Candidtag Lets Photogs Earn Cash From Strangers Who Don’t Carry Cameras
Candidtag is a new service designed to make it easy to earn a little cash by photographing strangers you meet out in public. The idea is that there are people (e.g. tourists) out there who are too busy enjoying their lives to carry a camera around, but at the same time would like memories of...
7 Common Time Management Mistakes
So you work out of your home, and you’re wondering why the business isn’t as strong as it should be. Is your business really your top priority? While I love working out of my home and wouldn’t trade it for anything, you have to be disciplined to make sure everything works. Perhaps you feel overloaded,...
Mailman Photographs the Dogs That Want to Kill Him
Everyone knows that mail carriers and dogs don’t mix very well. San Diego mailman Ryan Bradford decided to document his encounters with the canine adversaries along his route using a disposable ISO 400, 35mm camera purchased from Rite Aid. The delightful photo essay that resulted, titled “All the Dogs Want to Kill Me“, shows dogs...
One year out from layoff, how are things going at planet5D HQ?
One year ago today, I was walking away from my 32 year long career as a software developer – not by choice mind you – my company had decided to ship many programming jobs overseas and they didn’t “need” me any more. It was a traumatic day to say the least. But the good news...
Models Know Best: What It Takes to Be A Great Photographer
Hi everyone. Scott here. Ever wonder what the models and athletes you’re shooting are thinking? No, the answer is not: nothing. Contrary to popular stereotype, most of these people are bright and driven and are working hard on their end of the camera. I know, it looks easy, but that’s the trick, the good ones...
The Windows, Doors, and Televisions of a 54-Story Apartment Building
For his project titled “Ponte City“, photographer Mikhael Subotzky photographed every door, window, and television set in a particular apartment building in Johannesburg. The photographs are then displayed on giant contact sheets, creating beautiful miniature apartment buildings out of photographs. You can view larger versions of each contact sheet on Subotzky’s website. Ponte City DWT...
Photos of Dogs Staring Out Car Windows
Photographer Martin Usborne shot a series of photographs of dogs patiently waiting in cars for their owners for his project “MUTE: the silence of dogs in cars“. He managed to capture their longing expressions quite well. Regarding the project, Usborne writes, The camera is the perfect tool for capturing a sense of silence and longing:...
Self-Portraits Found on the Internet Recreated as Paintings
Enda O’Donoghue finds photographs of people taking self-portraits through social networks and blogs, and recreates them as paintings after finding the owners and requesting permission. O’Donoghue tells us, The process of painting from these images is slow and methodical, firstly dissecting the image into sections on paper and then working over periods of weeks or...
Passport Photos of Apes in Cameroon
James Mollison‘s project James & Other Apes features an interesting series of ape portraits shot in Cameroon. While watching a nature program on primates I was struck by their facial similarity to our own. Humans are clearly different to animals, but the great apes inhabit that grey area between man and animal. I thought it...
Is Inspiration Killing Creativity?
“The reality is that it’s easier to be inspired than it is to create an original idea and we are hardwired to take the path of least resistance. It’s easier to jump onto a design inspiration gallery site than it is to sit down with a blank sheet of paper and a pencil. It’s easier...
Photojournalism Dead, Declares Former Magnum Head
Newspapers are fading. News media is in a limbo of redefinition. Now we can add photojournalism to that list of defunct media, said Neil Burgess, head of London-based photo agency NB Pictures. Burgess is also the former head of Network Photographers and Magnum Photos, and twice Chairman of World Press Photo, and has spent much...
