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Archive - July 2011

This Picture Is Worth 6,329 Dots

Mona Lisa – 6,239 dot to dot drawing from Thomas Pavitte on Vimeo. Take a picture of the mona lisa, scrawl 6,329 dots to mark the outlines, where the starting point is, where the ending point is and every dot to...

Olympus E-P3 Review @ Trusted Reviews

“Image quality is the best we’ve yet seen from an Olympus PEN camera […] you won’t be disappointed.” We’ve added another Olympus PEN E-P3 [QuickPrice Check] review to our Reviews Matrix...

Will Faveous Change The Way We Social Network?

From zazapoule As its name implies, it’s a favorites aggregating and sharing site (social bookmarking site). Say you’re browsing on your mobile and see an interesting video but it’s way too large to...

This Picture Is Worth 350,000 Post-It Notes

From melissachanel The idea, like most good ideas, is simple: take a post-it note and write a love note. 5 months and 350,000 Post-It notes later, a work of art is born. At the cost of about $5 per 100, this picture...

Suiting Up A Nikon D2Xs DSLR For Space

How do you get a Nikon D2Xs ready for space flight? Stan Horaczek from PopPhoto finds out by talking directly to NASA. It’s a short interview but you learn interesting tidbits about the use of flash in the vacuum...

The Photography Classes of Jerome Liebling

James Estrin is a staff photographer at The Times and a co-editor of Lens, and studied under Jerome Liebling in the late ’70s. He found the lectures thrilling, yet frustrating because Liebling refused to teach about...

Using a Monopod For Smooth Video

deconstructing the story // a monopod tutorial from stillmotion on Vimeo. You’ve seen pro photographers use monopods when shooting sports. A monopod requires much less space than a tripod, helps hold up a large...

Panasonic Canada Announces FZ47 24x Superzoom

PANASONIC EXPANDS POPULAR FZ-SERIES SUPER-ZOOM LINE, WITH 24X OPTICAL ZOOM AND FULL HD-CAPABLE MODEL New Panasonic LUMIX FZ47 Digital Camera Packs a Powerful 24x Optical Zoom in High-Quality Leica Lens and Adds Creative...

Sony HX7V Review @ Imaging Resource

“The Sony HX7V does a very good job and has a longish zoom lens, making a good travel companion.” We’ve added a new Sony Cyber-Shot DSC-HX7V [QuickPrice Check] Review to our Reviews Matrix. Imaging...

Blurb Updates iPhone and iPad Apps with Story Stream

Blurb Mobile’s Story Stream Instantly Shares Your Personal Media Stories With Your Friends Blurb Mobile also introduces an enhanced and optimized version for the iPad San Francisco, Calif. — July 28, 2011 — Blurb, the...

War Is Personal: Photography’s Personal Cost

When are you just a photographer, doing your job, documenting the sufferings of the people around you? Photographers Don McCullin and Eugene Richards discuss what it means to them to be war photographers, witnessing the...

DCVIEWS Says Goodbye

Sebastian Pennings has decided that, after 10 years of serving its dedicated community of photographers, it was time to stop publishing. He cites Web-pollution and other lowering of standards in the quality of camera...

Lane Cutting Causes Accident, Recorded on Video

From goonerGT A BMW cuts between two cars on the highway and causes an accident, which is caught on video. Since we can’t see the BMW on the right, and the car videotaping must have been going really fast...

Walk The CN Tower, Outside, 365m Above The Ground

From CanadaLands It’s called EdgeWalk and it’s opening August 2011. For CAD $175, you strap on a harness, step out on the edge at the top of Toronto’s CN Tower, and walk around the 360° Restaurant...