Technology Explained, Practice
Daniela Bowker
Resolution and pixels and image quality! Oh my! ...

When you hear the term 'high-res' thrown about with such abandon when it comes to images for web use, have you ever stopped to think just how big or how high quality and image meant for the web needs to be?

Resolution and pixels and image quality! Oh my! Saving images for the web
Feature Articles, Photography Theory
Haje Jan Kamps
Low-contrast photographs don't have to be boring

There's an assumption that high-contrast images are more dynamic, more compelling, more inviting. Have a go at some low-contrast photography. You might surprise yourself with the results.

Low-contrast photographs don't have to be boring
Feature Articles, Theory
Daniela Bowker
Seeking balance in your photos

Balance doesn't mean symmetry; it means an internal consistency and tension within your photos. And it's a vital element of composition. 

Seeking balance in your photos
Feature Articles, Photography Theory
Haje Jan Kamps
Training your photographic luck

Great photos might be down to a little bit of luck, but most of that 'luck' you make yourself. Don't believe us? Read on...

Training your photographic luck
Feature Articles, Practice
Daniela Bowker
The ups and downs and ins and outs of ...

Photographing buildings doesn't have to mean wide-angle lenses and fretting about correcting for the keystone effect. Any lens, and angle. Don't believe us? Let us show you!

The ups and downs and ins and outs of photographing buildings

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Happy 5 Billionth, Flickr!

Flickr

Have you ever wondered how many photos there are lurking amongst the Flickr webs? Well, as of today, there are 5 billion. Yes, really, 5 billion. Woodwards Collage was uploaded by yeoaaron on 18 September 2010.

For the last four years Media Culpa, a public relations and media blog based out of Sweden, has been tracking Flickr’s upload milestones. A basic graph they created shows a steady increase of about one billion photos uploaded per year since 2007. Will that rate of growth stabilise, or increase, do you think?

Woodwards Collage, by yeoaaron

Anyway. Congratulations to Aaron Yeo and Flickr for reaching this mega-milestone!

via TechCrunch