary Art 程昕東國際當代藝術空間 程昕東国际当代艺术空间
Jiu Xian Qiao Lu No. 4, Chaoyang District
Beijing 100015
China
# SML Data
+ Date: 2013-05-23T15:39:41+0800
+ Dimensions: 3579 x 3108
+ Exposure: 1/40 sec at f/4.0
+ Focal Length: 40 mm
+ ISO: 640
+ Camera: Canon EOS 6D
+ Lens: Canon EF 17-40 f/4L USM
+ GPS: 22°16'59" N 114°10'22" E
+ Location: 香港會議展覽中心 Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre (HKCEC)
+ Workflow: Lightroom 4
+ Serial: SML.20130523.6D.13841
+ Series: 新聞攝影 Photojournalism, SML Fine Art, Art Basel Hong Kong 2013
# Media Licensing
Creative Commons (CCBY) See-ming Lee 李思明 / SML Photography / SML Universe Limited
“Painting by 李永斌 Li Yongbin: 臉 Face, 2006 (Acrylic on canvas)” / 程昕東国际当代艺术空间 Xin Dong Cheng Gallery / Art Basel Hong Kong 2013 / SML.20130523.6D.13841
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/ #中國 #中国 #China #香港 #HongKong #攝影 #摄影 #photography #Art #FineArt #ArtBasel #ABHK #李永斌 #LiYongbin #程昕東 #XinDongCheng #chengxindong #Photorealism #Hyperrealism
SML Universe would like to thank Daniel J. O'Neil, Queen of Bleu Jeanna, HRH (Facebook / LinkedIn / SML Wiki) for first suggesting this genius idea to SML back in 2007 while SML was on a domain shopping / poetry writing craze.
SML Thank You!!!
“Copper vase as light fixture” #Crazyisgood
/ 中國飲食文化 中国饮食文化 Chinese Food Culture
/ SML.20130121.IP3.SQ
I bought a 3TB half a year ago + it's already full, so I bought another yesterday. I actually went out and bought a 4TB Seagate but it won’t format to Mac even though it said it would. They want me to physically bring the drive to a Kwai Hing in person—like I have the time for it. Thankfully the new LaCie arrived this morning within 24hrs. SML Thank You, $AAPL, you rock! Even though there is no ecommerce to speak of in HongKong I am just glad that the online Apple Store does work quite efficiently in HongKong.
Just in time for the photoshoot on Sunday. Thank god. Meanwhile I am still investigating a 20TB RAID solution but nothing seems to be good enough for the job.
taken with the iPad 3, processed in Snapseed
LaCie Porsche Design 3TB USB 3 / SML.20130502.IP3
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Screenshot: Ubuntu Intrepid 8.10 custom theme.
Tilda is the best darn thing for a geek's life. I really wish there's something similar in Windows + Mac but there's none. You can't beat a transparent overlay with a single-key open/close access. Here I use Compiz to blur the content behind the background to make things easier to read even in super-transparent mode.
SML SilverGlass
04 GIMP
The only book you need for typography – and the only book on the reading list for my graphic design education at Yale.
The QNAP TS-869 Pro was recommended to me for a contender for a RAID 0+1 config for my photography storage. Questions:
1. Anyone with experience with QNAP?
2. RAID 0+1 was recommended to me over RAID 5/6. Thoughts?
3. What other manufacturers should I consider?
Your help is greatly appreciated. I am still shopping. This one is an enclosure and I intend to put Hitachi drives on it because I don’t trust anyone else.
www.qnap.com/en/index.php?sn=822&c=351&sc=513&...
QNAP TS-869 Pro / SML Query / SML.20130504.SC
/ #SMLScreenshots #SMLPhotography #SMLUniverse #SMLQuery
/ #nerds #geeks #HDD #opinions #Geekporn #QNAP #RAID #storage #solution #query #config #help #NAS
Citibank Plaza (花旗銀行大廈) is a modern glass and steel office complex in Hong Kong that comprises Citibank Tower, ICBC Tower, a 3 level basement garage capable of accommodating 558 vehicles, as well as a retail podium. With a gross floor area of almost 1,600,000 sq ft (150,000 m2)., Citibank Plaza is one of the biggest office complexes in Hong Kong, capable of serving a working population of over 10,000. At 205 metres tall, Citibank Tower reaches up to the 50th floor. The highest floor on ICBC Tower is the 40th. Completed in 1992, it was one of the first office buildings in Hong Kong to incorporate intelligent building and environmentally friendly features.
# References
+ en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Citibank_Plaza
+ zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/花旗銀行大廈
# SML Data
+ Date: 2013-06-15T15:40:16+0800
+ Dimensions: 3375 x 5063
+ Exposure: 1/40 sec at f/9.0
+ Focal Length: 17 mm
+ ISO: 160
+ Flash: Did not fire
+ Camera: Canon EOS 6D
+ Lens: Canon EF 17-40 f/4L USM
+ GPS: 22°16'47" N 114°9'39" E
+ Location: 香港金鐘花園道3號花旗銀行大廈 Citibank Tower, 3 Garden Road, Admiralty, Hong Kong
+ Workflow: Lightroom 4
+ Serial: SML.20130524.7D.42089.BW
+ Series: 形 Forms, 建築 Architecture
# Media Licensing
Creative Commons (CCBY) See-ming Lee 李思明 / SML Photography / SML Universe Limited
花旗銀行大廈 Citibank Tower / 香港商業建築之形 Hong Kong Commercial Architecture Forms / SML.20130524.7D.42089.BW
/ #建築 #建筑 #Architecture #形 #Forms #SMLForms #黑白 #BW #SMLBW #CreativeCommons #SMLPhotography #SMLUniverse #SMLProjects
/ #中國 #中国 #China #香港 #HongKong #攝影 #摄影 #photography #城市 #Urban #中環 #Central #花旗銀行 #Citibank #lines
Bought these during my visit to the Swatch Shop in Hong Kong to replace batteries for my Swatch collection.
SML Pro Blog: Project Rebirth / 2004 / SML
Project Rebirth (www.ProjectRebirth.org)
Chronicling the Rebirth of Ground Zero in New York City
Screens (11 Total)
+ 1. Home
+ 2. Timeline: Camera C: View Cone
+ 3. Timeline: Camera C: Information
+ 4. Timeline: Today: 2004-11-17
+ 5. Timeline: Project Journal: 2003-11-23: Event: Opening of the PATH Train: Documentary
+ 6. Timeline: Project Journal: 2003-11-23: Event: Opening of the PATH Train: Journal
+ 7. Timeline: Project Journal: 2003-11-23: Event: Opening of the PATH Train: Journal Detail
+ 8. The Film: Project Journal
+ 10. The Rebuild about Ground Zero
Awards
+ Design Interact Site of the Week: 2004-12-20
+ Graphis Interactive Annual 3, 2005
+ One Show Interactive 2005 Merit Award
+ Web Marketing Association's WebAwards 2005: Best Non-Profit Website
IconNicholson Team (IconNicholson / LBi International)
+ Claudia Chow (Google / LinkedIn)
+ Katharine English (Google / LinkedIn)
+ Leslie Freeman (Google / LinkedIn)
+ Larry Burks (Google / LinkedIn)
+ Miles Kafka (Google / LinkedIn)
+ Paul Wood (Google)
+ See-ming Lee (Blog / Flickr / Google / LinkedIn)
+ Tim Murtaugh (Flickr / Google / LinkedIn)
Design Interact: Web Site of the Week (www.designinteract.com/sow/122004/)
Week of December 20: Project Rebirth Web Site
Project Rebirth is an online chronicle of the rebuilding of the World Trade Center site. As immediate and compelling as a physical visit, this project gives people the opportunity to observe and share in the progress of the reconstruction.
Newly released at the time the team was considering technical specifications, thisProject Rebirth Web site site uses the FlashMX development environment to full effect. Functioning as a portal to extensive content, the beauty of this Web site lies in its ability to be current and historical. With a visual design that appropriately takes a back seat to the content, it records ideas, images and interviews in their original context while also allowing for their evolution.
Primary content consists of a series of video images (presented in a timeline format) captured by six, 35mm time-lapse cameras positioned by Project Rebirth around the World Trade Center site. They shoot one frame every five minutes—and will continue to do so for ten years. The images enable the viewing of the rebuild as it occurs on any date; in seconds, visitors can see the footage of a single day. There are also interviews with reconstruction overseers, journals by filmmakers and video of major milestones in the redevelopment efforts.
Project Rebirth Web siteThe key challenge for the developers was to create an interface that would incorporate what would ultimately be ten years of film footage, that didn’t inundate visitors and yet communicated the passage of substantial amounts of time. Their solution is an interactive, XML-driven timeline that delivers fluid viewing of time-lapse footage. It provides an appropriate time-based metaphor that also does a nice job of integrating video, audio, imagery and text-based content into a single interface. The time-based experience allows access to any moment in time and provides the ability to navigate the Web site by date and/or event. Our one complaint: The link from the home page, to this main feature, looks far too much like header art. We would have liked to see billing more in line with its importance.
This collaborative effort between Project Rebirth and IconNicholson began in the summer of 2003 and the site launched in September 2004. On average, visitors are staying on the site 19 minutes, which is significant in comparison to Internet-wide stays at sites with similar content. Interestingly, international users comprise 30% of all visitors.
Robert Fisher, creative director
Claudia Chow, art director
See-ming Lee, timeline art director/developer
Larry Burks, information architect
Miles Kafka, CGI programmer/engineer
Tim Murtaugh, HTML developer
Leslie Freeman, producer
Katharine English, Project Rebirth, general manager
Paul Wood, Project Rebirth, technical producer
IconNicholson, site design and development
Web site: www.projectrebirth.org
Web site: www.iconnicholson.com
©2004 Coyne & Blanchard, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
SML Copyright Notice
©2007 See-ming Lee / SML Flickr / SML Universe. All rights reserved.
Album cover for Bits and Pieces.
About the music
This piece draws concept from Steve Reich's idea of writing something which sounds repetitive but in fact were never repeated throughout the entire composition. The piece were literally pieced together in Ableton Live, but the notes - the bits - were input from the iPad, using various MIDI controller apps I have downloaded from the App Store.
Because of its relatively repetitive sounding nature, I do not intend the audience to be sitting still - you are encouraged to use it as background while multi-tasking. In fact, if you do indeed feel that it is repetitive, I would have accomplished what I set out to do.
This is a pre-mastering rough and is part of the Bits + Pieces album.
Serial 2012.IP.DOTS.R12
blog.seeminglee.com/2012/08/dots-see-ming-lee-bits-pieces...
SML Pro Blog: Project Rebirth / 2004 / SML
Project Rebirth (www.ProjectRebirth.org)
Chronicling the Rebirth of Ground Zero in New York City
Screens (11 Total)
+ 1. Home
+ 2. Timeline: Camera C: View Cone
+ 3. Timeline: Camera C: Information
+ 4. Timeline: Today: 2004-11-17
+ 5. Timeline: Project Journal: 2003-11-23: Event: Opening of the PATH Train: Documentary
+ 6. Timeline: Project Journal: 2003-11-23: Event: Opening of the PATH Train: Journal
+ 7. Timeline: Project Journal: 2003-11-23: Event: Opening of the PATH Train: Journal Detail
+ 8. The Film: Project Journal
+ 10. The Rebuild about Ground Zero
Awards
+ Design Interact Site of the Week: 2004-12-20
+ Graphis Interactive Annual 3, 2005
+ One Show Interactive 2005 Merit Award
+ Web Marketing Association's WebAwards 2005: Best Non-Profit Website
IconNicholson Team (IconNicholson / LBi International)
+ Claudia Chow (Google / LinkedIn)
+ Katharine English (Google / LinkedIn)
+ Leslie Freeman (Google / LinkedIn)
+ Larry Burks (Google / LinkedIn)
+ Miles Kafka (Google / LinkedIn)
+ Paul Wood (Google)
+ See-ming Lee (Blog / Flickr / Google / LinkedIn)
+ Tim Murtaugh (Flickr / Google / LinkedIn)
Design Interact: Web Site of the Week (www.designinteract.com/sow/122004/)
Week of December 20: Project Rebirth Web Site
Project Rebirth is an online chronicle of the rebuilding of the World Trade Center site. As immediate and compelling as a physical visit, this project gives people the opportunity to observe and share in the progress of the reconstruction.
Newly released at the time the team was considering technical specifications, thisProject Rebirth Web site site uses the FlashMX development environment to full effect. Functioning as a portal to extensive content, the beauty of this Web site lies in its ability to be current and historical. With a visual design that appropriately takes a back seat to the content, it records ideas, images and interviews in their original context while also allowing for their evolution.
Primary content consists of a series of video images (presented in a timeline format) captured by six, 35mm time-lapse cameras positioned by Project Rebirth around the World Trade Center site. They shoot one frame every five minutes—and will continue to do so for ten years. The images enable the viewing of the rebuild as it occurs on any date; in seconds, visitors can see the footage of a single day. There are also interviews with reconstruction overseers, journals by filmmakers and video of major milestones in the redevelopment efforts.
Project Rebirth Web siteThe key challenge for the developers was to create an interface that would incorporate what would ultimately be ten years of film footage, that didn’t inundate visitors and yet communicated the passage of substantial amounts of time. Their solution is an interactive, XML-driven timeline that delivers fluid viewing of time-lapse footage. It provides an appropriate time-based metaphor that also does a nice job of integrating video, audio, imagery and text-based content into a single interface. The time-based experience allows access to any moment in time and provides the ability to navigate the Web site by date and/or event. Our one complaint: The link from the home page, to this main feature, looks far too much like header art. We would have liked to see billing more in line with its importance.
This collaborative effort between Project Rebirth and IconNicholson began in the summer of 2003 and the site launched in September 2004. On average, visitors are staying on the site 19 minutes, which is significant in comparison to Internet-wide stays at sites with similar content. Interestingly, international users comprise 30% of all visitors.
Robert Fisher, creative director
Claudia Chow, art director
See-ming Lee, timeline art director/developer
Larry Burks, information architect
Miles Kafka, CGI programmer/engineer
Tim Murtaugh, HTML developer
Leslie Freeman, producer
Katharine English, Project Rebirth, general manager
Paul Wood, Project Rebirth, technical producer
IconNicholson, site design and development
Web site: www.projectrebirth.org
Web site: www.iconnicholson.com
©2004 Coyne & Blanchard, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
SML Copyright Notice
©2007 See-ming Lee / SML Flickr / SML Universe. All rights reserved.
Clouds move quite a bit, and if exposed for long enough, they would look like a blur. In broad daylight, it is marginally possible to expose for up to maybe a second without using any filters, but this is not enough to get the clouds to blur. Al most it would look like a mistake.
To do this, I use an ND2-ND400 variable filter set to the max. By using variable filters (which is essentially a stacked adjustable circular polariser) I can set to min to focus on the image and then dial the ND to the max to expose. A better setup which I prefer is to just drop an ND filter in front when I wish to expose, but I do not have something like that right now, so the variable filter does its magic—which allows just enough light for me to see what I am photographing.
The Canon TC-80N3 timer cable release is used to manually set the shutter speed, 19 seconds in this case, and minimize vibration of the setup.
# SML Translate: 龍窩雲海藏電纜
+ 龍: dragon.
+ 窩: nest.
+ 龍窩: dragon’s nest, though here used to designate the name of the mountain 九肚山 Kau To Shan, which as Wikipedia suggests is the ancient name of the mountain [1].
+ 雲: clouds.
+ 海: sea. (describes the vastness of the cloudscape).
+ 藏: hides.
+ 電: electric, electricity, power.
+ 纜: cable.
+ 電纜: power lines.
+ 龍窩雲海藏電纜: power cable lines hide amidst the vast cloudscape on the dragon’s next Kau To Shan.
# Notes
1. 狗肚山，雅稱九肚山，古稱龍窩，是香港一座山峰，位於新界沙田區火炭之西北，海拔399米。 zh.wikipedia.org/zh-hk/狗肚山
# SML Data
+ Date: 2013-05-19T15:01:40+0800
+ Dimensions: 5472 x 3648
+ Exposure: 19.0 sec at f/32
+ Focal Length: 200 mm
+ ISO: 100
+ Flash: Did not fire
+ Camera: Canon EOS 6D
+ Lens: Canon EF 70-200 f/4L USM
+ Accessories: Canon TC-80N3 Timer Remote Release, Manfrotto tripod
+ GPS: 22°25'5" N 114°13'16" E
+ Location: SML Universe HKG
+ Subject: 香港九肚山 Kau To Shan, Hong Kong
+ Serial: SML.20130519.6D.06935.P1.L1.BW
+ Workflow: Photoshop CS6, Lightroom 4
+ Series: 寧 Serenity, Long Exposure 長時間曝光
# Media Licensing
Creative Commons (CCBY) See-ming Lee 李思明 / SML Photography / SML Universe Limited
“龍窩雲海藏電纜” / 香港九肚山之寧 Hong Kong Kau To Shan Serenity (19-sec ND LE) / SML.20130519.6D.06935.P1.L1.BW
/ #寧 #Serenity #SMLSerenity #自然 #Nature #黑白 #BW #SMLBW #LongExposure #LE #SMLLE #CreativeCommons #CCBY #SMLPhotography #SMLUniverse #SMLProjects
/ #中國 #中国 #China #香港 #HongKong #攝影 #摄影 #photography #山水 #Landscape #ND
Photographed with iPad 3 using the 360pano app, uploaded to server, downloaded as Stereographic panoramic image, processed in Snapseed.
Unprocessed source:
+ interactive pano: 360.io/qAy6yV/
+ 360 flat: 360.io/qAy6yV/f
+ Stereographic flat: 360.io/qAy6yV/s
Creative Commons (CCBY) See-ming Lee 李思明 / SML Photography / SML Universe Limited
“Q”
/ 香港公共屋邨全景之形 Hong Kong Public Housing Panoramic Forms
/ SML.20130126.IP3.360pano.qAy6yV.s.07868
/ #SMLForms #CCBY #SMLPhotography #SMLUniverse #SMLProjects #SMLPano #SML360pano
/ 形 Forms 建築 建筑 architecture 全景 pano #攝影 #摄影 #photography #中國 #中国 #China CN #香港 #HongKong HK HKG #公共 #public #屋邨 #housing #馬鞍山 #MaOnShan
2007-10-13 I went skydiving again!
SML Pro Blog: See-ming Lee / SML Skydive / 2007-10-13
SML Channel presents...
An SML Life production...
SML YouTube: SML Skydive: Episode 2: 2007-10-13 = Crazy Again!
SML Google: See-ming Lee - SML Skydive 2007.10.13 - Crazy Again!
I had so much fun last time that I decided to go back Skydive the Ranch for seconds (T2: Tandem 2)
I went with Adam S. Kirschner (Blog / YouTube) and his college buddie Brad for this round of crazy stunt.
Colin Sutherland could not make it because it was CME's birthday on Sunday. Eduardo F. Ortiz just jumped last week so he was not here either.
I am happy that my first skydiving video had generated enough buzz that has convinced Adam to come and he clearly had fun as well. See his video at YouTube: HiKirsch: Adam S. Kirschner - Skydiver
Last time was awesome, but this time I truly felt it. I still freaked a little when I jumped out of the plane, but it was all exciting shortly after... and for the first time around, I actually did enjoy the view very much.
Skydiving... highly recommended!
SML Skydive video remix
Two months have passed and I still have not had the chance to remix my first video, but with these new footage shot by Laszlo Andacs, I should have enough materials to create my upcoming dance track, Crazy is Good. Stay tuned. For more SML Music, visit smlMusic.com.
SML Thank You
+ Adam S. Kirschner: I would like to thank Adam S. Kirschner for inviting me to go with him on his first skydive! I love people who can work hard and play hard, and as I mentioned in my previous blog post, those are exactly the kind of quality I seek to work with. I am impressed, and I am really glad that Adam had a great time also. I Love ASK! Kudos!
+ Beth Schuman: I would like to thank Beth Schuman for jumpsuit wardrobe assistance. Beth had her first skydive the same day and I am very honored to be her witness as she signed away her life to her tandem instructor.
+ Brad Schwatz: I would like to thank Brad Schwatz for skydiving with us. I am also really glad that I have successfully convinced him to throw close to three hundred bucks to get a video on his first skydive. Brad is a shoe designer, and definitely has an eye for shoes. Fashion fashionistas warning: you have approximately five years to scoop him up before I am ready to build my fashion collection.
+ Denes Gutai: I would like to thank Denes Gutai for being my T2 skydive instructor. Denes is also the U.S. exclusive distributor for Intrudair, a line of quality jumpsuit products from Hungary. I checked out the site last night and those pants are hot! I also find the logo design of Intrudair to be really inspiring. Go check it out at intrudair.hu!
+ Jeff Daniels: I would like to thank Jeff Daniels for skydiving with Brad.
+ Laszlo Andacs: I would like to thank Lazslo Andacs for shooting and editing the wonderful video above. Originally I was expecting this video to be similar to the first one shot by Oren Peri, as such I am very impressed to see the diversity in creativity in not just how the same subject can be explored, but also in terms of style and perspective. Very well done!
If you are interested in freefall videography, digital imaging and computer editing by this professional skydiver stunt cameraman, check out his website at www.laszloimage.com.
+ Marcos (SML Data: no last name data unavailable): Thank you for being Adam's T1 skydive instructor.
Related SML Channel Videos
SML Google: SML Skydive = See-ming Lee + Skydiving = Crazy is Good!
SML YouTube: SML Skydive = See-ming Lee + Skydiving = Crazy is Good!
Related SML Universe
SML Copyright Notice
©2007 See-ming Lee 李思明 SML / SML Flickr / SML Universe. All rights reserved.
Talk about efficiency—the iOS 6.1 has been updating for the past 4 hours on my iPhone 5! Ugh
“$AAPL Daily WTF UX FAIL” #NotAllCrazyisgood
/ SML.20130202.SC.iPhone5.iOS.6.1.Update
/ #SMLScreenshots #CCBY #Crazyisgood #SMLUniverse
/ #screenshots #apple #iphone #ios #update #hongkong #china #us #technology #annoyance #AAPL #UX #FAIL #daily #wtf #UserExperience #ios6
SML Pro Blog: Project Rebirth / 2004 / SML
Project Rebirth (www.ProjectRebirth.org)
Chronicling the Rebirth of Ground Zero in New York City
Screens (11 Total)
+ 1. Home
+ 2. Timeline: Camera C: View Cone
+ 3. Timeline: Camera C: Information
+ 4. Timeline: Today: 2004-11-17
+ 5. Timeline: Project Journal: 2003-11-23: Event: Opening of the PATH Train: Documentary
+ 6. Timeline: Project Journal: 2003-11-23: Event: Opening of the PATH Train: Journal
+ 7. Timeline: Project Journal: 2003-11-23: Event: Opening of the PATH Train: Journal Detail
+ 8. The Film: Project Journal
+ 10. The Rebuild about Ground Zero
Awards
+ Design Interact Site of the Week: 2004-12-20
+ Graphis Interactive Annual 3, 2005
+ One Show Interactive 2005 Merit Award
+ Web Marketing Association's WebAwards 2005: Best Non-Profit Website
IconNicholson Team (IconNicholson / LBi International)
+ Claudia Chow (Google / LinkedIn)
+ Katharine English (Google / LinkedIn)
+ Leslie Freeman (Google / LinkedIn)
+ Larry Burks (Google / LinkedIn)
+ Miles Kafka (Google / LinkedIn)
+ Paul Wood (Google)
+ See-ming Lee (Blog / Flickr / Google / LinkedIn)
+ Tim Murtaugh (Flickr / Google / LinkedIn)
Design Interact: Web Site of the Week (www.designinteract.com/sow/122004/)
Week of December 20: Project Rebirth Web Site
Project Rebirth is an online chronicle of the rebuilding of the World Trade Center site. As immediate and compelling as a physical visit, this project gives people the opportunity to observe and share in the progress of the reconstruction.
Newly released at the time the team was considering technical specifications, thisProject Rebirth Web site site uses the FlashMX development environment to full effect. Functioning as a portal to extensive content, the beauty of this Web site lies in its ability to be current and historical. With a visual design that appropriately takes a back seat to the content, it records ideas, images and interviews in their original context while also allowing for their evolution.
Primary content consists of a series of video images (presented in a timeline format) captured by six, 35mm time-lapse cameras positioned by Project Rebirth around the World Trade Center site. They shoot one frame every five minutes—and will continue to do so for ten years. The images enable the viewing of the rebuild as it occurs on any date; in seconds, visitors can see the footage of a single day. There are also interviews with reconstruction overseers, journals by filmmakers and video of major milestones in the redevelopment efforts.
Project Rebirth Web siteThe key challenge for the developers was to create an interface that would incorporate what would ultimately be ten years of film footage, that didn’t inundate visitors and yet communicated the passage of substantial amounts of time. Their solution is an interactive, XML-driven timeline that delivers fluid viewing of time-lapse footage. It provides an appropriate time-based metaphor that also does a nice job of integrating video, audio, imagery and text-based content into a single interface. The time-based experience allows access to any moment in time and provides the ability to navigate the Web site by date and/or event. Our one complaint: The link from the home page, to this main feature, looks far too much like header art. We would have liked to see billing more in line with its importance.
This collaborative effort between Project Rebirth and IconNicholson began in the summer of 2003 and the site launched in September 2004. On average, visitors are staying on the site 19 minutes, which is significant in comparison to Internet-wide stays at sites with similar content. Interestingly, international users comprise 30% of all visitors.
Robert Fisher, creative director
Claudia Chow, art director
See-ming Lee, timeline art director/developer
Larry Burks, information architect
Miles Kafka, CGI programmer/engineer
Tim Murtaugh, HTML developer
Leslie Freeman, producer
Katharine English, Project Rebirth, general manager
Paul Wood, Project Rebirth, technical producer
IconNicholson, site design and development
Web site: www.projectrebirth.org
Web site: www.iconnicholson.com
©2004 Coyne & Blanchard, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
SML Copyright Notice
©2007 See-ming Lee / SML Flickr / SML Universe. All rights reserved.
SML Pro Blog: Project Rebirth / 2004 / SML
Project Rebirth (www.ProjectRebirth.org)
Chronicling the Rebirth of Ground Zero in New York City
Screens (11 Total)
+ 1. Home
+ 2. Timeline: Camera C: View Cone
+ 3. Timeline: Camera C: Information
+ 4. Timeline: Today: 2004-11-17
+ 5. Timeline: Project Journal: 2003-11-23: Event: Opening of the PATH Train: Documentary
+ 6. Timeline: Project Journal: 2003-11-23: Event: Opening of the PATH Train: Journal
+ 7. Timeline: Project Journal: 2003-11-23: Event: Opening of the PATH Train: Journal Detail
+ 8. The Film: Project Journal
+ 10. The Rebuild about Ground Zero
Awards
+ Design Interact Site of the Week: 2004-12-20
+ Graphis Interactive Annual 3, 2005
+ One Show Interactive 2005 Merit Award
+ Web Marketing Association's WebAwards 2005: Best Non-Profit Website
IconNicholson Team (IconNicholson / LBi International)
+ Claudia Chow (Google / LinkedIn)
+ Katharine English (Google / LinkedIn)
+ Leslie Freeman (Google / LinkedIn)
+ Larry Burks (Google / LinkedIn)
+ Miles Kafka (Google / LinkedIn)
+ Paul Wood (Google)
+ See-ming Lee (Blog / Flickr / Google / LinkedIn)
+ Tim Murtaugh (Flickr / Google / LinkedIn)
Design Interact: Web Site of the Week (www.designinteract.com/sow/122004/)
Week of December 20: Project Rebirth Web Site
Project Rebirth is an online chronicle of the rebuilding of the World Trade Center site. As immediate and compelling as a physical visit, this project gives people the opportunity to observe and share in the progress of the reconstruction.
Newly released at the time the team was considering technical specifications, thisProject Rebirth Web site site uses the FlashMX development environment to full effect. Functioning as a portal to extensive content, the beauty of this Web site lies in its ability to be current and historical. With a visual design that appropriately takes a back seat to the content, it records ideas, images and interviews in their original context while also allowing for their evolution.
Primary content consists of a series of video images (presented in a timeline format) captured by six, 35mm time-lapse cameras positioned by Project Rebirth around the World Trade Center site. They shoot one frame every five minutes—and will continue to do so for ten years. The images enable the viewing of the rebuild as it occurs on any date; in seconds, visitors can see the footage of a single day. There are also interviews with reconstruction overseers, journals by filmmakers and video of major milestones in the redevelopment efforts.
Project Rebirth Web siteThe key challenge for the developers was to create an interface that would incorporate what would ultimately be ten years of film footage, that didn’t inundate visitors and yet communicated the passage of substantial amounts of time. Their solution is an interactive, XML-driven timeline that delivers fluid viewing of time-lapse footage. It provides an appropriate time-based metaphor that also does a nice job of integrating video, audio, imagery and text-based content into a single interface. The time-based experience allows access to any moment in time and provides the ability to navigate the Web site by date and/or event. Our one complaint: The link from the home page, to this main feature, looks far too much like header art. We would have liked to see billing more in line with its importance.
This collaborative effort between Project Rebirth and IconNicholson began in the summer of 2003 and the site launched in September 2004. On average, visitors are staying on the site 19 minutes, which is significant in comparison to Internet-wide stays at sites with similar content. Interestingly, international users comprise 30% of all visitors.
Robert Fisher, creative director
Claudia Chow, art director
See-ming Lee, timeline art director/developer
Larry Burks, information architect
Miles Kafka, CGI programmer/engineer
Tim Murtaugh, HTML developer
Leslie Freeman, producer
Katharine English, Project Rebirth, general manager
Paul Wood, Project Rebirth, technical producer
IconNicholson, site design and development
Web site: www.projectrebirth.org
Web site: www.iconnicholson.com
©2004 Coyne & Blanchard, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
SML Copyright Notice
©2007 See-ming Lee / SML Flickr / SML Universe. All rights reserved.
Say no to things which are unrealistic.
I have a tendency to over-commit. In the past when clients asked me if I can do something within an unrealistically short period of time, I used to agree to them and as a result also drove myself to death—literally. The stress was so high that I had contemplated killing myself.
The crazy thing was that since I was a perfectionist then, I decided to postpone suicide because I could not see myself having a tomb with something like “SML, the one who did not finish an XYZ project.” I also considered the possibility that no one would show up to my funeral because I somehow messed up their project. Yes I know that this is all very funny but somehow crazies have their crazy ways to cope with life.
These days I just say no. I tell people to go find someone else for things which I think will kill me. Interestingly they usually stay with me because usually when I was given unrealistic requests like that it was because they could not find any humans to do it and I am usually their last hope.
Wishful thinking is a common attribute among humans. Humans are just weird.
Excerpt from a longer blog post titled “Delete Perfection + Zero expectations / Happiness Life Hacks” on SML Pro Blog: blog.seeminglee.com/2012/12/delete-perfection-zero-expect...
“Learn to say no.” / SML.20121206.PHIL / #smlphil #ccby #smluniverse #smlprojects
It seems that photographing “nothing of interest” is a personal specialty. This is the beautiful forms from the side of a concrete bridge. The curvature are natural and are not a result of geometric distortion from the lens. Bridges are just so beautiful, especially when used and decayed.
# SML Data
+ Date: 2013-02-22 17:18:51 GMT+0800
+ Dimensions: 5030 x 3353
+ Exposure: 1/160 sec at f/5.6
+ Focal Length: 117 mm
+ ISO: 400
+ Flash: Did not fire
+ Camera: Canon EOS 7D
+ Lens: Canon EF 70-200mm f/4L USM + Canon EF 1.4x Extender III
+ GPS: 22°25'9" N 114°13'36" E
+ Location: 中國香港馬鞍山恆安地鐵站天橋 中国香港马鞍山恒安地铁站天桥 Metro Bridge, Heng On MTR Station, Ma On Shan, Hong Kong, China
+ Workflow: Photoshop CS6, Lightroom 4
+ Serial: SML.20130222.7D.24532.P1.L1
+ Series: 人流 Human Logistics, 形 Forms
“|||||| |||||||||||| ||” / 香港人流建築之形 Hong Kong Human Logistics Architecture Forms / SML.20130222.7D.24532.P1.L1
/ #人流 #HumanLogistics #形 #Forms #SMLForms #SMLPaintings #CCBY #SMLPhotography #SMLUniverse #SMLProjects
/ #中國 #中国 #China #香港 #HongKong #建築 #建筑 #Architecture #攝影 #摄影 #photography #城市 #Urban #地鐵 #地铁 #Metro #橋 #桥 #Bridge
SML Pro Blog: Project Rebirth / 2004 / SML
Project Rebirth (www.ProjectRebirth.org)
Chronicling the Rebirth of Ground Zero in New York City
Screens (11 Total)
+ 1. Home
+ 2. Timeline: Camera C: View Cone
+ 3. Timeline: Camera C: Information
+ 4. Timeline: Today: 2004-11-17
+ 5. Timeline: Project Journal: 2003-11-23: Event: Opening of the PATH Train: Documentary
+ 6. Timeline: Project Journal: 2003-11-23: Event: Opening of the PATH Train: Journal
+ 7. Timeline: Project Journal: 2003-11-23: Event: Opening of the PATH Train: Journal Detail
+ 8. The Film: Project Journal
+ 10. The Rebuild about Ground Zero
Awards
+ Design Interact Site of the Week: 2004-12-20
+ Graphis Interactive Annual 3, 2005
+ One Show Interactive 2005 Merit Award
+ Web Marketing Association's WebAwards 2005: Best Non-Profit Website
IconNicholson Team (IconNicholson / LBi International)
+ Claudia Chow (Google / LinkedIn)
+ Katharine English (Google / LinkedIn)
+ Leslie Freeman (Google / LinkedIn)
+ Larry Burks (Google / LinkedIn)
+ Miles Kafka (Google / LinkedIn)
+ Paul Wood (Google)
+ See-ming Lee (Blog / Flickr / Google / LinkedIn)
+ Tim Murtaugh (Flickr / Google / LinkedIn)
Design Interact: Web Site of the Week (www.designinteract.com/sow/122004/)
Week of December 20: Project Rebirth Web Site
Project Rebirth is an online chronicle of the rebuilding of the World Trade Center site. As immediate and compelling as a physical visit, this project gives people the opportunity to observe and share in the progress of the reconstruction.
Newly released at the time the team was considering technical specifications, thisProject Rebirth Web site site uses the FlashMX development environment to full effect. Functioning as a portal to extensive content, the beauty of this Web site lies in its ability to be current and historical. With a visual design that appropriately takes a back seat to the content, it records ideas, images and interviews in their original context while also allowing for their evolution.
Primary content consists of a series of video images (presented in a timeline format) captured by six, 35mm time-lapse cameras positioned by Project Rebirth around the World Trade Center site. They shoot one frame every five minutes—and will continue to do so for ten years. The images enable the viewing of the rebuild as it occurs on any date; in seconds, visitors can see the footage of a single day. There are also interviews with reconstruction overseers, journals by filmmakers and video of major milestones in the redevelopment efforts.
Project Rebirth Web siteThe key challenge for the developers was to create an interface that would incorporate what would ultimately be ten years of film footage, that didn’t inundate visitors and yet communicated the passage of substantial amounts of time. Their solution is an interactive, XML-driven timeline that delivers fluid viewing of time-lapse footage. It provides an appropriate time-based metaphor that also does a nice job of integrating video, audio, imagery and text-based content into a single interface. The time-based experience allows access to any moment in time and provides the ability to navigate the Web site by date and/or event. Our one complaint: The link from the home page, to this main feature, looks far too much like header art. We would have liked to see billing more in line with its importance.
This collaborative effort between Project Rebirth and IconNicholson began in the summer of 2003 and the site launched in September 2004. On average, visitors are staying on the site 19 minutes, which is significant in comparison to Internet-wide stays at sites with similar content. Interestingly, international users comprise 30% of all visitors.
Robert Fisher, creative director
Claudia Chow, art director
See-ming Lee, timeline art director/developer
Larry Burks, information architect
Miles Kafka, CGI programmer/engineer
Tim Murtaugh, HTML developer
Leslie Freeman, producer
Katharine English, Project Rebirth, general manager
Paul Wood, Project Rebirth, technical producer
IconNicholson, site design and development
Web site: www.projectrebirth.org
Web site: www.iconnicholson.com
©2004 Coyne & Blanchard, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
SML Copyright Notice
©2007 See-ming Lee / SML Flickr / SML Universe. All rights reserved.
SML Pro Blog: Project Rebirth / 2004 / SML
Project Rebirth (www.ProjectRebirth.org)
Chronicling the Rebirth of Ground Zero in New York City
Screens (11 Total)
+ 1. Home
+ 2. Timeline: Camera C: View Cone
+ 3. Timeline: Camera C: Information
+ 4. Timeline: Today: 2004-11-17
+ 5. Timeline: Project Journal: 2003-11-23: Event: Opening of the PATH Train: Documentary
+ 6. Timeline: Project Journal: 2003-11-23: Event: Opening of the PATH Train: Journal
+ 7. Timeline: Project Journal: 2003-11-23: Event: Opening of the PATH Train: Journal Detail
+ 8. The Film: Project Journal
+ 10. The Rebuild about Ground Zero
Awards
+ Design Interact Site of the Week: 2004-12-20
+ Graphis Interactive Annual 3, 2005
+ One Show Interactive 2005 Merit Award
+ Web Marketing Association's WebAwards 2005: Best Non-Profit Website
IconNicholson Team (IconNicholson / LBi International)
+ Claudia Chow (Google / LinkedIn)
+ Katharine English (Google / LinkedIn)
+ Leslie Freeman (Google / LinkedIn)
+ Larry Burks (Google / LinkedIn)
+ Miles Kafka (Google / LinkedIn)
+ Paul Wood (Google)
+ See-ming Lee (Blog / Flickr / Google / LinkedIn)
+ Tim Murtaugh (Flickr / Google / LinkedIn)
Design Interact: Web Site of the Week (www.designinteract.com/sow/122004/)
Week of December 20: Project Rebirth Web Site
Project Rebirth is an online chronicle of the rebuilding of the World Trade Center site. As immediate and compelling as a physical visit, this project gives people the opportunity to observe and share in the progress of the reconstruction.
Newly released at the time the team was considering technical specifications, thisProject Rebirth Web site site uses the FlashMX development environment to full effect. Functioning as a portal to extensive content, the beauty of this Web site lies in its ability to be current and historical. With a visual design that appropriately takes a back seat to the content, it records ideas, images and interviews in their original context while also allowing for their evolution.
Primary content consists of a series of video images (presented in a timeline format) captured by six, 35mm time-lapse cameras positioned by Project Rebirth around the World Trade Center site. They shoot one frame every five minutes—and will continue to do so for ten years. The images enable the viewing of the rebuild as it occurs on any date; in seconds, visitors can see the footage of a single day. There are also interviews with reconstruction overseers, journals by filmmakers and video of major milestones in the redevelopment efforts.
Project Rebirth Web siteThe key challenge for the developers was to create an interface that would incorporate what would ultimately be ten years of film footage, that didn’t inundate visitors and yet communicated the passage of substantial amounts of time. Their solution is an interactive, XML-driven timeline that delivers fluid viewing of time-lapse footage. It provides an appropriate time-based metaphor that also does a nice job of integrating video, audio, imagery and text-based content into a single interface. The time-based experience allows access to any moment in time and provides the ability to navigate the Web site by date and/or event. Our one complaint: The link from the home page, to this main feature, looks far too much like header art. We would have liked to see billing more in line with its importance.
This collaborative effort between Project Rebirth and IconNicholson began in the summer of 2003 and the site launched in September 2004. On average, visitors are staying on the site 19 minutes, which is significant in comparison to Internet-wide stays at sites with similar content. Interestingly, international users comprise 30% of all visitors.
Robert Fisher, creative director
Claudia Chow, art director
See-ming Lee, timeline art director/developer
Larry Burks, information architect
Miles Kafka, CGI programmer/engineer
Tim Murtaugh, HTML developer
Leslie Freeman, producer
Katharine English, Project Rebirth, general manager
Paul Wood, Project Rebirth, technical producer
IconNicholson, site design and development
Web site: www.projectrebirth.org
Web site: www.iconnicholson.com
©2004 Coyne & Blanchard, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
SML Copyright Notice
©2007 See-ming Lee / SML Flickr / SML Universe. All rights reserved.
Series: China Tourism 中國旅遊 中国旅游
Camera: Canon EOS 7D
Lens:Canon EF 24-70 f/2.8L
Video: H264 MP4, 1920x1080, 24fps, Progressive, 10 Mbps
Audio: AAC, 320 kbps, 48 kHz, Stereo
Length: 48 sec
Color: Color
Language:Cantonese / Mandarin / English
Location: Window of the World, Shenzhen, Guangdong, China
License: Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported (CCBY)
Date: 2012-12-16 (recorded) 2012-12-31 (processed)
Photographer: See-ming Lee 李思明, SML Photography
Media Production: SML Universe
Copyright: 2012 See-ming Lee 李思明, SML Universe Limited
Serial: SML.20121216.7D.19255
GettyImages: gty.im/170023914
An unexpected effect from working on the serenity series (which is scenery outside my window) is being able to predict weather based on cloud formation and wave patterns on the water surface.
Last night based on pattern recognition alone I predicted that it will rain this morning even though it was very sunny outside. No one believed me. And it poured heavily today. I did take photos before the storm also but it was not really interesting to look at. But some time when I have a moment I will show you what I meant.
Pictured: A white yacht was seen sailing alone after that storm has passed during sunset. I am particularly drawn to how every small bit of sunlight from the cloud creates a smudged bits on the seascape.
# SML Translate: 暴雨停 帆起航
+ 暴: stormy.
+ 雨: rain.
+ 停: stops, has stopped.
+ 帆: sail (of the yacht).
+ 起: up, lifted up (describe the sail).
+ 航: glide, sail (verb, describe the yacht can glide on the sea)
+ 暴雨停 帆起航: after the stormy weather has passed, the yacht was able to set sail to glide pass the waters.
# SML Data
+ Date: 2013-05-16T18:24:43+0800
+ Dimensions: 5472 x 3648
+ Exposure: 1/40 sec at f/9.0
+ Focal Length: 40 mm
+ ISO: 250
+ Flash: Did not fire
+ Camera: Canon EOS 6D
+ Lens: Canon EF 17-40mm f/4L USM
+ GPS: 22°25'9" N 114°13'29" E
+ Location: SML Universe HKG
+ Subject: 香港中文大學 Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK) + 吐露港 Tolo Harbour + 香港科學園 Hong Kong Science Park + 八仙嶺 Pat Sin Leng
+ Serial: SML.20130516.6D.06572.P1.L1.BW
+ Workflow: Photoshop CS6, Lightroom 4
+ Series: 寧 Serenity
# Media Licensing
Creative Commons (CCBY) See-ming Lee 李思明 / SML Photography / SML Universe Limited
“暴雨停 帆起航” / 香港吐露港日落之寧 Hong Kong Tolo Harbour Sunset Serenity / SML.20130516.6D.06572.P1.L1.BW
/ #寧 #Serenity #SMLSerenity #黑白 #BW #SMLBW #SMLPhotography #SMLUniverse #SMLProjects
/ #中國 #中国 #China #香港 #HongKong #攝影 #摄影 #photography #山水 #landscape #雲 #Cloud #Cloudscape #自然 #Nature #seascape #sunset
blog.seeminglee.com/2012/12/professionalism-is-qualitativ...
Some people said that they are not a professional because they don't make any money doing what they do. I find this interesting. What does making money have anything to do with being a professional or not?
To me, professionalism is an attitude. It is a measure of how one approaches an activity. It has nothing to do with the amount of money one makes doing it.
I have worked with countless so-called “professionals” in my years of business over the years and I can tell you that there are a lot of people—regardless of competency—who charge their clients exuberant sums of money but who can never deliver what was promised. I have also worked with countless so-called “non-professionals” who do not receive much pay but are top-notch in what they do.
You are a professional if you can deliver a professional product. You are a professional if you maintain a professional attitude while doing it. You are not a professional just because you do it for a living. You are not a professional just because you have a degree in that field. You are most certainly not a professional just because you are able to make lots of money doing it.
Business transactions are monetary exchange agree by two parties. Business dealings, monetary compensation and professionalism often relate. However, relationship is not the same as equality.
“Professionalism is qualitative, not quantitative.” / SML.20121209.PHIL /
#smlphil #ccby #smlphotography #smluniverse
#香港 #hongkong #中國 #china #李思明 #seeminglee #思想 #philosophy #opinions #專業 #professionalism #professional #profession #工作 #jobs #商 #business #錢 #money
2007-10-13 I went skydiving again!
SML Pro Blog: See-ming Lee / SML Skydive / 2007-10-13
SML Channel presents...
An SML Life production...
SML YouTube: SML Skydive: Episode 2: 2007-10-13 = Crazy Again!
SML Google: See-ming Lee - SML Skydive 2007.10.13 - Crazy Again!
I had so much fun last time that I decided to go back Skydive the Ranch for seconds (T2: Tandem 2)
I went with Adam S. Kirschner (Blog / YouTube) and his college buddie Brad for this round of crazy stunt.
Colin Sutherland could not make it because it was CME's birthday on Sunday. Eduardo F. Ortiz just jumped last week so he was not here either.
I am happy that my first skydiving video had generated enough buzz that has convinced Adam to come and he clearly had fun as well. See his video at YouTube: HiKirsch: Adam S. Kirschner - Skydiver
Last time was awesome, but this time I truly felt it. I still freaked a little when I jumped out of the plane, but it was all exciting shortly after... and for the first time around, I actually did enjoy the view very much.
Skydiving... highly recommended!
SML Skydive video remix
Two months have passed and I still have not had the chance to remix my first video, but with these new footage shot by Laszlo Andacs, I should have enough materials to create my upcoming dance track, Crazy is Good. Stay tuned. For more SML Music, visit smlMusic.com.
SML Thank You
+ Adam S. Kirschner: I would like to thank Adam S. Kirschner for inviting me to go with him on his first skydive! I love people who can work hard and play hard, and as I mentioned in my previous blog post, those are exactly the kind of quality I seek to work with. I am impressed, and I am really glad that Adam had a great time also. I Love ASK! Kudos!
+ Beth Schuman: I would like to thank Beth Schuman for jumpsuit wardrobe assistance. Beth had her first skydive the same day and I am very honored to be her witness as she signed away her life to her tandem instructor.
+ Brad Schwatz: I would like to thank Brad Schwatz for skydiving with us. I am also really glad that I have successfully convinced him to throw close to three hundred bucks to get a video on his first skydive. Brad is a shoe designer, and definitely has an eye for shoes. Fashion fashionistas warning: you have approximately five years to scoop him up before I am ready to build my fashion collection.
+ Denes Gutai: I would like to thank Denes Gutai for being my T2 skydive instructor. Denes is also the U.S. exclusive distributor for Intrudair, a line of quality jumpsuit products from Hungary. I checked out the site last night and those pants are hot! I also find the logo design of Intrudair to be really inspiring. Go check it out at intrudair.hu!
+ Jeff Daniels: I would like to thank Jeff Daniels for skydiving with Brad.
+ Laszlo Andacs: I would like to thank Lazslo Andacs for shooting and editing the wonderful video above. Originally I was expecting this video to be similar to the first one shot by Oren Peri, as such I am very impressed to see the diversity in creativity in not just how the same subject can be explored, but also in terms of style and perspective. Very well done!
If you are interested in freefall videography, digital imaging and computer editing by this professional skydiver stunt cameraman, check out his website at www.laszloimage.com.
+ Marcos (SML Data: no last name data unavailable): Thank you for being Adam's T1 skydive instructor.
Related SML Channel Videos
SML Google: SML Skydive = See-ming Lee + Skydiving = Crazy is Good!
SML YouTube: SML Skydive = See-ming Lee + Skydiving = Crazy is Good!
Related SML Universe
SML Copyright Notice
©2007 See-ming Lee 李思明 SML / SML Flickr / SML Universe. All rights reserved.
When I got my first job out of college in 1999, the first thing I bought was a chess set from Chess Forum: Ebony Staunton from the British Chess Company. Last year, seven years being at the same job, I bought my second chess set, and this is it: Ebony Staunton: 4" Fischer Design.
At first I am not too crazy about the tops on the bishops. I thought that it might actually make more sense to have the dot be white for the bishops on the white square and a black dot for the bishops on the black square.
However, when I took this photo today from a top-down angle, I suddenly noted the genius design in this set, you can easily tell the bishops from the pawns in this view!
Related Chess Forum
Chess Forum: 4" Ebony British Chess Company
Chess Forum: 4" Ebony Fischer Design
Related SML
Screenshot: Ubuntu Intrepid 8.10 custom theme.
Blender blender.org is my preferred 3d design environment. I use it on all platforms. It's free and once you get a hang of it you would never go back. Together with the abundance of python extensions written for it you can do magic. You can render things with insanely fabulous and super-fast results using the nVidia gelato engine blogs.nvidia.com/gelato/ which uses your nVidia video hardware as a hardware accelerator. Uber cool + free as well!!!
SML SilverGlass
04 GIMP
In working on the “寧 Serenity” series, I observe that photographing “無 nothing” often is more interesting than “有 something”. It seems counter-intuitive. But photographing “nothing” reveals patterns which are unobservable when intentionally photographing “something”
# SML Data
+ Date: 2013-01-29 16:29:46 GMT+0800
+ Camera: Canon EOS 7D
+ Lens: Canon EF 70-200mm f/4L USM
+ Dimensions: 3192 x 4789
+ Exposure: 1/250 sec at f/8.0
+ Focal Length: 122 mm
+ ISO: 100
+ Handheld
+ Flash: Did not fire
+ GPS: 22°25'9" N 114°13'25" E (SML Universe HKG)
+ Subject: 中國香港馬鞍山沙田海 Sha Tin Hoi, Hong Kong SAR, China
+ Series: 寧 Serenity
# SML Workflow
Photographed with the Canon 7D with the 70-200 f/4L lens, processed in Photoshop CS6 + Lightroom 4.
“無 Nothing > 有 Something”
/ 寧 Serenity
/ SML.20130129.7D.20734.C23.P1
20-second nighttime long exposure. Exposed for the sky + sea below. It is windy, so the clouds are blurry. The architecture shows that the scene is very in focus. The weird patterns on the sea is very present even well after the ships have long gone.
# SML Translate: 江寧山明
+ 江: lake, river, ocean.
+ 寧: serene, serenity.
+ 山: mountains.
+ 明: bright (from the city lights).
# SML Data
+ Date: 2013-04-13T23:26:36+0800
+ Dimensions: 3265 x 4897
+ Exposure: 20.0 sec at f/5.0
+ Focal Length: 23 mm
+ ISO: 100
+ Camera: Canon EOS 6D
+ Lens: Canon EF 17-40mm f/4L USM
+ Accessories: Manfrotto tripod, Canon RC-6 Wireless Remote
+ GPS: 22°25'9" N 114°13'27" E
+ Location: SML Universe HKG
+ Subject: 香港科學園 + 大埔工業村 + 八仙嶺 + 吐露港 Hong Kong Science Park + Tai Po Industrial Estates + Tolo Harbour
+ Serial: SML.20130413.6D.00610.TM.BW
+ Workflow: Photomatix Pro 4.2.5b, Lightroom 4
+ Series: 寧 Serenity, 長時間曝光攝影 Long Exposure Photography
# Media Licensing
Creative Commons (CCBY) See-ming Lee 李思明 / SML Photography / SML Universe Limited
“江寧山明” / 香港吐露港夜之寧 Hong Kong Tolo Harbour Night Serenity / SML.20130413.6D.00610.TM.BW
/ #寧 #serenity #SMLSerenity #黑白 #BW #SMLBW #LongExposure #CreativeCommons #CCBY #SMLPhotography #SMLUniverse #SMLProjects
/ #中國 #中国 #China #香港 #HongKong #攝影 #摄影 #photography #山水 #landscape #夜 #Night #自然 #Nature
Dogs have a better view than humans, I think. I am 188cm (6 ft 2 in) tall so things look very different for me. The good thing about being tall is that although I do get claustrophobic easily, riding on the jam-packed metro in Hong Kong I still only see open space. But things always seem so much more interesting near the ground level. Maybe I just don’t see this view much.
This was photographed near where I live: 聽濤雅苑 Vista Paradiso (in the background). The pathway on the right is the bicycle lane. If you walk all the way down you will reach the 馬鞍山海濱長廊 Ma On Shan promenade. A lot of bicycles are parked here because it is connected directly to the 恆安地鐵站 Heng On MTR (Hong Kong metro) Station . So I guess people would bike to the station, park their bikes here and get on the subway.
Most parts of Ma On Shan are connected with bicycle lanes. If I could do this in New York I would so do it. Unfortunately it is not.
# SML Data
+ Date: 2013-02-16 23:06:46 GMT+0800
+ Dimensions: 4573 x 3049
+ Exposure: 1/30 sec at f/2.0
+ Focal Length: 22 mm
+ ISO: 1000
+ Flash: Did not fire
+ Camera: Canon EOS M
+ Lens: Canon EF-M 22mm f/2 STM
+ GPS: 22°25'10" N 114°13'36" E
+ Location: 中國香港馬鞍山恆安站對出單車徑聽濤雅苑後門 中国香港马鞍山恒安站对出单车径听涛雅苑后门 Bicycle Lane at the backdoor of Vista Paradiso and the northern exit of Heng On MTR Station in Ma On Shan, Hong Kong, China
+ Serial: SML.20130216.EOSM.02247.BW
+ Workflow: Lightroom 4
+ Series: 人流 Human Logistics
“城市週末夜人流 Urban Weekend Nighttime Human Logistics ” / SML.20130216.EOSM.02247.BW
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This store is absolutely amazing! The 豪大大雞排 Hot-Star Large Fried Chicken sells fried chicken. No, it’s not the American Southern style fried chicken — rather, the chicken is slapped into a thin piece of steak-like shape (think minute steak), coated with spices and then deep fried into perfection.
Although you see only a few people lining up here, by the time I finished eating, the line was half a block long. It was super yummy. Highly recommended!
I can’t find their website but apparently they are so popular that they have opened up stores in Australia — and they do have a website: hotstarchicken.com.au/ so you can see what those chicken looks like, perhaps?
Photographed with the Canon EOS 6D + Canon EF 17-40 f/4L USM. Processed in Lightroom 5.
豪大大雞排 Hot-Star Large Fried Chicken / 台灣台北士林夜市 Shilin Night Market, Taipei, Taiwan / SML.20140210.6D.30699.BW
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Hong Kong International Airport (HKG)
DragonAir 港龍航空 — now a subsidiary of Cathay Pacific 國泰航空 — is probably the best airline to fly from Hong Kong (HKG) to China destinationas these days. The economy class is spacious and comfortable. Haven't tried their business class yet so cannot comment on that. Recommended.
Since posting the photo where I described how I am now able to predict stormy weather based on patterns on the sea [1], a few people commented that they would like to see what those patterns look like. It does not look like that it will rain for a couple of days, so I looked into my unprocessed archive to find an example.
I did not post it previously because I did not really like how this looks at full resolution, but it does illustrate the patterns quite well so here it is.
# Observed patterns
+ The wave forms are disjointed. Compare this to a sunny day, where the lines are continuous and smooth
+ The waves have heights and they are very closed by to each other. And so on a photographic capture they look almost like a dessert.
+ Clear wind patterns. You can see the wind blowing the water into these valleys (white on photo) in very thin lines. These thin lines then break the thicker wave forms (going horizontally).
Because how fast the water is traveling, it seems that I need to up the shutter speed next time, so I will remember that. I might also try an ND with this as it might be interesting. On a normal day it makes close to no difference photographing this as a long exposure or not because the water remains relatively still.
# SML Thank You
I am surprised by how many people actually read my photo descriptions, as evidenced by the comments left behind in direct response to things which I wrote. Thank you for your gentle encouragement and support. You rock! Lots of SML Love to you. :)
# Notes
1. “暴雨停 帆起航” / 香港吐露港日落之寧 Hong Kong Tolo Harbour Sunset Serenity / SML.20130516.6D.06572.P1.L1.BW: www.flickr.com/photos/seeminglee/8743553289/
# SML Data
+ Date: 2013-04-30T14:44:19+0800
+ Dimensions: 5333 x 3555
+ Exposure: 1/40 sec at f/4.0
+ Focal Length: 40 mm
+ ISO: 250
+ Flash: Did not fire
+ Camera: Canon EOS 6D
+ Lens: Canon EF 17-40mm f/4L USM
+ GPS: 22°25'8" N 114°13'24" E
+ Location: SML Universe (Hong Kong) Limited
+ Subject: 香港吐露港 Tolo Harbour, Hong Kong
+ Serial: SML.20130430.6D.03726.BW
+ Workflow: Lightroom 4
+ Series: 寧 Serenity
# Media Licensing
Creative Commons (CCBY) See-ming Lee 李思明 / SML Photography / SML Universe Limited
“暴風前水的形態 Water patterns before the storm” / 香港吐露港之寧 Hong Kong Tolo Harbour Serenity / SML.20130430.6D.03726.BW
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SML’s obsession with G continues with this typographic rendering—mainly because SML couldn’t help but see that the letters WTF is written all over his face and the letter G is the perfect place for the breather opening…
Yellow is added to give a bit of contrast. Some kind of accent is needed I think… even though it was not what G wished for…
“GWTF Dollaz Nsense” / SML.20130216.Design
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SML Pro Blog: Teamwork / U.S. Marines
* Everyone.Same.Ability
* Team = Everyone do everything together
* Difficulty of everything having the same ability = to know the technical details
* Written authorization
* Instructional text should be clear such that the same procedure will be carried out by different person
* Efficiency = Sameness = Same knowledge + same speed + same data
* Team's ability = Weakest team member's ability
* How to test the efficiency of a team = Take out half of the team to see how long they can survive
Knowledge = power
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If you dreamt of going to Mars, here is your chance—but there is a catch: it is a one way ticket. According to BBC News, the Dutch organization Mars One will open applications imminently.
I sure would love to go, but I have a feeling that I would never past the physical test. But maybe you can? It is a chance of a lifetime.
Crazyisgood. SML Love.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-22146456
Via Isak Ranksouls on Google+ — SML Thank You!
“BBC News: Applicants wanted for a one-way ticket to Mars” / SML.20130417.SC.PublicMedia
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Join us on June 8th, 2013 for the first annual Unfuck The World Day!
Unfuck The World Day is dedicated to all the Unfuckers of the world and the proactive actions they continue to take to make this world a better place.
On Saturday, June 8th, 2013, we’re going to throw a day-long party with music by international bands, streamed LIVE from across the globe. This day will be dedicated to introducing some of the world’s most outstanding positive projects and the people behind them, as well as continuing to spread awareness and inspire more people to take ACTION!
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