How Do You Scale a Signature Look Without Losing It?

A signature look can win the client. The harder part is keeping it consistent as the work grows. We talked with photographer and creative director Crystal Monique, founder of Crystal Monique Media, about how she does just that across photography, campaigns, and video. After more…

nikitonsky is being grumpy

nikitonsky: Two interfaces for the price of one: - “right” option on the left, “left” on the right. - You need to make slider longer if you want to select “Short”. #macOS #SpacialAwareness #Metaphors

Where in the world are typefaces being designed? The US,...

Where in the world are typefaces being designed? The US, Germany, and France…but also the UK, Netherlands, and Indonesia.

Wildwood

Laika is the stop-motion animation studio that made Coraline & Kubo and the Two Strings. Their newest film, Wildwood, looks pretty incredible; have a look at the trailer. Creative Boom recently highlighted some of the process behind the film, which is heavily dependent on p…

AI-generated images don’t have to look like AI-generated...

AI-generated images don’t have to look like AI-generated images…they can be any style you want. (It’s just going to get more and more difficult to tell…)

In 2005, NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory calculated that...

In 2005, NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory calculated that the water stored by China’s huge Three Gorges Dam is enough to increase the length of a day by 0.06 microseconds and move the North pole by 0.8 inches. (A 9.1 earthquake had a bigger impact.)

Juice

How Long Will Your Nikon Camera Really Last?

Since Nikon moved to the Z series, the company has introduced some fantastic models. From the Nikon Z9, one of its best professional offerings, to the Z5 II, an entry-level mirrorless camera, the company has something special for every genre of photographer. However, with modern…

Lots and Lots and Lots of Control Panels

To go along with my recent post about control rooms, here’s the Control Panels group on Flickr, containing almost 3000 photos of control interfaces for all kinds of things. You’ll see some of the same photos as in the Control Rooms group, but when you get past the first co…

The Yashica Crew is the Coolest Compact Camera We’ve Seen in Year

Today, Yashica has announced the new Yashica Crew -- a camera that mimics the looks of the classic Canon Powershot lineup and even brings with it the feels that a billion dollar company like Canon wouldn't give us. Besides the looks, it boasts a lot more. The new Yashica Crew co…

The Job Trail, a web game about making it through 52...

The Job Trail, a web game about making it through 52 weeks as a laid-off creative worker. Based on The Oregon Trail. My first try: “You have died of burnout. Week 13. 51 applications, 1 ghosting.”

Does Image Stabilization Really Work? We Tested Handheld Shutter Speeds With and Without It

Much like autofocus, image stabilization has become one of those advancements in photography that people can't live without nowadays. It genuinely provides an advantage in getting sharper pictures in many scenarios. To judge just how effective it can be at very low shutter speed…

A New Canon Teleconverter Patent Will Change Bird Photography

Canon has multiple patents in the works right now. From new macro lenses, to a fingerprint scanning camera, there is a lot being unveiled as we write this. A new addition to this is the latest patent, which shows a lens that comes with a teleconveter slot. Who is this for? Let's…

Blue Planet III

BBC Earth is returning to the ocean. 25 years after the first installment, the legendary naturalist, presenter, and centenarian David Attenborough narrates Blue Planet III. This first look video, backed by a song Hans Zimmer & Jade Thirwall, is teeming with stunning footage o…

118 Things to Do Instead of Doomscrolling. Including “put...

118 Things to Do Instead of Doomscrolling. Including “put together a puzzle”, “go for a bike ride”, “hold a plank for as long as you can — even if it’s only a second”, and “make your own limoncello”.

Top 3 Cameras Used by Landscape Photographers Around the World

Landscape photographers require a camera that is not just sturdy, but can capture fine details with ease. Today, most cameras are designed to document changes in light better than what they did a decade ago. However, there are only a handful of devices that shine brighter than m…

From a tongue-in-cheek Google Japan, a conveyor belt...

From a tongue-in-cheek Google Japan, a conveyor belt keyboard, where the keys move and your hand stays still while typing. One of several unusual keyboards released by the company. You can even build your own.

Silent Friend

Silent Friend is a historical drama written and directed by Hungarian filmmaker Ildikó Enyedi. Here’s the description: In the botanical garden of a medieval German university, a ginkgo tree hundreds of years old watches its human neighbors through the slip-stream of time…

Things That Are Good to Do. Including “admit what you...

Things That Are Good to Do. Including “admit what you don’t know”, “put the cart away”, “rest before you’re exhausted” (I often get this one wrong), and “walk home if you can”.

The Ku Klux Klan is rebranding itself as The Knights...

The Ku Klux Klan is rebranding itself as The Knights Party, centered on “family and faith” along with proud & open white supremacy. 💩🖕

Mark Your Calendar: The 5 Boro Foto Fest Is Coming to Queens on October 25th

The 5 Boro Foto Fest now has a firm date, time, and location: Sunday, October 25th, from 11am to 6pm, at Culture Lab LIC in Long Island City, Queens. Admission is free, with registration available on site, and it's shaping up to be exactly the kind of in-person, human-made photo…

Alexander Vershinin on the Romance of Landscape Photography

Photographer Alexander Vershinin is what I like to call a true artisan. And I get that from how he speaks so eloquently about landscape photography. "Landscape photography is about waiting for the world to do something specific — fog where it shouldn't be, lightning at the rig…

Watch One of Radiohead’s Best Live Shows: Bonnaroo 2006

Back in ~2008, right on the cusp of stardom, Lady Gaga did a crate-digging video in a London record shop and named Radiohead’s set at Bonnaroo 2006 as her favorite show she’s ever been to. A post-fame Gaga reaffirmed her choice in this 2018 Vogue interview. Many share her op…

An interesting long profile of Mark Zuckerberg. “Mark is...

An interesting long profile of Mark Zuckerberg. “Mark is the fucking Terminator. He’s actually not an asshole, which is interesting. He’s not a miserable fuck. But his source of advantage is he’s never happy. He just doesn’t fucking stop.”

nikitonsky is being grumpy

nikitonsky: You can show Trash in Finder’s sidebar in Golden Gate but you can’t drag files to it. Come on, Apple! #macOS #Trash #DragAndDrop #Finder

Cluesday

Didn't know there was one, but yeah Chick-fil-A takes a stand against fast-food drive-thru AI trend. Maybe Is doomscrolling doomed?

The Best Sandwich Shop in America?

YouTuber Rob Martinez travelled to Columbus, Ohio to tell the story of what he calls the best sandwich shop in America, Wario’s Beef and Pork. Here’s part of the transcript of owner Stephan Madias talking about the restaurant: For the longest time, especially the first…

Richard Linklater is directing a film adaptation of the...

Richard Linklater is directing a film adaptation of the Sondheim musical Merrily We Roll Along. Shooting started in 2019 and will continue until 2040 to match the musical’s 20-year period. (Linklater’s Boyhood was shot over 12 years.)

A Real Photographer Shows Work. Not Them Working

In June of 2026, I read something on Reddit about how photographers these days are all about showing off videos of them working instead of showing off the images that they make. And that's because they're trying to appeal more to algorithms on social media. But these photographe…

Mapsnap is a program designed to take old Sanborn...

Mapsnap is a program designed to take old Sanborn insurance maps (block-by-block maps of every US city from 1870-1960) and aligning them with modern maps.

JumpStar is the world’s strongest Chinese Checkers AI...

JumpStar is the world’s strongest Chinese Checkers AI engine. Designed to emulate AlphaGo and Stockfish but for Chinese Checkers. The model was trained entirely on a M4 MacBook. You can play it online or on iOS.