Camera hacks you can do with stuff found around your house. I always carry these with me on my shoots in case I have some extra time to play around with. If you own a camera, any camera, watch the… Read More ›
Photography
Top 5 Smartphone Cameras: The Blind Test
Comparing the 5 best smartphone cameras side by side. No cheating! Excellent way to see which phone camera you prefer. In the blind test I didn’t come close to choosing the iPhone.
Earth Between the Rings of Saturn
The spacecraft captured the view on April 12, 2017, at 10:41 p.m. PDT (1:41 a.m. EDT on April 13). Cassini was 870 million miles (1.4 billion kilometers) away from Earth when the image was taken. Although far too small to… Read More ›
More toys on cars
I linked to a Jaguar the other day which has 4,600 Hot Wheels cars stuck on it. Turns out that was not the first, as evidenced by the above photo from kirk.is taken in 2005.
How Marie Claire Stole My Photo
Companies use Instagram and other social media services to gain followers and ultimately sell their product or service. Typically a company will pay a photographer or a team of marketing professionals to create something they can publish. This is good… Read More ›
Epiphany 30 TV: no CGI, just paint and water
Step 1- watch the video above. Step 2- watch the video below to see how it was made. No CGI. Actual paint interacts with water, transforming and creating various shapes. A Phantom camera was mounted on the high-speed robot arm… Read More ›
Fairytale Prisoner by Choice
Everyone has an eye, whether or not we see ourselves as photographers. What we choose to photograph and how we frame subjects always reveals a little about how we perceive the world. For someone like Melania, media-trained, controlled and cloistered,… Read More ›
Astronomy Picture of the Day
Labeled top to bottom, the tiny pinpricks of light above bright Jupiter are Callisto, Europa, Ganymede, and Io. Closer and brighter, our own natural satellite appears to loom large. But Callisto, Ganymede, and Io are physically larger than Earth’s Moon,… Read More ›
My Dad’s Chair
My parents bought this chair and a matching couch not long after they were married in 1951. This was my dad’s chair. If you were sitting in it when he walked into the room he gave you the friendly thumb… Read More ›
National Parks 2050
What America’s National Parks will look like by 2050 if we fail to act against climate change… More at Hannah Rothstein. Good work.
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