Photography is important because it allows people to admire the most diverse situations recorded in a frozen moment. If you are thirsty to improve your photography skills, City Academy is a good choice.
Why Choose City Academy?
• Situated in Central London, it runs a wide range of evening and weekend photography classes.
• All tutors are industry professionals with rich teaching experience.
• Small class sizes mean you can be paid one-to-one attention.
• Online course materials are available for a small charge.
Our Photography Courses
• Introduction to Digital Photography, by James Ross on April 22nd. The course, either in the classroom or on London street for some shooting, is perfect for anyone new to digital photography.
• Fine Art Photography, by Georgia Metaxas on May 9th. You will be given projects and try out various techniques in a studio environment to create photos that express your personal ideas.
• Studio Lighting for Photography, by James Ross on June 29th. This course is designed to guide you through the science of studio lighting. Working in a studio environment, you will practice using flash lighting equipment.
• Documentary Photography, by Toby Glanville on July 3rd. The course, focused on photographing events or environments which are significant and relevant to historical events, will be perfect for photographers to produce a photo essay on a given theme in our classroom.
Special Offers
Any course above costs £295, but you can save 10% when you purchase two courses in the same booking. Save 20% when you buy three or more courses in the same booking.
The idea of climbing Everest disgusted me. The mountain came to represent the opposite of everything that I loved and respected about climbing. What had once been the final mountain climbing goal became the focus of a commercial guiding industry. Over the years, the crowds at Base Camp grew, leaving behind tons of trash. Whenever I was asked whether I'd climbed Everest, my answer was always the same: not interested.
That's probably where my personal Everest story would have ended, were it not for an old friend and his obsession (念念不忘) with one of the greatest mysteries. In 1999, Thom Pollard began to explore and found the remains of George Mallory, the celebrated British climber who disappeared while attempting to be the first to climb Everest. But Mallory's partner, Sandy Irvine - and the camera he had likely carried - were not found. The mountain climbing world has been wondering whether they might have reached the top in 1924.
Pollard's story moved me. I began to pack for the climb and expected that our advanced equipment would make it manageable, perhaps easy. I was wrong. On the highest point on the planet, I was more tired than I'd ever been in any climbing. Along the way, I continuously tipped my hat, not just to Mallory and Irvine but to anyone who has the drive to push himself or herself up this route. My search was in vain, but I began to reconsider Everest.
I witnessed many climbers, who were much more than just self-centered tourists. We shared route information, weather forecasts, and family photos - all united around common goals.
I went to Everest to seek Irvine. But in the end, I found something more difficult to get: the spirit that Irvine and Mallory shared. It was hiding in plain sight, right where it has always been: inside the brave souls who risk so much to follow in storied adventurers' footsteps up Everest.
Depending on the topic, people's opinions can change from moment to moment or last a lifetime. The factors that make one opinion long-lasting and another short-lived, however, are not always clear.
Past studies have shown that opinions based on hard facts and data can remain constant over time, but new research published in the journal Psychological Science finds that opinions based on feelings and emotions can also stand the test of time.
As part of their study, the researchers asked more than 1,000 people to what degree they believed opinions based on feelings or emotional reactions were more stable over time than those based on thinking and reasoned analysis. Only 15% expressed any belief that opinions based on emotion would be more stable over time.
To test the role that emotion plays in forming long-lasting opinions, the researchers conducted seven independent studies involving more than 20,000 participants in various real-world situations.
The first survey, which was conducted the day after Christmas, measured feelings about recently received gifts. The participants were given a list of adjectives (形容词) to describe their opinions toward their gifts. Adjectives like "worthwhile" were associated with a practical reaction to the gift, while words like "delightful" were more strongly associated with an emotional reaction. One month later, the participants completed a follow-up survey to test the endurance (持久性) of their opinions. The results showed that the stronger the positive emotional reaction, the more likely that opinion remained fixed one month later.
In the final test, participants read one of two messages about an imaginary sea animal. One message contained broad-ranging facts about the animal (low-emotion condition). The other message was about a swimmer's underwater interaction with the animal (high-emotion condition). The participants in the high-emotion condition showed significantly less change in their opinions across time.
"Emotionality is an unrecognized predictor (预测因子) of long-lasting opinions, said Andrew Luttrell, a researcher at Ball State University. "These findings are important for understanding why some opinions are so difficult to change as well as how to create opinions that stick. "
Cyberspace (网络空间) is constantly developing and presenting new opportunities, as the desire of businesses to quickly adopt new technologies, such as using the Internet to open new channels and adopting cloud services, provides vast opportunity. But, it also brings unexpected risks and unintended consequences that can have a potentially negative effect.
Hardly a day goes by without news of a new cyber threat. Unfortunately, businesses tend to misjudge how much risk they face from cyber-crimes and how quickly this risk can develop. For them, the commercial, reputational and financial risks that go with cyberspace presence are real and growing every day.
So all businesses need to do now is establish cyber security within their organization, right?
Establishing cyber security alone is not enough. Nowadays, it is not very difficult for attackers to break security and stop the overall business system. Preventive measures are not enough to stop them. With the advancement of technology, hackers (黑客) have been changing and developing. So business risk management should include risk resilience (复原力) so that businesses can respond to any damaging cyberspace activity. Cyber resilience helps businesses successfully recover to their pre-attack business processes and business operations.
Building cyber resilience is not easy. A key finding of an authentic cyber-resilience report is that no organisation can respond effectively on its own to the threats from cyberspace. Organisations must work together to share intelligence and resources. In this way, the quality, usability and authenticity of intelligence will be greatly improved.
Mindfulness refers to directing all of your attention and awareness to the present. It can be tough in today's fast-paced world to be mindful. However, if you're intentional about being more mindful during your everyday life, you can live with greater purpose and more happiness.
Whether you're talking with your partner, your children, or a colleague, mindful interactions are important. Stay present in the moment by listening carefully and thinking about how to respond to others in a more mindful manner. In other words, don't cut in while others are sharing their opinions.
Mindless eating is common in your everyday life. Practice becoming more mindful about how you fuel your body. Chew your food slowly and enjoy the taste fully. Notice your body's signals about when you're getting full.
Really focus on the sound, the shaking movement of each note, and the feelings that are stirred up within you, and other in — the — moment emotions.
Actually, there are many mindfulness exercises you can practice on a regular basis. Look for more opportunities around you. Your mind is likely to wander repeatedly. But, with practice and patience, you'll get better.
A. Seek to really hear the message.
B. You may not make it when you first start.
C. Instead, be anxious for a way to talk back.
D. Pay attention to each bite that you're taking.
E. You can also practice mindfulness when having a class.
F. After all, there are many things competing for your attention.
G. Another opportunity to practice is when you're listening to music.
The phone rang in my office. It was my father. "Did you feel that I 1you as a child?" he asked me.
"No," I said in a 2of honesty.
Dad was silent and then hung up. I sat there,3. But it was a relief to have finally told him the 4.
My father was an alcoholic. He abused me a lot. Growing up with him had never been a true 5for me. Even as an adult, I suffered from the emotional 6and never spoke to him.
Several weeks later, to my 7, he told me he was making 8attempts to stop drinking. At that moment, I realized that I couldn't 9problems between us and expect them just to disappear.
I tried to visit him. But deep in my heart, I was nervous. Would he 10me like before? He was really like a different person. But 11he was peaceful and polite, only one flash of the old Dad would make me want to12him.
In the following visits, he told me his 13, which made me understand his character. I learned Dad had had a difficult life, but he was trying to be a better person and 14my pain.
I began to 15him then, and it helped me open my heart and feel whole.
A young Tibetan boy (name) Dingzhen, has caught millions of people's hearts with his "clean eyes and pure smile."
About a few (month) ago, a photographer went to take pictures in Litang, a remote place in Sichuan province, and he accidentally (shoot) a video of Dingzhen. In the video, Dingzhen was seen walking in front of his home and smiling (shy) towards the camera.
The photographer posted the video on Douyin, and it soon spread rapidly, (gather) over two million likes and more than 100,000 comments. Some netizens (网民)even created a new phrase for Dingzhen-Sweet Wild Boy, means a boy with both sweet and wild looks.
After becoming an internet hit, Dingzhen served as the local tourism ambassador and filmed "The World of Dingzhen" to speak his hometown. The film soon brought into people's vision.
Dingzhen's outstanding (popular) has great significance that goes beyond an internet hit. Dingzhen's instant fame not only has changed his own life, but also brought (many) opportunities to his hometown's cultural and tourism development than ever.
1）表示歉意；
2）解释原因；
3）另约时间。
注意：1）词数80左右；
2）开头和结尾己给出，不计入总词数。
Dear David,
……
Yours,
Li Hua
"You guys will do great. I love you. "
I looked up at my mom, and she smiled at me. But I didn't want to get out of the car. The car door opened, and my sister jumped out. I knew I was supposed to follow her, but I was stuck in my seat. My sister was running towards the school and looked back quickly, keeping going. I kept looking at the door, hoping she would come back out and get me. She didn't come back.
My mom had told me that my sister would show me where to go. The day before, I had pictured it all in my head. I would follow her into school, and she would show me where to go. Following her would be easy, and I wouldn't be scared at all. Now how am I supposed to know what to do?
"I have to get to work. You're going to be okay," my mom told me as she looked towards the school. 1 followed her eyes and saw more kids than I had ever seen before. I jumped out of the car, closed the door behind me and took one last look at my mom.
There was no turning back now.
I started walking into my new school. The doors were too tall and heavy for me. Not knowing where to go, I headed to the only place that I knew in this new, unfamiliar school.
I walked nervously into my teacher's classroom. It was familiar to me since I was here a few short weeks ago for kindergarten orientation (迎新介绍). 1 could hear my heartbeat in my ears. As I looked around, there were no other kids in the classroom. Maybe I went to the wrong class or it wasn't the first day of school. I wanted to go home. 1 looked around the room. There was a wall of shelves filled with toys and board games.
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"Hi! Before eight o'clock, you can wait in the cafeteria or here if you want." came a familiar voice.
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As the day went on, I realized I had no reason to cry.
