Articles Archive for October 2008

Idée Multicolr Flickr Search
Posted in Technology on 29 October 2008

I’ve seen quite a few Flickr API mash-ups, but this has got to be one of the most creative. Idée Inc. has created the “Multicolr Search Lab” that uses a collection of 10 million Creative Commons licensed images on Flickr to match photographs to a user-selected color palette.

As the user selects up to ten colors [...]

Poladroid Simplifies Retro Photography
Posted in Technology on 25 October 2008

Veronica Belmont wrote on her personal blog yesterday about a new application called Poladroid. The software, a simple program offered in French and English, is currently available in beta for Mac OS 10.4 or later on www.poladroid.net. So what does this little 10mb program do? One thing, and one thing only. Polaroid.

Polaroid Corporation, makers of [...]

The Darién Gap Is Taunting Me
Posted in Nature on 24 October 2008

As much as I love the city and all its urban goodness, I have an immense longing to explore the natural world. I dream of someday photographing the untouched natural beauty of places like Guyana, Borneo (what’s left of it), and the Patagonia ice fields. But a new location caught my attention a few days [...]

Streaming TV With Livestation
Posted in Technology on 23 October 2008

This shouldn’t come as a surprise to anyone, but I’m not a fan of American news outlets. Television news coverage in the US is fueled by commercials and profit rather than quality reporting, and many stories often hinge on being absurd at best. It is impossible to get a true grasp of the country’s place [...]

Street Photography: Motorcyclist
Posted in Photography on 22 October 2008

I’m pretty sure I’ve said this before, but street photography is one of my favorite “genres.” There’s something about seeing individuals in their daily urban lives that I find fascinating. Too bad I live in the suburbs, right? This photograph was taken in Georgetown, Washington D.C. when I spent a few days there this last [...]

Volunteers of Hurricane Ike (Le Monde)
Posted in News on 18 October 2008

I’ve written about Hurricane Ike in terms of photojournalism before, but I felt this photo collection was worth mentioning. Many times, in cases of natural disasters, the true heroes are the ones that work without any compensation to help restore balance to a community. The French newspaper Le Monde posted a series of photographs on [...]

Sunrise in the Desert
Posted in Photography on 13 October 2008

This photograph is another one of my former rejects. In its original color form, this photo suffered from the awkward lighting of the moment. It was morning in the desert, and the foreground of this image was in shadow due to the mountains behind me blocking the sun. The resulting file looked more like a [...]

Stunning Press Photographs From Afghanistan
Posted in MiscPhotography, News on 10 October 2008

I absolutely love great photojournalism. I’ve always believed that photographs should tell a story, and photojournalists are often masters of this skill. Most individuals only know photojournalism as the photos that appear alongside news stories. In reality, a larger, and much deeper, world of phenomenal photography exists beyond this realm. Often times, truly remarkable photography [...]