Top 5 Things I Learnt This Week…

Continuing from last week…

  1. High Key Photography – High-key lighting is a style of lighting for film, television, or photography that aims to reduce the lighting ratio present in the scene. Learnt this practically thanks to Pradeep Prakash. More details about High Key Lighting
  2. The Vestibular system is the sensory system that provides the leading contribution about movement and sense of balance. – Found this while searching for the name of one of my company’s products. Pretty amazing stuff!
  3. Its worthless to steal casino chips! – via this
  4. In television decisions on pronunciation are taken with a combination of (a) what is correct from the point of origin, with due consideration given to (b) consensus and (c) convention. – Wonderful writeup by Steve Dawson (via fox2mike)
  5. A Darwinian Theory of Beauty – Wonderful TED talk about how recogintion of beauty has been a significant part of our evolution.