A Vincent Mounier Photography Blog
June 12, 2009 - One small step, maybe, but one giant leap
June 12, 2009
One might notice that out of an old habit, I still resist the notion of spilling my guts on the blog, probably because of a wise inherent fear of Uncle Sam's devious tendencies.
Today, nevertheless, is a brilliant day. After nearly two years of meeting sorrow, patience, hardship, sadness, distance, isolation, hope, joy, suffering, deception, failure, success, Triumph and Disaster, and treating all those impostors just the same, Marie and I finally get our reward in the ...
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Clifton, Third Beach revisited
June 10, 2009
On January 24, 2008, this beach saw the conclusion to a memorable day and the official beginning of a wonderful story. It will be revisited on a regular basis, just as we always go back to the places that became milestones in our lives.
It's a small parcel of sand framed between high walls splattered with rich houses, as many enclaves of wealth that turn into anonymous sanctuaries when daylight wanes and candles are lit. Picnics are a ritual, here, and the beach candles ...
Picking South African mussels at Misty Cliffs
June 7, 2009
This is a mere echo to Marie's February post, as I am slowly sorting through my own South Africa pictures. Misty Cliffs at low (and fast rising) tide is a very beautiful and desolate shoreline, its yellow rocks literally covered with mussels and colorful anemones. Later we spent a while looking into tidal pools further down the coast. Oh and the mussels were very good, too, even if a few were slightly sand-crunchy... ;-)
The truth that makes us tick
June 6, 2009
For as long as mankind has been called such, it has been blessed with many evolving gifts like curiosity, imagination, creativity and the ability to love. But more importantly, it has been plagued with two major evils, the thirst for power and a deeply rooted system of beliefs. While most people would probably argue that the former is responsible for most of the suffering we as a species have endured and still do, I propose the latter as the actual culprit. This post will ...
The movie Home is here but YouTube won't let you embed it!
June 5, 2009
Update: The movie director's message is simple. Yann Arthus-Bertrand says: "HOME has been made for you: share it! And act for the planet."
Yet in its infinite wisdom, YouTube, officially hosting it for the web, has managed to make embedding the movie impossible - at least for my location. What's up with that? Morons!
I AM pissed off!
Now I'm going to skip YouTube and wait for a theatre show or a DVD. YouTube ruined the impact. And I'll make sure to write t...
Following the ongoing AF447 crash investigation
June 4, 2009
Update: I decided the body of this entry didn't belong on the front page and moved it here instead (original entry). This is dark material and it is time for the blog to turn back towards the light. I am keeping the page up at its new location for two reasons:
1 - It serves as a first experiment of the Cover It Live system;
2 - I remain extremelly curious to find out what actually happened on board flight 447 and I assume others might, too. This is not morbid curiosity...
Andreas Gursky at the Vancouver Art Gallery
I was recently invited to a tourism event at the Vancouver Art Gallery revolving around the presentation of summer exhibits. The star of the show, occupying the entire first floor, is called "Vermeer, Rembrandt and the Golden Age of Dutch Art". It left me cold. I've never really liked Rembrandt and the paintings are too dark for my taste, even though a few were interesting from a lighting perspective (yes, I relate everything to photography...)
I was going to ...
AF447 - The Plane that Never Arrived
Note: The following post was initially set up as an open forum. I have since then closed it. Original content follows, with the later updates at the top.
Please contribute if you feel like it as long as it remains respectful, open-minded and positive. The purpose of all this, at this stage, is to find out what happened and learn from it rather than criticize or point accusing fingers. My most sincere condolences go to the families affected.
"L'instant d'après le vent s...
Cloud computing and the file sharing puzzle
May 31, 2009
The bottom line is this: when the time comes to send large files to someone out there, email has serious size and functionality limitations. But the cloud computing future is upon us and with it, multiple large-file sharing options have surfaced. The following is a review of the few I've investigated recently. Keep in mind that much of this stuff is still in beta and searching for its true identity. Promising but not quite there yet.
When it comes to sending large TIFF f...
Cogito, Ergo Zoom - An Evening Walk Along English Bay
May 31, 2009
With summer knocking at our door once more, evening walks along English Bay become more frequent. A few nights ago, I'd brought the tripod but decided to play with my lens' IS instead and these were all hand-held.
There are - and here I shall repeat myself shamelessly - very few places on Earth where the peace in the air is so tangible. With Stanley Park at my back and the bay stretching in front of me, a few sleeping giants at anchor offshore, sea birds flying by while ...