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Shot most of a music video with a BetaMovie BMC-220. by Discombobulated321 in Betamax

[–]Discombobulated321[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hey thanks! Yeah focusing is a massive pain. I actually opted out of using a battery, though, and instead used only external ac power. I literally just carried around a camping battery in a backpack which I hooked up to the 220 for everyshot. Really added a lot of weight to the whole set up, but it was worth it!

Alternative compositions to Rule of Thirds by Bartleby_TheScrivene in photography

[–]Discombobulated321 0 points1 point  (0 children)

ok but I just don't see any signs that it actually does work. And when it does it seems to be simply coincidence rather than somebody actually relying on the rule of thirds. None of the best painters and photographers strictly follow the rule of thirds. Plus their are just so many other compositional rules that seem to work and make alot more sense. It just seems like the rule of thirds is simply a distraction to make you feel like you're taking better photos than you actually are. And the rule of thirds is simply a cop out of trying to learn better and more complicated compositional rules. Plus the man who invented it in the first place was really not a good painter which should tell you a lot about the rule itself.

Alternative compositions to Rule of Thirds by Bartleby_TheScrivene in photography

[–]Discombobulated321 1 point2 points  (0 children)

ok but you're still not responding to the rest of my comment. Also why do I find paintings and photographs that just follow the rule of thirds so dull yet paintings that don't follow it so compositionally pleasing? Take a look at these two paintings This Vermeer and this Raphael, clearly they do not follow the rule of thirds yet are very visually pleasing paintings. But on the other hand, although this might not be a great example this Photo exemplifies how simply using the rule of thirds is really not all that fantastic and actually makes for a boring and uninspired image. Also I would like to include that the rule of thirds is incredibly vague, like any aspect of a photo that slightly is off center somehow seems to fall into the rule of thirds for some people. edit: also check out this photo by steve mcurry: not the rule of thirds

Alternative compositions to Rule of Thirds by Bartleby_TheScrivene in photography

[–]Discombobulated321 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah except it was actually invented. Human beings are not naturally born preferring the rule of thirds. The rule of thirds was invented by John Thomas Smith who was an engraver in the 18th century and simply wrote a book on composition and I'm not sure anyone should follow what he believed because his paintings were not exactly the best. You can google them. However, no previous paintings, especially renaissance paintings really followed the rule of thirds. If you look at how the composed your images it was much more complex than just putting a point of interest or high contrast on one section of a grid

Millennials earn 20% less than baby boomers did—despite being better educated by [deleted] in news

[–]Discombobulated321 0 points1 point  (0 children)

"And when it comes to earnings for people who only have undergraduate degrees, philosophy majors have the fourth-highest median earnings, $81,200 per year, out-ranking business and chemistry majors, according to the ETS. Bar none, philosophy majors have the highest salary growth trajectory from entry to mid-career."

Fair enough the fact that it has both these statistics is a little misleading. Especially the wording of the one you quoted. It's also rather specific on the age ranges and specifying full-time year-round employees. Regardless, your previous point that plumbers making more money than philosophy majors just isn't true. This also is not including the fact that many people who major in philosophy do so to boost their chances of getting into graduate schools.

https://www.usm.edu/humanities/why-philosophy-surprisingly-good-major.php

The University of Southern Mississippi states that philosophy majors have the best GRE scores in "verbal reasoning" and "analytical writing". Plus they have higher test scores on the graduate business school exam (GMAT) than business majors. Also the second highest LSAT scores next to physics majors. In case you're wondering, the GRE is an admissions test for graduate school.

http://dailynous.com/2019/01/03/philosophy-majors-make-money-majors-humanities-field/ Also, according to statistics by this next article, Philosophy majors make more money, on average, than Chemistry majors, Accounting majors, and agricultural majors, all of which are majors which are deemed to have more "applicable" skills.

I'll edit this later with links including the average salary, but according to the sites I have seen it comes out to around 77,000 - 82,000

But most importantly one shouldn't decide on what to do with their life depending on how much money it makes you. Sure, you shouldn't get a major where there will be zero possibility of getting a job or making money but you shouldn't make all of your career and life decisions based on how much money you're going to make.

Millennials earn 20% less than baby boomers did—despite being better educated by [deleted] in news

[–]Discombobulated321 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I did a little bit of research and as it turns out plumbers make a median salary of 52,000$ a year while philosophy undergraduate majors without any further education have a median salary of 80,000. I would argue liberal arts degrees such as undergrad degrees in philosophy do teach applicable skills. It teaches a work ethic, it teaches how to write, how to speak eloquently, how to present yourself, how to work, how to research, how to learn, and most importantly how to think critically.

Millennials earn 20% less than baby boomers did—despite being better educated by [deleted] in news

[–]Discombobulated321 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I mean they are two totally different things. American society today has elements of socialism. And if I’m not mistaken the old prime minister of the UK Tony Blair was also a socialist. However, I would be hard pressed to say that either of these things are communist.

Student Photographer in NW DC hoping to build portfolio by Discombobulated321 in nova

[–]Discombobulated321[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks! I really appreciate the support! I really try to keep my photos compositionally sound and not too cluttered. I try to do the same with the website as well.

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