Tutorial: Photoshop for 70 basketball portraits in two days
Mon, 02/2/09 – 18:19 | 2 Comments

Photographer Dustin Snipes gives step-by-step instructions regarding the post-production work he did to achieve a sought-after look in the 70 basketball portraits he took in just two days during last year’s Cactus Classic in Arizona.

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Link of the day: UK site reunites lost photos with subjects
Tuesday, 24 Feb, 2009 – 8:25 | No Comment
Link of the day: UK site reunites lost photos with subjects

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.

Link of the day: New Vincent Laforet video
Thursday, 12 Feb, 2009 – 18:35 | No Comment
Link of the day: New Vincent Laforet video

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 …

Link of the day: 1.5 gigapixel photo of inauguration
Monday, 26 Jan, 2009 – 12:00 | One Comment
Link of the day: 1.5 gigapixel photo of inauguration

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 …

Link of the day: Web site tilt-shifts your photos
Tuesday, 20 Jan, 2009 – 15:00 | No Comment
Link of the day: Web site tilt-shifts your photos

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 …

Link of the day: National Geographic editor discusses favorite 2008 photos
Tuesday, 13 Jan, 2009 – 13:27 | No Comment
Link of the day: National Geographic editor discusses favorite 2008 photos

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.

Link of the day: 100 popular Photoshop tutorials from 2008
Monday, 29 Dec, 2008 – 17:04 | No Comment
Link of the day: 100 popular Photoshop tutorials from 2008

 
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.

The Curious Case of Barack Obama’s Christmas Pectoral Photos
Wednesday, 24 Dec, 2008 – 14:37 | No Comment
The Curious Case of Barack Obama’s Christmas Pectoral Photos

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 …

Link of the day: ‘Pavement Terror’ shows frightened Britons react to backfires
Tuesday, 23 Dec, 2008 – 18:18 | No Comment
Link of the day: ‘Pavement Terror’ shows frightened Britons react to backfires

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 …

Link of the day: 2008’s pictures of the year according to Boston.com
Thursday, 18 Dec, 2008 – 18:32 | No Comment
Link of the day: 2008’s pictures of the year according to Boston.com

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.

Link of the day: Incredible tilt-shift photography
Friday, 12 Dec, 2008 – 14:16 | No Comment
Link of the day: Incredible tilt-shift photography

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.

Link of the day: 23 photos that appear to have been ‘Photoshopped,’ but weren’t
Monday, 8 Dec, 2008 – 13:58 | One Comment
Link of the day: 23 photos that appear to have been ‘Photoshopped,’ but weren’t

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.

Link of the day: Check out thousands of portraits at Exactitudes
Wednesday, 3 Dec, 2008 – 15:20 | No Comment
Link of the day: Check out thousands of portraits at Exactitudes

 
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 …

Link of the day: Ever wonder what Canon lens innards look like?
Wednesday, 8 Oct, 2008 – 13:30 | No Comment
Link of the day: Ever wonder what Canon lens innards look like?

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.

Link of the day: 20 free wallpapers from nature photographer Quang-Tuan Luong
Tuesday, 7 Oct, 2008 – 12:33 | No Comment
Link of the day: 20 free wallpapers from nature photographer Quang-Tuan Luong

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.

Link of the day: Panoramic shot from the Eiffel Tower
Friday, 3 Oct, 2008 – 18:28 | No Comment
Link of the day: Panoramic shot from the Eiffel Tower

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 …

Link of the day: Satellite photo wallpapers
Wednesday, 1 Oct, 2008 – 18:32 | No Comment
Link of the day: Satellite photo wallpapers

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.

Link of the Day: Download Vincent Laforet’s HD video shot with the Canon 5D Mark II
Tuesday, 30 Sep, 2008 – 8:18 | 2 Comments
Link of the Day: Download Vincent Laforet’s HD video shot with the Canon 5D Mark II

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.

Link of the day: Video of water balloon striking at 1000 fps
Tuesday, 16 Sep, 2008 – 11:17 | No Comment
Link of the day: Video of water balloon striking at 1000 fps

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 …

Link of the day: Make a flip-book based on point-and-shoot video
Sunday, 14 Sep, 2008 – 12:21 | No Comment
Link of the day: Make a flip-book based on point-and-shoot video

Here’s an interesting idea: Using 640×480 video to create a physical flipbook to mail to friends and family.

Link of the day: 10 great camera hacks
Saturday, 30 Aug, 2008 – 17:34 | No Comment
Link of the day: 10 great camera hacks

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.

Link of the day: 360 photographer’s view at Olympic stadium
Tuesday, 19 Aug, 2008 – 0:01 | One Comment
Link of the day: 360 photographer’s view at Olympic stadium

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.

Link of the day: Polar bear encounter
Sunday, 17 Aug, 2008 – 12:48 | No Comment
Link of the day: Polar bear encounter

This is pretty unique. Check out the shots this photographer nabbed when a polar bear emerged from the snow and approached his huskies.

Link of the day: Atomic blast at one millionth of a second
Friday, 15 Aug, 2008 – 18:26 | No Comment
Link of the day: Atomic blast at one millionth of a second

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 …

Link of the day: Underwater photography milestones at National Geographic
Monday, 4 Aug, 2008 – 16:32 | No Comment
Link of the day: Underwater photography milestones at National Geographic

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.

Transformer cameras that will morph your mind
Tuesday, 15 Jul, 2008 – 17:27 | No Comment
Transformer cameras that will morph your mind

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.

Aerial photos that will blow your mind
Tuesday, 10 Jun, 2008 – 18:57 | No Comment
Aerial photos that will blow your mind

Look up… or down…

Abstract Polaroid Photography
Sunday, 1 Jun, 2008 – 19:48 | No Comment
Abstract Polaroid Photography

Who said Polaroids are dead?

Great Nature Photography
Wednesday, 28 May, 2008 – 0:58 | No Comment
Great Nature Photography

Here’s some wild shots for you.

Awesome photo slideshow
Tuesday, 27 May, 2008 – 14:20 | No Comment
Awesome photo slideshow

Check out this collection of images.

A slideshow of endangered species
Sunday, 25 May, 2008 – 14:32 | No Comment
A slideshow of endangered species

The Chicago Tribune has a collection of endangered species that they recently published.