Why You Should Check All Your Layers Before Saving For Web
Here’s a Photoshop protip: before saving a final version of a photo for publishing on the web, make sure all the layers you want in the image are actually visible. Apparently some Photoshopper working for JCrew got careless with his layers, which led to the above catalog photo showing a model with transparent hair (in...
Sh*t Photographers Say: The Things You Always Hear Photographers Say
There’s an Internet meme called “Sh*t People Say” that has been spreading around the web like crazy recently, sparked by a new YouTube web series called “Sh*t Girls Say“. Here’s the photographer’s version.
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Cinemagraph of a Camera Lens Blinking
Photographer Scott Sexton created this cinemagraph showing the aperture blades in a Canon 50mm f/1.8 opening and closing. It’s like he made a cinemagraph of a cinemagraph being made. In other news, Kevin Burg and Jamie Beck — the American photographers credited with coining the term “cinemagraph” in 2011 — have published a stunning new...
Rémi Gaillard Photographs Cars Dressed as a Human Speed Camera
French humorist Rémi Gaillard created this lighthearted video showing what happens when you photograph speeding cars (and other vehicles) dressed as a human speed camera.
Fauxtographers React to Picnik’s Death
Here’s a humorous screenshot showing how some of the 3 million Picnik users on Facebook reacted to news of Google’s plans to shut down the image editing service. Our condolences to all the pro fauxtographers out there who were starting off their careers with Picnik — and to all their clients as well. (via You...
Photo of the Costa Concordia Shipwreck Captured from Space
Here’s a satellite photograph showing what the Costa Concordia disaster looks like from space. On January 13th the gigantic Italian cruise ship ran aground and partially sank, killing at least 13 people.
(via Boing Boing)
Kodak Saw The Future But Couldn’t Avoid Its Own
Here’s a video that’s fascinating in light of Kodak’s bankruptcy announcement today. It was created back in 2006 for the company by partners+napier, and was shown at the All Things Digital Conference in California before Kodak CEO Antonio Perez took the stage to talk about the company’s digital transformation. The predictions made in the video...
A 35-Foot-Long Camera That Exposes 6-Foot-Tall Negatives
For his project Vanishing Cultures, photographer Dennis Manarchy is traveling around the country documenting various cultures with a one-of-a-kind, 35-foot-long camera called “Eye of America”. Styled like an old fashioned large format camera, it’s so large that a person can work comfortably inside it. The negatives measure 6×4.5 feet, and are so large that windows...
Take a Virtual Stroll Inside B&H Using Google Street View
B&H is one of the most popular retailers in the photo world, but most customers haven’t set foot inside the physical superstore in New York City, one of the largest photo stores in the world. If you’ve been wondering what it looks like on the inside, you can take a virtual tour through Google Street...
Adobe Photoshop Cook: If Baking Was As Easy as Photo Editing
A clever little stop-motion video that shows what baking would be like if you could do it in Photoshop. Unlike with photos, it’d probably be wise to steer clear of the Burn Tool.
(via John Nack)
