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Cameras as Art

I came across Hyun-seok Sim and his beautiful cameras recently; I found them so delightful that I just had to share them here. Sim is a highly accomplished metal worker and designer; cameras are only a part of his art. But aren’t they little gems? I asked Sim for a [...]

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Slideshow Pro – The Ultimate Slideshow?

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If you’ve been surfing around the web, looking at photography sites, you’ve probably seen an instance of Slideshow Pro somewhere along the way. Todd Dominey wrote this little gem in Flash several years ago; today it’s a staple with photographers and web designers, and it appears that Todd has built a very [...]

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SimCam – A Cute Camera Simulator

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Learning the in’s and out’s of exposure is always tricky at first. It’s kind of like learning to ride a bike – lots of shaky starts and painful conclusions until, one day, like magic, something in the mind/body connection ‘clicks’, it’s suddenly as easy as pie, and we’re off to the [...]

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Toys from Corbis! Get ‘Em While You Can!

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Check out these very cool paper pinhole cameras from Corbis! This promotion turned up a few years ago, and I was pleasantly surprised to find that the page was still online. Get ‘em before Corbis decides to stop making them available.

Pinhole cameras are really delightful things to play with – [...]

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Super-Duper Photo Poster Printing

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Want to make some really big prints? Check out this funky application. It’s called, I’m sorry to say, The Rasterbator.

Despite the sophomoric appellation, it looks like it could be a lot of fun, especially if you happen to have  a large bare wall around somewhere. Prints huge photos on plain [...]

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