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ORE THAN JUST A COMMUNAL WORKSPACE, It’s a community of dream followers. Rather than “renters” Unita has MEMBERS who are an integral part of the space and the experience.
The Unita team has designed every aspect of the building and continually invite contributions from members, with a focus on attracting a diverse collection of people who are passionate about creativity, growth, and collaboration.
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An adaptive, sublimely modern space, perfectly suited for all kinds of events, public and private. It’s the ideal venue for art shows, conferences, business conventions, pop-up shops, classes of all kinds, or anything you can dream up!
F U L LY F U N C T I O N A L , A B S O LU T E LY T R A N S F O R M AT I V E
THE HEART OF EL SEGUNDO
A MULTI-MEDIA MECCA
A BOHEMIAN PARADISE
Just steps away from restaurants
Equipped with a photo studio
A two story, 4,000 square ft.
and bars, El Segundo Brewery,
(Cyclorama Wall), a 3D printer
open space plus outdoor patio.
and more. At only 3 miles from
makerlab, Sonos surround sound, a PA
Laid out on expanses of naturally
LAX Airport, it’s an ideal location
system, a projection wall and projector,
aged hardwood and sections of
for hosting international and
art hanging apparatuses, and more!
polished concrete. Tall white
out of state guests.
brick walls are capped by modern wood roofing adorned with sinuously exposed metal ventilation.
LOHAS This editorial reminds you of California but happened in Hong Kong. Duophotographers Grzegorz Bacinski & Izabella Chrobok captured self-styled alternative model Renata from Berlin in two famous places for photographers like Quarry Bay & Choi Hung. Style of Renata is strongly connected with street-wear and all clothes and accesories are vegan, promoting LOHAS. – Lifestyles of Health and Sustainability
Photographer: Grzegorz Bacinski | Instagram @eyes_dice | www.keyi.eu Photographer: Izabella Chrobok | Instagram @berlin_bunny_ | izabella-chrobok.com Model: Renata | Instagram @renata__ewa
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P HOTO PATCH Getting started with photography only requires a vision and a camera that fits you.
A picture’s worth a thousand words. It seems that every month, if not every week, different manufacturers are coming up with the latest digital cameras to entice potential clients. And it’s just not working for us! The constant coming-and-going of models, features, and layout makes for an everchanging and confusing marketplace. The system needs to be reduced, boiled down. Simply put: What makes a digital camera, the best digital camera? After incredible examination and testing, here are certain factors to consider when looking for the best digital camera.
The key point to find the best digital camera is to find one that will best fit you and your lifestyle. Don’t just buy the latest or the one that claims they are the best digital cameras out in the market. You wouldn’t want to buy a DSLR and use it with your home activities or family outing and have to lug it around?! Or you don’t want to buy the latest point and shoot camera when you’re serious about being a professional photographer.
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Megapixels One of the most important features of digital cameras is its mega pixel property. The higher the megapixels the better the actual photograph will come out. A megapixel is equivalent to one million pixels. The resolution of your image is based upon the megapixel property of your camera. LCD Size The best digital camera will always have a large LCD to help you frame your subject without having to squint to the viewfinder. This is also helpful when reviewing your images, some cameras enable touch up and editing features with its LCD. A 1.5-inch display is average, a 2-inch LCD display is good, but the best LCD size would be 2.5 inches or higher.
Zoom Most digital cameras have both digital and optical zoom. A higher optical zoom is always better than a higher digital zoom. Digital cameras are usually furnished with optical of between 3x to 10x. The better the optical zoom, the higher it climbs up to the best digital camera category.
Memory card Always make sure that your memory card is the right one for your digital camera. There are different types of memory card like the xD, SD, Flash card and the likes. And these types of memory cards go with certain types of digital cameras. Of course, memory storage is also up there in choosing the best digital cameras.
Earth, Wind, Fire, Water – these four elements are almost always in motion and can prove difficult to photograph, so we’ve compiled a few tips to help get you started.
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Photographer: Rohan Kumar | Instagram: @rohan.foto Model: Ansh Duggal | Instagram: @anshduggal
This editorial set is about the different suiting moods. The photographs were shot on a terrace to give an idea about personal styling and the kind of mood that he carries.
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E’S SPENT THE last 8 years educating others on the importance of digital applications, social influence and impacting younger generations with knowledge on entrepreneurship, culture and realizing their dreams. Ish has used his expertise to advise and complete projects for professional athletes, TV personalities, music professionals, and brands.
He continues to impact people globally with design, technology, and information to inspire others and improve intra-societal relations and standards. Ish is constantly looking for new ways to implement fashion design & digital media to cultivate & impact communities.
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For starters, Carrie is a proud black woman, young wife, a sister, a daughter, an activist, a dreamer, a Christian, and a future awardwinning actress + stuntwoman. Originally born in Richmond, VA – she has spent childhood years in Panama, Central America, Richmond, VA and surrounding cities/states on the East Coast and South. She does a lot of action acting and has trained in martial arts, stunts, and body movement in addition to theater. Growing up poor to a single parent teenage mother and moving from place to place in her early childhood, she didn’t let it her hold back. Her mother pushed to give Carrie and her sister the best she could at the time she could as she was learning life.
a child and picked up Mandarin, Chinese, French, Russian, and Latvian in her late teen and early adult years from immersion in these countries and the friendships she’s built internationally. After college, Carrie wanted to go into acting full-time, but listened to others on getting a “safe” job and took a corporate job and two years later, quit to commit to her dream, acting fulltime. She decided to take her acting career to the next level and moved to LA in Feb 2016 and it’s been the greatest decision thus far. After recently wrapping Marvel’s, Black Panther as a Dora Milije and appearing in Marvel’s, Luke Cage Season 2 and she’s still writing and working on more projects.
CARRIE BERNANS
Through her childhood, she performed in plays, danced in dance recitals, and competed in track and field throughout her early teenage years. She went on to run track at the University of Memphis, in Tennessee, a place she considers another hometown. After facing a serious injury, she decided to leave the possibility of the Olympics behind, left track, and took off studying abroad around the world for 2 years in Shanghai, China, Paris, France, London, England, and Berlin, Germany. This pushed her to learn new skills and new languages while constantly adapting to new culture. Carrie now speaks 6 different languages. She learned Spanish as
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THREE KEY ELEMENTS FOR IMPROVEMENT
Great communication is the key to great leadership. Think of any great leader in modern time: Gandhi, Martin Luther King, Jr, and John F. Kennedy come to mind immediately. In your organization you must be the leader who inspires the team to great heights. To get them to follow you, be sure they are listening to your values and your vision, and then establish the right environment for them to thrive and grow. Quality leaders don’t change their values over time or to achieve short-term success. Consistent core organizational value systems form the strong foundation for long-term success. A simple definition is that your values are the rules by which you play the game. A welldefined value system makes all decisions easier and encourages your team to go where you lead. I t ’ s e a s y to s ay yo u h ave a v i s i o n fo r yo u r b u s i n e s s . Therefore, the clearer the concept and the clearer (i.e., short and simple) the message is, the more likely you, and your team, can achieve the goal.
Your vision needs to answer three questions. And it must answer those three questions for everyone on the team. Oh acceptance apartments up sympathize astonished delightful. Waiting him new lasting towards. Continuing melancholy e s p e c i a l l y s o to . U n p l e a s i n g i m p o s s i b l e i n a t t a c h m e nt announcing so astonished. What ask leaf may nor upon door. Shape the right work environment and you’ll have loyal team members to lead. That means, you have to create a work environment that respects each person, appreciates them and rewards their effort, and encourages an openness to change. Make it a safe environment, one which encourages trying new ideas. When you unleash personal creativity, each team member has a stake in the outcome. It’s an environment that promotes growth at all levels. Combine all three elements and you have a formula for inspiring greatness and leading to breakthrough success. Do it now!
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ME R A TIONS Tetley USA is owned by The Tetley Group, an overseas subsidiary of Tata Tea. The group is in the worldwide branded and packaged tea business, and Tetley is the third-largest teabag brand in the world. The tea from Tetley’s is derived from Camillia sinensis, an evergreen tree of the Theaceae family by brothersJoseph and Edward Tetley. As Camillia sinensis is indigenous to China and parts of India, each culture has a claim to the discovery of this popular beverage. The Tata Group is one of India’s oldest, largest and most respected business conglomerates. The group’s businesses are spread over seven business sectors. It comprises 96 companies, operates on six continents and employs 350,000 people.
Just listen to 20-year-old New York singer, songwriter, entertainer, and activist Heather Brave. Her musical approach owes just as much to Jodi Picoult as it does to Christina Aguilera. For an idea of what you’re getting into with the songstress, think Regina Spektor writing on Oops!... I Did It Again — a marriage of widescreen pop palatability and handwritten honesty. Initially inspired by an obsession with The Wizard of Oz, Brave took the first step on her very own yellow brick road at the age of five when she donned a different Dorothy dress every day. After cutting her teeth in local theater, she began landing film and television roles by high school, but music resonated the loudest, especially as she discovered the likes of Ingrid Michaelson, Lily Allen, Kate Nash, and Vampire Weekend.
Kauai, most appropriately nicknamed the Garden Isle, is the Hawaiian vacation destination treasured for its lush tropical greenery and sparkling sand beaches. The tropical paradise of Kauai basks amidst the sparkling blue waters of the Pacific Ocean, about 20 minutes by air from Honolulu. Formed some six million years ago, the island encompasses roughly 550 square miles and is the oldest and northernmost of the eight major islands of the Hawaiian chain. For vacationers who want to avoid the crowds of Oahu and Maui and see Hawaii in a much more natural setting, Kauai is the perfect alternative. Visitors to the island worship not only its postcard-perfect beauty, but Kauai’s diversity of cultures, activities, shopping, and dining.
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EYOND SOCIAL HELPS forward thinking REALTORS® succeed in digital culture with products and services that bring active engagement.
Designing all products with the same psychology you use to show a home. It’s founders are originally REALTOR® thus providing the necessary experience to build services from a REALTOR® perspective, not just the photographers perspective.
SOCI AL Beyond social has developed a secret formula to contribute to the fresh feel, clean look, and “pop” for each curious homebuyer. Selling points are professionally highlighted by “real estate trained” photographers & videographers. Taking it a step beyond, we will quiz the homeowner for any features that should minimize that may be less.
Beyond Social has marketed over 1000+ homes marketed since founding in 2015. From photography to video services get more calls, more engagement, and a reputation for quality.