I deliberately set my new Polaroid digital camera on lowest resolution so I could compare Hi Res and Lo Res pictures and had a friend snap me in the hall. It has a sort of haunting quality about it. The high resolution photos are clear and crisp and take forever to transmit over dial up connections.
LO-RES CHUCK
The Girl with the Pearl Earring with Scarlett Johannson (2003) is a fictionalized history of the Johannes Vermeer painting of the same name. The novel was written by Tracy Chevalier and told what "might have happened" considering the times and lifestyle of Dutch citizens in the 1660's. It gives insights into family life and especially the techniques that painters used.
An artist did not get on the internet and order his paints from Michael's Art Supply and specify Cambrian Red or Vermillion or whatever. He had to use chemicals and oil and mix them. It makes you wonder how on earth they created such wonderful masterpieces.
Chevalier weaves history and imagination and romance into fascinating adventure. And, to understand the film, you pretty much have to have read the novel. The film sticks to the mood and drama of the book, but without knowing the story, you could easily get lost in the film narrative.
The most remarkable thing is how closely Scarlett Johannson resembles the girl in the Vermeer painting. The likeness is uncanny, and contributes to the charm of the filmed story. Scarlett was nineteen when the film was made and she makes the role of Griet wonderfully believeable.
I am so "out of it" that I didn't know who Matt Hasselbeck and Ben Roethlisberger were until a few minutes ago,and I still dont know which one belongs to which team.
I had to copy down the word Pittsburgh letter by letter or I would have spelled it Pittsburg. So the Superbowl XL will be between Pittsburgh Steelers and Seattle Seahawks and how come it isn't Superbowl #40?
And when is it? I presume it will be Sunday...that is when pro games are, isn't it? But I am not sure.
John Scalzi's By The Way asks us to post a favorite black and white photo, so I robbed the family album for this one of my mother, right, my grandmother, and my great grandmother. It was taken about 1910 as near as I can judge.
Still my favorite entry. Tells how I feel about J-land.
Most amusing.
Most informative.
Most personal.
Just for the heck of it, bought a new digital camera. Haven't even opened the darn old plastic package yet. At least it has a viewer, which my old one does not. Old one an antique 2002 model. New one a Polaroid PDC 2080 3.2 mega pixel, made in China of course, on sale for $68 bucks. Holds a fabulous five, count em, five pictures on internal card. Thought I try it out before getting a card to hold more pictures.
Actually I usually take fewer than five pictures before I download to computer. Thought I'd load this program in new lap top.
One curious comment in tiny print on camera package: autoflash...gives just the right amount of light in numerous situations. ...what does that mean... at five point three feet in low ceilinged room with white acoustic tile? How numerous are the situations in which the flash does NOT give just the right amount of light?
It may be a while before you see any results in this journal, but I will give you a review of my learning curve. The first task, get it out of the plastic package.
Have auto designers trained the public to buy only cars that look alike, or have buyers trained the auto designers by buying only cars that look like this.
Here are a Ford, Chrysler, Honda, and Dodge parked side by side in our parking lot.
I know Chrysler and Dodge are cousins, but why do Ford and Honda look so much like them?
