The death of Kodak producing "real" film anymore is a big loss for the way things used to be. Sure, digital cameras are amazing and let us do stuff with photos we haven’t been able to do before as consumers. There was just something about the look of an old-school Polaroid that brought back memories.

We experienced a bit of the same thing with the death of vinyl albums. Sure CD’s were supposed to be indestructible and unscratchable, but there was still something about listening to audio with a bit of a hiss and crackle to it.
The Rollip website allows you …read more

As widespread and commonplace that digital cameras are these days, we still haven’t lost our enjoyment and appreciation for artistic expression we normally see in paintings and drawings. We’ve uncovered the Be Funky website that gives you the ability to transform your photos into works of art.

The Be Funky website allows you to upload a photo and completely transform it into a pencil drawing, an oil painting or even "Andy Warhol-ize" your photo.
The site requires no money and doesn’t even force you to register in anyway at all. Just click on the button to get started and then choose the …read more

It may not be the first place you’d think about going for professional photography tips, but Microsoft has a nice collection of resources and information available for everyone interested in photography and extended their knowledge and skill set.

The Microsoft Professional Photography website has collections of beautiful images, articles to improve your skills, photography event listings, photo related software downloads and more. If you’re looking for answers to that question that’s been bugging you for quite sometime, you might just find it on their website. The layout and organization is nicely presented and very easy to find what you’re looking …read more

Summer vacation is now in full swing for most people. Visiting family, amusement parks, other cities or just hanging out in the yard with your family, cameras are sure to be getting pulled out and photos snapped away to keep those memories alive.

If you’re going to be making some photographic memories, visit the Microsoft at Home website and read through their tips for super vacation snapshots. They say 8, but that’s actually 8 different categories of tips, with more little tweaks and hints you can take advantage of while you’re there.
The benefit of these tips and resources provided by Microsoft …read more

Here’s a link to some really amazing photos and images to start your day. Some absolutely beautiful landscape photos as well as very interesting images to make you think a little bit.
15 Awesome Pictures

Who are these people? They were all in attendance as Barack Obama became our nation’s 44th president. What’s impressive though is the photograph that this little picture came from.

The image above is a SERIOUSLY reduced image of what is originally a 1,474 MP image that was taken on inauguration day. See the little red box I’ve put in there on the far right? That’s the approximate location of the original image above zoomed in to view.
You can see this photo in all it’s detail and glory at the Gigapan.org website.
Uncovered by Ragamuffin Soul

Images: Photosections of giant image found …read more

I’m sure we’ve all had that Olan Mills family photo at one point or another in our life. Checkout this website where some of the classics are shared with a little sidebar comment as well.
Actual Olan Mills portraits
Uncovered by @loubegnel on twitter.

If there’s one thing I’ve learned as I’ve continued to explore the online world of social media and blogging, the one hobby that seems to go hand-in-hand with many of the individuals involved is photography.
My boss shared the Opacity website with me and he was intrigued by the images that were caught on film of the numerous buildings and other man-made structures that have since begun their retreat back to the dust from which they’ve come.
Once a building no longer serves its purpose, and all of its functionality ceases to exist, it becomes truly fascinating. Each room is transforming …read more

Have you heard of Photrade? I uncovered the Photrade website awhile back through another website I’d visited and an email newsletter I received about the upcoming blogINDIANA conference coming up in Indianapolis. I then realized they were also advertising on this blog here so decided to check them out.
I was quickly impressed with what you could do with sharing your photos and even making money from them as well.
Photrade is where photographers reclaim ownership of their photos. Photraders decide how, when, where and at what cost their photos are used online. We provide unprecedented protection for photos and offer a …read more

I’m always on the look-out for new places to find some stock photography and other images to potentially use on some website for clients or just  get some inspiration for creating a completely new graphical element for design.
Photrade is a new website that’s currently available by invite only so I haven’t been able to really get into the site and see what it’s all about. However, after briefly browsing through their catalog it looks like they’ve got some great content.
Photrade is where photographers reclaim ownership of their photos.
Photraders decide how, when, where and at what cost their photos are …read more