Apple Releases Aperture 3

New Features Include Faces, Places & Brushes CUPERTINO, California—February 9, 2010—Apple® today introduced Aperture™ 3, the next major release of its powerful photo editing and management software, with over 200 new features including Faces, Places and Brushes. Building on the innovative Faces and Places features introduced in iPhoto® ’09, Aperture 3 makes it even easier […]

Apple Launches iPad

Magical & Revolutionary Device at an Unbelievable Price SAN FRANCISCO—January 27, 2010—Apple® today introduced iPad, a revolutionary device for browsing the web, reading and sending email, enjoying photos, watching videos, listening to music, playing games, reading e-books and much more. iPad’s responsive high-resolution Multi-Touch™ display lets users physically interact with applications and content. iPad is […]

Canon USA Redefines Mid-range DSLR Category with the New EOS 7D Digital SLR Camera

The EOS 7D Features Fast Eight fps Continuous Shooting, Class-Leading 18-Megapixel Resolution and Full HD Video Recording with Variable Frame Rates and Manual Exposure Control LAKE SUCCESS, N.Y., September 1, 2009 – Canon U.S.A., Inc., a leader in digital imaging, today introduced a revolutionary camera that redefines the highly competitive mid-range DSLR product category: the […]

A complaint to PLDT

To: Philippine Long Distance Telephone Company (PLDT) As someone already mentioned, profit is the main fuel of companies, actually that is why their people ventured into entrepreneurship at the first place. It is sad that there exist companies (on this petition’s case, a fairly large on in our country) with an absurd balance between customer […]

The Incentivized “Social Network at Play”

The Incentivized “Social Network at Play” MMO Social Network Portal—with Single Subscription, Multigame access What’s so HOT about Social Networks? * Social Networking has over 530 million people and grew 64 million (12%) during the last 6 months…over twice as fast as the total internet. * Facebook is the largest social network with 132 million. […]

Apple Introduces iLife ’09

Major Upgrades to iPhoto, iMovie & GarageBand SAN FRANCISCO—January 6, 2009—Apple® today introduced iLife® ’09, which features major upgrades to iPhoto®, iMovie® and GarageBand®, and includes iDVD® and an updated version of iWeb™. iPhoto ’09 builds on the ability to automatically organize photos into Events by adding Faces and Places as breakthrough new ways to […]

Canon U.S.A. Packs A Punch With A Powerful New Camcorder Line-up for 2009

New Camcorders Offer Advanced Technology for Higher Image Quality and Easy Operation Across a Variety of Recording Formats LAKE SUCCESS, N.Y., January 5, 2009 – Canon U.S.A., Inc, a leader in digital imaging technology, announces an exciting new line of five VIXIA high definition and six standard definition camcorders, which are available in a variety […]

WordPress Upgrade

Detour’s blogging engine, WordPress, has been upgraded to version 2.5. I noticed it has more features and its user interface is very intuitive. Thank you to WordPress community of developers.

Apple Releases Aperture 2.1 With Powerful Image Editing Plug-In Architecture

CUPERTINO, California—March 28, 2008— Apple today released Aperture 2.1, which introduces an open plug-in architecture that makes it easy for photographers to use specialized third party imaging software right from within Aperture. Available today as a free software update, Aperture 2.1 includes the Apple-developed plug-in, Dodge & Burn, which adds brush-based tools for dodge (lighten), […]

Web/Graphic Designer Wanted

Job Requirements: BFA in Graphic Art, Design, or related field Must have access to broadband Internet Experience with Adobe Creative Suite apps Excellent design sense; ability to understand the relationship between branding and visual design Strong typographic and design skills Action-oriented; execute work within established project timelines High work ethic; willing and able to maintain […]

The Ten Most Common Photographic Mistakes

The Ten Most Common Photographic Mistakes Tags: photography • Tutorials Here is a quick rundown of the most common mistakes people (like me) make that mess up a good photo or prevent us from taking a good photo. It is a big leap for me to start talking about taking photos, since it is so […]

Finally, a Mac in my Hands

Did I really join the cult of the Mac? Not really. The Mac is just another notebook PC with a different operating system. The reason why I got a Mac finally is it is now able to run Windows. I guess you Mac cultists do not like me now. By midyear, I will be acquiring […]

Circa 1998

Naging kasaysayan ng bansang Pilipinas ang aking pagdating. Nakipagkita sa mga taong mayroong malaking pagtanaw sa ikauunlad ng bayan. Mistulang nakapagtataka ang nga misteryong hindi pa naiintindihan ng mga pangkaraniwang isipan pero may dunong ang Pinoy na hindi maipaparis sa kaalamang Kanluran. Pinoy…bakit ka ba isang hunyango? Sumibol ako sa lupang banyaga pero ako’y lumago […]

Vote for the Philippines in BBC World’s World Challenge

Did you know that the Philippines’ coconut geotextile ( a.k.a. coconet) for soil erosion control has been chosen as one of the 12 finalists in Newsweek and BBC’s (British Broadcasting Corporation) World’s World Challenge? The World Challenge is basically a competition/search designed at identifying groups or individuals all over the world whose projects have contributed […]

Apple’s iPod

Apple’s iPod has reached our home. It is not mine. It’s ma sistah-in-law’s and it is the iPod mini. Would I get one? Not now. Maybe next year because I need it as a digital wallet for ma fotografs. On my 2-week stint in the Mainland, I got over 4,000 photographs and stored it in […]