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Cameras

Those Smiling Monkey Pictures Are Likely Public Domain

We can all breathe a sigh of relief as those macaque monkey pictures may belong in the public domain. Neither the photographer nor the news agency that published the images can claim a copyright because they did not create them.

June 2, 2011
Cameras

White House To Press Corp: Are You Happy Now?

The White House has finally decided how it will handle official photos now that it canned fake photo shoots. From now on, one and only one photographer will document a historic speech as it happens.

March 8, 2011
Software

Labelbox iOS App Adds The Final Touches To Your Photos

Labels can add a nice finishing touch to photographs. And the simple Labelbox app lets you easily choose among eight stylish label designs to slap onto any photos on your iOS device. It’s free and available now. [iTunes]

January 26, 2011
Cameras

Sometimes The Answer Is More Simple Than You Think

Did you look at this photo and assume, just like I did, that British-Canadian artist James Birkbeck used Photoshop to style himself as Vincent van Gogh? Often, the best trickery isn’t computer-generated, but achieved with everyday-objects: in this case, make-up.

December 30, 2010
Cameras

This Stunning Leica M9 Wraps Chrome In Ostrich Leather (Yes, Ostrich)

How do you make the beautiful, expensive Leica M9 even more beautiful and more expensive? Why, you add sapphire glass, chrome, and the tanned hide of a brown ostrich. Why does stunning always have to come at such a price?

November 21, 2010
Cameras

The World’s Coolest Grandma Is A 91-year-old Superhero

A photographer recently noticed that his 91-year-old Grandma was feeling lonely and depressed. So to cheer her up, he decided to take pictures of her as a superhero. After she saw them, she couldn’t stop smiling.

November 7, 2010
Cameras

Holding An Exploded Water Balloon

Edward Horsford has taken a series of high-speed pictures that captures a water balloon…without the balloon. The shots are snapped at the point of explosion, when the balloon skin breaks open. It looks like he’s somehow holding a ball of water.

October 27, 2010
Online

Eye-Fi View Quickly Shares Full-Resolution Photos With All Your Devices

newVideoPlayer( {"type":"video","player":"http://www.youtube.com/v/_Ogqplz7JtQ&hl=en&fs=1&hd=1","customParams":[] ,"width":500,"height":332.5,"ratio":0.615,"flashData":"","embedName":null,"objectId":null,"noEmbed":false,"source":"youtube","wrap":true,"agegate":false} ); In a hurry to share the full-resolution versions of your photos with several web-connected devices? Eye-Fi has a solution. Turns out that the company behind the wireless memory cards we know and love has a clever new photo-sharing service.

March 27, 2009

What Do You Think She’s Listening To?

I think she’s going to get some sand stuck in that thing.

December 19, 2008
Gadgets

Sony Is Shipping All This Stuff to CES

I can only imagine the resulting tower of unpacked boxes. [Sony Blog]

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