Mar 26
If you want to be a stand-out surf photographer, you’ll have to get into the water sooner or later. Morgan Maassen of Korduroy.TV explains the techniques and gear necessary to effectively ride the waves while capturing them on film. More »
Mar 26
“Mustang Wanted” is a crazy Ukrainian guy who loves having his photo taken as he dangles from buildings at preposterous heights. The resulting images will stop your heart. More »
Mar 26
Stop what you’re doing right now and start scrolling through this Tumblr of colorful images of planes and bridges and mats and packaging and other everyday items morphing into each other. It’s called I’m Google, an ongoing art project that finds beautiful patterns in otherwise benign and boring images Google Image search results. More »
Mar 25
This Lost Underwater Camera Was Incredibly Reunited with Its Owner After Six Years
Posted in: Today's Chili
Back in 2007, Lindy Scallan went to Hawaii for a vacation and took her camera along. After putting the camera in its underwater housing, she went scuba diving but unfortunately lost her camera. Thinking it was gone forever, the camera was incredibly found thousands of mile away in Taiwan six years later. The pictures she took from that 2007 vacation are still on the camera. More »
Mar 25
Google is now offering the Nik Collection for the super-discounted price of $149, a big drop from the previous $499 price tag. The Collection by Google bundle includes all of the Nik desktop plugins. In addition, the company is also offering some other perks and convenience features to sweeten the deal, including a single-installer for all supported software.
The Nik Collection by Google is comprised of the following plugins: Viveza 2, Dfine 2.0, HDR Efex Pro 2, Color Efect Pro 4 Complete Edition, Sharpener Pro 3.0, and Silver Efex Pro 2. The plugins can be used with Apple Aperture, Adobe Lightroom, Adobe Photoshop and Adobe Photoshop Elements, among others.
The folks over at DPReview spoke to Google’s Product Manager Josh Haftel, who is quoted as having said, “We definitely plan to continue developing and evolving the software. This is our first release and by bringing this under the Google brand, we hope to show our commitment not only to Nik users, but to the photography community at large.” He also stated that the Nik Collection’s only difference over the previous versions is the Google brand and one-to-control-them-all installer.
The deal gets a little sweeter for those who have already previously invested in one or more of the Nik plugins, with Google offering free downloads to previous customers. Those who bought one or more of the plugins within the last half decade can get the Nik Collection for free, while those who bought one or more plugins after February 22, 2013, having spent more than $149, will get a refund for the difference.
[via DPReview]
Google drops Nik plugin collection to $149 is written by Brittany Hillen & originally posted on SlashGear.
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Mar 25
What do you think the most popular filter on Instagram is? Valencia for a little fade? Kelvin for photographical equivalent of spray on tans? Maybe Earlybird? Can #NoFilter be considered a filter? But even more than filter popularity, what do using specific filters say about you? This infographic explains. More »
Mar 25
One side of this picture is a real photograph, the other side is CGI. With CGI getting better and better, it’s almost becoming undistinguishable with real life. Which side do you think is real? The right or the left? More »
Mar 23
Pictures speak a thousand words. A couple more hundred, if they’re really good. When arranged one after the other chronologically, you could even use them to tell your life’s story. Doing so, however, will take a lot of time and patience that you may not have.
Lucky for you, you can get Picturelife to do it all for you.
Picturelife is an app that you can use to sync all your photos from various social networking platforms to your computer. The app can grab images from numerous popular sites including Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, Flickr, and Dropbox. After the images are synced, organized and de-duped, you can access and browse through all your life’s shots on your desktop, browser, or on your mobile device via their iOS and Android apps.
Memories are free to make. Unfortunately, they may not be free to organize in this case, because you’ll have to purchase a storage plan in order to start using Picturelife to back up your pictures – unless your life can be summed up in less than about 1700 photos (or 5GB.)
[via Laughing Squid]
Mar 22
With the Fuji XP200 you’ll be blasting forth with so much ruggedness in a camera so compact that you’ll want immediately to jump out of your front door into a puddle full of rocks to test it out. This camera works with a 16 megapixel 1/2.3-inch CMOS sensor able to run up to ISO 6400 and has wifi connectivity so you’re all ready for instant uploads galore. And yes, you can toss it down a flight of stairs, too.
The XP200 has waterproofing down to 15 meters below the surface of the sea, is resistant to cold temperatures – down to negative 10 degrees celsius, and will take on drops of up to 2 meters if you like. This beast is shockproof, dustproof, and is ready to roll out with the rest of your beastly rugged gadgets with the newest in fashionable beast-mode aesthetics. That means it looks nice, too.
The lens is one you’ll also find to work with 5x zoom, that is 28-140mm range, and there’s a lovely dedicated Burst Mode ready for your snappage as well. The back of this device also contains a 3-inch LCD display on the back so you’ll be able to see what you’re doing, and you’ll be able to take some slo-mo video as well. Video can be captured with this camera at Full HD 1080p at 60fps – and you can capture at 360fps as well if you want to go… so… super… slow.
This fabulous little monster will be available for 229 pounds in England starting at the end of April, and we’ll likely see it in the USA as well – soon and very soon! Have a peek at the timeline below of Fujifilm bits and pieces to put the whole puzzle together. And start shooting now!
[via T3]
Fujifilm XP200 revealed with ultra-compact hardcore capabilities is written by Chris Burns & originally posted on SlashGear.
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Mar 22
Your smartphone’s LED flash is better than nothing if you find yourself needing to take a photo in the dark. But the results are usually harsh and uneven. So if you find yourself in need of better lowlight shots but refuse to buy a real camera, the Pocket Spotlight is a reasonable compromise. More »
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