Digital photography
THERMOPYLAE, Greece (AP) — Greece’s critics hated “300,” but moviegoers here are lining up to watch the gory recreation of the Battle of Thermopylae in record numbers — happy to lap up the Hollywood thrills and take an indulgent view of what detractors call a butchery of their ancient history.
TC Animal Control Center sponsoring event March 24
The Colony Animal Control, Animal Mobile Medical Services and Paw Prints Pet Photography will be on hand at Kids Colony Park, 5151 N. Colony Blvd. from 1 to 4 p.m. March 24.
Mack Announces 2007 Congressional Art Competition
Congressman Connie Mack (FL-14) recently announced plans for the 2007 Congressional Art Competition. An Artistic Discovery is the official art competition sponsored annually by the Congressional Art Caucus.
Oregon Recreation Report
STOCKING SCHEDULE: South Willamette Watershed District: ODFW stocked Walter Wirth Lake and Walling Pond in Salem, Freeway Lakes, Waverly Lake, and Roaring River Park Pond with rainbow trout last week.
Microsoft Says Vista Sales Strong
More than 20 million copies of Windows Vista were sold globally in February 2007, the first month of sales since its widespread consumer release.
In Focus
Through the smell of chemicals and the clicking of cameras, 80 students at West Lafayette High School find one class a relief through the day. The photography class. “West Side is a highly academic and demanding school,” said photography teacher Tom Shafer.
Center for Digital Imaging Arts Opens New Campus in Washington, D.C.
The Washington Center for Digital Imaging Arts offers a unique approach to training in digital filmmaking, photography, 3D animation, and graphic and web design.
A baa, baa here, a cluck, cluck there: It’s Farm-City Week
A brother and sister took top honors in this year’s Voice of Agriculture Speech contest an event which signals the start of Farm City Week.
Photographers mix mediums in nature motif
Robert and Shana ParkeHarrison are not simply photographers. “It’s not photography and it’s not painting,” said Shana ParkeHarrison. “It’s made up of performance. It’s made up of puppetry. It’s made up of photography, sculpture and collages.” The married couple incorporates these various mediums in their pictures to communicate a naturalistic theme.
Kindred coeds
Mother, daughter and granddaughter attend college and take classes together.
Bluebird Society Conference to Feature Lectures, Art
The East Central Bluebird Society (ECIBS) will be hosting a major event for those who love Bluebirds and wilflife photography at the annual Spring Conference to be held at the Ballard Nature Center in Effingham on March 31 at 9:00 a.m.
Cattle Breeds: Missouri Junior Angus Association Members Earn Awards
Six Missouri youth have recently earned the National Junior Angus Associations (NJAA) Bronze and Silver Awards, according to James Fisher, director of activities and junior activities for the American Angus Association SM in Saint Joseph , Mo. The NJAA members who reached the Bronze and Silver levels are also active in the Missouri Junior Angus Association (MJAA) and include Shane Kinne, …
High-tech, offbeat views of the planet’s denizens
There is no way to overstate the spectacularness of the photography in Discovery Channel’s dazzling 11-hour nature documentary “Planet Earth.”
Boffins pave the way for DNA photography
Metamaterials make super lensesScientists working in the US have developed a lens that could one day allow people to take optical pictures of things as small as a molecule of DNA.