Wednesday, October 5, 2011

Photo tip: f/16 rule

Ok, this is a tip I picked up at lightstalking.com. It's called the f/16 rule, and can be used on sunny days. So it's not really possible to use it here in Bergen unfortunately...

On a sunny day, choose f/16, ISO 100 and 1/100 shutter speed to get the right exposure on the sky. At least let the ISO be the same as the shutter speed. So if you use ISO 400, pick shutter speed 1/400 and so on. Works great!

Tuesday, October 4, 2011

World quiz website #1: Sporcle!

http://www.sporcle.com/

Just had to let this be the first link shared. It's called sporcle, and was founded in July 2007. It now has more than 214,000 user created games, and it still surprises me that almost all of them are seriously good. And for Americans: You can make your college climb higher on the lists! I love this site and have learnt so incredibly much from it. Not the most useful things, though...hehe...but it's just so fun and addictive you won't believe it. I get totally lost in the game every time I visit the geography quizzes... And it's such a big site that there's nothing you wouldn't find. Like guessing the 200 biggest cities in the US. That's the one I'm struggling with at the moment, after learning for instance the presidents. Just had to tell you. Oh, and I don't mind if you take a look at some of my quizzes: http://www.sporcle.com/user/Norwegian_dude/contributed I challenge you to try one quiz and not get addictive!

First post

My first blog. My first post. Hmmm....what to say?

I hope as many people as possible will come visit this site. High ambitions are always good to have. So I am quite curious about how high that number is gonna be, but at least I can say you are very lucky who have seen the blog yourself. So if you like it, then please recommend!!!

Well, you probably wonder what this blog is all about. I can tell you that even I don't really know. I am very interested in photography and very interested in just having fun. So I have some photos and tips I would like to share, and then I also want to share some of the websites I find most amusing. Perhaps some travel tips too? I have a lot to say...

I am currently studying comparative politics at the university in my beautiful city on the coast of Norway, so I will try to mix some politics into all this as well. Just for fun.

The background is one of my pictures taken in Antelope Canyon, Page, AZ, USA. It's meant to symbolize that life can be blurry sometimes, especially when hiding behind something. You can't see the details from distance (there you see the political side of me...) And if you wonder about the name of the blog, well, comment and I'll tell you if you're right or wrong!

Thank you so much for watching!