Digital Photography Tips for Beginners

 Don’t go crazy buying the most expensive equipment right away.

It’s possible to get very nice photos with an inexpensive point and shoot. See these examples on Flickr. The more photos you take, the more you’ll know about what kind of camera to get when it’s time to upgrade.

2. Consider a tripod.      

On the other hand, an inexpensive tripod is worth getting, especially if you have shaky hands like mine. When I got a tripod, my satisfaction with my shots skyrocketed. For even more stability, use your camera’s timer function with a tripod (read our introduction to tripods).

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Unreasonable East Africa Launches In Nairobi To Accelerate High Impact Social Ventures

Unreasonable East Africa in partnership with The GrowthHub in Nairobi on May 10-12 will hold the BeUnreasonable Nairobi in a move to attract and accelerate game-changing social ventures and ideas. 
 
BeUnreasonable Nairobi will provide social entrepreneurs with knowledge, resources, tools plus networks they need to grow their ventures.

Stop Using These 16 Terms to Describe Yourself

Jeff Haden

Ghostwriter, speaker, Inc. columnist

 Picture this. You meet someone new. "What do you do?" she asks.
"I'm an architect," you say.
"Oh, really?" she answers. "Have you designed any buildings I've seen?"
"Possibly," you reply. "We did the new student center at the university..."
"Oh wow," she says. "That's a beautiful building..."
Without trying -- without blowing your own horn -- you've made a great impression.
Now picture this. You meet someone new. "What do you do?" he asks.
"I'm a passionate, innovative, dynamic provider of architectural services with a collaborative approach to creating and delivering outstanding world-class client and user experiences."
All righty then.
Do you describe yourself differently – on your website, promotional materials, or especially on social media – than you do in person? Do you use cheesy clichés and overblown superlatives and breathless adjectives?
Do you write things about yourself you would never have the nerve to actually say?
Here are some words that are great when other people use them to describe you – but you should never use to describe yourself:

15 Things Successful People Do

Ilya Pozin

Founder of Ciplex. Columnist for Inc, Forbes & LinkedIn. 30 Under 30 Entrepreneur.

“Success is to be measured not so much by the position that one has reached in life as by the obstacles which he has overcome.”
Whether in business or life, there's a fine line between success and failure. Booker T. Washington’s quote highlights the inevitability of obstacles on the path to success. In fact, I firmly believe success and failure go hand-in-hand. Those looking to succeed must first fail or learn from those who failed.
 Successful individuals aren’t just born, there’s a lot more that goes into the equation. I've found those who are highly successful have a lot more in common than we may think. If you’re seeking success, these habits may come in handy.
 

A BLIND REPORT... for one eyed men

A BLIND REPORT... for one eyed men

                                                           

The superlative hunger for responsible leadership is to say the least Nigeria’s most important prayer point. But I find it hard from wondering, asking myself the one question we ignore the most; Yes! We need change, agreed, we need some measure of direction in leadership, a responsible government, but do we really deserve it? On a scale of justice, do we stand a chance based on our past and present?

EXCUSE ME!… FIND YOUR BALANCE.

EXCUSE ME!… FIND YOUR BALANCE.

It is unfortunate that man is growing and becoming advanced in technology, industrialization and other aspect of civilization. Yet man is increasingly retrogressing in matters of Humanity.
Man has succeeded in growing big big bombs that will destroy humanity with the excuse of war, crises, and the slightest provocation.


However, this same man has been unable to create weapons that will foster UNITY. Bullets that will increase PEACE, tablets that will improve HONESTY and KINDESS.


Despite our modernization, people of old seem to live better, happier and loved life.
Simply because they take better decisions, they apply better knowledge based on right or wrong. This is why they know that:
No matter what you benefit from greed and dishonesty, patience and honesty is always the best. This is why they knew that good women get married faster but only wise women keep the home.


This is why good women because of one foolish mistake they destroy their homes, yet bad women keep their homes despite them, because of some wise decisions.
If you are wise and you reflect on the issues of life. You will know that a man that cannot be faithfull to his own vision, dreams or purpose. A man that cannot stand firm for his belief s and conviction cannot be faithfull to a woman, whether she is a girlfriend or wife.


Sadly we seem to be very good at selecting good materials, quality shoes and handbag. But we fail to take the right decisions.
Sometimes we lose the little best we have because of the extra big we are expecting due to bad decision.
Life is like a market. There are always too many things to buy, but you must choose the ones you need the most and those which you can afford.

Therefore life is choice and choices are about values, and values are about perception, perception is about knowledge.
This means you must have the right and proper knowledge. Failure to do so, you are doomed to fail, Now or later.
The truth is simply, if you are wise, it is you that will benefit, if you are foolish only you will bear.

This is the burden of balance.



Victor prince Dickson

Jos,Nigeria.

MUCH MORE THAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY.

MUCH MORE THAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY.


The world is one big question begging for answers. With all the uncertainties around us, we are constantly at the edge of learning to respond appropriately to these same earthly interrogations. However, very few understand that love, faith and hope are common answers to the many questions that choke us.


Unfortunately also, we have failed to identify a sublime about love, faith and hope because these are not the answers to the dynamic desires of man. These are customized solutions to man’s most basic needs. This means that as a sublime, it is constant, they don’t change with time.

It is our effort to upgrade love that is the problem with marriage and relationship, it is also our desire to update hope and redefine faith that has resulted to the misunderstandings and complexities in natures most simplified life jackets.
Because of this corrupt perception, we can no longer enjoy the benefits of love, faith, and hope in their original union.
It is true that to a large extend man, has conquered planet earth through science and technology, but I think it would do man more good to remember that the universe still lies unconquered. For despite the extensiveness of freedom, death often time extinguishes our reach.


Having said this, my conclusion is that, it is time we put away our unblended desire to conquer the world and perhaps pay a little attention in conquering self. And see if we can tame this greed, violence and this destructive thirst to enslave and victimize the rest of humanity.

I sincerely believe that the taming of man will indeed be A DISCOVERY OF THE MILLINIA. This is because this list though an excerpt of our destructive striving industry tires me.

Victor Prince Dickson
Jos.

5 UNNECESSARY REASONS WHY WOMEN MUST SUFFER

When a mother (men are not excused) fails to train her son by reason of impossible circumstances, career, ignorance or just foolishness, she fails to tame the beast and nurture the hero in him. By default the next woman is forced to inherit a beast or coward.

The new generation woman prefers a weak man for the purpose of manipulation and control. This helps them puppet the man to their desired direction. However as beneficial as this technique is in the short run, it always back fires at the long run. This is because when the man by way of karma, falls victim to another woman who is more advanced in gender puppetry, the music changes. The hunter becomes the hunted. As for the man, well...minus one.

Most women have allowed fashion to reduce them into sex items; with dress codes that de-emphasizes the woman from the world most important asset to a past time. This in itself is an insult to their maker, the universe which relies on them, and humanity.

Power is good but power play is dirty. A woman’s power before was private, subtle, slow but effective, indirect, playful and abstract but today the woman’s power has become direct, public, serious, loud and easy to discern.
With all honesty, you don’t expect to go into the arena and play fair. This is why Shakespeare said; “all is fair in love and war”.

THE THIN LINE; CROSS AND DIE.

Every meaning and purpose in life is separated by a thin line, it divides and separates us. Like a road path, route, there are distinctive boundaries. Each of the boundaries complements the circle of our existence. Justice and truth is only realistic within the context of these boundaries. This thin line is what explains justice, what uncovers the true meaning of truth.

Women of Owu at a glance

Students arriving for the grand performance

Not many were opportuned to be at the grand performance of Women of Owu... a Femi Osofisan play by Excellence  Bridge International College. The theatrical dialogue on Peace was without doubt a first of its kind.

Students of Excellence Bridge International College in a Dance of Peace

Where roles were reversed and children taught adults the lessons according to Violence and  The ABC of Peace.

NTA Jos Network Centre, CHANNEL T.V, N.U.J were all there to add value.

STELLA DAMASUS...Narrates her story in HorseMouth.

 For all those who want to capture the authentic jist on the rise and rise of the screen icon, all you need to do is lay your hand on the latest copy of HorsMoutht at any of your news stand in Abuja  and environs.
HorsMouth  tells the story from a perceptive that gets you thinking, if so why not.
Rich in content and colours HorsMouth leads the journey of relevance to understanding success and failures.

LEARNING TO WORK FOR EACH OTHER

Pelumi stringing away

Stella Nwosu(willy willy) Talking love

Elnathan John talking ... The media, the Medium, the message

Jake Effoduh talking What  if we protect our sex workers.

Victor prince Dickson..

Darlington and Kedron wrapping up a very good experience.

Executive Producer, kasham and friends doing red carpet

Connecting, making bonds

Ene

BUILDING THE COLLECTIVE BRAIN.. a change imperative.

TED ABUJA STAGE

RAPT ATTENTION

BREAK AWAY

BUKARI MUHAMMED..Speaking on  Youth knowledge and faith: A triple heritage for urban inspiration.

BLOSSOM NNODIM... Speaking on What about the Abuja slums?

GALERY OF PROGRESS

NIGERIA DREAM COMMUNITY CHATS WITH NATIONAL ORIENTATION AGENCY PLATEAU STATE

NENPAN MODAY ZAKKA, AUTHOR, LIKE THE WINDS, CAPTIVATES AUDIENCE AT AN EVENT ORGANIZED TO MARK WORLD LITERACY DAY  2012

DECIPHER, THE SPOKEN WORD GENIUS TRANSPORTING OUR THOUGHTS AS VETERAN CREATIVE DRIVER, DR. DUL JOHNSON SOLIDIFIES  THE EXPERIENCE . AT WORLD LITERACY DAY, AMERICAN CORNER JOS.

TALKATIVE GENERATION

Is it not funny that on face book people know all the solutions to relationship, marriage, love, leadership, family, Country,business, religion and all but in reality there is nothing to show for it. SHAME TO OUR GENERATION.

SHAME ON US

In the midst of soo much anger, bitterness, and all out condemnation of the Uniport. 4 which i totally support. It will do us good to remind ourselves, that we were not like this before, something brought us to this level and with all the available signs, it is still going to take us further.  Except we brake and reflect and ask ourselves, very deeeeeeep questions. because we have been justifying death, in all forms, Religious crises, political crises, family crises, ethnic crises, campus cultism, and now the taking of inestimable gift of life has now become common..cant you see how easy it has become for us to video and transmit the process of death?
 HUMANITY WHERE IS YOUR HUMANITY.