Photographer’s Jackdaw Cyanotype Series Helped Her Cope with Grief
Photographer Deborah Parkin's beautiful Jackdaw photo series printed with the cyanotype method was a major factor in helping her cope with the death of her father.
This Guy Created a ‘Paper Prototype’ of the Ideal Nikon Z Mirrorless Camera
Matteo Bärtges over at the Instagram account BuildYourCamera has created a detailed paper mockup of his ideal Nikon Z camera, showing the world what he hopes Nikon is working on behind the scenes: a truly professional full-frame mirrorless camera that can compete with Canon and Sony.
Using Paper and Light to Capture Beautiful Abstract Macro Photography
There's no shortage of creative photography ideas that you can try while isolating, but we really like this one from the folks at Adaptalux. Using just some paper and light, they'll show you how you can capture beautiful abstract macro photography without leaving home.
Scientists: ‘Photon Ring’ Stacking Will Create Ultra-Sharp Black Hole Photos
The world's first photo of black hole was published back in April 2019, and scientists have been laboring to find ways to capture sharper images of the mysterious regions of spacetime. Scientists are now saying that focusing on a black hole's "photon ring" may lead to a huge increase in sharpness.
A Contrapposto Pose Makes Women Look More Attractive, Study Finds
Contrapposto, Italian for "counterpoise", is a type of pose used since ancient times in which a person stands with most of his or her weight on one foot so the shoulders and arms twist away from the same plane as the hips and legs. It seems artists of old were onto something, as a new study has found that contrapposto posing makes people look more attractive.
New Image Sensor Could Make Blown Highlights a Thing of the Past
German researchers have created a new high dynamic range (HDR) CMOS image sensor that features a new pixel design that could pretty much do away with blown highlights.
This Software Can Undistort Faces at the Edges of Wide-Angle Photos
If you've ever found yourself at the edges of a group photo captured with a wide-angle lens, you may have noticed some strange stretching, squishing, and/or skewing that distort your face. Researchers have now created software that can automatically fix these wide-angle face distortions without affecting other parts of the photo.
Samsung AI Can Turn a Single Portrait Into a Realistic Talking Head
There have been huge advancements in recent years in the area of AI "deepfakes", or fake photos or videos of humans created using neural networks. Fake videos of a person usually require a large number of photos of that individual, but Samsung has figured out how to create realistic talking heads from as little as a single portrait photo.
Fold Yourself This Paper Nikon Z7 and Nikkor Z 24-70mm
Can't wait to get your hands on the new Nikon Z Series full frame mirrorless camera? If you'd like to get a feel for the camera's size first, you can now fold yourself a paper version of the Nikon Z7 and Z 24-70mm lens.
Photo-a-Day Projects Improve Well-Being, Study Finds
Shooting a photo every day and then sharing it online improves your well-being. That's what scientists found after studying a group of people who have committed themselves to photo-a-day projects (often referred to as "Project365").
NVIDIA’s AI Can Magically Transfer One Photo’s Style to Another
NVIDIA has unveiled a new AI algorithm called FastPhotoStyle that can transfer the style from any photo to another photo, producing impressive, photo-realistic results seemingly by magic.
OK Go’s Latest Music Video Uses 567 Printers and a Ton of Paper
OK Go, a band known for its groundbreaking music videos, has just released a video for their new track "Obsession". It features 567 printers and a whole lot of paper in what they claim to be the world's first example of "paper mapping."
This Neural Network Enhances Phone Photos to ‘DSLR-Quality’
Want to turn your smartphone snapshots into DSLR-quality photos? A group of scientists in Switzerland is trying to help make that possible. They've created a neural network that aims to automatically enhance low-quality phone snapshots into "DSLR-quality photos."
Vintage Cameras Recreated by a Paper Artist
Korean artist Lee Ji-hee has recreated a selection of vintage cameras out of bright, colorful paper in some seriously advanced paper work.
This Olympus Camera Kit Was Made Entirely Out of Paper
Check out this Olympus OM-D E-M5 camera kit. At first glance it may look like it's ready to be used for a photo shoot, but every single item you see in the set was actually crafted entirely out of paper.
MOO’s New Cotton Business Card May Be Great for Photographers
MOO, the printer of high quality bespoke business cards, has just launched a new paper type that should get some photographers excited.
Mind-Bending Music Video Made with Paper Cutouts and Stop Motion
For their latest music video, the band Explosions in the Sky enlisted the help of filmmaker Hayley Morris to do something special. The resulting video is 3 minutes of psychedelic stop motion photography that is truly impressive.
Enhance! Google Uses AI to ‘Rebuild’ a Portrait from an 8×8-Pixel Image
How many times have you rolled your eyes at those "zoom... enhance... zoom in closer... I SAID ENHANCE!" scenes on television shows? Well, Google is attempting to unroll your eyes with a pair of neural networks that can intelligently "enhance" images using a source image that is just 64 pixels.
Paper Dolls: Recreating Iconic Fashion Looks with Paper Cutouts
The inspiration suddenly came to me while I was having a shower. I’ve always been highly interested in fashion shooting, but since the bar to entry of a great fashion photo is so fixated on the clothing, why not make them out of paper?
How to Turn a Piece of Paper Into a DIY $0.01 Flash Diffuser
If you ever need to soften your flash in a pinch, you can go the MacGyver route and fashion a diffuser for yourself using an ordinary piece of paper. They usually cost about $0.01 per sheet, so this is one of the cheapest diffusers you can make.