Ringo Starr is best known as the rock star drummer of the Beatles, but he was also a passionate photographer who documented the life of one of history’s biggest bands first hand. The video above is a 9-minute short film titled “Ringo Starr: Photographer.” Made by portrait photographer Mark Seliger... more (link is external)
Want to make some realistic fake blood for a creepy Halloween photo shoot? Here’s a short video tutorial by HouseholdHacker (link is external) on how you can do so with household things in just a minute.
We all know Uncle Bob: the man, the myth, the photobombing, shot-blocking, wedding-wrecking legend! Turns out, when he purchased his first digital camera back in 2001, he also launched a blog!
For your enjoyment and inspiration, here are a few excerpts from the personal blog of Uncle Bob,... more (link is external)
We've already introduced you to David FitzSimmons, so the topic of his PIX 2015 talk shouldn't be a big surprise. The author of three photography-based children's books about creatures of the natural world spoke on the importance of introducing children to the natural world. Read more (link is external)
This past May, photographer Grant Mallory and his girlfriend Maria celebrated Maria’s college graduation by embarking on an epic road trip around the United States. Mallory wanted to capture each National Park’s scenic locations in a unique way, so he brought along an LED hula hoop and had Maria pose for light painting portraits.
“Although it took a lot of patience to get the shots, I am glad that we took the time to do it right,” Mallory tells... more (link is external)
picsbuffet (link is external) is a new visual image browsing system that lets you explore and search millions of photographs through an interface that feels like Google Maps.
Developed by researchers HTW Berlin, the service groups photo search results into multiple layers. The highest level is least specific,... more (link is external)
Want to see a super early example of a photo being faked through compositing? Look no further than this circa 1902 photo, titled “General Grant at City Point.” It appears to show General Ulysses S. Grant posing on a horse with a large number of soldiers in the background, but it’s actually the combination of three different photos.
If you want to view the color spectrum of a light source in your studio, there’s actually a super cheap and easy way to do so: an ordinary CD or DVD can do the trick. Simply allow the light to reflect from the surface of the disc into your eye — it acts as a diffraction grating, allowing you to see the different color bands in the light.
