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When comparing Simplicam vs Nest Cam, the Slant community recommends Nest Cam for most people. In the question"What are the best home-security cameras?" Nest Cam is ranked 3rd while Simplicam is ranked 5th. The most important reason people chose Nest Cam is:
The 1080p resolution allows plenty of detail to be captured, and because it's a wide-angle lens you'll get a wide 130 degree picture. If you need to, you can zoom up to 8X to investigate small details. The night vision feature works surprisingly well in low light, or even pitch black. There are 8 LEDs surrounding the lens which can illuminate the scene.
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Pro Very configurable
If you are getting false alarms often, you can configure the sensitivity and even choose which parts of the frame to watch and which to ignore (the app can divide the picture into 25 different zones, and you can select zone by zone which to watch and which to ignore).
Pro Facial recognition support
When you get notified of movement, the Simplicam will be able to tell you who it is so you know if you can ignore the notification or not without needing to open the app.
This feature requires the subscription.
Pro Android and iOS support + web app
Some cameras only support Android or iOS, but that is very inconvenient for families that have members using both major mobile operating systems (you're still out of luck with Windows Phone unless you use its browser). Lucky, this camera has support for both Android and iOS. There is also a web app that can be accessed through any computer with internet access.
Pro Night vision
There are built-in infra-red LEDs that let you see through the camera even when its pitch black. They illuminate the center of the picture well, but the edges of the frame remain very dark, effectively reducing the field of view further at night.
Pro Scheduling available
You can configure your camera to turn on and off depending on a schedule you create. If the house is typically empty from 9am-3pm, you can set it to turn on then and when you go to bed. This cuts down on notifications, because if its on all the time it will constantly be sending you notifications and could feel like its invading your privacy if its always recording you when you're at home.
Subscription required for this feature
Pro 2 way audio
This camera has both a speaker and microphone, which allows you to have conversations with whoever is in/around your house at the time.
Pro Convenient installation
This camera comes with a wall/ceiling mount, and the stem is flexible allowing you to change the direction the camera is pointing even after installation.
Pro Works over Wi-Fi
Pro High quality video, even in pitch black
The 1080p resolution allows plenty of detail to be captured, and because it's a wide-angle lens you'll get a wide 130 degree picture. If you need to, you can zoom up to 8X to investigate small details.
The night vision feature works surprisingly well in low light, or even pitch black. There are 8 LEDs surrounding the lens which can illuminate the scene.
Pro Scheduling
You can schedule the camera so it isn't constantly recording your everyday activities, or sending you alerts.
Pro Talk and listen capabilities
While not exceptional quality, you can hear the audio picked up through the Nest Cam play through your iPhone. You can also speak into your iPhone, and have the Nest Cam play the sound.
Pro Integrates with other smart phone appliances
If you own a Nest thermostat, the Nest Cam will automatically turn on when you set the thermostat to 'away'. If your Nest Protect (the smoke detector) goes off, your Nest Cam will activate to show you what's happening although the placement of the cam may or may not be useful.
Nest Cam also integrates with other third party smart home products such as Philips Hue smart bulbs (if the Cam detects motion it can turn these bulbs on). Other products that can work together are: SkyBell (smart doorbell), Mimo (baby monitor), August (smart lock), and Petnet (smart pet feeder).
Pro Recreational use
The Nest Cam can act as more than just a connected security camera. You can take time-lapse videos with it, or use it to capture images or video for social media as well.
Pro Well designed
The camera looks sleek and compact, yet includes all the useful features you would expect from a high end security camera. The base is magnetic, helping to keep it stable (it also has a wall/ceiling mount), and the hinge allows enough movement to make sure you can place it virtually anywhere you'd want to.
Con Low resolution video capture
At 720p, the video is usable, however it isn't crisp and depending on the distance of the movement you may not be able to make out exactly what is happening.
Con Relatively small field of vision
While the 107 degree field of vision should provide enough sight for most installations, other cameras offer up to 180 degrees of vision which covers a lot more ground. With this camera, there may be blind spots depending on where you install it and which way its facing.
Con Face detection could use some work
Face detection is technically a beta product, and doesn't work very well yet. It can confuse people for each other sometimes, and can have a hard time distinguishing between known faces and unknown people. This feature is getting worked on, and is promised to get better with time. At this point though, it's correct most of the time - but you won't want to leave your home security to be mostly secure.
Con Subscription required to access all features
$5/month ($50/yr) keeps videos for a single day, and allows you to save 1 hour of video.
$14/month ($140/yr) keeps recordings for 11 days, and you can save 3 hours of video.
$23/month ($230/yr) is the highest plan, and will keep videos for 21 days and allows for 5 hours of saved clips.
Con No local storage
Everything is uploaded directly to the cloud, and there is no local storage on the Simplicam.
Con Inconvenient viewing of previous recordings
Previous recordings will be kept in the cloud for up to 10 days (30 days with the subscription), however when viewing these recordings there is no option to scrub through the video, leaving you no option but to view the entire clip.
Con Annoying artifacts makes activity detection less robust
When switching to night vision, the camera momentarily goes all black, causing notifications to get fired. This should be avoidable by software handling
Con False alarms
While not frequently occurring, some false alarms will happen. On a particular windy day, trees blowing in the wind may cause an alarm, and sometimes the sun lighting up sections of a room can also cause false alarms.
Con No local storage
All video is immediately uploaded to the cloud, and there is no local storing happening on the Nest Cam itself.
The Nest Aware App has a subscription ($10/month) which unlocks additional features. The subscription promises less false alarms, allowing for more advanced algorithms. It also allows for a history of notifications and alarms as well as continuous recording for up to 30 days.


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I have got tinnitus – and now?!
Tinnitus is worse when you haven´t learned to handle it yet.
I remember when my tinnitus first go tlouder. I was just desperate. Desperate does not even explain how I felt.
I thought I would not be able to live a normal life and was sure to have to be in that dark place for ever. The darkplace filled my whole life, I became equally dark. I hated my life, myself, my body and everyone else also! Negative character traits like criticism, cynicism and resentment arose.
Of course all that negativity and darkness only brought more and more negativity and darkness into my life. I blamed my tinnitus for everything and didn´t even consider that I attracted through my actions and thoughts even more of those things into my life.
Later it took me a super long time to get rid of my negative ways and to bring light back into my life. But it was possible and I could even adjust to the ear ringing. Cope. Deal. It is still there but it doesn´t seem to ruin my life any longer.
So how can you get to this point?
Of course right now you wonder how it will be possible to ever again listen to music normally, to watch TV or to follow a conversation or let´s be crazy and say even go to a concert . . .
The good news is, when people have adopted to their ear ringing and of course protect their ears properly – a so said normal life is possible!
So where to start:
- Inform yourself!
Step one – I know how scary it is and how crazy it can drive you. So it is important to understand what is happening to you.
A doctor who just tells you that you will get used to this condition may to some sort of extend be right but is not helpful at all.
For me, it already calmed me down quiet a bit once I understood tinnitus. It´s causes and what it does to a body or better said to the ear.
Read more about it here: https://thetinnituslife.com/2018/10/07/what-is-tinnitus/
2. Get to know your tinnitus!
Ear ringing can be caused by many different things. Of course a lot of people think about acoustic trauma at first, but many other causes are possible. Some medication can cause it, it can be aside effect of other illnesses, I got mine through inner ear and sinus infections …. These are just a few causes.
Ask yourself: Why do you think you got your tinnitus or what does your doctor say?
Then you need to find your triggers, there are certain things that make your tinnitus worse and others that help to calm it. What are they?
When you know what makes it worse ( for many people it is noise, stress, emotional distress, salt, sugar .. . ) you can start to avoid those things or learn how to cope better in those situations.
So let to know your tinnitus and then how to handle it. Everybody is different of course, you probably need to test to find out how you can avoid certain stressors and how to calm them.
For me that included a positive change in my life. I started to work on calming myself generally and how to calm myself in situations that affected me negatively. It didn´t only help to handle the ear ringing, but also to have a better understanding of myself and how I want to live and experience my life. A more mindful approachby doing yoga regularly to be calmer generally, later I added meditation. Working out is a big part of that too. Changing the way I perceive life and so many things more helped me to get a handle on things like that . . . of course at this point it is important to mention that it all was a process. One change led to another and so on. You don´t have to change your whole life, it might happen through the trigger management you are able to implement into your life step by step through finding out more and more to what your tinnitus reacts.
I started writing things down, like what I ate, what my workout routine was like….
Read more about tinnitus tracking journal here: https://thetinnituslife.com/2017/12/08/up-your-journal-game-to-keep-track-of-your-tinnitus/
3. Find an understanding doctor!
You might want to checkout a lot of things on the way or will go to the doctor more often now – so it is important that you have someone with tinnitus experience on your side, who also understands what you are going through.
Doctors who know what kind of treatments are possible, know about different causes and what has to be ruled out AND at the same time encourages you, shows that it is real what you are going through and that coping can´t happen overnight is the best way to go. I´m not saying it is easy to find a doctor who has all those qualities, but they are out there. Check out different doctors and stick to the one who makes you feel good. Somehow I always end with doctors that work with normal western medicine and natural based at the same time. In my personal experience they also consider feelings and fears and take the time to really help you.
It really doesn´t matter what kind of doctor you want to go to, but important is that he or she is there for you and rules out different physical causes.
4. Distract yourself!
In the beginning it is hard to apply different techniques to deal with tinnitus because in order to deal with it – you have to accept your current situation.
One of the reasons why it took me about 5 years to even begin applying the advice I´m giving on my blog is because I fought it. I wanted to fight this annoying noise in my ear and I hated it. I just wanted to take a pill and get it over with. Accepting that this was a part of my life for the moment and that I had to work on myself and how I was living my life was out of the question. I didn´t want to accept that there wasn´t anything that a doctor had to fix. . .I thought they just didn´t find it.
Or let´s say that is what I hoped it was.
So when I was still in that phase what helped me to not go crazy was to never allow myself to be in a quiet environment. Constantly there was something on, weather it was on the tv, the radio, an audiobook, Netflix, music…no matter what it was. Or just outside noises. Even if those sounds wouldn´t be able to mask the ear ringing completely it is something different than having to face it without any distraction. Also, I turned up the volume, not so much that it would hurt my ears but definitely like an old granny watching TV. So I would be able to understand it without any trouble and without having to try too hard. It was especially important for me to have something on that wouldn´t distract me from what I was supposed to do at the moment.
If I would have something very interesting on, I couldn´t go to sleep because I wanted to know how it ended. I have watched the same thing over and over for the past few years – knowing the words by heart and no surprises in the plot have helped me to just have it on as background noise. It still helps me today to not focus too much on my tinnitus when it spikes.
Right now, I am sitting here writing this without anything on and it is just more than fine for me. So step by step it got better and now I don´t even need those background noises anymore to shift my focus away from the ringing.
5. Stay active!
During the worst time of my tinnitus I didn´t do anything anymore. I just went to work and then straight to bed – drowning myself in self-pity.
It was a vicious cycle, because who can sleep when not having been active during the day?! Yes, I worked and all…but I mean physical or spiritual active. Doing things after work to feel full filled and alive. When you are mostly in bed, your body nor your mind is tired. Of course I couldn´t go to sleep and just drowned myself more and more in feeling sorry for myself.
Well, and as I didn´t do anything else . . . there was also nothing to think about than my tinnitus and how horrible it was. It was all I thought about all day long. That made it even worse . . . all my focus and attention was on the ear ringing. It was the main character in my life, my whole life revolved around it.
This is not how our livess hould be! Our lives should revolve around things we love to do, about yourselves and the people we love.
Once I got clear on how much I had to change to shift that focus it got already a little bit better. Thinking you can´t do anything anymore with your tinnitus just makes it worse and is not true! You can do almost everything as before, you might not feel like it right now but it is possible!
Using hearing protection helps with loud places and I started also going to and doing alternative things like choosing places where I knew I would feel comfortable.
I also became more active physically, going to the gym, doing yoga and so on. Once I became more active I was able to let go of that focus on my tinnitus and it started to not feel as horrible anymore.
I hope those tipps help you to get through the hardest time with your tinnitus – the first few weeks – and to find a way to deal with it quicker than I did.
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Pain Meds That Do Not Contain Ibuprofen
Ibuprofen is a nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug (NSAID) that is generally well-tolerated in healthy children and adults. However, it can increase the risk of heart conditions and bleeding in the stomach or intestines. Ibuprofen can also cause stomach discomfort even in those without preexisting conditions or risk factors. Fortunately, there are several alternative pain relievers available both with or without a prescription.
If you are experiencing serious medical symptoms, seek emergency treatment immediately.
Aspirin is a salicylate that can be used to treat mild to moderate pain and reduce fevers. It also has an anti-inflammatory effect. Aspirin is sold under many brand names, including Bayer and Bufferin. It works by preventing the production of pain-causing substances in the body. Aspirin may cause nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, dizziness and rash. It is also a blood thinner and should not be used by those with bleeding disorders. Those with kidney or liver disease, stomach ulcers or heart conditions should consult a doctor before taking aspirin.
Tylenol is the most common brand name for this analgesic. The exact mechanism of pain relief action is not known, but acetaminophen may reduce fevers by acting on the hypothalamus to reduce the body's heat. The most common side effects are rash and nausea. Exceeding the recommended dose of acetaminophen can cause liver damage. People with liver disease or who drink more than three alcoholic beverages a day should not take acetaminophen. Use caution when taking it with cold or allergy medicines, as these can also contain acetaminophen and increase the risk of overdose.
Naproxen Sodium
Commonly sold as Aleve, naproxen sodium works by reducing the hormones that cause pain and inflammation. This pill is generally only taken once a day and can cause:
- nausea
- constipation
- headache
- abdominal pain
- drowsiness
- ringing in the ear
- difficulty breathing
- itchiness
Naproxen sodium can also increase the risk of gastrointestinal bleeding and a sensitivity to sunlight.
Topical Creams and Gels
There are several types of creams or gels that can be applied externally to a painful area of the body. Rubs that create a hot or cold feeling, such as Icy Hot or Flexall, are called counterirritants. They work by irritating the skin and distracting you from the pain. Aspercreme is an example of an aspirin-based topical cream and may reduce joint inflammation. Capsaicin, the ingredient that makes peppers hot, is also used in creams to deplete the substance that sends pain messages in nerves. This cream may take several weeks to start working.
Prescription Pain Medicine
There are many prescription pain relievers that do not contain ibuprofen. These include narcotic drugs, such as opiate-based hydrocodone and oxycodone, or non-narcotic medications, including prescription-strength naproxen sodium 2. Talk to your doctor about any prescription pain relievers to determine whether they contain ibuprofen.
Commonly sold as Aleve, naproxen sodium works by reducing the hormones that cause pain and inflammation. Ibuprofen can also cause stomach discomfort even in those without preexisting conditions or risk factors. Ibuprofen can also cause stomach discomfort even in those without preexisting conditions or risk factors.


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Tom Dietrich
Tom Dietrich
Tom Dietrich is sculptor and painter living and working in Guelph, Ontario. Since graduating with honours from the Ontario College of Art and Design, he has worked full time as an artist, working in oil paints, photography and sculpture. Through his work, he explores the human condition and its interaction and connection to environment. The resulting works exhibit fresh perspectives on the landscape with luminous flourishes of colour and light. Often painted on multiple canvases the work uses framing devices that transform it from static painting to interactive sculpture. The idea of human connection, as it is affected by and reflected in environment, has been a primary theme
in Tom's work. The resulting work is a sculptural painting. Here, the unrestrained twist and flow of nature are captured in colour fields of abstracted, photo-like light bubbles, reflecting the play of nostalgia. Often the framing device is used as a contrasting sculptural element - its hard linear lines reflecting artificial control and a tension between the built and organic environments.


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12th April – Practice Is The Key
Back to practising techniques, last meeting, something you can't really ever do enough of and it was interesting the conversations I drifted between as members swapped ideas and techniques and generally talked photography. I know it's a photography club, but members talking photography is a sign of engagement. It is an important part of our development as photographers, the practice and the discussion. It can be formal or informal, but it is always better if it is structured, if we are looking for an end result and practice makes perfect, after all.
The question then becomes what structure? There isn't one set way of doing this sort of thing, which isn't particularly useful, rather it doesn't make starting particularly easy, not least because there are two points which one can start from and a myriad of options in between. These two points are obviously connected, as they are integral to the capturing of an image, but one is about mechanics and the other is about the image as we want want it, the craft of the art.
To set about resolving this we have to first decide what it is that we want to improve. Proper Prior Planning Prevents Poor Photography. The easy answer is "everything" and whereas this might be true it can also be a dampener. The first step in this is to solve the mechanical v the craft dichotomy. Lets put this a slightly different way. We are talking the Camera Settings v Composition and lighting. OK so the former depends upon the latter and the latter really depends on what we are translating from minds eye to captured image.
Thus far, thus obvious. Actually no, its an all too common trap we have all fallen into at one time or another. Substituting the planning for the doing. Remember, what we are trying to do here is a quick fix that we can use as a starting point, not capture every detail of the wedding of the century. Step one is – always – get the camera out of the camera bag. Picking a particular aspect, depth of field, manual mode, off camera flash from the mechanical side and / or any one of the myriad of compositional and or lighting tools as a starting point, taking that shot, then varying it comes after, but not if your camera is sitting in it's bag.
The learning, and some pleasant surprises along the way, come with the variation. There is another point too. We have a day out, it's a good day to have a camera and we have made the best of it. That can mean 10, 100, 1,000 frames, but how many of them look the same, that is, were taken from the same angle, same height? With film we had to be a lot more choosy and as an exercise 36 sequential frames – no deletions – used on a subject or a location tells us a lot about our predominant style, habits (both good and bad). The challenge is to use this limited resource as a tool to force us to look, look harder, for the essence, for the compelling reason to take that picture.
Take the 36 shots into our editing programme and use it as a learning tool, what adjustments do we usually make? Can we automate these and improve our work flow? What should we be doing to get it right in the camera, the most effective improver of workflow? How many other ways are their to tell this story?
We started with a balance of two things, the mechanics v the composition. Of course the fact is the mechanics are just the means to the imaginative end, but they are critical means because they affect that imaginative end, they realise it or they don't. They can be on or off camera, but ultimately it is all about the manipulation of light and subject and the possibilities open to us from small differences are huge. The key to success is to start with the end in mind but to look for those differences along the way. Digital photography in particular puts this a lot more firmly in your average club members grasp.
4th January 2018 – Thinking small practising for big.
Happy New Year and we celebrated our return with a well attended evening of table top photography – next week we show the results. This is a good entry point to the year, it's practical so we get to see and do with others and exchange ideas, but also it is something that we can exercise (more or less) total control over. Yes it might not be our "thing", yes in the hall we are at the mercy of the overhead lighting and others waiting their turn (on occasion) but the opportunity is the thing.
The fact is we can, with very little resource, replicate these moments and use them to our advantage. Find an object – betting the house is full of them. It doesn't matter what particularly, but, to start with, one that isn't too shiny, so as we avoid bright spots (specularity) where light sources are reflected in the objects surfaces and not too big – it's called table top for a reason. This can be controlled but we will come back to that presently.
For lights we have torches, they don't have to be big and powerful (actually something of a disadvantage at close quarters). Some wire twists and something that will be stable when we attach the torch(es) to it as a light stand (or co-opt a friend or relative). Some plain paper to use as a diffuser and Christmas having just passed some coloured sweet wrappers for gels. If we want we can construct yourself a makeshift light box out of an old cardboard box and some grease proof paper, though there are even more minimalist options we can take. We can use tin foil and black card for reflectors and flags. Ladies and gentlemen I give you your complete photographic studio in miniature!
So it's an entertaining way to pass an evening, useful if we are selling small things on line and we can learn quite a bit about product shots in the process. But it also has other, practical, training uses. It doesn't make a difference how experienced we are there is always a value to practicing, especially if it is on a subject we don't usually do. Photography, as David Bailey once pointed out, involves dealing with what is there, photographers don't enjoy the luxury fine artists have in that anything inconvenient in the scene just doesn't make it onto the canvas.
We have to deal with what is in front of us. The studio is the closest we will ever get to that situation, in miniature or otherwise, being places we put things in rather than take things out. Being a photographer is about having an idea of an image and working with tools we have or can find to work towards what we visualised. Yes I know, that doesn't really apply to street (actually is does but that is for another time) or at least some forms of street photography. Oh, OK, spray and pray, but like I said, that is for another time.
Perhaps the greatest part of this is that we can go through the whole process from visualisation to capturing an image effectively and quickly. And then we can go through the variations of the set up in order to experiment and learn. Starting with a blank canvas, the light tent is exactly that, we can populate, arrange and light our little stories from scratch. It is a great way to practice basic lighting skills, pretty much for free. In fact thinking of the exercise of placing shapes in relation to each other in a way that gets the attention and lighting it is pretty much the basic definition of photography. Everything we do in these little vignettes can be scaled up. They are good fun and good practise.
There is more good practice to be had in controlling light angles too. We mentioned specularity above, basically unwanted reflections. The solutions are straight forward enough and apply to other photographic situations too. Basic rule of reflections is that the angle of incidence equals the angle of reflection. What that means for us is that to avoid glare from a shiny object we don't need the light source and the camera to be facing the same way. Frame with the camera and then move the light around till the glare disappears. Start at 45 degrees to the camera, you should be plumb in what is known as the family of angles.
Constant lights are more convenient here but if we use flash and have triggers so we can use them off camera and using test frames and, of course, knowing the rule of reflection, we know where not to place the lighting in relation to the camera, so that is a start. You don't necessarily have to have triggers though. The rest of the solution isn't complicated and if we use a "big" light source, say from a large soft box then the problem goes away. Don't have a soft box? A light tent is one answer (basically a multidirectional diffuser). No? A piece of white card to use as a reflector, shoot with the camera facing the card, that will effectively diffuse the light.
Finally shadows are just as interesting, if not more so on occasion, and balancing out light and shadow is the root of generating mood in a shot. This is done with what are known as flags. They are used a lot in cinematography and videography. They are also used in product photography. Using them in a table top situation means that DIY options are easily available.
So, on these cold and dark evenings there is something to try out.
29th September 2016 – Table Tops.
Well apologies for late posting but having terrible trouble with rural broadband. We were back to table top photography, always a favourite and a good one to hone your photographic skills on. We will also look at the last of week 2's Q and A about DSLR v CSC/Mirror-less systems.
Table Top. Does what it says on the tin. Take something you can place on a table, make it interesting, light it photograph it. What is difficult in that? In truth it is one of those thing that is both straight forward but not necessarily that easy to get just right. But it is fun and it is relatively easy to set up and it can be as cheap as you want to make it. It is also an exercise in the basics of photography and as such is something well worth spending a rainy day, or part thereof.
Of course it is as involved and difficult as you want to make it, and some people do, but as with everything else with this craft, if you don't get the basics right the rest is of little consequence. Or maybe you can pass it off as abstract art, depends upon your contacts. In the professional arena it is known as product photography, for all the reasons you would expect. It's photography. Taken of clients products. Glad we got that out of the way early. The thing with that is that, whereas your product might be metallic, shiny, glass, matt, brightly coloured, black etc etc the clients expectations are going to be unique. Even when they want something like ….. they want something different. Otherwise it might fall to a competitors advantage. Energizer Bunny anyone? Yes you have seen him/her/it somewhere before ….
The basic set up into which you place your object is a flat surface, a light, a backdrop, usually plain, usually white, and a camera. The first addition to this is a reflector. Arguably you could swap light source for reflector and using existing light in this. Indeed I would put a reflector in the essentials. A useable five in one To get the ISO down to around the 100/200 mark I would suggest the next thing you acquire is a tripod. Then maybe a second light source. Some flags for putting more control into shadows, a light tent etc etc. Possibly more than any other area of photography this one opens itself up to DIY alternatives, or, if you are being hip as opposed to waiting for a replacement for one, hacks.
This is the area of photography where you have most control of the light, that is total control of the light, but as I have said before any videographer will tell you that the easiest thing about light is the theory of it. However, the control of the light is a good start when learning about how to put the light together with a subject to make a photograph. In the wild, as it were, we are more and more dependent upon what others or nature provide us with. This does not mean that it cannot be manipulated but it certainly gets more involved. Playing with reflections, bokeh and perspective is just basic fun. Certainly you will very soon come up against minimum focus, depth of field and other macro problems, all of which can be solved, all of which teach us something. Coming from the novice perspective we certainly learn to fill the frame.
OK the last of week 2's Q&A, this time about CSC (Mirror-less) V DSLR. Undoubtedly a lot of nonsense has been talked about this. The alleged quality differences these days are pretty much that, alleged otherwise not proven in terms of general use, though certainly there are differences and certainly both have there advocates, but the reality is they are growing closer together for the everyday amateur and professional alike. Thing may be different at the nano-level but whether they are mission critical is another story entirely. Size, weight, battery life and access to lens ranges, are all "issues" largely of fan boys and people with other brands to sell, though each brand certainly has its own story.
The question is more nuanced than the badge on the front though. Perhaps the biggest selling point of a CSC/SLT Mirror-less camera is the fact that when you look through the viewfinder what you see is exactly what you get. This point alone (though it doesn't stop people chimping I have noticed) I think is a, maybe the, major advantage for the amateur over the DSLR. It should, however, be noted that I am speaking here from the point of view of a stills photographer. The videographer has a different set of demands of a camera and may come to the same conclusion on either side of the argument, but for different reasons. Another part of this dynamic is the age of the camera you are comparing. In 2016 the differences seem to have shrunk, somewhat. In 2014, and into 2015, the dynamic range and the point at which noise intrudes definitely fell to the DSLR's advantage. Then came the Sony A7 series and the big advances of the MK 2 versions of them the Alpha 6000 and 6300, and this week 6500; the Nikon D500; Fuji XT Mk2, even Hasselblad, they are coming thick and fast now. Some people seem to think that mirror-less is the future. They might be right but there is certainly life in the DSLR yet.
Ultimately it's down to what you feel most comfortable with, of course.
21st January 2016 – Table Top
Table top and/or product photography is an extension of the hobby for amateurs and for some professionals a staple and stable income. It has many branches and specialities. You can throw as much money and kit at it as any other branch of photography but as with any other form if the light isn't right it's not worth a dam. In common with other forms of what I shall broadly call "Studio" photography, which I will discuss a little further shortly, it is one where the control of the light is total.
Studio came to English from the Latin via Italian word for application (also eagerness). It is the application part that is of particular interest to this piece. In essence we are applying the Exposure Triangle to a subject, usually fairly limited in size, but that depends on how big your table is I suppose, to a single (usually) object or limited number of objects against a plain background (again, usually). The studio is a place set aside for the production of the final piece. It doesn't have to be permanent and the glory of table top is that it can be made to order from things either already in our photographic collection or household items ready to hand. It can be from the size of a match box to the size of a hangar and anywhere in between. It can be very absorbing as small changes in the lighting can have quite profound effects in the overall image captured and the absolute concentration on detail it requires can be quite revealing.
The common elements of the table top studio are a table top, a background, preferably plain, at least one light (though two and three light set ups are common) and something to photograph. Basic refinements then come in the shape of diffusers and reflectors and again these can be made from things readily to hand. I am taking the camera as read in this equipment list on the grounds that this is a camera club blog and the camera is rather implied. Also the vexed question of which camera is best skirted. The answer, as ever, is the one you have.
Most compacts will focus pretty close, for systems with interchangeable lenses you have macro specialist lenses (true macro gives a reproduction scale of at least 1:1), then you have macro filters, reversing rings, extension tubes and bellows that allow you to get closer than the native capacity of your lens. Fixed (Prime) lenses are generally easier to use – especially with reversing rings, but zooms are by no means ruled out. The shorter the focal length the closer to the subject the lens can be, for instance my 24mm on an APSC sensor has a minimum focusing distance of 180 mm which comes down to about 10 mm with a 13 mm extension tube. My 50 mm and the 340 mm minimum focus comes down to around 25 mm for the same fitting. Depth of field is also shallow.
You might want to shoot with a plain backdrop but one that is seamless, and gives no hint of depth to the background. It's known as an infinity curve, infinity cove or cyclorama and is formed by taking your back drop and curling it under what you are shooting. That can be something as simple as a piece of A4. Somewhere along the journey from table top to full blown studio the infinity curve becomes an infinity cove, the curve covers right angles without showing any angles, but that is a distinction that need not bother us (the cove comes from the shape, not the size). The physics remain the same, only the scale (and expense) varies. Beware, though, that Amazon own the patent to the set up (as discussed last May here), though I doubt that adds up to much under UK law, but that hasn't been tested. And then we come to the light tent, aka the light box. Essentially it is a 360 degree diffusion box. Lights are mounted externally and the subject internally. They soften the light (of course) and can be used to reduce specularity and also have an infinity curve effect. They are straightforward and can be bought quite cheaply (and not cheaply at all), made very cheaply, or somewhere in between.
As hobbyists the table top presents us with the opportunity to practise basic and not-so-basic lighting skills in our own home. It is also a way of keeping skills sharp or refining existing ones and it presents challenges of its own. Therein lies a further utility, it helps keep things fresh through subtle challenges and in ways that are transferable to other styles. Starting out it is best, as always, to keep things simple and start with one light plus something to use as reflectors, such as paper, cards and mirrors. It is amazing how much you can get done with a single light source, be that flash or continuous (such as a table lamp) and it is also really productive to find out what effects you can pull off using black reflectors as well as white or silver (or any other colour if it comes to that).
But colour isn't the only thing that makes for a decent table top shot. Texture is important too. This comes back to what was mentioned above about finding images in detail. If, by keeping our attention to a single or relatively few objects devoid of clutter, we can make for some interesting images, then we can transfer those skills into the messier world outside of the simple table top and look for the angles, textures and details that make for more interesting shots. The possibilities for still life/tabletop/product photography are almost boundless. It is fun, as cheap or as expensive as you want it to be and it builds transferable skills. So a big thanks to everyone who contributed to this evening, from the shots on the FB page I think a lot of us found it very productive.
An evening with club member and treasurer Steve Hallam.


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Friday, October 23, 2009
Calling All Candidates / Question 3!
Where would you like to see the Milton Library located and why?
District 1
Karen Thurman - The decision on the location for the Milton library will be made by the Fulton County Commissioners after they receive a recommendation by the Library Board of Trustees. Since the library system is county-wide, they will look at many factors in determining the location that would best serve all Fulton County residents. One of the main factors is proximity to other Fulton county libraries. My hope is that the sites they choose for both the library to be located in Milton and the library to be located in Alpharetta will be situated so that people living in the Crabapple area, Birmingham area and the Highway 9 area will have easy access to one of the two libraries
Bernard Wolff - I recommend that the Milton Library be placed near Highway 9/Windward Parkway
1. This most closely complies with guidelines set forth by the Library Board.
2. It is in a comparatively densely populated area
3. It is close to schools
4. It has excellent access to I-400, Highway 9, and other major roads
5. Traffic is more manageable at this location.
6. Public Transportation will more likely be available at this location versus alternatives.
7. It would be a positive addition to Highway 9 area residents, in contrast to the type of commercial development they have experienced so far.
District 3
Bill Lusk - Mr. Lusk did not respond to this question.
Al Trevillyan - It is important to note that Fulton County will make the final decision on where the library is located although Milton should do what it can to influence that decision.
Two areas are currently being considered, Hwy 9 and Crabapple, although I would like to see greater community involvement to investigate other possible locations. While both current locations are viable choices, I believe the Hwy 9 area would be preferred because of established traffic flow, availability of city services and proximity to maximum number of schools.
District 5
Tina D'Aversa - While originally being open to other areas of our city hosting the new library, Isupport the Highway 9 / Deerfield area for the site of the new Fulton Public library for the following reasons:
I have had the opportunity to see the Windward Parkway at Webb Road proposed siteplan it is very easily accessible and meets all the criteria listed by the libraryselection board.
This site is within a 2.5 mile radius of the following and is accessible to 14 public and private schools, 5 daycare centers and many businesses including Wal-mart, Kroger, Lowes, Home Depot, Costco and more. The beautifully wooded site also has room for a park and lake amenity, and can be expanded in future years. The site is accessible by public transportation and is walking distance of the Highway 9 gateway to Milton. There are many townhomes, apartments, single family residents,farms and retail shopping villages along Highway 9 which will further support thelibrary in the area. Windward Parkway at Webb Road is a great site for the new Fulton County Library in Milton.
Joe Longoria - Mr. Longoria did not respond to this question.
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2 Comments:
1. Bernard, 400 is not an interstate, it's GA 400, not I-400 you hillbilly
2. Tina, hope you realize that the library will probably require sewer and gee, look who voted against giving that land owner sewer even though the lots surrounding him have it.
Why haven't Joe Longoria, Bill Lusk, and Karen Thurmond responded to these three questions? I am researching the candidates and can't help but notice they aren't responding to these questions.
Who is this Tina person everyone loves to hate?
So what I gather they all three seem to think the library should go near Hwy 9. I think Crabapple. Oh well, whatever.
It's only important for Lusk, Longoria, and Thurman to use Access Milton for their specific intentions, not to actually answer questions that would put them up for criticism. They are disrespecting Enloe for trying to get more questions answered, basically giving him the finger by not answering.They only want to use AM for free advertising, other then that they don't care about this site. They are users. Too important to participate.
Karen wants to put everything at Crabapple, that's where her developer buddies, JT, Weiland, and Wallace, and her father's company will prosper. There I answered for her.
If I am wrong then why haven't they answered the previous questions and now this one as well?
Hey Hillbilly first poster,
GA 400 is an interstate,
Websters Dictionary
Function: noun
Date: 1968
1968 any of a system of expressways connecting most major United States cities called also interstate highway
Hwy 9 already has sewer so there would be no sewer extension or new sewer.
Only Karen Thurman, Bill Lusk, and Longoria hate Tina, and you are hateful by your comment.
Hey genius, GA 400 is not an interstate.
If it were, it would be denoted as I-400.
Instead, it is a state route, properly named as "Georgia State Route 400"
You may also notice that "Interstate" highways in Georgia list the exit numbers by mileage, while 400 does not.
I believe that's the point the earlier poster was attempting to make, however rudely he was attempting to do so.
Oh, I don't hate Tina nor did I mean for my comment to be hateful. (I am poster 4:03 PM). I am new to Milton and will be voting. I am researching the candidates and at first I thought the hateful things said about Julie and Tina must mean that the Milton people are against women in politics, but then there is a Karen who isn't getting the venom the other two women are getting.
The other thing that bothers me and will probably affect my voting decision, is people waiting so long to file an ethics charge if the Tina person's actions were that severe nearly two months ago.
I am inclined to think it must have been a political move or otherwise, it would have been filed immediately after it occurred.
Had the complaint been filed earlier, then the investigative outcome would have made my decision, but by waiting this long, I'm inclined to wonder if she is being victimized and needs my vote.
I am just trying to get information to make an informed decision, not be hateful.
poster one
in addition to being right about ga400
they were also right about the sewer issue for the webb/cogburn/windward location
tina, jzb and alan voted against mr potts attempt to get sewer on his property
it is in a commericial area, has easy access to sewer and again all neighbors have it.
by these fools call that "sewer extension"
really it simply shows the fools we have in office wasting our tax dollars trying to stop common sense
the koolaid drinking followers agree this is "sewer extension"
you are all an embarrasment to this city and do more harm than good
I assume you don't mean to do harm as you likely think it is the right thing to do because JZB told you so
now tina is pushing this site for the library and certainly would have no problem if they wanted sewer for her library would she?
but it is also rumored she would trade the library to crabapple as long as hwy 9 area got the city hall we so desperately (do not) need
(can't really beleive council thinks we need a city hall given all the other issues we can't afford but thats another story)
poster three
people don't hate tina
we are all now just learning that she tells one group one thing and another something else on the same topic
she was not elected before
she was unopposed and then desperately fought for the appointed mayor pro tem title - lost that fight the first two years and recently got it
she now calls herself mayor pro tem and not councilperson
that seems odd to me
she is apparently obsessed with titles and power
but now that she has to run in a real election she is totally losing control and people are all talking about her and discussing who they should vote for
because of these discussion we are all learning how much she rides the fence and quite simply lies to most of us
and on top of all this we find out she wants so desparately to win that she is using her office and power as a politician to try to stay there
kinda sad really
she has been caught now by several newspapers doing very inappropriate things and actually putting them in writing
these are former friends of hers and very influential people in the city that would have much to lose personally if these were proven as lies
kinda very sad really
welcome to milton politics
Don't we need a solvent developer or a bank that will loan money to have sewer extension?
Since we don't have either. What is your POINT?


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ABC:Isaiah 40
Verse 22[edit]
Infidels.org claims the Bible is wrong about the shape of the Earth given the following verses and explanation by Meritt (italicized):[1]
|Isaiah 40:22 It is he that sitteth upon the circle of the earth, and the inhabitants thereof are as grasshoppers; that stretcheth out the heavens as a curtain, and spreadeth them out as a tent to dwell in:
Matthew 4:8 Again, the devil taketh him up into an exceeding high mountain, and sheweth him all the kingdoms of the world, and the glory of them;
Astronomical bodies are spherical, and you cannot see the entire exterior surface from anyplace. The kingdoms of Egypt, China, Greece, Crete, sections of Asia Minor, India, Maya (in Mexico), Carthage (North Africa), Rome (Italy), Korea, and other settlements from these kingdoms of the world were widely distributed.
First of all, "circle" is the English KJV translation of the Hebrew word "chuwg", and carries the idea of a circuit - it's used just 3 times in the Bible (the others being Job 22:14 and Proverbs 8:27 where it is translated circuit and compass respectively).[2] Its word origin is another word called "chuwg" that is used only once in the Bible in Job 26:10 and is translated "compassed" or "completely surrounded."[3] That word's origin is the Hebrew "chagag" which means holidays, festivals, or feasts held regularly in constant succession.[4]
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Verse 28[edit]
The EvilBible claims a contradiction exists here and makes the following comments (italicized).[6]
|God is tired and rests
Exodus 31:17 It is a sign between me and the children of Israel for ever: for in six days the LORD made heaven and earth, and on the seventh day he rested, and was refreshed.
God is never tired and never rests
Isaiah 40:28 Hast thou not known? hast thou not heard, that the everlasting God, the LORD, the Creator of the ends of the earth, fainteth not, neither is weary? there is no searching of his understanding.
This is actually a really tough claim to address, not because of the passages in question, but because of the subject. If Exodus 31:17 were the only passage on this subject it would be easily addressed, since Exodus 31, as pointed out by Probe Ministries, just says that God rested, not that He was necessarily tired.[7] God may, after all, have only rested to serve as a pattern for later creations such as mankind - Jesus even went so far as to say God made the Sabbath or 7th day of rest for man's benefit:
|Mark 2:27 And he said unto them, The sabbath was made for man, and not man for the sabbath:
That being said though, there are actually a number of other passages that mention God being weary including Isaiah 1:14, 7:13, 15:6, 43:24, and Malachi 2:17. Therefore I see two possibilities:
1. Isaiah 40:28 was just referring to physical weariness, which God is never said to be. In each case it refers to God being spiritually grieved or wearied at mankind's sinfulness, rather than actual physical exhaustion. As observed by Probe, "The idea is not that God is 'tired' in the sense of 'fatigued.' Rather, God is weary of holding back His righteous judgment... These are not the words of a being who is tired in the sense of needing rest. These are the words of one who is tired of restraining His righteous judgment."[7]
2. A second possibility may be that the Isaiah 40:28 passage is actually getting mistranslated from the Hebrew. It is the only passage in the entire Bible that I am aware of to be translated as saying God does not get weary, after all. Reading the interlinear does not show any word translated "not" so perhaps the passage should actually read "Have you heard of the everlasting God Jehovah, Creator of the utmost parts of the Earth? Faint and weary, seek wisdom."
|Isaiah 40:28 Hast thou not known <yada`>? hast thou not heard, <shama`> that the everlasting <`owlam> God, <'elohiym> the LORD, <Y@hovah> the Creator <bara'> of the ends <qatsah> of the earth, <'erets> fainteth <ya`aph> not, neither is weary <yaga`>? there is no searching <cheqer> of his understanding. <tabuwn>
In other words, rather than referring to God, the words could be a directive to those who are faint and weary to seek God's wisdom. Using PowerBible CD, the interlinear does not show any words in the passage translated "not" or "neither" so perhaps those are specific to later manuscripts, an error that crept in? If so, checking the oldest manuscripts for Isaiah such as the Great Isaiah Scroll might reveal that the passage is just being slightly mistranslated, and never said God does not grow weary.
- ↑ Meritt, Jim (1992). A list of Biblical contradictions. Retrieved from http://www.infidels.org/library/modern/jim_meritt/bible-contradictions.html.
- ↑ Brown, Driver, Briggs and Gesenius. Hebrew Lexicon entry for Chuwg. The KJV Old Testament Hebrew Lexicon. Retrieved from http://www.biblestudytools.com/lexicons/hebrew/kjv/chuwg-2.html.
- ↑ Brown, Driver, Briggs and Gesenius. Hebrew Lexicon entry for Chuwg. The KJV Old Testament Hebrew Lexicon. Retrieved from http://www.biblestudytools.com/lexicons/hebrew/kjv/chuwg.html.
- ↑ Brown, Driver, Briggs and Gesenius. Hebrew Lexicon entry for Chagag. The KJV Old Testament Hebrew Lexicon. Retrieved from http://www.biblestudytools.com/lexicons/hebrew/kjv/chagag.html.
- ↑ Taylor, Paul S. (1997). Did Bible writers believe the earth was flat? Films for Christ. Retrieved from http://www.christiananswers.net/q-eden/edn-c015.html.
- ↑ Thiefe, Chris. Biblical Contradictions. EvilBible.com.
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 Gleghorn, Michael. Help Me Understand These Bible Contradictions. Probe Ministries.


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It's that magical time of year again lovelies, when reviewers, bloggers and others with far too much time on our hands, look back at the last 12 months of movie releases and shamelessly weed through them as we peck at, dissect, deconstruct and generally tear apart the efforts of others, all for the annual Best and Worst Horror Movies of the Year list.
Fortunately, 2015 was not at all a bad year for horror films and in the spirit of niceness (shut up, I can totally be nice) I've decided to scrap the whole "best" concept, and instead opt for The Top 10 Must See Horrors Movies of 2015. This is a list of flicks who, although may not be the greatest movies in every aspect, are the ones I believe have that special something that makes them this year's unmissable horrors…in no particular order.
A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night
This minimalist and brilliantly executed black and white offering by Britsh born American-Iranian director Ana Lily Amirpour, is definitely not a film for every horror fan. The restrained pace and slowly unwinding tale of a lady vampire stalking the streets of Bad City, Iran, may be considered dull by gore hounds or those who prefer a more action packed horror story, but make no mistake, A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night is a genuine treasure of a film and in my opinion, not to be missed by anyone…on Earth.
Described by Amirpour as an "Iranian Vampire Spaghetti Western" (a description which is reason enough to see the movie), Girl is almost guaranteed to charm viewers with its quirky take on the vampire genre, as much as for its utterly phenomenal cast, led by the mesmerizing Sheila Vand as the titular Girl, a diminutive but deadly vampire chick with a thirst for society's evildoers.
Easily one of the best movies (horror or otherwise) of this year, A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night will not only please any fans of indie horror, but will almost certainly leave you with the impression that you are witnessing something important, something game changing even, and for that alone it definitely ranks as an experience not to be missed.
What We Do in the Shadows
Hilarious and flawlessly acted, WWDitS is, without a doubt, one of the greatest things to happen to horror comedy since…well, since ever.
Set up as a mockumentary following four unbelievably dorky but completely lovable vampires sharing a New Zealand home, Shadows is one of those rare, perfect movies that will (undoubtedly) inspire copycats but will probably never, ever be duplicated again…and that's a good thing, I think.
Directed by (and starring) Jemaine Clement and Taika Waititi, What We Do in the Shadows is so much fun to watch and so pitch perfect in its execution, that you WILL find yourself wishing that it will never end…which unfortunately it does, and the fact that this awesome flick tragically doesn't last forever is the only thing that I personally could find to dislike about it.
Bone Tomahawk
I can almost guarantee you, that at some point during the viewing of this Kurt Russell horror western (yeah, that's a thing), you will turn to whoever you're watching this with and say "dude, what the fuck"…and at that moment you will truly understand why this gritty and blood soaked feature is one of 2015's must watch movies.
The tale of four rugged men out to rescue some poor helpless people from the clutches of some evil, cave dwelling cannibals is as raw and grisly as this type horror film should be, with the pacing and feel of an old school western. Admittedly, the whole cowboy thing is a genre I normally despise, but damn if Bone Tomahawk doesn't give one an appreciation of this particular type of film. Of course, there are no films like Bone Tomahawk, not really, this is a fucked up, jacked up splice of two genres that shouldn't work together but totally do, and doesn't that just make you wanna check this flick out and find out why?
It Follows
Probably the most hyped horror of the year, It Follows, the sophomore film by writer/director David Robert Mitchell, has the unique advantage of being so fucking good, it actually lives up to the hype.
This dark, twisted tale of a nameless, sexually transmitted evil that stalks its victim to the ends of the earth is no less than a perfect movie in every way possible. Everything about It Follows is mesmerizing, from the desolate imagery, to the impeccable cast, and most especially the haunting, sublime score that ties the whole film together and hovers over every scene, is in itself as alive and tangible as the characters themselves.
I honestly can't say enough good things about this movie, so see it, see it now and find out what all the hype is about.
The Final Girls
If you're looking for a funny, unexpectedly entertaining love letter to the 80's camp slasher genre, then The Final Girls is definitely a movie you don't wanna miss.
A fun little flick about a group of teen horror fans who mysteriously get sucked into a cheesy slasher flick called Camp Bloodbath, Final Girls hits the ground running and is, from start to finish, pure, undiluted fun that you'll wanna watch again and again.
Keep a lookout for a hilarious, scene stealing performance by Modern Family's Adam DeVine, whose portrayal of Kurt, one of Camp Bloodbath's fictional counselors, may very well be one of the funniest and most perfect performances you'll see all year.
Crimson Peak
This highly anticipated gothic ghost story by visionary director Guillermo del Toro didn't quite hit all the right notes with me I'm afraid. The story, written by del Toro and screenwriter Matthew Robbins, was too predictable in my opinion and as a whole left me feeling pretty unsatisfied by the end…so why, you may be wondering, is Crimson Peak a must see movie? Simply put, because visually, Crimson Peak may very well be one of the most beautifully constructed movies of the last decade.
It's no secret that Del Toro's eye for beautiful, haunting imagery is second to none (Pan's Labyrinth made that abundantly clear), and this latest cinematic endeavor is nothing less than a vibrant and gorgeous showcase of the Mexican director's style and abilities. Also, Crimson Peak stars the magically delicious Tom Hiddleston, who pretty much makes the movie required viewing all on his own…also it helps that he is a fine actor who is always great fun to watch (regardless of how yummy he is).
The Gift
Actor Joel Edgerton (who you may remember as the shoe factory owner in the brilliantly fun musical comedy Kinky Boots) wrote, directs and stars in The Gift, a dark and twisted little tale about a young couple (Jason Bateman and Rebecca Hall) whose life is turned upside down when a creepy acquaintance from the husband's past worms his way into their home, bringing with him a horrifying secret from the husband's past.
Edgerton is perfectly creepy and effective in the role of the quietly malicious Gordo, and Jason Bateman thrives as the embattled spouse trying to hide his past and keep his life from falling apart. The movie avoids following stereotypical horror movie paths, and as such is a genuinely fresh and unnerving thriller that will keep you guessing all the way to its tense and ultimately satisfying ending.
The Gift is also pretty special because it's the first time ever that I didn't have an overwhelming urge to throw tomatoes at Jason Bateman's face on the screen…and that alone makes this flick a rare and magical thing…for me at least.
Goodnight Mommy
Hold on to your hats and tie up your tubes, because this stripped down and atmospheric Austrian gem about twin boys (Lukas and Elias Schwarz) convinced the bandaged, post plastic surgery female in their midst is not actually their mother, will have you glaring at your own kiddies with suspicion…and maybe even a little fear.
A first full length feature by directors Severin Fiala and Veronika Franz, Goodnight Mommy is a riveting tale of the lengths two boys will go to, to prove that their "mother" is an impostor and the horrors they inflict on her in order to discover the truth.
This is not always an easy film to sit through (especially for parents), but once it hooks you during its first, haunting moments, Goodnight Mommy is also nearly impossible to look away from until the final images of its bleak and twisted end.
The Hallow
I do love a new twist on an old tale, and The Hallow, a film about eeeeevil fairies living in the Irish woods, delivers a wicked, surprisingly ominous look into the dark side of magical creatures.
Starring Joseph Mawle and Bojana Novakovic as the Hitchens, a British couple who relocate to Ireland and quickly find themselves the targets of baby stealing (and creepy as fuck) fairy folk, The Hallow packs a hell of a punch and wastes no time bringing us face to face with the magical villains of the piece. Oh yeah, we literally see the creatures very early in the film, a fact which is refreshingly different to say the least, where most creature features keep the reveal as close to the end as possible, Hallow lets us see the evil the Hitchens are facing, a fact that does nothing to dilute the fear and tension we feel right alongside them as they fight for their lives on one fateful, terrifying night.
The Hallow does cross over into the land of the ludicrous at some point, but mostly the film is on point, and for originality and sheer creepy fun, this one is definitely a must see creature feature.
The only found-footage film on my list barely made it on to the top 10, but I figured what the hell, best to have a bit of everything on here.
Creep, which would have been more accurately titled as The Total Fucking Psycho and The Videographer, is a polarizing little indie flick starring Mark Duplass, which despite being a part of my most hated horror sub-genre, does manage to be a genuinely tense and sometimes unnerving film about the possible perils of answering Craigslist job ads. Although the film occasionally slips into some silliness, it quickly and aptly bounces back while somehow managing to keep an audience (well, at least me) glued to their seats, waiting to see what will happen.
This is definitely not a perfect film, but as far as found footage goes, Creep is practically a masterwork with more than a few surprises in store, which makes it worth a watch whether you like FF films or not.
Honorable Mention (and definitely worth a watch): We Are Still Here, The Inhabitants, Maggie, The Atticus Institute, Clown & The Visit (but only cause of the sheer shock of Shyamalan not sucking).
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The Toyota Highlander has long been one of America's most popular family crossover SUVs. Last year Toyota sold nearly 216,000 Highlanders in the US, making it the third best selling mid-size SUV behind only the Ford Explorer and the Jeep Grand Cherokee. It can be compared with crossovers such as the Hyundai Santa Fe, Honda Pilot, and Chevrolet Traverse.
The Highlander got a revision in 2017, including a facelift, more tech, and more power with an eight-speed transmission and remains unchanged for 2018. The lineup includes SE, LE, LE Plus, XLE, Limited, and Limited Platinum models. The Highlander Hybrid comes as LE, XLE, Limited and Limited Platinum.
The base Highlander LE uses a 2.7-liter four-cylinder engine making 185 horsepower. Toyota claims it gets 22 combined miles per gallon though the available V6 has more power and gets better fuel mileage.
The Highlander LE includes cloth upholstery, 4.2-inch multi-information display, six-way manually adjustable driver's seat and four-way passenger seat, 60/40 split-folding and reclining second-row seat, 60/40 split-folding third-row seat, tilt/telescoping steering wheel, five USB ports, LED taillamps, and 18-inch alloy wheels. It also comes with the Toyota's Entune AM/FM/CD audio system with a 6.1-inch touchscreen, six speakers, an auxiliary input jack, Bluetooth phone connectivity and music streaming, and Siri Eyes Free. Also standard are a rearview camera, hill start assist, and eight airbags, including a driver knee airbag and a front passenger seat cushion airbag.
The sporty SE gets a dark grille, headlamp housings, and roof rails. Inside it gets black leather with silver stitching and patterned inserts.
Toyota's upgraded Safety Sense P system is standard, with forward collision warning and automatic emergency braking, lane departure alert, a pedestrian pre-collision system, adaptive cruise control, and automatic high beams.
If you are looking for a CUV that can hold not only a lot of passengers (up to 8) but also a good amount of cargo, this vehicle fits the bill. I was able to load up all of my son's gear for his first year of college with some room to spare.
The 2018 Highlander starts at $31,230 and tops out around $47,000 with the Limited Platinum AWD.


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Behind the buzz: Experimental rockers from Delaware, Spindrift drifted west in the '90s to embrace the reigning space-cowboy psychedelic aesthetic. Going a bit overboard, as new-minted Californians will, they took in Ennio Morricone and Eurowestern movie music as well. Film Threat calls this fourth Spindrift album "rock 'n' roll for cinephiles," while invoking other name-brand auteurs like Peckinpah, Tarantino, and Corman.
Today's dope: A fat purplish bud of Grape Ape.
Themes from Imaginary Carnage: "Japexico" is an eerie opening fanfare that evokes the very short-lived "kung-fu Western" genre of the '70s so beloved of grindhouse movie fans. "Space Vixens Theme" sports wicked sick sitar picking amid mirage-like atmospherics. "Hellbound" is a last-train-to-Gehenna instrumental highlighted by Morriconelike nonsense chanting over a pealing bell, and "Theme from Confusion Range" is closer to first-wave psych, with the surf-rock melody carrying gnomic lyrics along like so much gully-washed flotsam. "When I Was Free" sounds like a mournful saloon dirge by comparison, but "Theme from Ghost Patrol" is a return to the wide-open Technicolor spaces of the earlier tracks. "The Legend of the Widower Colby Wallace" is a long meditation over a twisted and wrecked landscape -- the toxic and evil flipside to sugary aural tourism like Ferde Grofé's "Grand Canyon Suite." A Jimmy Dean-style badman's story song, "Theme from Amboy" rings false in precisely the same way as David Mamet's dialogue would in a Hoot Gibson movie. "Roundup" sounds like just that, and "Showdown" is one long glorious twitch of rising tension like the three-way standoff that ends The Good, the Bad, & the Ugly. Kirpatrick Thomas' lead guitar runs are magisterially mystic in the way of George Harrison's early solo albums. "Theme from Drifter's Pass" is an eight-minute gaze into the campfire with lyrics relating some disaster in flashback. "Red Reflection" closes out the set in a heat-shimmering haze, the vocals keening in high-lonesome ecstasy before the whole thing grinds to a hydraulic stop.
Psychoactive verdict: Though the few actual songs don't stray far from durable templates of '50s cowboy music or '60s psych, the instrumentals are as trippy and THC friendly as anything non-Bootsy reviewed here in quite some time.
This toke's for you: Noble, steely-eyed James Arness, who died on Friday at age 88.
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