What is blue? Is it a colour? Is it a feeling? Can you touch it? Seven Gizmodo readers demonstrate that it’s all these things and more for this week’s shooting challenge. Check out all the results below. Regular readers will see some familiar names, and we welcome all the first-time entrants too.
I love the abstract nature of this week’s shooting challenge theme. It invites a much wider range of responses than we’d get otherwise, and ‘humour’ is a perfect example. From childlike happiness to geeky sarcasm, these seven reader submissions are sure to get you at least smiling.
Google Maps and Street View are great for getting the lay of the land, but not so much for actually stopping to look around. Now Google Maps has added 3D photo tours of more than 15,000 popular sites around the world, like St Mark’s Basilica or the Colosseum.
There’s no better way to show others just how much of a nerd you are than to take a photo of something that screams science fiction. From scrap metal to flying cows, these 11 interpretations of this week’s shooting challenge theme will get you thinking…
Here’s a list of tips, advice, rules and other things to know about photography from Eric Kim, a street photographer who also holds photography workshop classes. I think the gist of it is to keep taking pictures always.
From little toys to big boys toys, the variety in this week’s shooting challenge results will blow your mind. Well, it blew mine. Some of you got your shots from toy shops, others pulled out old Lego minifigs, and some took the interpretation of this week’s theme into weird places. See all the results after the jump.
Great street photography takes a unique sensibility; such evocative snapshots often carry a kind of mystique with them. But professional camera wielder Markus Hartel made a video taking us right along for the ride, shooting on a rainy New York City evening.
Panoramas are fast becoming a popular kind of photography technique thanks to easy-to-use software now being included on smartphones. There’s something about seeing an extreme wide-angle shot that brings a shiver down my spine — something I felt looking at several of this week’s entries. Make sure you click on each image to see it in its full glory.
So Facebook’s buying Instagram. That might not be such a bad thing, but if you’re one of those who can’t stand any Facebook in her Instagram Cheerios, there’s a solution. Instaport.Me will let you export all your photos right now, to wherever you want.
Some of these images made my skin crawl. The balls are freaking me out. Click through to see all 14 interpretations of this week’s shooting challenge theme, and you’ll see what I mean. Now excuse me please while I go wash my hands.
