A new SHOOTTORONTO Project photograph titled Public, Toronto, Canada has been posted on the web site. You can view it in a larger format here. This image is available for sale and commercial licensing – Buy This Print. For more of my photography go to my Flickr photo stream. Enjoy it…
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Feb22
Photography: Public, Toronto, Canada
Posted in: Photography
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Feb22
Video: This Is My Home by Mark
Posted in: Video
On an unseasonably warm November night in Manhattan on our way to get ice cream, we stumbled upon what appeared to be a vintage shop, brightly lit display window and all. As we began to walk in, a man sitting out front warned us that we were welcome to explore, but nothing inside was for sale. Our interests piqued, we began to browse through the collections the man out front had built throughout his life. This is a story of a man and his home. To see bonus clips, visit departurearrivalfilms.com
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Feb22
Asphalt Archeology, everyday objects embedded in asphalt:
“Asphalt Archeology” is a photo series of artifacts found embedded in asphalt around New York City. The series is by artist Mike Mission. via BuzzFeed & La boite verte
(Via Laughing Squid.)
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Feb22
Photography: What a weekend we had!
Posted in: Photography
Looks like Flickr is pushing Flickr meet ups again… we used to have those in Toronto back in the glory day’s of Flickr:
You organized two amazing afternoons last weekend and we want to share some of the impressions from those two FlickrMeets in New York and Philadelphia. It was a lot of fun hanging out with you, chatting and taking photos. We are super happy you could make it, and are already looking forward to the next FlickrMeets taking place over the upcoming weeks in London, Karachi, Stockholm,Dresden, Oxford, Indianapolis, Madrid, or at a place just around your corner. Go create a meet up! Photos from kaitlin.marie, soupatraveler, kdrake1007, Shirin N, Joe Shlabotnik, Apotheoun, and RobertFrancis, uploaded to the#phillyflickrmeetup and #nycflickrmeetup groups.
(Via Flickr Blog.)
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Feb22
Cute… and clever!
BoraBora is a design concept for a sunlight pill by Quentin Vaulot and Goliath Dyèvre of French design duo Vaulot&Dyèvre. The concept was part of the Miniflux exhibition by Gallery Tator for the 2011 Lyon Festival of Lights.
Moodiness, flaccid skin, looking dull, tendency to depression! You are obviously in lack of sunshine. Our range of supplements Kelvin Lumen restores the vitality you need. Sunset Laboratories offers a wide range of solar radiation, Borabora, the Maldives, Haiti and the Bahamas, ask your pharmacist. Read the instructions carefully. Do not exceed the recommended daily dose. This additional Solar should not totally replace natural exposure. Avoid abusive use. via designboom
(Via Laughing Squid.)
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Feb21
A new SHOOTTORONTO Project photograph titled Bikes of Wheels, Toronto, Canada has been posted on the web site. You can view it in a larger format here. This image is available for sale and commercial licensing – Buy This Print. For more of my photography go to my Flickr photo stream. Enjoy it…
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Feb21
Video: Glowing Man HD by Jacob Sutton
Posted in: Video
“Glowing Man” by Jacob Sutton showcases a glowing snowboarder which goes down a mountain in the French alps at night. The pro snowboarder William Hughes wore a custom LED suit designed by John Spatcher to achieve this awesome glowing effect. Enjoy it:
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Feb21
Photography: The Constructed Picture
Posted in: Photography
This is really cool… from one of the Flickr users:
The art project “Das gebaute Bild” (The Constructed Picture), created by Flickr member linus_lohoff, was part of a photography class project at the Düsseldorf University of Applied Sciences where Linus studies graphics design.
“I’ve been a big fan of Erwin Wurm who transformed everyday objects into art.”
It was the shift in context that fascinated Linus about this project. After some research he started having ideas of floating and disappearing everyday objects, like the banana that appears to be sinking into the ground or the shoe that has been nailed to the floor to not fly away.
“Everything is photographed and set up the way you see it.”
Linus says he needed to use nylon thread to affix some of the objects which he digitally removed later-on, but apart from that, everything is photographed and set up the way you see it. “Since I wanted strong contrasts, I chose backgrounds with different colors. Everything was placed on a small table and then shot with a Nikon D80 and a flash.”
“Minimum effort – maximum effect.”
Linus chose his personal motto not because he’s lazy but because small changes can produce the largest effects that surprise over and over again. He also likes to try out many different things and finds it most important to always keep experimenting: “My photostream showcases many portraits, night scenes, landscapes, objects, and photograms. I also avoid being limited by technical conditions: Apart from digital cameras, I also use a variety of Polaroid , medium format, or 35 mm cameras.” Linus tells us that he always learns best through experience and the process of creating his art. Photos from linus_lohoff.
(Via Flickr Blog.)
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Feb21
Photography: Maddie the Coonhound
Posted in: Photography
Maddie the Coonhound standing on things:
Maddie the Coonhound is a “a super serious project about dogs and physics” by photographer Theron Humphrey that features the talented Maddie standing on a variety of objects. Prints of these super-charming photographs are available to purchase. Maddie is a Coonhound who is traveling around all 50 states over the next 365 days.
via swissmiss photos by Theron Humphrey
(Via Laughing Squid.)
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Feb21
Art: Geometric Pencil Sculpture by Makendo
Posted in: Art
Intricate geometric sculpture made with 72 pencils:
The Geometric Pencil Sculpture by makendo on Instructables is made using 72 pencils, super glue and rubber bands. Makendo was inspired by the geometric sculptures of George W. Hart and then hired geometric construction whiz Alejandro Erickson to show him how to re-create Hart’s 72 Pencils.
….It took a couple of leisurely hours to build and glue, and with supervision was surprisingly easy to make. It can be assembled inexpensively using wooden pencils ($5.74 for 72), a few rubber bands and a little superglue, in pretty much exactly the same way as Alejandro makes his Hexastix sculptures… The hexagonal cross-section of the pencils make them a very natural fit for this geometric form, as the holes in the lattice are themselves hexagonal. The erasers are arranged tetrahedrally with respect to one another; the volume enclosed by the pencils is a rhombic dodecahedron.. via Instructables
(Via Laughing Squid.)
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Feb20
Beautiful day today, perfect for dog walk on the beach… I can smell Spring in the air already:
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Feb20
A new SHOOTTORONTO Project photograph titled Urban Art, Toronto, Canada has been posted on the web site. You can view it in a larger format here. This image is available for sale and commercial licensing – Buy This Print. For more of my photography go to my Flickr photo stream. Enjoy it…
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Feb20
Video: Alton Towers Nemesis Sub-Terra Lift
Posted in: Video
The opening of Nemesis Sub-Terra at Alton Towers Resort on 24th March creeps ever closer — take a look at these shoppers at Southside Shopping Centre in Wandsworth getting the shock of their lives yesterday!
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Feb20
Portraits of Fighters Before and After Boxing Matches:
For his project titled 141 Boxers, photographer Nicolai Howalt shot portraits of boxers before and after boxing matches. The images side-by-side tell the stories of what happened in between when they were captured.
The photographs have also been published in a book titled 78 BOXERS. 141 Boxers (via Fstoppers) Image credits: Photographs by Nicolai Howalt and courtesy Martin Asbaek Gallery
(Via PetaPixel.)
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Feb20
I looks like finally Condé Nast Digital has updated the iPad The New Yorker Magazine App, the latest version store no longer seems to be crushing like it has been for the past six months or so. Thank, it was pretty frastrating experience until the most recent update. I can finally see the store portion within the App:
About the iPad’s The New Yorker Magazine App by Condé Nast Digital:
Enjoy a complete issue of the acclaimed weekly on your iPad each Monday—every story, every cartoon, everything in the print edition and more. The app comes with a sample table of contents; you can buy single issues, or subscribe and receive new issues as they’re released. If you’re already a subscriber, download the app and tap on the “Current Magazine Subscriber” button to activate your digital subscription.
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Feb20
Art: Hanksy Street Art In New York City
Posted in: Art
Hanksy expands beyond Tom Hanks with Bill Cosby & Ted Danson street art in New York City:
Banksy parody artist Hanksy has expanded beyond spoofs of Tom Hanks films with new street art in New York City featuring Bill Cosby and Ted Danson. via Wooster Collective
(Via Laughing Squid.)
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Feb19
Video: Keck in Motion by Andrew Cooper
Posted in: Video
Keck Observatory operates two ten-meter telescopes atop the summit of Mauna Kea Hawai’i. Keeping those telescopes on-sky every night is the summit crew of the Operations Department. This video is dedicated to the guys of the Keck daycrew who make it possible.
The video is a combination of two techniques. Many scenes were filmed as standard video then accelerated during editing to allow the motion to become clear. Examples of this are scenes of telescopes slewing and the interferometer delay lines moving.
Slower subjects, such as clouds or the stars moving across the sky, were photographed as time lapse. Here a large number of still images were taken. These are then processed and converted to video using Photoshop CS5 before loading into the video editing software, Adobe Premiere Elements. To construct the time lapse sequences sometimes required thousands of separate images, quickly filling memory cards and exhausting batteries. After dark it is long exposure time lapse that is used, with individual exposures often 15 seconds to one minute long.
Many of the nighttime scenes are lit by moonlight, this allowed good exposures while still capturing the telescopes with stars overhead. A moonlit exposure of 30 to 60seconds can often appear as if taken during the day, with the odd effect of having stars in a blue sky.
A number of cameras were used in capturing the imagery… A Canon G11, Canon 20Da, Canon 40D, Canon 60D and Canon 5D MkII were used for various scenes. This often involved cameras setup on tripods while programmed to take exposures for hours at a time.
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Feb19
Photography: Mural, Toronto, Canada
Posted in: Photography
A new SHOOTTORONTO Project photograph titled Mural, Toronto, Canada has been posted on the web site. You can view it in a larger format here. This image is available for sale and commercial licensing – Buy This Print. For more of my photography go to my Flickr photo stream. Enjoy it…
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Feb18
It is not a secret that some book authors give there is books away for free if you have an access to e-book readers like a Kindle or iPad (or similar). One of them is Cory Doctorow (besides being a writer, Cory is also editor of Boing Boing) who allows his readers to download all his books free of charge through his web site craphound.com I wanted to get couple of his science fiction books for a while now and today I got around to finally download them into my Kindle.While I was getting his books and e-mailing them into my Kindle, I stumbled upon Project Gutenberg where you can find all of Doctorow’s books in variety of formats nicely organized but also you can find some 38,000 free ebooks to read on your PC, iPad, Kindle, Nook, iPhone or iPod Touch! This is a fantastic web site worth exploring to obtain some great titles, there are lots of classics which you may want to read or re-read as well – I highly recommend it. Check it out here
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Feb18
Veteran photographer and National Geographic grantee Carsten Peter is also an accomplished climber, diver and caver who has photographed some of the world’s most extreme environments. Here he shares stories and images from a cave system in Vietnam that may be the world’s largest.
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Feb18
A new SHOOTTORONTO Project photograph titled Under Umbrellas, Toronto, Canada has been posted on the web site. You can view it in a larger format here. This image is available for sale and commercial licensing – Buy This Print. For more of my photography go to my Flickr photo stream. Enjoy it…
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Feb17
A new SHOOTTORONTO Project photograph titled Seniors on College Street, Toronto, Canada has been posted on the web site. You can view it in a larger format here. This image is available for sale and commercial licensing – Buy This Print. For more of my photography go to my Flickr photo stream. Enjoy it…
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Feb17
Video: Mr. Happy Man by Matt Morris Films
Posted in: Video
Come rain or shine, 88-year-old Bermudian Johnny Barnes devotes six hours every day to an endearing traffic ritual that has made him one of the island’s most cherished citizens.
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Feb17
This is a great news for all of us who are both user of Flickr and Apple devices like I am…
This summer, sharing photos to Flickr will become even easier for Mac users, with the release of the new Mac OS X Mountain Lion. With their Share Sheets concept a “Share” button will be available in many Mountain Lion apps, allowing you to share photos to your photostream with the click of a button.
Until Mac OS X Mountain Lion arrives, you can keep enjoying posting to Flickr from your Mac using iPhoto and Aperture, as well as viewing your and your contacts’ photos on the Apple TV.
Read more about the new features on Apple’s Sneak Peek page for the new OS. Photo from D’MYS .
(Via Flickr Blog.)
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Feb17
Manifest Destiny! A cabin hanging off the side of a building in San Francisco:
“Manifest Destiny!” is a tiny wooden cabin affixed precariously to the side of a building in downtown San Francisco. The public art installation is by Jenny Chapman & Mark A. Reigelman II and was commissioned by Southern Exposure. The installation will be on display at 447 Bush Street through October 31, 2012. via The Bold Italic photos 1 and 2 by César Rubio Photography, photo 3 via Chapman/Reigelman
(Via Laughing Squid.)
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Feb17
Art: Animal Sculptures Made of CD Fragments
Posted in: Art
Australian artist Sean Avery creates beautiful animal sculptures out of recycled CD fragments. via Colossal & Keep your mind wide open
(Via Laughing Squid.)
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Feb16
A new SHOOTTORONTO Project photograph titled Sneaky Dee’s, Toronto, Canada has been posted on the web site. You can view it in a larger format here. This image is available for sale and commercial licensing – Buy This Print. For more of my photography go to my Flickr photo stream. Enjoy it…
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Feb16
Let us take you on a journey across the beautiful canals of Amsterdam. For the first time in 15 years they are completely frozen and set the scene for a lot of ice fun. The beautiful song is called ‘To Build A Home’ by Cinematic Orchestra. Video made by Jaap van den Biesen and Justin Knaven
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Feb16
OS X Mountain Lion
Posted in: Technology
Apple is bringing iCloud to the Mac in a big way finally. Simplified document storage, Messages, Notification Center, synced Notes and Reminders – all of these things are part of iCloud. It’s all a step toward making your Mac just another device managed in your iCloud account; the continuing parallel evolution of iOS and OS X is almost here and I am really excited about it.
There are some things which I use on my iPad or iPhone and wish they would simply mirror itself on my iMac or MacBook Pro. In many cases like Calendar or Contacts for example have been syncing itself across all devices, but there are still holes in this ecosystem with many other apps. By the looks of it – the new soon to be available - Mac OS X Mountain Lion will pug those holes.
I am excited about Messages and Notes, Reminders finally working across all the hardware. Messages (formerly known as iChat) is still in beta, you will have to download it from Apple’s website (a beta version is available today for free). Messages will only work if your Mac is running OSX Lion with all of the recent updates…
Lastly Apple changed officially the name for operating system from Mac OS X to OS X.
OS X Mountain Lion new features:
- iCloud, with an iOS-style easy signup process upon first turning on a new Mac or first logging into a new user account. Mountain Lion wants you to have an iCloud account.
- iCloud document storage, and the biggest change to Open and Save dialog boxes in the 28-year history of the Mac. Mac App Store apps effectively have two modes for opening/saving documents: iCloud or the traditional local hierarchical file system. The traditional way is mostly unchanged from Lion (and, really, from all previous versions of Mac OS X). The iCloud way is visually distinctive: it looks like the iPad springboard — linen background, iOS-style one-level-only drag-one-on-top-of-another-to-create-one “folders”. It’s not a replacement of traditional Mac file management and organization. It’s a radically simplified alternative.
- Apps have been renamed for cross-OS consistency. iChat is now Messages; iCal is now Calendar; Address Book is now Contacts. Missing apps have been added: Reminders and Notes look like Mac versions of their iOS counterparts. Now that these apps exist for the Mac, to-dos have been removed from Calendar and notes have been removed from Mail, leaving Calendar to simply handle calendaring and Mail to handle email.
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