Vouliagmeni Moon Photo with Point and Shoot Camera Believe it or not, it is possible to shoot the Moon with an average point and shoot camera. In fact, for as long as you dispose of a reasonable optical zoom (300–400 mm equivalent) and the possibility to switch to manual settings, you should be able to catch some details of the surface of the moon. Of course there will be a lack of detail and sharpness, but at least you won’t end up with just a white spot on a black background. As today the Moon is at it’s closest to the earth for this year, I did a test run last night and brought back the following shot: Vouliagmeni Moon May 4, 2012 This is about as good as it could get The above was shot with the following F-stop: f/6.3 Exposure time: 1/250 ISO-speed ISO-400 Focal-length: 49 mm 35-mm focal length: 389 Exposure Program: Aperture Priority The idea was to figure out different settings to catch at least some of the texture of the surface of the moon. Vouliagmeni Full-moon May 5, 2012 Tonight I found a nice [...]
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Free Images from the National Archaeological Museum in Athens, Greece As I needed some pictures for my demo portfolio and photography site, I paid a visit to the National Archaeological Museum in Athens last Saturday. The idea was to come back with some photos of outstanding works from the permanent exhibition. Photos from the National Archaeological Museum A first Gallery of Images from my visit you will find on the Portfolio site by clicking on the below screenshot: For better viewing, I have put the objects on a black background. All images from that gallery will be available for free download and use on non-commercial websites shortly. Black and White Images from The National Archaeological Museum For those who prefer black and whites, there is also a B&W gallery and again, the images will become available for download shortly for free use on non-commercial websites. Free Photos and Images from the National Archaeological Museum While I like to take pictures, I like even more to share them. Not everybody has the privilege to live as close to so many artifacts as I do, nor do many have the possibility to travel to Greece. For this reason I make all images [...]
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Windows 8 Customers Preview Release Images While in my earlier posts I have been shouting about the weird color scheme Windows 8 has been insulted with, you will find here below some screenshots focusing on personalization of the new Windows 8 UI. The main goal was to “neutralize” the desktop somewhat. Windows 8 PC Settings Ideal for touch screens, the bold yet minimalist design is user-friendly, namely for touch screens. In fact, Windows 8 is designed for (mobile) touch screens featuring the touch-friendly Metro interface and hot corners borrowed from the Mobile Win 7 Operating System. Personalize the Lock Screen on Win 8 The Lock Screen is on display when you log-out of your account; the Windows 8 Interface suggests a few full size images or the option to load your own image as shown here below: Windows 8 Start Screen Customization Windows 8 offers 9 color schemes and 6 background patterns for the start screen. I could not find additional customization options in the Customer Preview release. Personalize your Windows 8 Account As is previous Windows versions, you may add a picture or icon to personalize your account: Configure Notifications on Windows 8 Here we are really getting a typically [...]
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Semiomantics EVO Developer Theme 2 years ago, about at the same time of the year, we have built Evo, an Action script driven Flash photo and portfolio website. This time we will make use of HTML5, CSS3 and Java Script to customize Semiomantics EVO, a Semiomantics development for Developers. Semiomantics Evo Flash is not anymore a smart option for development for as long as Apple mobile devices are as popular as they are and for as long as mobile Apple devices will not display Flash. Therefore we have been looking for an alternative to produce smashing and eye-catching sites based on HTML5. Of course the good old Evo Flash driven sites still look great. As a lot of work has been put into them we will try to use namely all the edited images and footage in the new EVO version. Semiomantics EVO Version 2012 The biggest changes are: EVO is now powered by WordPress EVO does not use any Flash but is a responsive HTML5, CSS3 and Java script theme. The new EVO assembles the ultimate in WordPress design and features for modern media display. Ideal for photographers, EVO features not less than 6 different Gallery Types. Galleries [...]
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Original Article at Vouliagmeni Back to School.Vouliagmeni: Back to School Incoming search terms:vouliagmeni back to school Related posts:Back to School in Vouliagmeni Vouliagmeni Beach Vouliagmeni Lake Dance Vouliagmeni Kavouri Beach Vouliagmeni
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Original Article at Superyacht Ocean Pearl.Superyacht Ocean Pearl at Flisvos Marina Athens Built in 2010 by Italian shipyard Rodriguez Yachts Design by the famed Lord Norman Foster 41m, sleeps 12 guests in six cabins and boasts an attentive and professional crew of seven The Ocean Pearl’ ownership is shared by 8 co-owners; price per share: Euro 1,850,000. Incoming search terms:ocean perlsuperyacht ocean pearlnorman foster yachtsuperyacht ocean pearl yorgo Related posts:Super Yacht Octopus Yorgo Media Design Happy New Year Business Card Design Font Design
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Original Article at How to reach Google Top 10 with Images.Google Top 10 with Photos on XO for WordPress Last night, the participants of the Image Editing and Publishing Seminar by Ycademy, have demonstrated with a live test, how a well published digital photo can reach Google Top 10 on the general as well as on the image search engine. Semiomantics XO takes your Images to Google Top 10 Semiomantics XO is in my opinion the best publishing framework for WordPress. XO powered websites reach high visibility and perform extremely well on search engines namely on Google. Since the release of XO 2011, pre-configured custom post formats are available, namely for media publishing. Here below the screenshots of the top 30 on Google Page 2: Page 3: Search returns on Google The search term: Publishing Digital Photos on WordPress returns over 19 million results. Before our publication, WordPress and related sites were on top. As you can see from the above shots, all top 30 positions have been grabbed by seminar participants’ author blogs or related websites. The above is also a nice demonstration of the power of the YORGOO Publishing Model as presented a few years ago and revised recently. Search Returns on Google Image Search Besides [...]
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Original Article at How to Style the WordPress Menu.WP Custom Menu with Rollover Effect This tutorial is based on a recent Custom Photo Blog Theme Development for WordPress on the base of Semiomantics XO. The Solutions apply to most any clean WordPress theme whereas some of the style sheet syntax may vary from theme to theme. The WP Photo Theme — XO Photo The Goal of the exercise was to build a site which will display on mobile platforms as well without the use of WPTouch Pro for example and which offers the possibility to navigate without zooming on mobile phones. This gave us the opportunity to style the Main Navigation (horizontal menu on top of the site. As we are on a photo site we thought about using Menu tabs with images and rollover effects which can be achieved either with sprites or as individual images. We opted for a solution without sprites in this case considering that the difference will not be material on this site. The screenshot shows the rollover effect as it has been taken while the mouse was hovering over the CONTACT tab. The Menu Normal View and the Hover View show the same picture, whereas we put a transparent black layer (85% [...]
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Original Article at How to Edit YORGOO Press Default Images.Default Images on YORGOO Press YORGOO Press News Paper layout uses thumbnails for illustration purposes. These thumbnails are created automatically from the first image loaded in a post. The thumbnails are only created from images loaded to the WordPress media upload folder (using the post or page editor). For this reason, automatic thumb-nailing does not work on imported or syndicated posts. To automate the thumbnail creation also on imported content, YORGOO Press allows you to load default images which will show when ever no image from the WordPress media upload folder is associated with a post. Thumbnail and Default storage on YORGOO Press The thumbnails and default images are stored in the wp-content/uploads and the wp-contents/uploads/cache folder. Both folders need to have permissions set to 777 (CHMOD). The default images are placed in the uploads folder while the thumbs created will automatically be cached and stored in the image cache. The Cache can be flushed from your dash board under Settings — Viva-Zoom. Download — Default Placeholders for YORGOO Press The default placeholders can be downloaded from HERE Unzip and place the content in a folder called “uploads” (without the quotes and in small letters) Your folder content looks like [...]
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Copyright © 2011 Yorgo Nestoridis. Visit the original article at http://yorgonestoridis.com/greece/acropolis-rally-2011-images/.Acropolis Rally 2011 Images Incoming search terms:Acropolis Rallye 2011 Picturerally acropolis 2011 Related posts:Acropolis Museum Acropolis Museum New Acropolis Museum on Google
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Copyright © 2011 Yorgo Nestoridis. Visit the original article at http://yorgonestoridis.com/yorgo-nestoridis/ycademy-training-edit-images/.Ycademy Training Edit Images Editing and Publishing images for training purposes. Samples. [singlepic id=15 w=320 h=240 mode=web20 float=] [singlepic id=18 w=320 h=240 mode=watermark float=] [nggallery id=4] Related posts:Publishing and Editing Images 2 How to Make Money with Images Social Media Marketing by Ycademy How to Make Money with Images Managing Images on YORGOO Press
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Copyright © 2011 Yorgo Nestoridis. Visit the original article at http://yorgonestoridis.com/yorgo-nestoridis/publishing-and-editing-images-2/.Publishing and Editing Images 2: Slide shows and Galleries Editing slide shows is one thing, delivering them is another. There are a few factors which will impact on your visitors Surfing Experience. Slide shows: the technology you use on your site Slide shows: the technology your visitor uses Slide shows: the technology you use on your site Using a WordPress based website you have multiple options. You can just use galleries from the built in media module. Example 1: Images are loaded into the WP Media Folder using the upload tool associated with the post editor. To display the pictures as a slide show, you need some additional soft ware, plug-ins. Example 2: Images are loaded into a Image Management Module and rendered as an embedded slide show: The above depends mainly of the technology used on your website since most computers can render such slide shows and there is therefore no discrimination of users who are not equipped with software beyond default. Slide shows: the technology your visitor uses With the increasing popularity of Social Media, some interesting applications have been developed which allow Internet users to improve their [...]
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Copyright © 2011 Yorgo Nestoridis. Visit the original article at http://yorgonestoridis.com/yorgo-nestoridis/publishing-and-editing-images/.Publishing and Editing Images As our previous post showed: images are great to improve the surfing experience of our visitors. The way we edit however is an important component for different reasons: if we embed large pictures into a post or page, the first impression can be smashing but it can be at the expense of fast loading pages. There are a few remedies to the loading problems you may encounter. How to assure fast page loading The best solution from a user’s point of view: get a fast internet connection.If I am running the previous post on a 24 MB/s line, it’s a piece of cake. If you live in a country where fast lines are not available, then you are at the mercy of webmasters who load less demanding stuff. Thumbnail images Thumbnails load fast and can then expand to most any size. Chose a thumbnail format which is still big enough to attract the curiosity of your visitor. Example: this is a 120x80 thumbnail. It gives a ‘small’ idea about what the big picture could be. Embed medium size Images If a picture is less attractive as [...]
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Copyright © 2011 Yorgo Nestoridis. Visit the original article at http://yorgonestoridis.com/yorgo-nestoridis/managing-images-on-yorgoo-press/.Managing Images on YORGOO Press Tonight’s YORGOO call will deal with Image Management on YORGOO Press. The use of a full image management system is more reliable than the built in original function of the WordPress platform. Compact Album [album id=2 template=compact] How to present screen shots If you have a fast connection, click HERE and watch the movie; in fact on my screen it’s much faster and perfectly smooth but the movie will give an idea what we are talking about when we talk about digital image presentation, 3D effects and so on. Or try this:[kaltura-widget wid=“vn5zceebkw” width=“500” height=“432” addpermission=“0” editpermission=“0” /] or this Extended Album [album id=2 template=extend] Slideshow Let’s have fun tonight! Related posts:Rotating Headers and Banners on YORGOO Press YORGOO and Semiomantics launch YORGOO Press YORGOO Press News YORGOO Press is ready for Release Monetize YORGOO Press
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Copyright © 2011 Yorgo Nestoridis. Visit the original article at http://yorgonestoridis.com/yorgo-nestoridis/how-to-make-money-with-images-101/.How to Make Money with Images My earlier article made it immediately to Google’s top 10 under “How to make money with images”: There are 129,000,000 search returns and one shut was enough to reach top 10 with YORGOO Publishing. Go to Google top 10 with YOUR YORGOO Publishing YORGOO Publishing is a Semiomantics site which has served as a playground for development over the last 15 month. The result is a highly visible site an any keyword targeted by YORGOO Publishing. You too can have a YORGOO Publishing site! There are two ways of getting one:either you get a Semiomantics YORGOO Publishing installed on your domain and host or you grab it from YORGOO Media. The advantage of your own site is clear: your domain, your full control; the disadvantage is also evident: the cost. The YORGOO Media solution has it’s advantages as well: the cost and the fact that you don’t have to care about any web master problems, hosting problems and such like. The disadvantage: you may not be able to give it an additional tweak, nor is it installed on your domain. Learn about the YORGOO [...]
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Copyright © 2011 Yorgo Nestoridis. Visit the original article at http://yorgonestoridis.com/yorgo-nestoridis/how-to-make-money-with-images/.How to Make Money with Images Make Money with Images starts with the Display [nggallery id=1] To Make Money with Images associate a payment gateway with the image. In order to make money with images, you first need to enable visitors to see the images in a meaningful way. Attractive Display of Images To get the best out of pictures, make sure you use very good quality pictures and then display them in the most impressive way possible. Quality and Size matter! Take the above example: the top sideshow can be viewed in full screen mode and it will display great quality screen shots in large size. Associate a Payment Gateway to each Image If you are selling images or products represented by images, make sure you associate a payment button with the image, allowing the viewer to immediately proceed to the check out. In the above case there are PayPal Buttons associated with the images. Each button may have it’s own value allowing thus to specify prices individually for each picture of a gallery or slide show. Protect your Images: Watermarks Associate a watermark to each image, namely to [...]
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Copyright © 2011 Yorgo Nestoridis. Visit the original article at http://yorgonestoridis.com/yorgo-nestoridis/interactive-video-blog-news-112/.Interactive Video Blog Media News Vouliagmeni, April, 30, 2009 — by Yorgo Nestoridis Interactive Video Blog on YORGOO Publishing Subsequent to yesterday’s test on Yorgo Nestoridis, we have integrated the same functionality at YORGOO Publishing and added the Semiomantics tuning scripts. YORGOO Publishing will allow us to proceed with additional tests namely concerning on the behavior in feeds and the readability by spiders and bots. Interactive Video Blog on Google Yesterday’s post returned another strong demo of Semiomantics Publishing Power: our article made it straight to Google’s top 10 with 3 of 10 entries, an incredible result, namely considering that YorgoNestoridis.com was down for most of the day due to server tuning issues. When clicking on the below images you will see some of the incredible results from yesterday’s post: On Interactive Video Blog, Interactive Video Blog news, Interactive Video Blog Image and Interactive Video Blog Images, you see our top 10 listings; the most surprising: Interactive Video Blog images with 788,000,000 search returns listed by Google. The Sites with the best performances, YorgoNestoridis.com.YORGOOPublishing.com, AuctionTalkLive.com, rss.yorgoopublishing.com and news.yorgonestoridis.com. Note that we are in good company all over the place and [...]
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Copyright © 2011 Yorgo Nestoridis. Visit the original article at http://yorgonestoridis.com/yorgo-nestoridis/publish-google-maps/.Google Maps for your Online Publication The Development In a recent post we have tested the integration of Google Maps on the example of Vouliagmeni, Greece. Geography related content is a good reason to provide Maps. Since Google Maps with Satellite and Hybrid Views are available using the Google Maps API, they can be associated to dynamic posts and static pages with just a few mouse clicks. Some of our projects an developments require Maps, such as the Garden Route Directory or the Cape Sounio Publication on YORGOO Press by Chris Polenas. The advantages of using Google Map features on our sites are enormous as they include the access to the most interesting Google Maps Functions: - Geo Meta Tags – Markers links to posts – Settings for default controls – Custom Markers – Sidebar Widget – GeoRSS points in feeds – Set default map zoom level. – Show post maps on category and archive pages. – Set default width and height for maps – Short code to insert map within your post with a mouse click – Select your preferred map type – Select whether to show your map [...]
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