Ford Wants to Turn Its Vehicles into Photography Assistants
Ford Motor Company has filed a patent under its Ford Global Technologies, LLC branch to turn future Ford automobiles into a photographer's assistant.
Ford Motor Company has filed a patent under its Ford Global Technologies, LLC branch to turn future Ford automobiles into a photographer's assistant.
Over in Europe, Ford has created special 'Camera Tracking Unit' cars for photographers to shoot publicity photos from. The cars are standard Ford cars that have been modified -- the back has been chopped off and turned into a rear-facing seat specifically for a photographer.
You've heard "don't drink and drive" and "don't use your phone while driving." Now there's a new warning, "don't like and drive," that warns against browsing Instagram photos while you're behind the wheel.
Ford recently shared a number of PSA photos on its official Instagram account with that message.
Chinese photographer Liu Bolin (AKA "The Invisible Man") has received quite a bit of attention over the past seven years for his self-portraits showing himself blending into various scenes with a carefully painted body rather than digital manipulation. His photographs have attracted the attention of Ford, which recently commissioned Liu to create a series of advertisements to promote the 2013 Ford Fusion.
This behind the scenes video shows photographer Dave Hill shooting a very complicated …