Using over 10,000 RAW images, photographer Rob Whitworth created a timelapse video of the traffic in Ho CHi Minh City (aka Saigon). This was a project in patience and also some great vantage points.
Who would have thought that Google’s Street View images could be used as art? Well it seem that many photographers have decided to use this medium for various projects. Aaron Hobsen takes his images to the artistic level, searching the virtual globe for the perfect images. Using multiple techniques like stitching, contrast and highlight adjustments, he takes the boring images to an artistic level.
See Aaron’s work at Aaronhobson.com
Here are a few more links for a collection of street view images, though not quite as artistic as Aaron’s.
Doug Rickards work on the MOMA
Taste of Ink takes the standard business card and turns it into an art form. As a photographer you want your business to stand out and these cards offer the creativity and business image ideas to make people want to keep your cards in their wallets.
They use various materials including plastic, cotton, silk and whatever one can dream up. They also offer multiple styles including modern, professional, retro, rustic and many more.
Here are just a few of the creative ideas they have come up with.
Sometimes we come across some of the coolest gadgets and software to fuel our addiction of photography, but I think the Instant JPEG From RAW software is the killer app for those of you who shoot RAW. For those of you who don’t shoot RAW, we’ll have to do another post of why you should, but at least this makes the task easier for the time being.
One thing you may not know about RAW, the full-size .jpg file is also embedded as a preview. Instant JPEG from RAW extracts this file with a speed that will most likely not match your current workflow, it’ is 15 times faster than a bulky RAW conversion process via Bridge and Photoshop. Just take a look at the dialog box below, I was able to convert 156 RAW files in 95 seconds. It not only converted these files (or better yet extracted), but it output the full-size image and a 2000 pixel version as well.
My current workflow in dealing with a RAW conversion has been pretty cumbersome. I use Adobe Bridge to view all my files after I shoot them and start tagging away from 1-5 stars. This helps me determine which files I will eventually edit in Photoshop. But I also like to take all those images and save them as .jpg in addition to the standard .NEF raw file. The way to do this with Bridge is to use the Photoshop Image Processor option which essentially opens up each file in Photoshop and outputs to .JPG. If I want to resize the file in addition to converting to full-size, with this process I have to run the conversion again, taking at least 15 more minutes with 156 files.
So there you have it, the answer to a quick RAW conversion with minimal hassle. Now the big question, how much would you pay for this app? $50-$150? Well you’ll be happy to know this is a free program that works on both Windows and Mac. According to Michael Tapes who designed the app, it’s a give back to the photo community. Thanks Michael, this is on e program we will be using on a daily basis.
Snow textures for Photoshop
Florabella is offering free Snow textures/overlay for Photoshop. I have used the Florabella actions and textures for the past few months and am impressed with how well all of their products work.
Download the free textures now
Great series of images inside the “Exclusion Zone” including close up shots of unit 4 reactor building.
The New York Times Magazine asked the photographer Walter Iooss Jr. and the comedian Andy Samberg to take a look back at several iconic men’s tennis champions.
Walter Iooss Jr. has created so many of the iconic images of sports stars through the years working for Sports Illustrated.
Here’s a link to the NYC company her referred to in the video, Dijifi.com
