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Drunk octopus wants to fight you

Cannot be unseen, but is oh, so cool once seen. (via Reddit)

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Duelling cameras

Dueling Cameras from lonelysandwich on Vimeo. The end is not what I thought it would be — it’s so much better.

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Knopflerized version of Huck Finn

If you’ve been paying any attention to the news, no doubt you’ve read about the uproar over a bowdlerized version of Huckleberry Finn recently released in which the offensive word “nigger” has been...

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Cute little photo hangers — literally

Amy spotted these awesome little photo “hangers” on PhotoJojo, and I think we’re going to buy them. At $10 for a pack of seven — plus shipping — they’re a tad on the pricey side, but that’s just...

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Sexual harassment stock photography

There’s something special about the poised-yet-awkward nature of stock photography, in which the ne plus ultra is also the most generic. Everything about a stock photo strives to be ordinary. So, when...

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Chin up, buddy!

“Spanish matador Julio Aparicio is gored by a bull during a bullfight during the San Isidro Feria at the Las Ventas bullring in Madrid,” says the caption of this photo, which was recently declared...

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Your new favourite digital cameras

I love these 8-bit style camera icons, which have been designed by Billy Brown and provided free of charge for any possible use, so long as you credit him. You can download them as a .eps, .ai or .png...

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Learn how to shoot video on your DSLR

If you’re interested in making the most of the video capabilities in your higher-end DSLR, then you might want to check out a video series on the B&H Site. Cinematographer Shane Hurlbut will lead...

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Vintage suitcases in pastoral locations

It’s a new hipster epidemic: Baby and couples photography that features vintage luggage and rural locations — especially railroads. So, of course, the only rational response is to start a...

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From 8mm to your DSLR

This is a really near hack to get footage from an old film into a modern digital format. James Miller has perfected a method to run the film past flat white LEDs and project it through part of a lens...

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Easy DIY project

Any photographers out there who have been in the game for awhile will probably have (or had) a film camera. And with film cameras, comes film, and pages and pages of negatives. Personally, I have a...

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Shooting with a silencer: Camera noise, the Jacobsen Blimp, and why those...

Did your local newspaper run a photo of U.S. President Barack Obama, addressing the nation about the death of Osama bin Laden? Well, no, it didn’t. What your local newspaper actually ran was a staged...

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Ssssnake … on a plain?

Amy, down at Dinsdale Park to take pictures of the flooding, nearly steps on a snake. And then takes pictures of the snake! I took care of the video.

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Manual kerning, the poster

I was absolutely entranced by this post on Quad Royal – a Vintage Poster Blog, taking a look at something they found rolled up in an old tube. They found two posters — one white, one black; one full...

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Century-old street photography

Here’s an intriguing look at century-old fashion — particularly womenswear from London and Paris. They were scanned by the Kensington and Chelsea Libraries, but collected into a cool gallery by the...

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