February 2010

The Sandpit is a beautiful short film by Sam O'Hare that shows New York City in miniature using a shallow depth-of-field. In an interview on Aero Film, O'Hare says,

Online entertainer Ze Frank has an interesting gallery …

“Save Our Earth, Let’s Go Green”, an electron microscope photograph created by Harvard scientists, was recently …

It's amazing what simple photography and tons of time and dedication can produce. This stop motion video was created using 25,000 pieces of paper and a 10 foot wall.

Dean Blotto Gray of BLOTTO PHOTTO is the Burton Snowboards Principal Photographer. If there’s …

Back at the beginning of the year, Wired stirred up some fierce debate …

Here’s a photograph of paparazzi taken back in 1932. Looks like some things …

Showzey is a web app that helps you collect and organize your photographs from various places on the web in once place.

This isn’t related to photography, but it’s something that I’m working on, so I …

These glasses might look like typical geeky photo dad gear or something your eccentric uncle might wear, but if …

Underwater housing units for DSLR bodies can cost upwards of $1499 at most distributors. Waterproof cases for point-and-shoots already …

Fotobabble is a newly launched service that allows you to add a short audio clip to photographs via either your computer or iPhone (using their free application).

Here’s an amazing and unique project by Adam Voorhes, titled Exploded.

Here’s a neat idea I came across yesterday: tossing a coin to explore …

Yesterday we posted a mind-boggling video of water drops at 2000 fps. The above video is pretty …

Vans and the places where they were is an ongoing project started in 1996 …

There are some pretty amazing photographs of the Olympic games coming out of Vancouver these days. If you’re wondering …

There will one less millionaire paparazzo in the world. The first public photograph …

We've been seeing this idea floating around in concept cameras and new camera accessories, so it might be a coming trend in digital photography: detached LCD screens.

The vast range of the new Fujifilm camera lines might explain how Fujifilm, the imaging-specific company placed 19th …

One thing I love about photography and videography is that it often allows us to see things in different …

SanDisk just released its 64GB Ultra SDXC (extended capacity) memory card, the largest capacity for the Secure Digital format. It …

Last December an amateur photographer named Bob Patefield was in Accrington town center shooting photographs of the Christmas celebration when he and his friend were stopped by police for suspicious behavior. He and his friend refused to provide the police with personal details (since they were not obliged to), and were stopped a total of three times before Patefield was finally arrested. His friend complied, provided his personal information, and was released on the spot.

Despite what your eyes tell you, the above image is a photograph of a real person, not a painting.

PMA is off to a hot start down in Anaheim, Calif., with Sony announcing a new line of bodies and …

Today at PMA, Sigma announced a wide range of new lenses, including a prime 85mm f1.4. The rep at …

There’s no school like old school, Think Tank Photo’s newest line of bags …

I’m down in sunny Anaheim, California at the Photo Marketing Association (PMA) 2010 Sneak Peek. PMA is an international photo …

Even if you haven’t heard of Roger Hagadone, chances are you’ve seen his work …

In 1987, a PhD student at the University of Michigan named Thomas Knoll wrote a program on his Macintosh to display images, and named it Display. His brother John Knoll, an employee at Industrial Light and Magic, convinced him to turn it into an image editor. Taking a break from school, he worked on the software with his brother for six months in 1988, and renamed it ImagePro. In September 1988, Adobe decided to license the software, now called Photoshop.