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Two weeks ago, James created a nice post here on bokeh photography here in hongkiat and I got to be honest it is great and inspiring but it just can’t quench my thirst for more. So I went ahead and look for more. It is really amazing how these out … Continue reading »

If you are born around the 80′s, chances are this video game had been your favorite pass time, or maybe it still is. It’s been 23 years since world-renowned video game Street Fighter was released by Capcom. The series silently set the standards in fighting games genre and eventually became … Continue reading »

Attractive, visually appealing cover is probably one of the foremost step for a PS3 game company to persuade gamer for another good sale. Thus, the company must be putting a lot of effort in working their designers to create the most attractive and promising cover for their product. That’s why … Continue reading »

We’ve got some freebies for you! This week we are giving away 5 copies of ClassiPress premium WordPress themes to Hongkiat readers, courtesy of Appthemes. ClassiPress is a premium theme that turns the entire WordPress blog into a classified site. It takes care of the technology so you can focus … Continue reading »

I’m sure each and everyone of us were pretty excited when we first got our DSLR. I mean, who’s not right. And the next thing most of us will do is – start abusing the shutter and snapping non-stop. That’s just how we learn. Image credit Photography is a beautiful … Continue reading »

The approach of the word geek has changed significantly over time, and there are no longer a definitive definition. Words like dork, nerd, dweeb, spod, and gimp have the same connotations as geek, but a lot of people chose to give different meanings amongst these terms. Being address as a … Continue reading »

Let’s be open-minded, finger painting is no longer just child’s play. There are numerous online artists including some friends of mine who are designers love to use their iPhone and iPad to draw pictures. Thanks to some apps like Brushes, these artistes can upload their masterpieces directly online to social … Continue reading »

Contributed by: Sandesh Sethi If you design and develop WordPress theme, chances are you’ll have a local (localhost) copy in your machine for testing & debugging and preview purposes. Here’s a common mistake some of us may make – we tend to forget our admin password. If you’ve forgotten your … Continue reading »

Eco-friendly is in! With all the global warming issues threatening the world today, ‘going green‘ becomes the keyword as everyone around us scurry to do their part to save our planet. It shouldn’t be surprising to us to see that the world is moving towards the direction of environmental friendliness … Continue reading »

The word ‘bokeh’ derives from the Japanese for ‘blur’ or ‘haze’, and in photography describes the effect found in out-of-focus regions of images. Different lens designs, aperture shapes and sizes, and various depths of field have profound effects on the type and extent of bokeh produced in a photograph. Bokeh … Continue reading »

Drupal is a free and open source content management system (CMS). You can build a whole website using Drupal. You can create your own design (theme) for your website or you can download templates which are made for Drupal from the internet. There are hundreds of Drupal themes which you … Continue reading »

The color green holds positive connotations for most people and green logos are super popular at the moment. Green is a symbol for environmentalism and our love affair with green stretches back to ancient Egypt where the color was symbolic of resurrection and immortality (the god Osiris was supposedly green … Continue reading »

We’ve previously showcased some really cool paper sculpturing artwork; today we are going to show you another type of paper-related artwork. It is something we are all familiar with – Origami. Origami is an art of paper folding, and paper cranes are probably what we’ll thought of when it comes … Continue reading »

Apple sold more than 1 million copies of iPads in the first 3 months. This gadget is definitely more than just a larger version of iPhone or iPod touch. With 4x the screen of an iPhone, the iPad’s display is ideal for reading and for presentations. In today’s post, we’d … Continue reading »