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How do I use a Histogram?

What is a histogram and what does it tell us about a photograph?

A histogram is nothing more than a bar graph. It shows how the luminance values in a in a digital or digitized photograph are distributed.

Luckily for us Professional Photographer Magazine has written a great article on the topic. Check it out and improve your photos today.

America’s atheists: Believe it or not

According to figures compiled by the American Religious Identification Survey (ARIS), almost 30m people claimed “no religion” in 2001, a doubling from 1991. This dwarfs America’s 2.8m who describe themselves as Jews according to the same survey (although other estimates suggest that the Jewish population is much larger, at about 6m). Catholicism, the country’s largest Christian denomination, boasts 51m followers. In other words, irreligion claims a surprisingly large number of adherents. Mr Romney’s attack on disbelievers prompted Christopher Hitchens, a well-known polemicist and the author of “God Is Not Great: Why Religion Poisons Everything”, to describe him as “Entirely lacking in dignity or nobility (or average integrity)”. Others cited Thomas Jefferson’s ruder comments about religion. Even some conservative columnists chided Mr Romney for not saying, as George Bush has, that people of no faith at all are Americans too.

And yet those with no religious beliefs are shut out from political power. Earlier this year, a secularist group offered $1,000 to the highest-ranking politician in the land who would publicly proclaim no belief in God. This turned out to be Peter Stark, a Democratic congressman from the San Francisco area. He is the only congressman, of 535, who professes no belief in the Almighty.

America’s atheists : Believe it or not - Economist.com.

7 Stupid Thinking Errors You Probably Make

Lifehack explains the 7 Stupid Thinking Errors You Probably Make. Always good things to remember and try to avoid.

Processing a Photo for Flickr

Harold Davis talks about the crazy techniques he uses to Processing a Photo for Flickr. That and his awesome photo skills.

10 Top Sites for Colo(u)r Lovers - Inspiration, Palettes, Tools and Other Color Resources

When I look at my companies internal palettes and a lot of other websites out there my colour senses are greatly offended. I just don't know why people don't pay more attention to color, color matters. Sawse did a great job rounding up the 10 Top Sites for Colo(u)r Lovers - Inspiration, Palettes, Tools and Other Color Resources. Of course, COLOURlovers is already one of my favs so luckily they are right there at the top. :-)

Master Your DSLR Camera

Lifehacker has a great intro series in using your SLR Digital Camera. Part1 has already run but now Part2 is ot.

In part one of this series you kicked your digital SLR camera's auto mode to the curb with the help of program mode. In doing so, you learned to control the flash, the ISO value, and the white balance. Now in part two we're going straight to manual mode to learn about aperture sizes and shutter speeds.

Master Your DSLR Camera, Part 2: Manual Mode and More.

Loic Le Meur’s Ten Rules For Startup Success

The Financial Times has a profile of French (now Silicon Valley) entrepreneur Loic Le Meur today.

Loic is an accomplished entrepreneur - he founded uBlog (merged with Six Apart), organizes the annual Le Web conference and has now created Seesmic. So even though he’s French, his advice, when given, is worth listening to.

Included in the article are his ten rules for startup success.

Loic Le Meur’s Ten Rules For Startup Success

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