Movies are too long. Even film masterpieces can shave off a few minutes here and there so we can get off our arses, away from laptops, out of the cinemas, eyeballs off the TV a little bit earlier. So. How short can a movie be for you to get the gist of it? Can it be done in nine single frames? Read More >>
A few months ago, NASA sent some Nexus Ones into space to see if a smartphone could hold its own against the million pound satellites already up there. The answer is "not exactly." When it comes to photography, it's probably best to stick with the space-professionals. Read More >>
Featured comment by Aevolve:
"The future of space is the smartphone!
http://www.sstl.co.uk/Missions/STRaND-1--Launched-2013/STRaND-1/STRaND-1--Smartphone-nanosatellite" More »
Nowadays, we take most of our photos digitally and they stay digital. Photo paper and bulky albums are dead. So if you are compelled to print you photos for some reason, you might as well try to make it interesting, like printing them as tactile wood relief with the Photocarver. Read More >>
We've been taking pictures for almost 200 years now, and we sure aren't slowing down. But how many pictures have we taken all together, since photography existed? Well the short answer is around 3.5 trillion, but there's a lot more nuance than just a flat number. Vsauce looked into the matter in more detail, and some of the facts might surprise you. How many of the pictures are actually good? That's anyone's guess. [YouTube] Read More >>
Featured comment by hefonthefjords:
"this is sort of a moot point since no video ever starts its life out as h264. its starts are raw snapshots from a cmos/ccd which are then subsequently..." More »
I'm sure you're a good person, but you're making everyone feel awful with the pictures you share. Why? Because your Instagram images have become an enormous swinging middle finger to all of your friends. We need to fix this. You need to stop. Read More >>
Featured comment by slimjim.dj:
"Bit of a late addition to the comments, but I think people should post more images like these on instagram :)
http://images.wikia.com/uncyclopedia/..." More »
Watermarks are the annoying result of people stealing pictures—they're ugly, distracting and cheapen the art of photography. But it's a necessary evil! Or is it? Kip Praslowicz poked fun at the ugly watermarks ruining pictures these days by plastering them over famous photos. It's not a good look. Read More >>
Featured comment by lancsDavid:
""Watermarks are the annoying result of people stealing pictures"
no. they're the result of anally retentive photographers who are terrified at the..." More »
If you've spent any time on the Internet back in the early 2000s, you definitely ran into Webshots. It was the photo sharing service everyone used before Photobucket, before Flickr or Picasa, and before Facebook and Instagram. Hell, you still might have pictures on Webshots! Well, you better go get them because they're about to get deleted. Read More >>
What does a photograph mean to you today? Maybe an Instagram pic shot with your iPhone. Or a Facebook group photo taken with a point and shoot. Or if you're fancy, a DSLR-taken, Flickr-uploaded portrait. But what was it before? Kodak? Polaroid? This Facebook Timeline shows you the life of a photograph, from its invention (or birth) until now. Read More >>
Instagram has made retro-filters all the rage, but maybe you like to look at regular pictures, with their original colours intact. Tough luck? Maybe not anymore. The Normalize app for iOS can go ahead and strip those things right off if you're not a fan. Read More >>
Featured comment by Aeropher:
"This story is interesting for the reverse filter algorithm stuff but I honestly think people should get off the instagram hate bandwagon now. People a..." More »
There's a new Instagram out today—and because the Instagram team is smart, they're keeping the app simple. But there's one major change: you can see where all your friends have taken their pictures, all across the world. Awesome. Read More >>
How to have fun on the Internet: when a friend takes a picture with a picture of a girl inside a monitor, you take a picture of that picture and you make someone else take a picture of your picture and keep going on an endless loop that'll be like a picture in picture in picture in picture. This went on for 55 pictures. Watch the fun above. Read More >>
Featured comment by docjaq:
"No need to get upset, I'm just surprised this was worth being an article. My comment was merely a brief criticism of that fact." More »
Flock, a new iPhone app from the people behind Bump, solves the first world problem of having to send photos to your friends through e-mail by creating shared photo albums with your friends with pictures that have similar metadata. It works like magic. Read More >>
Featured comment by Happyal:
"It would of been a nice phone a few years ago, but it's far too small and thick for todays, more mordern customers." More »
Though this photo may look like a prom picture on Facebook that's been blingee'd, it's actually the very first photo that was ever uploaded to the web. The history of the picture—in all its random glory and woeful photoshopping—is amazing. Read More >>
It won't help you improve your vocabulary, but Ben West and Felix Heyes' Google dictionary will keep you up to speed on internet fads and memes. That's because instead of definitions, the book's pages are populated with Google Image search results. Read More >>
You ever notice why some of your pictures look like they've been stained yellow or red while others look swamped with green or blue? It's because of your camera's white balance setting! The easiest way to take better pictures is to fix your white balance and this chart tells you how. Read More >>
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