May 25, 2011

After Space Shuttle Endeavour launched on its final mission, a woman named Stefanie Gordon snapped a photograph of it from her Delta airlines seat using her iPhone, sharing it with friends and family through TwitPic. Though it quickly went viral, and was shared all over the media, Gordon was only paid by five media organizations for licensing rights to the photo. The Red Tape blog over on MSNBC wrote a great post a couple days ago bringing the issue of copyright infringement to the public's …

If you've ever found folding up a reflector to be difficult, here's a short and sweet video tutorial on how to make it fit back into its bag.

If you're planning to try your hand at solargraphy, it might be a good idea to label the pinhole camera before placing it out in public -- when one was spotted at Central Washington University, it was reported as a bomb and caused part of the campus to be shut down for four hours! …

A little boy named Miles was documenting a sledding adventure with his little sister when his new camera slipped out of his hands and disappeared into the snow. As his life flashed before his eyes, the camera kept rolling and recorded the mega-cuteness that ensued.

The P.90 is a limited edition pinhole camera by Kurt Mottweiler, an Oregon-based builder of wooden cameras. It's constructed using Cherry wood and brass, has a tripod adapter on the bottom, and is loaded with 120 roll film.

Things aren't going very well for Sigma these days -- just days after the world balked at the $9,700 price tag it's attaching to the upcoming SD1 DSLR, Nikon is announcing that it's suing Sigma for $150 million over the vibration reduction technology found in Sigma DSLR lenses. Furthermore, it's demanding that Sigma put a halt to the manufacturing and sale of lenses that infringe on the VR patents, which might be a large number of OS (Optical Stabilization) lenses.

Here's a great video lesson by Greg Cazillo on understanding and using image histograms to improve your photography.

Here's an idea for a quick photo activity (perhaps on a rainy day?): pick a random color, walk around your house and collect things that match that color, neatly arrange them, then take a picture.

The superheroes that line Hollywood Boulevard for tourist pictures may have a tiny taste of stardom while on the job, but what are their lives like when they put down their masks and capes? For his project "Super Heroes", photographer Gregg Segal followed a number of superheroes home to document their not-so-super lives when not on the job.