A song of AIs and fire

The televisual adaption of Game of Thrones wrapped up a few weeks ago, so I hope I can safely share some thoughts with spoilering. That said, if you haven’t seen the final season, and you plan to, please read no further! There has been much wailing and gnashing of teeth about…

Atom editor is now faster

The Atom Team improved a few of Atom’s most common features—they’re now dramatically faster and ready to help you be even more productive. Fuzzy Finder The fuzzy finder is one of the most popular features in Atom, and it’s used by nearly every user to quickly open files…

Worlding Raga 6: World To Live

In a few weeks I’m going to become a dad. I’ve been feeling a new urgency to imagine what life might be like for a person born native to this weird atemporal era. But what that really means remains speculative until, well, she arrives. So in anticipation for this new world o…

Up in the Trees

Amongst much fine work on his website and Instagram, Manuelo Bececco’s photos of forest canopies are my favorites. And did you notice the crown shyness in the first photo? Crown shyness, a phenomenon where the leaves and branches of individual trees don’t touch those of…

Comparing Video Color Science: Sony vs. Fujifilm Mirrorless Cameras

Still not decided which between Sony and Fujifilm mirrorless cameras to go for in terms of colors, especially if you like shooting videos on the side? Max Yuryev has done a quick video that should help you decide. In his color science comparison, he put the Sony A6400 and the Fu…

nikitonsky is being grumpy

nikitonsky: Had a blast trying to clean up an old Windows 8 laptop. “It will not take a long time”—Microsoft words, not mine. Reinstall Windows: “Do you want to reformat the whole drive?” YES “Not enough space :( Need 5 more Gb!” You are going to remove everything…

100 Fun Facts About Language

To celebrate their 100th episode, The Allusionist podcast shared 100 Things We’ve Learned About Language from The Allusionist (transcript). Here are a few of my favorites from the list: 3. ‘Girl’ could originally be used to refer to a child of any gender — it didn’t s…

The Datacolor SpyderX Tool Kits Could Be Essential for Photographers

Photographers that are of a particular skill set above the typical amateur are going to want to pay attention to the new Datacolor SpyderX tool kits being announced today. Besides including their much improved SpiderX Elit calibration uni, they're also assisting higher end photo…

Four short links: 18 June 2019

JavaScript Spreadsheets, Pessimism, Privacy Policies, and AI Ethics jExcel -- a lightweight vanilla JavaScript plugin to create amazing web-based interactive tables and spreadsheets compatible with Excel or any other spreadsheet software. You can create an online spreadsheet…

The Lensbaby OMNI Creative Filter System is One the Coolest Things

If you're fond of shooting with all sorts of objects to create special effects, Lensbaby has something to help make things easier for you. Say hello to the newly released OMNI Creative Filter System, which promises to be a unique professional tool that you can use with your curr…

Review: Lensbaby OMNI Creative Filter System (That Extra Pop We Need)

Any photographers that have experience shooting through objects like prisms, crystals, and mirrors to create unique effects in-camera will tell you that the results are often unpredictable. The process of using these optical modifiers can also be rather bothersome since you have…

Dance With Closed Eyes Shows The Power of Those With Perceived Limitations

“Sometimes art can change how people see the world but I want to change how the world sees people.” Those are the powerful words of Tatiana Ilina, a documentary photographer based in New York. Through her imagery, she is passionate about giving a voice to the voiceless - shi…

Review: Fotopro EGL-65 Carbon Eagle Series Tripod (E-6H Gimbal Head)

When we go to buy cameras and lenses we barely bat an eye when it comes to dropping over four figures on new gear, but when we think about buying accessories such as tripods, the thought of spending that much probably sends shivers down ones spine. At the end of the day though y…

Beautiful Maps of the Solar System’s Asteroids and the Topography of Mercury

Remember how last week I told you about Eleanor Lutz’s An Atlas of Space? Over the past year and a half I’ve been working on a collection of ten maps on planets, moons, and outer space. To name a few, I’ve made an animated map of the seasons on Earth, a map of Mars geolog…

Cheap Photo: Movavi DeNoise Can Clean up Your Images Fast! Only $14!

Are you tired of your low light photography looking like Swiss cheese? Do you wish you could push your ISO even higher than normal so you can shoot in really low light conditions without having to worry about noise in your pictures? If so, Movavi Photo DeNoise could be exactly w…

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SPINN.DESIGN Approaches Camera Straps in a New Way

Camera straps are something we all need, and quite honestly they are something most of us never really put much thought in to. We often grab the first strap that comes in to sight, and we then mumble, and complain for the rest of the day about how uncomfortable they strap is, or…

That’s My Jazz

That’s My Jazz is a short documentary by Ben Proudfoot about world class pastry chef Milton Abel II, who reminisces about his father, Milton Abel Sr., a world class Kansas City jazz musician. The film is a tender and moving rumination on their relationship and the balance b…

The Apollo 11 Mission in Realtime

Well, this is just flat-out fantastic. Ben Feist and a team of collaborators have built Apollo 11 In Real Time, an interactive presentation of the first mission to land on the Moon as it happened. This website replays the Apollo 11 mission as it happened, 50 years ago. It con…

HyperCube Automatically Backs Up Your Smartphone Pics While Charging

With running out of storage space in our smartphones and tablets being a common problem, there's now a tiny device designed to address just that -- all while you charge your device. Called the HyperCube, it's the latest offering that HYPER by Sanho Corporation dropped on Kicksta…

The Best Books of 2019 (So Far)

It started in mid-April, barely 3 and 1/2 months into the year. To hit expectant readers before Memorial Day with suggestions for beach reads, summer reads, roadtrip reads, and just plain read reads, publications started rounding up the best books released in 2019: Best books o…

Attention, Photographers: Can You Ace This Quick Color Perception Test?

Being able to render colors accurately is definitely a big deal for photographers, which is why we make it a point to do routine monitor calibrations as part of our workflow. But, have you ever thought about whether you yourself have an accurate color perception? This quick test…

Digital Hygiene

Metabolic metaphors ignore the structural factors that place internet users in peril, putting the burden on individuals to know where their data exists, how they’re being tracked, who has access to the data, and how it is being used to make decisions about them. And while thes…

Four short links: 17 June 2019

Multiverse Databases, Detecting Photoshopping, Simulation Platform, and Tail-Call Optimization: The Musical Towards Multiverse Databases (Morning Paper) -- The central idea behind multiverse databases is to push the data access and privacy rules into the database itself. The…

YOU are a Good Photographer and You Should Let Everyone Know It

“Oh, I’m not that good”. A common comment that is thrown out when a photographer receives praise for the work they do. “There are many photographers better than me”. Maybe. But who cares? What is the point of being overly modest? Surely it’s a waste of everyone’s t…

nikitonsky is being grumpy

nikitonsky: I still don’t get it. Most of phone numbers start with +. Yet it’s supper annoying to type by holding the 0. There’s clearly lots of free space on a screen. Make a separate button? What? They don’t make a nice rectangle that way? Well who cares

Ingrid Alice Irsigler Creates Stunning Afro Asian Fashion Photography

Looking for some creative inspiration and ideas for your next fashion photography projects? We found just the right stuff for you. Ingrid Alice Irsigler, a photographer and art director based in Cape Town, shot a couple of impressive sets showcasing the beauty and artistry of Af…