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This one is interesting–someone in the UK has been collecting photos found around the country there and posting them online in the hopes that the subjects will be able to reclaim the images.
New York photographer Vincent Laforet, who was already well-known but gained added national notoriety after directing the short film “Reverie” with a pre-release Canon 5D Mark II, has posted a sneak peek at a new …
Photographer David Bergman compiled a nearly 1.5 gigapixel panoramic shot of President Barack Obama’s inauguration, and zooming in to check out the incredible level of detail is–and we don’t say things like this lightly–almost as …
Making full-sized objects look miniature in photos has skyrocketed in popularity recently, and even those without the tilt-shift lenses you need to pull that off have been using Photoshop to create the effect. This Web …
In a brief video posted on the magazine’s Web site, National Geographic Editor in Chief Chris Johns shows some of his favorite photos published in 2008 and explains why he finds them captivating.
Photoshop Lady has aggregated 100 popular Photoshop tips from 2008, and while “popular” in this case is not completely synonymous with “professionally applicable,” they’re definitely worth glancing over.
I’m sure you’ve all heard about this: President-elect Barack Obama was walking out of the gym half-naked–which in some cultures is referred to as “wearing shorts”–and some photographer nabbed a bunch of shots of his …
Here’s a unique experiment: While working as a delivery driver in Southampton, England, Howard Stone discovered how to make his van backfire loudly, and then set up a camera to document people reacting to the …
Among the many “best photos of the year” slideshows gracing the Web this month, here’s a stunning assemblage of 40 that will have you studying your screen for quite a while.
Here’s a fantastic compilation of 50 “tilt-shift” photos–photos taken with a special lens that gives the appearance of an extremely limited depth of field, thus making things look miniature–as well as a few videos.
Check out this posting showing 23 photographs that look as though they were edited with Photoshop but, according to the site, are in fact unaltered.
Two photographers from the Netherlands–Ari Versluis and Ellie Uyttenbroek–have spent the past 14 years meticulously documenting different styles of dress from around the world, and they’ve compiled a dizzying array of hundreds of pictures on …
An amateur photographer who’s Canon 17-85mm EFS lens kicked the bucket decided to disassemble it piece by piece, and he snapped photos of the whole ordeal.
French/Vietnamese/American nature photographer Quang-Tuan Luong has made 20 photos he gathered during more than two decades of traveling the globe available for free download as wallpapers.
If you’ve never been to the Eiffel Tower, here’s a link that could inspire you to go check it out for yourself: Photographer Denis Gliksman has posted on his site a 360-degree panoramic view from …
You can never have too many options in the way of desktop photos, and one self-proclaimed “underground blog” that has figured that out is offering bird’s-eye views of locations like the Bahamas, Libya and Louisiana.
The full, hi-res version of Laforet’s short film “Reverie,” which was shot entirely with pre-production models of the Canon 5D Mark II is available on Canon’s Web site.
Check out this footage of a water balloon hitting a guy at 1000 frames per second. While we don’t know which camera this was shot with, that does happen to be the top filming speed …
Here’s an interesting idea: Using 640×480 video to create a physical flipbook to mail to friends and family.
If you’ve never wondered how to make a camera out of a Russian matchbox, we can assure you you’re not alone. Nonetheless, you never know when such an ability might come in handy.
Check out this sweet page where you can scroll around and get a full 360 degree view from the photographer’s perch just before the men’s 100 meter race in Beijing.
This is pretty unique. Check out the shots this photographer nabbed when a polar bear emerged from the snow and approached his huskies.
This link is sure to blow you out of your chair. While that may be a lame pun, we nonetheless highly recommend that you check out this incredible sequence showing the first several instants of …
Check out National Geographic’s gallery outlining some of the most important milestones in underwater photography, including the first underwater photos ever taken and a shot of a 10-foot sea nettle in the Arctic Ocean.
We just ran across this intriguing device that was developed last year, when, as you may or may not remember, the Transformers movie was a blockbuster of sorts.
The Chicago Tribune has a collection of endangered species that they recently published.
