Trivia
Blowing up a building with camera flashes. Sort of.
Thu Oct 4th - 3:08am
Here's a nugget of camera-related trivia about Die Hard, my favourite movie for many, many years. (Only pushed into second place by Fight Club.)
From the Internet Movie Database's trivia page:
When the bomb in the elevator shaft blows out the side of the building, the effect was accomplished by (a) collecting virtually every camera flashbulb of a particularly powerful type in the Los Angeles area and wiring them on the outside of the actual building to simulate the flash, and (b) by superimposing a shot of an actual explosive blowing a hole in the wall of an all-black miniature of the building at the appropriate location.
Moon Illusion
Mon Aug 27th - 10:14pm
This photo shows the effect of the Moon Illusion that causes the moon to appear larger when it is low in the sky. There's a school of thought that says the illusion is only apparent to the naked eye and doesn't come across well in photos, but I disagree. It's only when you combine multiple exposures taken throughout the moon's ascent (example) that the illusion is lost.
Link of the day
Tue Mar 6th - 3:23pm
Trivia: In a drag race between the McLaren F1 and the Bugatti Veyron sports cars, even if the McLaren reached 120mph before the Bugatti left the starting line, the Bugatti would still be first to hit 200mph.
That's assuming you don't slam your £800,000 Bugatti into a tree.
