Hacking Photography - one Picture at a time
I believe you’ve heard of those fraudsters who live abroad but still try to claim welfare from their home countries. But did you know what they submit as “proof” that they’re still living at home? Badly photoshopped photos. I’m talking “Oprah’s third hand” bad, and even worse.
The UK’s Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has reported an increase in fraud involving photoshopped images. But some of them are so hilariously bad that it would be a shame not to share them for some laughs.
Shortly after welcoming AI-generated images on its platform, Shutterstock has introduced its own AI image generator, Shutterstock.AI. In collaboration with OpenAI, Shutterstock now offers AI-generated stock images to its customers from anywhere. They can create images in seconds, using any of the languages the website offers. Could this be the end of stock photography as we know it?
Other than boosting our immune system, vitamin C can also be rather useful in photography. Yup, you read that right. Those of you who develop film know that it can be done with vitamin C. And those who are more into digital photography can make use of this vitamin too.
Jens of Another Perspective decided to play with it for artistic purposes and show you how beautiful it looks as it forms under a microscope. Using his digital camera, polarized light, and a bit of C vitamin powder, he created a bunch of mesmerizing photos and video clips he shares with you in this video.
We’ve ranted about Instagram hating photographers and turning into TikTok, with a gazillion reels it forces upon us no matter how much prefer photos. But when Instagram CEO himself admits the app’s gone too far with pushing videos, we know we’re right.
On his Instagram profile, Adam Mosseri recently shared a Story admitting that things have gone a bit out of control. He said that Instagram indeed went too far with pushing videos, but promised a better balanced for those of us who’d still rather look at pretty pictures.
If you’ve always envied astronauts who can take jaw-dropping photos of the Earth from space, now you can do it to. Well, sort of. SkyFi has launched Earth Observation, a service that lets you access high-resolution photos of different places Earth, but you can also take your own. In other words, you can choose the place you want to shoot, and the team will instruct a SkyFi satellite to capture an image for you.
Scientists recently captured a starry sky image that will make you gasp in awe. Using Dark Energy Camera in, The National Science Foundation’s National Optical-Infrared Astronomy Research Laboratory (NOIRLab) released a survey of only a portion of Milky Way, and it shows billions of stars and other celestial objects in staggering detail. It’s not only awe-inspiring and strikingly gorgeous, but it’s the largest star catalog of our home galaxy that’s ever been recorded so far.
With our fancy cameras and lenses, we want to take as sharp photos as possible. I know I was excited when I bought my first DSLR and lens, but I soon discovered that it was much harder to get a razor-sharp image than I thought.
Thankfully, it’s far from impossible, you just need to learn some basics. In this video, Simon d’Entremont gives you a “sharpness checklist” to keep in mind before you start shooting. If you’re a newbie, this will be extremely useful, and you’ll get those tack-sharp images in no time.
If you’re looking for new ways and places to sell your prints, you might actually want to go to an old place, one you may have forgotten. Yup, I’m talking about Flickr, which could soon allow photographers to sell their prints directly to their customers.
That’s right, Flickr has launched a printing service that’s different that the one we’ve already seen (and tested). From now on, users will be able to order prints not only of their own photos, but also buy them from other photographers on the platform. There are a few catches for now, so let’s see how it works and what the potential obstacles are.
The “Quiet mode” will help you focus and stop checking who liked your photo and who sent you yet another meme or reel. Instagram says that the new feature was made after hearing feedback from teen users. “Teens have told us that they sometimes want to take time for themselves and might be looking for more ways to focus at night, while studying, and during school,” Instagram writes. And if FOMO is strong, once the feature is turned off, you’ll see a quick summary of notifications so you can catch up on what you missed.
The Underwater Photography Guide has announced the results of its Ocean Art Underwater Photo Competition for 2022. One of the world’s largest underwater photo contests hasn’t disappointed, and ahead of you is a selection of marvelous photos taken in the underwater realm.
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