In 2015, photographer David Gaberle walked over 2,200 miles (3,600 kilometers) through some of the world’s most metropolitan areas, photographing people in cities such as New York, Tokyo, Hong Kong, Shanghai... more
If you’re a fan of photography and LEGO, you should pay a visit to LEGO’s flagship UK store in London if you’re ever in the area. That location has the world’s first “Mosaic Maker,” a special photo booth that turns your portrait into a one-of-a-kind LEGO kit for building your face with blocks.
Still frame by CNET.
After sitting for a portrait, you’ll need to pay 99 (~$121) to have that photo turned into a boxed brick mosaic kit containing... more
Google was recently granted a patent it filed in 2013 that details a hat with a built-in camera system able to pair with a mobile device for the purpose of... more
Thursday, September 29, 2016. It’s 10:00 am and I have a meeting at Boulogne in the office of the White Dog agency. Everything starts with a good coffee and an announcement: “We are going to realize the new McPlace internal communication campaign for McDonald’s.”
While the day before I was still eating a Royal Cheese innocently, I am informed that we are going to make together a small step in the McDonald’s history.
Prisma is a wildly popular iOS and Android app that uses a mix of neural networks, artificial intelligence and cloud-based machine learning to apply a range of filter effects to photos and videos. The resulting images mimic styles of artists such as Munch or Picasso.
However, even though Prisma effects tend to be located at the more interesting end of the filter spectrum, there is a chance you won't quite find what you are... more
Snap’s IPO is complete and the 5-year-old tech company behind Snapchat is now officially a publicly traded corporation. Shares in Snap have exploded nearly 50% in the stock’s debut today, valuing the company at around $29 billion.
Shares (ticker symbol SNAP) were priced at $17 in the initial public offering, but high demand from investors has driven up the market capitalization of Snap to nearly 3 times what Twitter is worth (~$11 billion). Facebook, which owns Snap... more
40 years ago, Bob Khoury and Warren Steinberg started selling used photo equipment out of a showcase in an Atlanta, Georgia, flea market. Soon they moved to a brick and mortar store which, to incorporate their earlier experience, they called... more
I recently rediscovered an old photography technique that allows you to add surreal color to photos that show movement in the frame. The technique seems to be new in the digital domain, but the technique itself has been known since the early era of digital photography.
Prior to February 2006, if you wanted a camera with a long lens, you had to get something like this. But on the 14th of that month, Panasonic introduced the world's first compact travel zoom camera with optical image stabilization: the Lumix DMC-TZ1, which had a 10x 35-350mm equivalent lens. Where even relatively compact long-zooms like... more
The Canon Powershot G9 X II is the latest iteration of Canon's pocketable 1" sensor enthusiast compact. Featuring a 20MP BSI-CMOS sensor and 24-80mm equivalent F2-4.9 lens, the G9 X II may give up a bit of speed on the tele-end of its range, but makes up for it with its slender design that's great for keeping with you all the time. Check out our sample gallery to see... more
