Category Archives: Interesting Web Sites

Canon Photo5 opens next Monday!

It is that time of year again, time for Canon’s Photo5 competition. Opening for registration next Monday August 31, this competition is in its 3rd year, and I expect the registrations will go pretty quickly. So if you are up for a challenge, you had better jump in quick. The little cardboard boxes always seem to generate lots of chatter on photography forums all over Australia.

While you are over at the Canon website, check out the EOS Blog. It is worth a read.

Food photography, Light Painting London, Rejected iPhone Apps and more!

Hungry? have a look at the stunning photos on this food blog and tell me you aren’t hungry.  🙂
Sunday Suppers.

Some amazing light paintings in London. Feast your eyes.
London Light Graffiti.

©Michael Bosanko

More great black and white images here from Clive Limpkin.
Clive Limpkin Photography.

Oh dear, more people bleeting about iPhone apps being rejected. This one about Polaroid copies.
More rejected iPhone apps.

Photos from Tokyo, Pet Peeves, Word Press Themes and loads more.

Some stunning photos from Tokyo, Japan.
rob-sheridan.com photography : tokyo, japan, august 2009..

I think someone needs a hug. 🙂
10 Photography Pet Peeves We’d Throw Down a Black Hole | Raw File | Wired.com.

Here is a very nice WordPress theme for the photography type people. That is you lot.
Free Podcasting, Video and Photography WordPress Theme | Freebies | Smashing Magazine.

Here is your chance to make a name for yourself. Taken a prize winning photo lately?
Sony World Photography Awards.

Ever wanted to just sell up and head out and see the world. Maybe even find a place to call home? Well have a look at this site. Some beautiful photos to sweeten the deal.
The Longest Way Home | a guy travelling the world in search of home.

And here is a pretty photo.

Ocean Baths

Canon G11, Photoshop guide, Under Suspicion and Cheap tilt shift.

Canon has released the specs for the latest in the G series of point and shoot cameras. In what has to be a first, it has less Megapixels than the G10.
Canon unveils PowerShot G11 : Digital Photography Review.

Smashing Magazine has a great guide on using paths in Photoshop.
Mastering Photoshop With Paths | Tutorials | Smashing Magazine.

How about the top 50 Photography sites? Well according to photocritic.org, they have the list for you.
Top 50 photography websites :: Photocritic photography blog.

New to photography and not sure how f stops and shutter speeds affect your photos? Check out the Digital Camera Simulator.
The SimCam: Film and Digital Camera Simulator – Photonhead.com.

Mick over at redfishingboat.com has written an article about how you can get in trouble with the FBI!
Photography Under Suspicion | redfishingboat.

How about helping out the good people at DPS and fill out there survey on RAW or not.
Do You Shoot in RAW? [POLL].

Tilt shift lens for less than you might expect.
captin nod: building a tilt-shift plungercam lens for less than $25.

And version 2 of the above project.
captin nod: Plungercam 2: cheaper and more predictable 🙂.

The World is an Amazing Place, A Worldwide Moment and Mac photo software.

As a hack photographer, everywhere I go I see photographic opportunities. Here is a link that pretty much sums up the way I see the world, and I think it is relevant to most photographers.

The World is an Amazing Place.

Here is a very interesting idea.

The concept calls for people to take photographs at the exact same moment in celebration of this event. Whether you are comfortable at home, hard at work, or in the middle of fighting for a cause you believe in, Worldwide Moment wants you to participate and share in this moment.

Worldwide Moment | Home.

Own a Mac and wondering about what software to use for your photography? Check this out.

The Ultimate Mac Setup for Photographers (50 Apps) – Mac.AppStorm.

And now another photo of mine from the archives.


Alone, with a tree. (PSD)

3D Photo Album, Exposure Fusion, Time covers and more.

A virtual tour of your photos. For Windows users only.
Photo! 3D Album – Share your photos in 3D.

Anti-HDR? Try Exposure Fusion. Good god, where do these names come from?
Exposure Fusion: What is it? How does it Compare to HDR? How Do I Do It?

Time Magazine Australia. 50 Years of covers.
TIME magazine covers | Photos.

Paddy Art, no, not the latest craze from the Irish bohemians.
Paddy art: farmers create colourful rice murals in Japan – Telegraph.


The Nine Eyes of Google Street View

A couple of years ago, my neighbour was mowing another neighbours lawn, when he saw this weird car go by with what looked like a huge Chuppa Chup on top of it. He didn’t know it at the time, but he had been snapped by Googles street view camera.

It still boggles my mind to think of what Google have managed to, and continue to do. I think it is very cool that my car appears on Street View twice. I can see the house I grew up in. Where my mates live. This photo below has a story.

26/08/2008

I rang one of my mates whilst I was walking to the pub. He asked me where I was. I told him Bourke. He then asked for the street I was on. I told him the corner I was on and he said he could see the pub. I turned around and was about to mention the green Thirsty Camel sign when he said “Can you see the Thirsty Camel sign?” Google street view has been to Bourke it seems. 🙂

Check out this link below for a very interesting article.

Art Fag City » IMG MGMT: The Nine Eyes of Google Street View.