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Photography

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Dec 16, 2009

In light of our recent post, Art Borne From the Barrel of a Gun, here's a thorough guide to building your own bullet capture system via robotics site Glacial Wanderer. Says Hack a Day:"A pair of IR se ...

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Dec 15, 2009

Get some great tips on how to look better in pictures. Pose for the camera by leaning in, rather than leaning back. Stand up straight. To look thinner, turn your body slightly, and put your hand on yo ...

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Dec 15, 2009

Incredible high speed photography, capturing bullets piercing objects (via Flickr user Alex Andrea Broderick).Previously, Speeding Bullet at 1,000,000 FPS. ...

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Dec 14, 2009

Kipkay from Make Magazine shows us how to create a photographic illusion, making things look smaller than they really are with tilt-shift photography. Materials needed include rubber plunger, an overs ...

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Dec 12, 2009

Remember sleeveface? There's a new craze to hit the web, and though maybe not quite as fun, it's worth noting. Moneyface. Take a bill, any bill, strategically place in front of your face, point, and s ...

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Dec 11, 2009

Favorited by our man Crow. Submitted by user God. How could I not be tempted by this tutorial?    A perfect combination of old school retro, arts & crafts, and hipster cool.    Just take an old vinyl ...

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Nov 19, 2009

Need to find some directions? No problem, use Google Maps. Want to find some spy photos of yourself? No problem, use Google Street View.Beginning in 2007, hordes of Google hybrid electric vehicles hav ...

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Nov 6, 2009

California Redwoods are some of the oldest and tallest trees on Earth, so snapping a single photograph couldn't possibly capture their majestic entirety.Nick Nichols built a custom camera rig for the ...

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Oct 29, 2009

Make Magazine presents UC Berkeley's professor of architecture, Cris Benton. From Make, "Cris is a leader in the aerial kite photography community, constantly developing new ways to rig remotely contr ...

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Oct 23, 2009

More science-geek-art: amazing photographs by Alan Jaras. Apparently the images have not been altered in any way (computer generated or color treated) and are true reproductions of light refraction pa ...