Fine art photographer Susan Burnstine came up with the idea of making her own cameras from a hodgepodge of common household and hardware store objects. She picked up an old magnifying glass, plastic, rubber, garbage bags, cinema foil, metal, vintage toy camera parts, and cardboard, among other items, to create lenses and cameras. Above is a picture of one of her cameras.
There's an increasingly overwhelming sense of frustration coming from the Gulf region, but this time, it's coming from photographers and journalists. Media access has been tough since the beginning of the oil spill, whether on land, on beaches, or in the air.
Canon debuted this concept camera at the Shanghai World Expo, revealing their plans for the future of photography. The …
Brothers Will and Matt Burrard-Lucas, the same UK-based duo who created a remote-control BeetleCam to photograph wildlife in Africa, decided to get up-close and personal with some of nature's less desirable creatures. The two originally noticed mosquito larvae in stagnant water sitting in the backyard of their home, and decided they'd found their next photo subjects. They patiently set up the photo shoot, waiting for key moment when the adult mosquitoes emerged from their larval state. It's fascinating how delicate and alien the pesky critter is up-close:
Their patience and planning went a long way, Will tells us:
We did a bit of research into their development and discovered that it takes about 1-2 weeks (depending on the temperature) for them to develop into the adult form. This gave us a good amount of time to devise a set up to photograph them as they emerged.
Over the course of about 14 days, we kept a keen eye on their development. We kept the larvae in a glass of distilled water indoors and covered it with perforated cling film - we didn't want to suffer any bites during the night! Once the larvae had turned into pupae, we knew they were close to hatching. We soon discovered that when one straightened out, we had about 5 minutes until they hatched.
The Economist is in hot water after running an extremely edited photograph of President Obama on a Louisiana beach. The cover photo shows Obama alone on the beach. But the original photo, taken by Reuters photographer Larry Downing, shows that Obama was, in fact, not alone at all.
The altered image crops out Admiral Thad W. Allen of the Coast Guard, but also goes an extra step to completely omit the presence of Charlotte Randolph, a Louisiana parish president (perhaps with Photoshop CS5's content-aware fill).
This is a huge problem because The Economist's omissions entirely change the tone of the image in order to make Obama appear alone, hanging his head, when in fact he is likely looking down at the beach while in conversation with the two people next to him. Additionally, according to journalism ethics, news photos should not be altered, especially to this extent.
Street artist BLU released a breathtaking new stop-motion graffiti video called …
It's pretty amazing how much work goes in to commercial food photography, even if it's a delivery pizza. Domino's Pizza has a short video showing the behind-the-scenes action during a pizza photo shoot, complete with food stylists, a pizza screwed to the table, and a hand model. But Domino's new ad movement is all about ditching the food embellishments and promising "natural" photos from now on -- photos of pizzas made by employees and untouched by food artists during the photo shoot. (Though we noticed they didn't promise to go easy on post-processing!)
Most camera rain covers can be a bit cumbersome, but this Japanese rain cover concept might take the hassle …
The replacement to Nikon’s COOLPIX S1000pj, which already has a unique projection mode to display …
According to Hoya founder Shigeru Yamanaka’s grandson, Yutaka Yamanaka, Hoya’s acquisition of Pentax may not have been the best business …
Earlier this month, the Daily Mail published some photos taken at a Dalston …
One major hitch when capturing video with a DSLR is that there aren’t many convenient or affordable options for …
Dermandar is a free flash-based web app that will automatically and seamlessly stitch …
Today at Google I/O, Sports Illustrated editor Terry McDonell showcased this demo of the HTML5 version of the magazine. Last December, SI released a mockup video of how their online version would look as an app, but this version is based on the web and can be viewed with laptop and tablet browsers. It looks like a print magazine layout, with fantastic spreads, photos, and fonts, but it also has a lot of unique multimedia features that are incorporated into the design.
Olympus' most recent E-PL1 commercial, PEN Giant, is stop-motion with a big picture -- or big pictures, literally. A total of 355 prints were made on billboards and shot again, all produced with the Olympus PEN.
Self-described creative technologist Thiago Avancini hacked this Atari 2600 joystick into a shutter release cable -- complete with an autofocus control for his Canon T2i. The controller is considerably larger than the average cable release or remote control, but it's a pretty nifty.
At just 3 years old, young photographer Ruby Ellenby captured the attention of her hometown last month …
Sony recently announced an interchangeable lens camcorder, but if you can’t stand the wait until it’s released, cheap …
Kodak made the surprising announcement today that their Chief Marketing Officer Jeffrey Hayzlett is resigning on May 28th to …
The tech war is on between Apple and Adobe, and it’s starting to sound political. What’s fairly interesting is …
New York City graffiti artist Poster Boy, Henry Matyjewicz, is famed for his rearrangement of subway advertisements into bizarre …
Today, the New York Times’ Lens blog posted the end result of a global photographic project. “ …
In 1998, this US Navy photo was published, showing a Nikonos camera no one recognized from the IPTC caption: …
Fans of Aaron Johnson’s webcomic, What the Duck can look sharp …
Here's a big reason not to use stock images in a political ad campaign - the model's "loyalty" can be bought.
The British government recently commissioned photographer Simon Roberts to create a public photo collaboration called The Election Project. In short, …
The freshly announced Canon CanoScan 9000F is designed with film-faithful photographers in mind.
This camera rig might not be the best to bring to a public photo shoot.
Hanson's new music video for their single, "Thinking 'Bout Somethin'" is really something -- and it's no MMMBop.
Filmmaker Kevin Shahinian of Pacific Pictures has a knack for unconventional wedding videos. In the past, he's turned one wedding flick into a thriller, starring the newlyweds.
Photojournalist Daniel Morel shot an iconic image of a shocked woman looking out from the rubble moments after last …
Country-pop darling Taylor Swift has joined the growing list of camera-toting celebrity spokespersons. Swift's partnership with Sony hit the limelight in January during CES2010, when Swift joined in the Sony press event to announce her use of Sony 3D technology during her current tour.
The New York Civil Liberties Union has teamed up with amateur photographer Antonio Musumeci in a lawsuit that challenges a …
It happens all the time, but does that make it acceptable? According to a court decision this week, what Current …
Verizon and HTC have recently unveiled the HTC Incredible phone, which runs on the …
Famed for his role as Harry Potter’s best pal Ron Weasley, actor Rupert Grint says he’s a bit of …
A banner on Andrew Romanoff’s Senate campaign website provoked a bit of an outrage from a minority group when …
Octopuses are known to be the most intelligent invertebrate, and this clever guy also seems to have an eye for pricey camera gear and a playful sense of humor.
Got an assignment? Hire an AP photographer! The AP announced a new program allowing outside sources to hire some of …
A divorced Long Island couple decided to share custody of their kids, but …
Video monitor maker SmallHD has just announced the DP-SLR, which they …
Apparently, there are plenty of people who find a traditional camera strap to be a (pardon the pun) pain in the neck.
Photojournalists Mary Chind of The Des Moines Register and Craig F. Walker of The Denver Post won Pulitzer Prizes this …
After building up anticipation by releasing sneak peeks at upcoming features such as Content-Aware Fill and …
Instructables member KoZuEst made his own remote …
Tom Petters, a former owner of Polaroid was sentenced yesterday to 50 years in prison for heading up a $3.65 …
The Digital Economy Bill has passed in the UK with a vote of 189 to 47. In spite its initial …
Earlier today, photographer Chase Jarvis announced his partnership with creativeLIVE, a free, live online class site. Each class presentations is filmed live, to an in-person audience in Seattle, and streamed on the creativeLIVE website.
A video released on WikiLeaks.org shows disturbing footage taken in 2007 from an …
Here's a nifty behind-the-scenes video by Nissan Canada for a car commercial shot using a 1/10 scale remote controlled car. In addition to using cranes and camera dollies, they mixed in a few Canon 5D Mark II DSLRs mounted on separate RC cars and a helicam.