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I don’t normally do this, spamming random photography projects, but this one is something special. Read the rest of the article »

On June 17th, 1976, Diego Golberg had a fabulous idea: What if I could take a portrait photo of all my family members every year? It would be an interesting way to see how people change over time. And so he did. The result is inspired, and would easily become a highly cherished family memory. Read the rest of the article »

When a professional pap photographer buys a new camera, the first thing they do is to replace the strap. Why? Because they carry their cameras around so much that the regular strap is a pain. More padding and wider strap means that it becomes at least a little more comfortable to lug around.

Although, of course, you don’t have to be a professional to want to replace your camera strap. In fact, it’s quite easy to make your own! Read the rest of the article »

Wedding photography is an extremely difficult genre - get it wrong, and you ruin the one chance a couple has to have photographic memories of the happiest day in your life. Read the rest of the article »

Sometimes, you can’t help but wonder why something obvious never occurred to you. Like the guy who got rich inventing that little thing that lifts the pizza box up from the middle of the pizza (link).

Another one is this guy, who takes two dirt-cheap digital cameras, and turns them into a stereographic camera, allowing you to take 3D photographs! The effect is not among the most obvious, but the ingenuity is quite nifty. check it out!

A Lomo camera is essentially a really, really low quality camera built in Russia. That doesn’t stop it from having a nearly religious following, however, and with the right attitude when wielding one of these cameras, it can be a very liberating photography experience. Read the rest of the article »

As far as photography projects go, most of them concentrate on creating the photographs, not on the presentation. A while ago, I created a Photo Matrix, as a PHP programming project: Will arbitrarily chosen photos create stories if they are connected in one way, and will the stories changed if the context changes?

It’s difficult to explain, but strangely addictive - go look at some photo matrices yourself!