Posts Tagged ‘ culture ’

Man Creates a Frankencam Using an iPhone and Canon SLR

2010/09/04
By Michael Zhang
Man Creates a Frankencam Using an iPhone and Canon SLR

For whatever reason, Vimeo user Aniebres decided to combine the bulkiness of an SLR camera with the lowly sensor of a phone camera. Taking an old Canon film SLR, he gutted it and created a space for his iPhone to snap into place. What’s sad is that the SLR acts as a completely useless...
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People Magazine Uses Photo without Permission, Receives Cake Invoice

2010/09/03
By Michael Zhang
People Magazine Uses Photo without Permission, Receives Cake Invoice

This is probably the strangest story you’ll read today. When Neil Berrett quit his job in 2009, he sent his boss a kindly written resignation letter written on a cake. The photo of Berrett and his cake become widely circulated, and received hundreds of thousands of views. Last month, Berrett received an email from...
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Cardboard Cameras by Kiel Johnson

2010/09/03
By Michael Zhang
Cardboard Cameras by Kiel Johnson

Kiel Johnson is an American sculptor and painter that creates a lot of his work using cardboard. Among his works are a collection of cardboard cameras that are extremely realistic (given that they’re cardboard, of course). Now all he needs to do is team up with some brilliant engineer that can help him figure...
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New 35mm Vivitar Camera Targets Really, Really Old People

2010/09/02
By Michael Zhang
New 35mm Vivitar Camera Targets Really, Really Old People

This is either marketing at its best or worst. Vivitar has a new site and infomercial for a plastic 35mm film camera for $10. Who would buy such a thing? Probably really, really old people who aren’t reading this blog. Check out the mind-boggling infomercial: The new camera has some groundbreaking features that Vivitar...
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Hipster Dinosaur Loves His Polaroid Instant Film

2010/09/01
By Michael Zhang
Hipster Dinosaur Loves His Polaroid Instant Film

Apparently there’s a series of hipster dinosaur coloring book photos going viral on the Interwebs. One of them (shown above) shows a T-Rex wearing hipster glasses and lamenting over the extinction of Polaroid’s classic instant film. BuzzFe...
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Opulent Coffee Table for Canon Photogs

2010/09/01
By Michael Zhang
Opulent Coffee Table for Canon Photogs

So this is how high-rollin’ Canon photographers roll. This coffee table is much easier to do now with those Canon lens coffee mugs, but the 1D bodies would still cost a pretty penny.Image credit: Photograph by Philip Kwong
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Guy Proposes with a Lensbaby to the Girl He Met through Flickr

2010/08/31
By Michael Zhang
Guy Proposes with a Lensbaby to the Girl He Met through Flickr

Now here’s a “photomantic” story: Andy met Kayla two years ago through Flickr when they were 2,300 miles apart. Andy just popped the question a few days ago, and hid the engagement ring inside his Lensbaby! In an announcement published on his blog, Andy writes, Today I proposed to my lovely fiancée Kayla. We...
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Fujifilm Vending Machine in Japan

2010/08/29
By Michael Zhang
Fujifilm Vending Machine in Japan

Check out this Fujifilm vending machine found in Japan by Lee Miller of The Other East. The thing sells 35mm and APS film, as well as disposable camera for snagging memories on the go. Have you seen any of these things outside of Japan?Image credit:...
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Why Some Women Have Perfect Smiles in Every Group Photo

2010/08/28
By Michael Zhang
Why Some Women Have Perfect Smiles in Every Group Photo

Pearls Before Swine has an interesting theory regarding why young women seem to always know when they’re being photographed, stick their heads together, and bust into picture perfect smiles. I guess that makes sense. (via Gizmodo)
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A Super Detailed and Completely Edible Nikon D200 Birthday Cake

2010/08/26
By Michael Zhang
A Super Detailed and Completely Edible Nikon D200 Birthday Cake

Check out this Nikon D200 birthday cake that Josh Weisberg (the guy who sparked the Canon lens mug craze) received from his friend Mia. Apparently everything you see on the cake is edible, including the printed labels, which are made of edible ink. Everything else solid-looking is made of sugar. Here’s a different Nikon...
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