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Sir John Herschel made important contributions to the nascent field of photography more than a century and a half ago, inventing a chemical process that allowed an image to be fixed onto photosensitive paper.
If necessity is the mother of invention, then the economic downturn sure has made one out-of-work photographer become awfully inventive.
Instead of giving Christmas gifts to his family last year, John McWhorter donated money to budding entrepreneurs. His gift, administered through , provided microloans to eight impoverished families worldwide, enabling them to start their own businesses.
One software program can merge multiple camera shots to eliminate that half-dazed look that always seems to afflict one person in every group photo. Another can combine a picture taken with and without a flash to pair your smiling face with a properly illuminated nighttime scene. Yet another program can pull out crystal-clear details by shifting the focus after you've snapped a picture. And who wouldn’t want a camera that can clarify an otherwise blurry image like a speeding bicyclist?
It started as a simple online advertising gimmick, but Brian Powers' aerial photography project grew into something quite different. Powers, owner of Hawaiian Images Photography and Video, has photographed the entire coastline of the Big Island and posted the work on his Web site.
So November is well and truly here. Late fall in southern Ohio sees the trees go bare pretty quickly, but this year conditions were nearly perfect for some stunning fall color. It seemed like it came and went so fast that if you blinked, you missed it.
This is how an American soldier is made - News Photo BlogIan Fisher, American Soldier This is how an American soldier is made.
I thought I had captured all of the autumn beauty that was left around our property (See 2009-Part 1) but Sunday was such a lovely day here in Nebraska that I spent a bit of time outside with my furry kids and captured more. So, I thought I'd share these images with you too.
10 Most Amazing Ghost TownsFascinating-- and the article is accompanied by some wonderful photos as well
2010 calendars: nude, charity and bizarre calendars available for next yearHave you had it with 2009? Well, then take a look at 2010. Warning, be prepared for the nearly-Full Monty!
Taylor Lautner's Shirtless Pics: A Hollywood Double Standard?Remember the huge uproar in April 2008, when 15-year-old Miley Cyrus appeared in "Vanity Fair" wrapped in a sheet, with her right shoulder and the top of her back visible, implying that, under the sheet, she wasn't wearing a shirt? That week, the cover of the New York Post read " …
Thousands upon thousands of bright pink and red strawberry anemones fill the underwater seascape, as clusters of giant, white cloud sponges protrude proudly off of the giant boulders that rest precariously upon a slope that wanders off into the abysmal depths.
North-east Scottish stone circles feature in Westhill photog exhibitionANCIENT stone monuments around the Aberdeenshire countryside are the focus of a new photography exhibition. Dramatic black and white images depicting some of the region's stone circles have gone on display at Westhill.
Amazing Pictures, Pollution in China October 14, 2009, the 30th annual awards ceremony of the W. Eugene Smith Memorial Fund took place at the Asia Society in New York City. Lu Guang (卢广) from People's Republic of China won the $30,000 W.
Wildlife Photographer of the Year 2009 won by leaping wolfAn Iberian wolf strides over a fence, its eyes intent on a tasty meal in the next field. This stunning image won the Veolia Environement Wildlife Photographer of the Year, organised by the Natural History Museum and BBC Wildlife Magazine.
BBC NEWS | Science & Environment | Leaping wolf snatches photo prizeWildlife Photography Awards.
Saturn at equinox - The Big PictureChecking in with NASA's Cassini spacecraft, our current emissary to Saturn, some 1.5 billion kilometers (932 million miles) distant from Earth, we find it recently gathering images of the Saturnian system at equinox.
BBC NEWS | In Pictures | In pictures: Landscape photo of the year 2009Photography awards in the United Kingdom.
24 hours in pictures24 hours in pictures - The Guardian's selection of the best images from around the world
I used GraphicConverter to do this 1. Trimmed from larger size photo 2 Effect--> Feathered 3. Picture--> Simple Brightness/Contrast: brightness a -6, Contrast a +28 Saturaton a +14 4. Effect--> Edge and Frame--> Twril 5. Trimmed to present size
Viewfinder: A photo a day for 64 weeksMy aim is to publish one picture a day on Flickr and pull out 64 of the more interesting frames for publication on this blog over the next 64 weeks.
"Photoshop is the commercial name for Adobe's well-known and much used image-editing software. It has become so popular and well-known (even among those who have yet to use it) that the name "Photoshop" has become a verb, as in, "I Photoshopped this image."
35 Years of the World's Best Microscope PhotographyThis image of the male sex organ of a flowering plant took first place in Nikon's annual Small World photomicrography competition this year.
I'm a city boy for sure, but I'll get myself to a stream or forest any time I can and Pennsylvania has its share. In my mind, fall and winter snow scenes are the best subjects.
Autumn scenes - The Big PictureIt's that time of year again, the Earth's northern hemisphere is tipping away from the warmth of the Sun. Days in the north are getting cooler and shorter, leaves are changing, animals migrating and many harvests are underway.
Photo Gallery: Microscopic Photographic ArtSince 1975, Nikon has been awarding annual prizes to scientists and enthusiasts who take pictures through a microscope. Popularly known as a maker of professional and consumer cameras, the company is also a major manufacturer of biological and industrial microscopes.
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