wow. canon firmware is hackable. new features include RAW file format, faster shutter speeds, live histogram display, a battery readout, and the ability to run scripted actions on a camera.
Tag: photography
Red Cameras
Sensors will range from 4.9 megapixels up to 261 megapixels and video resolution will range from 3000 lines to 28K lines (this goes beyond hivision also called ultra high definition 7680 × 4320 pixels)
Eyesore of the Month
suburbia in pictures
Salar de Uyuni
Over the last 10 years, Bolivia has begun using some of its extremes, like the vast otherworldly salt flats of the Salar de Uyuni, to its advantage. It’s become a booming hub of adventure and eco-tourism by appealing to the young and daring who are willing to exchange safety, comfort and convenience for thrills on the cheap.
Big Picture
Each entry tells a story through high-quality newswire images displayed at large sizes
by kogokiak.
2009-05-31:
Hello blog folks, it’s been a while. 1 year to be exact… 1 long crazy year. This time last year, I announced my project called The Big Picture, hoping, of course, that it would do well. It has really blown me away how well it has done. I will happily take some of the credit, but much of the success belongs to the photographers who consistently deliver amazing imagery that makes choosing and editing both a pleasure and a difficult task.
the state of the big picture
Shanghai PJ
The book, which is essentially about the look and style of Shanghai, features dozens and dozens of pictures of people wearing pyjamas outdoors, as well as close-ups of Chinese footwear, Shanghai shoppers, and futuristic looking motorcycle riders.
Pixel Perfect
the uncanny valley comes full circle
Pascal Dangin is the premier retoucher of fashion photographs. Art directors and admen call him when they want someone who looks less than great to look great, someone who looks great to look amazing, or someone who looks amazing already—whether by dint of DNA or M·A·C—to look, as is the mode, superhuman. (Christy Turlington, for the record, needs the least help.) In the March issue of Vogue Dangin tweaked 144 images: 107 advertisements (Estée Lauder, Gucci, Dior, etc.), 36 fashion pictures, and the cover, featuring Drew Barrymore. To keep track of his clients, he assigns 3-letter rubrics, like airport codes. Click on the current-jobs menu on his computer: AFR (Air France), AMX (American Express), BAL (Balenciaga), DSN (Disney), LUV (Louis Vuitton), TFY (Tiffany & Co.), VIC (Victoria’s Secret).
AR Photo Posing
Viewfinder not only enables photos to be placed in the right geolocation on a 3D model like Google Earth, but “poses” them at the correct angle.
i did this by hand last fall and i would not do it again.
Zurich Office
can’t wait to visit
PlanetEye
former ms research project, thousands of geotagged photos. no feeds though, lame.
Gregor J. Rothfuss 