Derry's Blog.

March 07 2012

16:00

Shooting Challenge: LASERS [Shooting Challenge]

Pew pew. Click. Click. For this week's Shooting Challenge, you'll be unleashing lasers. More »

Tags: Shooting challenge Art Culture Lasers Photography

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March 06 2012

19:20

47 Examples of What You Do When You Can Do Anything [Shooting Challenge]

Every week you create work in the extremely limited confines of a Shooting Challenge. But this week, you took photos however you wanted, creating art from your own perspective. Here's what you do when you can do anything. More »

Tags: Shooting challenge Art Culture free for all Photography Top

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10:53

Adobe's Lightroom 4 Is Here, and It's Half the Price [Photography]

Adobe's latest version of Lightroom, the photo management and editing tool, was released as beta back in January. Now it's been officially released as Lightroom 4, and brings with it a big drop in price; the full version now costs $149 instead of $299. More »

Tags: Photography Adobe apps lightroom

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March 02 2012

22:35

Lytro Light Field Camera: This Is What New Feels Like [Photography]

It isn't very often we encounter technology that is really, truly new. PCs, cellphones, the Internet, multitouch. Those all changed our world when they were first introduced. Not to overstate it, but Lytro may well be the latest member of that clique. The selling point is simple: you no longer have to worry about getting a shot in focus, because any part of the photo can be brought into focus after the fact. Magic. More »

Tags: Photography Cameras Light field cameras Lytro Lytro Camera Review Review Top

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February 16 2012

15:00

Night Snowboarding in an LED Suit Is Mesmerizing to Watch [Watch This]

What do you get if you combine a pro snowboarder, and LED suit, and a deserted French ski slope? Maybe one of the most mesmerizing sports videos you'll ever see, that's what. More »

Tags: watch this Photography Snowboarding

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01:20

An Absurdly Long, $150,000 List of Stolen Nikon Gear [Crime]

A daring thief and/or desperate photographer just made off with an official Nikon van. The cargo? One hundred and fifty grand worth of cameras and accessories, including the unreleased D4 and D800. Nikon wants their goodies back. Here's the list: More »

Tags: Crime Cameras Dublin Ireland Nikon Photography

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February 15 2012

22:00

Shooting Challenge: Steel Wool [Video]

You ever see a photo that looks like it's raining sparks? It was probably made through a trick with steel wool. And for this week's Shooting Challenge, you can try the technique yourself, BUT CAREFULLY, AND AT YOUR OWN RISK! More »

Tags: Shooting challenge Art Culture long exposure Photography Steel wool

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17:00

How To Take Extreme Close-Ups of a Gorilla Using Only Your Phone's Camera [Video]

Have you ever taken pictures at the zoo? It's an exercise in futility. Your puny camera strains to see far-away beasts with their backs turned. Lame. But what if you could get them to come right up to you? More »

Tags: Photography Animals Cameras Gadgets Gorillas Hacks iPhone Monkeys Smartphones Video watch this Zoo

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February 11 2012

05:00

Instagram Now Automatically Beautifies Your Snapshots [Apps]

Rejoice iPhone photogs, the newest version of Instagram is now available! The immensely popular app has just updated to version 2.1 and boasts some impressive new features. More »

Tags: apps Apple instagram iTunes Lux Photography tweet

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February 09 2012

21:00

Shooting Challenge: Frozen In Time [Shooting Challenge]

We're surrounded by motion everywhere we go. Yet cameras capture still images, single moments. For this week's Shooting Challenge, you'll capture a person frozen inside a bustling, kinetic world. More »

Tags: Shooting challenge Art Culture long exposure Photography

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18:20

Use Your Instagram Photos To Make Sweet Love [Instagram]

Lovestagram is a brand-new Instagram plug-in that lets you make Valentines from your Instagram photos. It's very neat, but the best part about it is the back story: the very site itself is a Valentine's Day gift. More »

Tags: instagram Love Photography Valentines Day

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January 28 2012

22:00

Instant Smoke Drops Add a Little Magic To Your Photographs [Photography]

Unless you're a master at 3D and compositing, digitally adding smoke to a photo is a lot harder than adding it practically while you're shooting. And with these instant smoke drops, you can easily create plumes without burning your studio down. More »

Tags: Photography chemicals Magic Smoke Drops tweet

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January 24 2012

04:40

Artist Captures the Beauty of Disintegration via Pellet Gun [Image Cache]

It's amazing what some high-speed photography and a few well-placed BB's can accomplish. Artist Ian Sailer created this stunning series, dubbed, Color Explosion Photos. Who know a simple pellet gun could cause all this Technicolor destruction? [Flickr via Faith is Torment via Buzzfeed]

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Tags: Image cache Ian Sailer Photography Technicolor tweet

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January 23 2012

20:40

This Cheap Focus Rig Will Vastly Improve Your Boring Home Videos [Video]

Want to add a little drama the next time your baby does something YouTube-worthy? Coupled with any video-capable DSLR, this cheap follow focus can help you create Spielberg-like camera moves without a Dreamworks-sized budget. More »

Tags: Photography $50 Follow Focus kickstarter

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January 22 2012

21:00

These Incredible Collages Are Like Standing on Top of the World [Image Cache]

It's hard not to get a slight sense of vertigo from these stereographic projections by Dutch photographer Wouter van Buuren. Each one was taken from a very high point across the Netherlands, China, and New York City. More »

Tags: Image cache China Netherlands New York City Photography Witzenhausen Gallery Wouter van Buuren

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18:00

These Photos Were Amazingly Taken from Street Puddles [Photography]

I'm either on drugs or these photos were somehow taken from the reflection of puddles in the street. It may be both. But! It's certainly the latter. Ira Fox, the photographer, created the photo series Reflections by cruising the streets of New York and snapping pics of people who can be seen in reflections off the puddles. More »

Tags: Photography City Ira fox Pictures Puddle pictures Puddles Street puddles streets

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January 21 2012

19:00

LomoKino Adapter Lets Your Phone Capture 35mm Movies Without an App [Video]

In addition to still cameras, Lomography also makes the LomoKino which lets retro enthusiasts capture 35mm movies in all their scratchy, grainy glory. But sharing those creations isn't easy, at least without this smartphone adapter which lets you digitize your flicks. More »

Tags: Photography iPhone lomography LomoKino Smart Phone Holder Retro Smartphone Video

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17:00

Famous Photographers With Their Even More Famous Photographs [Photography]

There's a good chance you've seen most of the photos featured in Tim Mantoani's new book, Behind Photographs. But I doubt you've seen the faces of the photographers behind those shots, who are finally given the notoriety they all deserve. More »

Tags: Photography Behind Photographs Books Photos Tim Mantoani

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January 19 2012

15:15

Is Instagram Coming to Windows Phone? [Instagram]

Probably more than any other app, Instagram attracts the envy of many a non-iPhone owners. The insular social network, is simple, fast and easy to use. And while the company has stated plans to release on Android, the latest talk suggests that we might see it on Windows Phone first. More »

Tags: instagram Photography Smartphones Windows phone Wp7

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06:32

Kodak Goes Belly Up and Files for Chapter 11 [Kodak]

Despite its recent strategy of "sue everybody for everything," Kodak has succumb to its financial pressures and filed for Chapter 11 business reorganization in New York. The iconic photography company isn't dead yet, however, just very broke. More »

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