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TEDxTelAviv Seeking Professional Photographer

maya — Sun, 17 Jan 2010 15:21:16 +0000

If the following is something you normally carry around,

Two Nikon D700 camera bodies
Nikkor AF-S 14-24mm f/2.8 G lens
Nikkor AF-S 24-70mm f/2.8 G lens
Nikkor AF-S 70-200mm f/2.8 G lens
Nikkor AF-S 50mm f/1.4 G lens
Batteries and charger for the D700s
Monopod
Tripod with ball head
R-Strap
Artic Butterfly sensor brush
Lens cleaning paper
Rocket Blower
Shootsac
WhiBal card
Compact Flash cards (mix of SanDisk 8GB and 4GB)

and if you never leave the house without:

Two Nikon SB900 speedlights
Orbis ring flash
Five Pocket Wizards and associated sync cords
Nikon TTL sync cord
Rechargeable AA batteries (8 sets of 4)
Maha 8 battery charger
Two lightweight stands
Two umbrella adapters
Two shoot through umbrellas
Two Super Clamps
CTO gels
Honl Speed Straps
Honl snoots
Honl grids
Gaffer tape

please contact us, we need you at TEDxTelAviv. And if you went this far down this check-list, you’d want to get James Duncan Davidson full story of shooting TED2009.

Elizabeth Gilbert On Nurturing Your Genius

natalie — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 16:09:36 +0000

“What is it specifically about creative ventures that seems to make us really nervous about each others mental health in the way that other careers kinda don’t…”

Writer Elizabeth Gilbert explores why is it that creativity and suffering must be linked? What is another way of exploring genius and nurturing our creativity? Like her book Eat, Love, Pray, this is a funny, personal and satisfying talk:

Daniel Libeskind’s 17 Words of Architectural Inspiration

natalie — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 14:53:04 +0000

Wonder, expression, optimism, raw, complexity…here architect Daniel Libeskind shares his bold vision for architecture.

And shines light on the field that he believes is about “carving out a space” that at its best “creates a space that never existed – a space that we never enter except in our minds and spirits.”

Inspiration for any creative pursuit!

Arthur Benjamin Talks Mathematics

natalie — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 09:40:01 +0000

“The world has changed from analog to digital – and it’s time for our mathematics curriculum to change too…”

In this short but powerful TEDTalk Mathematics Professor and Magician Arthur Benjamin proposes a bold alternative to Calculus as the “top of the mathematics curriculum pyramid”.

Discover it here:

The Science of Happiness

natalie — Sat, 20 Jun 2009 21:13:44 +0000

It seemed like a nice way to start the week, with two speakers focusing on happiness:

“Happiness is not just the absence of misery” is one of the findings Nancy Etcoff, the instructor of “The Science of Happiness” at Harvard Medical School, shares with us as she explores research and theories on happiness, pleasure and contentment.

And in one of the most popular TED talks of all time, “Happiness Expert” Dan Gilbert suggests that most of our assumptions about happiness are actually wrong. But don’t worry, we can still ’stumble’ on it.

Wishing you a happy start to the week!

Seth Godin Talks About Tribes & How To Change The World

natalie — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 08:12:33 +0000

“We are living through a change in the way ideas are spread and implemented” says marketer, author, blogger, entrepreneur Seth Godin. Here he entertains us with his latest topic of interest, Tribes. And challenges us to change the world, today. “You don’t need everyone. You just need a few people…”

We Don’t Want To Believe What We Know. Yann Arthus-Bertrand Captures The Human Impact on Earth

natalie — Sat, 06 Jun 2009 12:52:28 +0000

You’ve probably seen photographer Yann Arthus-Bertrand’s stunning work, “Earth from above” as it traveled around the world. Through this TEDtalk, Yann takes us beyond the image of a single beautiful photo. To show us the human impact on Earth. And to challenge us to start believing what we know.

You may also be interested in reading a TED interview with Yann, and perusing some of is latest projects: 6 billion others, and Home, his soon to be released movie.

Take Nothing, Do No Harm. Ray Anderson Talks Sustainable Commerce

maya — Wed, 20 May 2009 04:57:57 +0000

At his carpet company, Ray Anderson has increased sales and doubled profits by designing for sustainability. In this beautiful speech, Anderson talks about living in harmony with nature, about more happiness with less stuff, and ends with a poem written by Glenn Thomas, a company employee inspired by Anderson’s vision.

Tomorrow’s Child by Glenn Thomas

Without a name; an unseen face
and knowing not your time nor place
Tomorrow’s Child, though yet unborn,
I met you first last Tuesday morn.

A wise friend introduced us two,
and through his sobering point of view
I saw a day that you would see;
a day for you, but not for me

Knowing you has changed my thinking,
for I never had an inkling
That perhaps the things I do
might someday, somehow, threaten you

Tomorrow’s Child, my daughter-son
I’m afraid I’ve just begun
To think of you and of your good,
Though always having known I should.

Begin I will to weigh the cost
of what I squander; what is lost
If ever I forget that you
will someday come to live here too.