"The Catch" is one of the most famous plays in American football history, and Walter Iooss Jr.'s photograph of Dwight Clark leaping into the air is one of the game's iconic images. Paul Lukas of Uni Watch has published an interesting analysis of the photograph and why it "works": …
Three years ago, an Illinois man named Michael Allison was arrested for videotaping police in public in accordance with the state's extremely strict wiretapping laws. He faced up to 75 years in prison for his crime, but a few months ago an Illinois judge ruled that the laws were unconstitutional and threw out the case. However, the State of Illinois is now appealing to the Supreme Court to have the dismissal overturned.
These photos might look like they were computer generated, but they're actually unmodified photographs. Ron Brinkmann took 6 mirror tiles and made a box with them with the help of some duct tape. He then placed a camera inside and triggered shots using the timer.
Japanese camera ads are sometimes very different from those you might see in the US. We're still trying to figure out whether this is a commercial for the Fujifilm X10 or a trailer for an upcoming horror movie...
Tired of using generic black lens caps? There's a new company called Blink that's trying to bring some color to the world of lens protection. It's currently trying to raise $55,000 through crowdfunding to manufacture a line of 58mm lens caps in 6 designs, which are designed to make people smile when they catch a glimpse of your camera. The caps are significantly more expensive than your standard lens cap though: you'll have to donate $25 to the campaign to land one of them.
Here's an old clip in which Steve Jobs talks about how he sees the world: …
Knowing how long to develop film for is easy if you use popular films and developers, but what if you want to use some obscure combination that isn't well documented? If that's you, check out the Photocritic Film Development Database. It's a simple service that outputs development times for 1440 different film/developer combinations. For combinations that aren't officially published, creator Haje Jan Kamps has come with a formula that estimates the time -- a formula that he says is surprisingly …
Here's an amazing time-lapse video that was made using time-lapse photography shot over six months in the beautiful state of Oregon. This interview quote by Ben Canales gives a glimpse into how much dedication this kind of project requires: …
Falling Apart is a series by Japanese photographer Yuya Takeda that consists of synthetic photographs of apartment buildings. It's reminiscent of Andreas Gursky's sweeping architectural photographs.
