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May16

Photography: The Beauty of Redscale

Posted in: Photography

While nowadays, redscale film can be bought premade, it is based on a simple technique: In essence, photographic film is reversed and wound upside-down into an empty film canister. When used, it is exposed from the wrong side creating beautifully tinted images with colors ranging from maroon, to red, to organge, to yellow. You can find more beautiful shots in our Redscale groups, or in a tag search for redscale+film. Photos from Trapac, ozgecan, celia gómez de villavedón, cherryrae., slimmer_jimmer, raquel fialho, and 25ThC.

(Via Flickr Blog.)
Apr30

Photos: Space Shuttle Enterprise flying over New York City

Posted in: Photography

Very neat photos… next time I am in NYC I will have to stop by the Intrepid Sea, Air and Space Museum complex where the shuttle will be housed.

photo by serenitbee

photo by Douglas Palmer

photo by serenitbee

photo by serenitbee

photo by Lori Dorn

Here are some photos of the Space Shuttle Enterprise ridding piggy-back on a Boeing 747 as it passed over New York City this morning on its way to JFK International Airport.

It will eventually make its way to it’s permanent home at the Intrepid Sea, Air and Space Museum.

UPDATE 1: Gothamist has also posted some great photos of the Space Shuttle flying over NYC.

UPDATE 2: Pete P. has some photos of the Enterprise Touchdown in NYC event, including a couple of Leonard Nimoy who was in attendance.

photo by Pete P.

(Via Laughing Squid.)
Apr26

Photography: The new Flickr Uploadr

Posted in: Photography

Finally nice to see that Flickr is still working on some improvements to the service…

Over the past 8 years, you’ve made Flickr your home for more than 7 billion photos. We here at Flickr HQ are constantly amazed by the places you’ve been, the moments you capture, and the millions of stories that are told through your images every day. Today, we’re excited to announce a new feature that will make it even easier and faster for you to upload your photos and share them with the people who matter to you. Introducing the new Flickr Uploadr!

Here’s a peek at some of the new features:

Easily preview and arrange your photos
We’re utilizing some advanced HTML 5 browser technology to bring you a completely new uploading experience on Flickr. You can now add photos by dragging them into the browser. We also show preview thumbnails, where supported, so you can use the intuitive drag and drop interface to manage and reorder photos before they hit your photostream. You can also easily zoom, rotate or sort your photos by title.

Share the story behind your photo
We’ve made it even easier for you to add titles, descriptions and tags, and you can organize your photos into sets like Death Valley 2012 or Beards of my Life. You can now also tag your friends in photos and change licensing, content type and other advanced options right from the uploadr page before publishing to your photostream. So go ahead and tell everyone about your photos!

Faster is better
You may also notice a huge improvement to our upload speeds – between 20-30% faster on average, and up to 50-60% faster for some of our international users.

File sizes: now more bigger!
You asked for it, and we’ve delivered. We increased the file size limits for our Pro users up to 50MB and for our free users up to 30MB. That’s huge! Now you can easily save high-resolution images to Flickr and see your photos in pixel-perfect detail.

And even more
But wait, there’s more! We’re still hard at work on even more features for the Flickr Uploadr. Check back often to see what else we have in store for you and keep letting us know what you think of the new Flickr.

We’ll be rolling out this feature to our users over the next couple weeks, so don’t worry if you don’t have it yet – it will be your Upload experience by default soon. For more information check out our handy list of FAQs, and please let us know if you have any bugs or feedback to share with us. If you’re interested in the technical bits of how we made the Uploadr work, also check out this awesome post on the Flickr code blog.

*Currently, we are supporting versions of Chrome 6, Safari 5, Firefox 8 and up.

(Via Flickr Blog.)
Apr24

Photography: A city in the middle of nowhere

Posted in: Photography

Awesome photos posted by Flickr users as recently featured on the Flickr blog…

The administrative, industrial, scientific, and cultural center of Kamchatka Krai, Russia is Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky. The city is situated on high hills and surrounded by volcanoes, and no roads connect the Kamchatka Peninsula to the rest of the world. This is why travel to the city is expensive but at the same time, because of the remarkable scenery throughout the peninsula, it is growing in touristic popularity.
– Wikipedia

Discover more impressions of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky in our tag search. Photos from Dmitry Monakhov, potomo, hiroquita, leon-id, and yaarus.

(Via Flickr Blog.)
Apr16

Photography: Sakura at Meguro River

Posted in: Photography

Beautiful photos of cherry trees blooming in Japan as seen this year by the Flickr users and recently featured on the Flickr blog:

Discover more beautiful cherry blossom photos along Meguro river in our meguro search results. Photos from yameme, GLIDEi7,Jimmy Gordon, yuki_september, and m.ishikawa inspired by m.ishikawa‘s set 20120406_meguro.

(Via Flickr Blog.)
Apr15

Video: Asylum by Drew Geraci

Posted in: Video

Take a dark journey into the forgotten, where time stands still. The paint has peeled off the walls and the only occupants are the souls of those left behind. This is the Asylum. Opened in the early 1920s, the Asylum closed down and was abandoned decades ago. Rooms remain untouched – left as they were when the last of the employees departed. These buildings stand as a testament to the horrors and miss treatment that patients had to endure during the time of its operation. Our 7 month journey into the Asylum led us on many adventures; from dodging security vehicles, ghostly figures and even a meth head. This is no place for the faint of heart. Asbestos blanketed every room we entered like new winter snow, so shooting was sometimes difficult. This project is a combination of traditional HDR, tone-mapping, and standard time-lapse techniques. With the use of the Dynamic Perception Stage Zero and a Merlin head, we were able to capture the grit and the grime of this wondrous place, like it had never been captured before. Every single frame in this production is a still photograph, no video was shot. It took nearly 35,000 individual frames over 7 months to complete this project.
Apr10

Photography: Monster67 by Kiyoshimachine

Posted in: Photography

Japanese photographer kiyoshimachine has a quirky set of photographs titled Monster67 that features people wearing the “67 Head”, a giant Pentax SLR.

You can find more of these photographs here. Image credits: Photographs by kiyoshimachine and used with permission

(Via PetaPixel.)
Apr10

Photography: International Pillow Fight day in Berlin

Posted in: Photography

We have these in Toronto as well and they are a lot of fun… I used to take a part in some of them in the past, but now I feel a little too old for it. Here are some awesome images from this year event in Berlin as featured on Flickr blog:

Easter Sunday was International Pillow Fight Day. The images here are from the Berlin feather fest. You can see photos from around the world in a search for pillow fight! or check out the International Pillow Fight Day Group.

(Via Flickr Blog.)
Apr5

Photography: Singapore Nights

Posted in: Photography

Great images from fellow Flickr users as seen on Flickr blog recently:

“Chasing light and color, finding that “moment”. I never leave home without my camera, much like I never leave without my shoes. Photography has given me a means to express myself in ways I never could through other creative mediums. Through photography I try to weave a loose narrative that tells the tales of my travels and life. It is the story of complete strangers, dark alleys, neon lights, the dim glow of the late hours, and anything else that catches my eye.”

Photos and quote from John Siegel. You can discover more of his stunning photos of the “Lion City” in his set Singapore Nights, or discover the city on its Places page.

(Via Flickr Blog.)
Apr4

Video: Silver & Light by Ian Ruhter

Posted in: Video

Photographer Ian Ruhter creates amazing photographs using a van that he turned into a gigantic camera. You can check out a gallery of Ruhter’s photographs here. He uses the collodion process (wet plate photography) to turn large sheets of metal into photographs:

This project was created with the same spirit that america was founded on. Our intentions are to connect everyone in america through the lens of this camera and social networking sites. We can’t do this without you. We want to tell your story and show your city or town through photographs of you, and people you know. As we travel around america looking for people and places to shoot you will be able to keep track of where we are going and help us decide where we go next. Join us in our journey by liking our facebook to get yourself photographed by us.
Apr4

Photography: Falling chocolate confections created without CGI

Posted in: Photography

Japan-based art collective NAM shot this series of advertisements showing gravity-defying chocolate confections. What’s interesting about the concept is that they decided to do everything without digital trickery, opting instead to hang the various foods from thin strings.

You can find more images and behind the scenes videos here. (via NAM via Colossal via Laughing Squid)

(Via PetaPixel.)
Apr2

Photography: Airplanes Hovering Over the Heads of Sunbathers

Posted in: Photography

Awesome photos…

Maho Beach outside of Princess Juliana International Airport in Sint Maarten is famous for the fact that landing airplanes fly overhead at minimal altitude. It’s one of the only places in the world where airplanes can be viewed in their flightpath just outside the end of the runway, and therefore is very popular with tourists and plane spotters. Austrian photographer Josef Hoflehner has a project titled “Jet Airliner” that consists of photos of massive jet airliners hovering over the heads of sunbathers on the beach.

You can find more of these images here. They’ve also been in a book. Jet Airliner [Josef Hoflehner] Image credits: Photographs by Josef Hoflehner and used with permission

(Via PetaPixel.)
Mar27

Photography: The Wembley Way

Posted in: Photography

Awesome long exposure image from a Flickr user as recently featured on Flickr blog:

“The waves of passion – 80,000 football fans streaming out of Wembley stadium towards the underground station after the England vs. Holland game.” Photo from optickarma

(Via Flickr Blog.)
Mar23

Photography: Still Wonderful

Posted in: Photography

Beautiful images from Flickr users recently featured on their blog:

Photos from aniatot, Angie Tanksley, t does wool….i do, and Belén Villanueva. Inspired by the gallery Still Wonderful curated bymsjunior.

(Via Flickr Blog.)
Mar21

Photography: Sugar Beach at Corus Quay, Toronto, Canada

Posted in: Photography

There is a little paradise in the city, right at the waterfront… it is called Sugar Beach at Corus Quay in Toronto, Canada. Today was a perfect day to sit by the water, soak up the Sun and finish reading a book:
Mar20

Photography: The Boardwalk, Toronto, Canada

Posted in: Photography

First day of Spring… and the Summer like weather continues in Toronto, Canada. Here is a few iPhone photos taken from a walk down at the Boardwalk in the Beach neighbourhood of the city:
Mar19

Photography: The Beach, Toronto, Canada

Posted in: Moblogging

It was another beautiful day for a walk down the boardwalk at the Beach today… here is a few iPhone photos from today:
Mar13

Photography: Cherry Beach, Toronto, Canada

Posted in: Moblogging

A few iPhone photos from a walk today down at the Cherry Beach in Toronto, Canada:
Mar13

Photography: Hunting the light

Posted in: Photography

Nice images from Flickr users:

Photos from sporkist, robertjosiah, Janet Leadbeater, swissmiss, and brooklyn. Inspired by Astrid.‘s gallery hunting the light II. To find out more about galleries and how you can create your own, check out the Gallery FAQs.

(Via Flickr Blog.)
Mar12

Photography: Starling Moot in Europe

Posted in: Photography

Beautiful images from Flickr users…

Every year in autumn and winter, amazing Starling formations can be seen in parts of Europe including South England, Denmark and France. During the cold months, the birds become highly gregarious and turn into huge flocks of highly variable size. Hundreds of thousands of birds can be part of the flocks. They form tight sphere-like formations in flight, frequently changing their shape providing stunning sights. Photos from Alan-Mackenzie, JimD36, danny beath, BSc, PhD., GrahamMcPherson, Gregory Hunt, Fiona in Eden, Mark Eastment,Mike Hannon, and Andy Holden.

(Via Flickr Blog.)
Mar9

Photography: The sky’s ablaze with light tonight

Posted in: Photography

Massive solar storms, as clearly visible on the NASA Goddard Photo and Video‘s photo on the left, are sparking intense Northern Lights displays for skywatchers at high latitudes since yesterday. They are reported to be visible again tonight, as a wave of charged particles reaches Earth. You can find even more photos in our Aurora Borealis search with more pictures from last night. And if you like space things&hellop; the Astronomy Photographer of the Year competition just opened the group for your entries. Photos from olgeir, Nigel Fearon, *Jonina*, IGORA90, secondaryreality, Antti N, Ryan Liem-Salim, and NASA Goddard Photo and Video.

(Via Flickr Blog.)
Mar8

Photography: Moore Ravine Park, Toronto, Canada

Posted in: Photography

Few iPhone photos from yesterday’s dog walk around the Moore Ravine Park in Toronto, Canada which I forgot to include here:

Photography: Moore Ravine Park, Toronto, Canada

Photography: Moore Ravine Park, Toronto, Canada

Photography: Moore Ravine Park, Toronto, Canada
Mar1

Photography: By the Lake, Toronto, Canada

Posted in: Moblogging

Spent an awesome afternoon by the lake walking dogs…

By the Lake, Toronto, Canada

By the Lake, Toronto, Canada

By the Lake, Toronto, Canada
Feb28

Art: Outsiders by Atelier Volvox

Posted in: Art

Stuffed animals turned inside-out:

Zurich-based designers Atelier Volvox have a project titled “Outsiders” that consists of various stuffed animals turned inside-out. The toys were purchased from second-hand shops, cut open, turned inside out, re-stuffed, and sewed back up.

Outsiders by Atelier Volvox (via Dezeen via Neatorama) Image credits: Photographs by Atelier Volvox

(Via PetaPixel.)
Feb27

Photography: Mesmerizing Skylines

Posted in: Photography

Beautiful shots from Flickr users recently featured on Flickr blog, including one from Toronto:

Photos from Edwin_Abedi, 1982Chris911 (Thank you 100.000 Times), andrew c mace, vulture labs, and chewie2008~.

(Via Flickr Blog.)
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.)
Feb14

Photography: Happy Valentine’s!

Posted in: Photography

Beautiful photography from Flickr users as seen today on Flickr blog:

We wish you and your special someone a Valentine’s Day full of love! Photos from davebrosha, Jiuck, Chow_DAH, Kelly,marenkathleen, Lou O’ Bedlam, and Laura Gommans

(Via Flickr Blog.)
Feb6

Photography: iPortrait

Posted in: Photography

Awesome images from Flickr users:

Tablets make for a great weekend project! Have fun. Photos from Buvone, tismey, Pichead, Jonathan Vazquez, • Andrei •, coreyweekley, and PBodyPhotos. Idea from gregivu.

(Via Flickr Blog.)
Feb6

Stuck on Earth iPad App

Posted in: iPad Apps

Very nice iPad App, I have download it and used it… plus is free!

The Stuck on Earth iPad app from long time Flickr member Stuck in Customs, (a.k.a. Trey Ratcliff) is a great example of what we love to see people doing with the Flickr API and the wealth of geotagged photos on Flickr.

The app lets you explore the world through photos on Flickr. Just zoom into any location and photos taken there will pop up on the screen. Trey designed it for photographers and travelers (i.e. You!) to help plan what you might want to see and photograph when wandering the world.

The app is also built around the Stuck on Earth Community group that Trey has fostered here on Flickr. Members of the group submit photos and curated Top 50 lists around for all kinds of themes like Top 50 Airports and Top 50 Capital Cities. These are then incorporated into the app. You can filter these by category like architecture, entertainment, secret spots, etc. Being able to browse these curated lists is yet another great way the app lets you explore the world through Flickr photos guided by members of the Flickr and Stuck on Earth communities. So if you’re a traveler or photographer check out the app, it’s free!

(Via Flickr Blog.)
Feb2

Photography: The Terminal

Posted in: Photography

Beautiful images from Flickr users recently featured on Flickr blog:

Airport terminals are special: They have an air of wanderlust, the big, wide world. They can be stressful, but also calm and recreational. In her gallery The Terminal that inspired this post, megoizzy shows us the unique interior of some airports from around the world.

(Via Flickr Blog.)