I still have one or two posts from my photo session with that crab spider. However, last week I found a website that I think will end up being a bit of a time-sink, but in a good way.

I am talking about TED.com. Apparently the TED (which stands for Technology, Entertainment, Design) conference has been going on for years, and is some of the best thinkers of our time giving some of the most engaging talks I've ever heard.

The video here is the first one I found - purely by accident - that lead me to view some others on the TED.com website. It sure beats watching some of the other mindless videos out there.

I've always been interested in the way our senses work, in particular sight. That might be why I'm interested in photography - the idea of capturing a frozen image of what I see. But as my last post, even the tiniest changes can have a huge difference in the final photo. This discussion by Beau Lotto about some optical illusions spoke directly to me on multiple levels, but I thought it spoke very loudly to me about some of the challenges we face as photographers in trying to capture that image to show others exactly what we are seeing.

I've watched the video several times at this point, and each time I'm just as impressed with it. I continue to be amazed with the human senses and to feel a little overwhelmed at how daunting at task it actually is to make photographs in such a way that they portray what it was we were seeing through the viewfinder when we took the photo.

I've added the site to my RSS reader, and it looks like I've got a hundred items just there to watch, and I've already seen several topics that I'll probably be reposting here.

Enjoy the video.

Drop me a comment and let me know what you think.

- Bill