This weekend I got to take a peek at the Photophlow site that is now in a limited beta and experience the Flickr community like never before. At the moment the site is growing through an invitation only process not unlike Googles Gmail back in the day. What is unique about Photophlow is the truly real-time discussion of photography in a very clean interface. It’s not often that a site comes along building on Fl
Yesterday Dave Winer announced the release of FlickerFan. FlickrFan (see FlickrFan.org for product details) enables Flickr users with a MacMini connected to their TV to display photography from their Flickr Contacts. This automatic feed is actually very cool and the type of use is a really nice way of displaying some great photography in a larger format. Robert Scoble ran a quick demo and fielded questions about Flic
I dread falling into a techhead mode, but this Canon EOS 1Ds Mark III Hands-On Review video was too funny not to post. One thing that instantly made me chuckle is the porno music and the visual inspection of the sensor which by appearance clearly demonstrates how great it is. All teasing aside if you’ve never unwrapped a Canon 1 body this is a must see. I have to admit I found the comparison of the 1Ds Mark III
Food for thought from Larry Lessig on how current laws are hampering creativity and new media technologies. Larry Lessig is a great speaker whom I’ve seen present in person and have great respect for. His points are spot on in my opinion, but I often find myself thinking about what he says at least twice, once as your average Internet user and once as a photographer. The propagation of photography online on som
Tonight I attended the Fake Steve Jobs interview put together by LinkedIn at the Computer History Museum in Mountain View, California. I went out of my way to leave my camera behind so as to enjoy the evenings festivities. Even still I took a few photos with my iPhone. I’ve always been an Apple / Mac geek so meeting Guy Kawasaki, who interviewed Fake Steve Jobs (AKA Daniel Lyons) was a highlight. I was also luc
I take it for granted, but there is one camera accessory that I carry in my camera bag that has played a central role to my photographic success. The accessory until now was a secret, but I thought after a couple of recent photo trips that I’d share it with those that read my blog. Now that I’ve built up a little anticipation here is why I decided to reveal this secret accessory… 1. It is central to
If you’re curious here is a link with test images from the new Canon EOS 1Ds Mark III. On display are: 1. Examples of Fixed Point Photography 2. Examples of available Picture Styles 3. Examples of ISO Sensitivity 4. Examples of Long Exposures 5. Work Examples. Images are full size JPEG so be warned it may take a while to get through the images. The dimensions of each full size JPEG is 5,616×3,744 pixels. The s
A friend forwarded me a link to this video of Dave Story, Vice President Interactive Design at Adobe, demonstrating a 3D lens that captures 20 images simultaneously with a version of Photoshop software featuring a “focus brush”. The concept of creating a photograph with 3-D pixels and manipulating the display with a “focus brush” is quite a neat concept. In theory I think any technology that o