Archive for the 'Photography' Category

I Have The Best Moustache

Thursday, October 4th, 2007

Ihavethebest.com functions to both entertain, and also become a creative tool in broadcasting talent, originality, and ultimately what is to be considered the best by exposing the great variety of interesting people, talent, and prized possessions that make up the world. Do you have what it takes to be the best…then Upload Yours!

400+ Tools for Photographers, Videobloggers, Podcasters & Musicians

Saturday, August 4th, 2007

400+ Tools for Photographers, Videobloggers, Podcasters & Musicians
Online media is exploding…and with it, a new class of creative people producing their own music, podcasts, professional-level photography and video shows. We’ve compiled the largest list so far of useful tools for self-made photographers, videobloggers, podcasters and musicians.
Wow.  It’ll take a month or more just to [...]

Linux.com | Hugin developer launches photographic distortion correction database

Friday, May 25th, 2007

Linux.com | Hugin developer launches photographic distortion correction database
The lead developer of the Hugin panorama-stitching application, Pablo d’Angelo, has proposed a new open database for collecting camera lens information that could be used to correct systematic distortion in photographs. The database would be populated by user-submitted calibration data and some data donated from a [...]

HOWTO – Tilt Shift Fakes

Thursday, May 10th, 2007

A great quick and dirty tutorial for doing tilt shift fakes.
Check it out

Free printable cardboard lens hoods

Monday, March 26th, 2007

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Free printable cardboard lens hoods
This site contains PDF documents that can be printed and cut out to make lens hoods for a variety of 35mm and digital SLR camera lenses. Lens hoods give better quality photographs by reducing flare caused by nonimageforming light.
Very cool idea.

youparklikeanasshole.com

Thursday, January 18th, 2007

youparklikeanasshole
Sick of a car taking up two spaces on the street? How about a car too close to yours? What about the car at the mall parked diagonally? Now you can do something about it. Simply download a notice and place it on the car’s windshield. The owner of the vehicle will be informed of [...]

STAPLES Hometown Views Photo Contest

Monday, January 15th, 2007

STAPLES® Hometown Views Photo Contest
Enter to win a photographer’s dream vacation!

Upload a picture highlighting what you love about your hometown.
40 finalists get their poster-size photos sold in local Staples® stores and receive royalties.
Plus, they get a $100 Staples Gift Card.
ALL entrants receive a FREE coupon good for a big color poster (12″ x 18″).

Good [...]

Hasselblad to release H3D at Photokina – Engadget

Tuesday, September 26th, 2006

Hasselblad to release H3D at Photokina – Engadget
[...] DSLR camera, and comes in two versions, starting at 22 megapixels and ranges as high as 39 megapixels.
Two versions make a range?
Oh, the camera looks cool too, but since it’s a Hasselblad, expect it to cost more then the average American makes in a year.

Flickr Passes 1/4 Billion Photos

Friday, September 22nd, 2006

Flickr
My first photo on Flickr was one in the Transaparent Screen meme, photo number 7,358,479. I can remember them passing 70 million just before Christmas of last year. I noticed that they were approaching 250 million million this morning. That was passed soon afterward.
See Also:
Media Culpa’s Entry

Naneu Pro Echo Messenger/Camera Bag Hands-On – Gizmodo

Saturday, September 9th, 2006

Naneu Pro Echo Messenger/Camera Bag Hands-On – Gizmodo
Naneu’s pretty good at making bags for all occasions as seen by their huge selection on their website. Their Naneu Pro u120 bag was pretty great, and we can say their Echo bag is definitely good as well.
Nice review of one Naneu camera bag. I’ve been eyeing [...]