Category: Photography

Application Photography

Horizon Shoots All Of Your Videos In Landscape, No Matter How You Hold Your Phone

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As reported on TechCrunch. by Greg Kumparak Good news! You just shot what might be the world’s funniest video ever. You’re going to be a friggin’ YouTube sensation. You’re totally going to hang out with Ellen. Bad news: you shot the video in portrait mode. Whoops! Now the entire Internet thinks you’re dumb. Horizon is an iOS app that auto-magically ensures that your videos are shot in landscape (read: widescreen) mode, no matter how you’re actually holding the phone.…

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Photography Space

Gemini Planet Imager photographs alien worlds in just a minute

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As reported on Engadget. BY JON FINGAS Although it has been possible to take direct photos of exoplanets for a few years, the technology involved has been low-resolution and slow — it can take up to an hour to get a crude shot of a dimly-lit world. It’s much easier with the recently launched Gemini Planet Imager (GPI), though. Scientists have released early images from the Chile-based instrument that took a mere minute to capture, and reveal more detail than…

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iPhone Photography

The Verge at work: making perfect pictures on your iPhone

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As reported on The Verge. By Jordan Oplinger  Create the ultimate mobile darkroom The Verge at Work is a series about process. We’re not scientists, and we’re not gurus, we’re just trying to get some work done. The solutions presented here are highly personal, and highly personalized. Not the only way, but our way. I’m in love with the photo-making process: from the click of the shutter to the final product, it’s magic to me. And although…

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Photography

What to Get the Smartphone Photographer in Your Life

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As reported on Wired. BY ROBERTO BALDWIN Who needs a fancy DSLR when you have your trusty smartphone with you at all times? It fits in your pocketand it can immediately distribute all the pictures you take across all your social networks. Everyone’s got a friend or family member that’s been pushing the camera-phone envelope — shooting at odd angles, messing with photo apps, and trying to create the perfect light painting. Here are the photo accessories for…

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Photography

The Amazing Classic Cars in These Vintage Shots Aren’t What You Think

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As reported on Wired. BY DAMON LAVRINC View as gallery   They’re scenes pulled straight out of a 1950s traveling brochure. Classic cars, trucks, buses, and trains set in period-specific backdrops of vintage Americana. But it’s not what you think. It’s a world of scale models and forced perspectives, all created with a cheap point-and-shoot and just the slightest touch of Photoshop. Michael Paul Smith is the first to admit he isn’t a professional photographer. “I…

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Photography

Giant X-Rays Reveal the Bare Bones of Planes, Cars, and M16 Machine Guns

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As reported on Wired. BY JAKOB SCHILLER Mini. Boeing 777. Tommy Gun. M16. Anschutz. Walther PPK. Spas-12. Walking robot. Robot face on. Robot crucifixion. Veasey’s studio. The outside of Veasey’s studio. View as gallery The best photographs work on multiple levels, capturing what’s happening on the surface while transcending two-dimensions to invite viewers to dig into whatever’s pictured. That’s literally the idea behind Nick Veasey’s x-ray photographs. He uses five x-ray machines to take probing photos that provide…

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Culture Economy Photography

Economic Collapse Seen Through Aerial Photos of Abandoned Mansions

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As seen on Wired. BY LYRA KILSTON Roma Hills homes and foreclosed Obsidian Mountain develpment, Ascaya lots beyond. Henderson, NV 2012. Empty lots in the Lake Las Vegas “guard-gated” community, Marseilles. Henderson, NV 2011. “Monaco” Lake Las Vegas homes on gated Grand Corniche Drive. Henderson, NV 2010. Barcelona homes and Lake Mead recreation area. Lake Las Vegas, Henderson, NV 2011. Barcelona homes and the edge of Lake Mead recreation area. Lake Las Vegas, Henderson, NV 2011.…

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Art Photography

Live Double Exposures Mash Up Beautiful Views and Ordinary Objects

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As reported on Wired. BY REBECCA HORNE Tent camera image on ground. Rooftop view of the Brooklyn Bridge. 2011. Tent camera image on ground. View of the Grand Canyon from Trailview Overlook, Grand Canyon National Park. 2012. Tent camera image on ground. Rooftop view of Lower Manhattan. 2010. Tent camera image on ground. View of sea stack. Ruby Beach. Olympic National Park. Washington. 2012. Tent camera image on ground. View of the Golden Gate Bridge From…

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Culture Photography

Awe-Inspiring Photos of Swirling Superstorms Belie Their Destructive Power

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As reported on Wired. BY JAKOB SCHILLER Kansas, 2009 South Dakota, 2010 Wyoming, 2010 Oklahoma, 2009 North Dakota, 2011 Wyoming, 2009 New Mexico, 2010 Wyoming, 2009 Texas, 2009 South Dakota, 2011 Minnesota, 2010 Colorado, 2010 View as gallery   Supercell thunderstorms are characterized by a cycling, cylindrical vortex of air that moves upward off the ground, which is also known as a mesocyclone. Not only does it sound badass, but it produces some of the most…

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Photography

STABiLGO Kickstarter Hopes To Take Its Action Sport Video Stabilizer To Market

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As reported on TechCrunch. by ELIZA BROOKE Watching GoPro footage makes it clear that there is basically nothing cooler than first-person action sport shots. And for those who are spending the day at the skate park, one Kickstarter project is hoping to take that genre of filming to the next level. STABiLGO is a handheld, motorized GoPro stabilizer that keeps the camera level and steady as you turn down a half-pipe or mountain. Creators Michael Boczon and…

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