Sun Trail
You’ve probably seen many star trail photos, but have you ever seen a sun trail? Here is 13 minutes of sunrise in four pics layered on top of each other. The shots were taken using an eight-stop graduated density filter.
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Use Your Smartphone to Train Your Eye
By taking regular photos with your smartphone, you can evolve your visual thinking.
The Permission Trap
After reading the Age of Context (read my review here), I could not help but think about how this era is removing most concepts of privacy. In turn, it is causing an incredible amount of intrusive spam. A tension builds… Read More »The Permission Trap
Is Instagram Ruining Photography?
Some globally respected photographers and critics think Instagram destroys the integrity of quality images.
Others feel the rise of Instagram pollutes traditional social network streams.
Critics decry the mobile photo network because it filters most images with a vintage Poloroid look, the resulting widespread proliferation of Instaphotos across social networks, and/or the additional doctoring that occurs through a variety of apps like Snapseed and Camera+.
Overall, critics feel that consumer access to cheap imaging technologies makes the general state of photography stale, repetitive, and watered down.
Filtering Out the Hashtag Economy
At the epicenter of Twitter marketing (and bad jokes) are hashtags. Hashtags have become dominant in the stream, depicting events, twitter chats, initiatives, and more. Yet, much has been said about how Twitter has become too noisy and commercialized. Enter… Read More »Filtering Out the Hashtag Economy