The pre-CP+ announcements keep on rolling in, and with them, new cameras from Nikon, including six zoom-centric, stabilized compacts that all sport 16MP CMOS sensors and built-in Wi-Fi/NFC. The P610 offers the greatest reach of the bunch, a 24-1440mm equivalent range. Read more
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We all aim to tell a story through one single image. For many occasions, though, a well-assembled collage is an excellent way to pull the viewer in for a full experience. Consider this method for sharing photos from an event, a real estate shoot, or even a family photo session!
Collages are easy to put together in Photoshop, so let’s walk through the steps. Note that I am working on a Mac with Photoshop CS3, so your system may have slight variations in the key commands needed.
Photo selection is crucial. You want to select a mix of scales that will span the entire event. That means you pick some wide shots that show the entire scene, and some detail photos that show lots of texture and personality. Without one or the other the story will not be complete, and won’t carry the same emotion that it could.
Open all selected photos in Photoshop. You’ll want to pick a minimum of three, but avoid getting cluttered with too many also. Typically, I limit my photo selection to no more than eight. Keep in mind that the more photos you select, the tougher it will be to see details of each one.
Create a new file (File -> New). Be sure to make it a bit larger than the size you want in the end. I always make it 20×30″ at 150ppi.
Go to one of the open photos and, using the marquee tool, select all (or press command+A). Press Command+C to copy. Click into the new document and press Command+V to paste. This will bring the photo into the new document on its own layer. Depending on the size and resolution of the photo you brought in, you may need to adjust the size. To do this, press Command+T to transform. Use the corner node and, while pressing Shift, adjust the scale of the photo until it is small enough to comfortably move around on the new document canvas.
Note: if you convert the image layer to a Smart Object first it will maintain integrity of the image quality as you size up and down.
After you have added all images that you want in the collage, it’s time to lay out the photos! This is where you will shift the photos around until you feel they tell your story best. You’ll discover a style of your own after doing several collages. I generally like to either have symmetry in layouts, or make it look like an interlocking puzzle. That being said, each story has slightly different needs.
When you have the layout figured out and the photos are all sized as they should be, you can create a thin white border between images to give a bit of visual space. This step is optional, and the amount of white space you put between photos is a personal preference.
To do this, select the image layer that you want to move then use the arrow keys to shift it in the direction you want. Using the arrow keys rather than shifting with the mouse will help keep track of distance so that the spacing in between photos is even.
Alternatively you can butt them up against one another and using a Layer Style (select Stroke > Inner) add a white or black border around each image. See screen capture below.
Once you have your collage laid out and the photos are spaced as you want them, you are ready to merge all layers. To do this, press Command+Shift+E.
Once your collage is merged into one layer, crop any extra white space around edges so that it’s even. This outside white border is typically very narrow on my collages, so I don’t bother measuring. Be sure that it looks even all around.
To make sure your collage fits your social media needs, you may want to resize it once complete. I recommend saving your original flattened collage as a JPEG for possible future re-use.
To resize your collage and bring it down to social media friendly dimensions, press Opt+Command+I. Sizing varies per social media platforms, but I typically save it at 1000 pixels on the short edge and 150ppi.
If you want to put a watermark on your masterpiece, now is the time. Bring in your watermark and be sure to merge all layers once more to save as a JPEG. You are now ready to share it with the world.
Have you made any collages? Have any additional tips? Please share in the comments below.
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[ By Steph in Destinations & Sights & Travel. ]
You might wonder why anyone would pay money to gaze at collections of dog collars, toilets, packets of ramen and mammalian penises in jars, but one thing we’ve learned from this list of weird museums is that absolutely anything can be collected and put on display. These unusual exhibitions range from the bizarre and macabre, like a Peruvian museum of brain abnormalities, to the oddly specific, like Massachusetts’ Museum of Burnt Food.
On the busiest street in Reykjavik, you’ll find a museum filled with shelf after shelf of animal penises in jars. Iceland’s Phallological Museum started as a private collection in 1974 when the founder received a bull’s penis as a joke gift, and it took off from there. “Some of my teachers used to work in summer in a nearby whaling station and after the first specimen they started bringing me whale penises, supposedly to tease me. Then the idea came up gradually that it might be interesting collecting specimens from more mammalian species.
Run by a social service organization that works to protect human rights, sanitation, waste management and social reform through education, New Delhi’s toilet museum showcases the 4,500-year history of toilets around the world, including one disguised as a bookcase and King Louis the XIV’s royal throne, upon which he was said to defecate during court sessions. Sulabh International has been credited with bringing sanitation to India’s poor, and founded the museum to send a message about how important proper disposal of human waste is.
The names and addresses of over 16,000 women around the world are taped to delicate little samples of hair hanging from the walls at the Avanos Hair Museum, a bizarre treasure tucked into the caves of Turkey’s surreal Cappadocia beside the owner’s pottery studio. The first lock of hair went up in 1979, supposedly as a memento for founder Chip Galip, starting a bit of a trend in which women voluntarily left their locks behind. Every year Galip chooses ten hair samples at random and invites the women to come back for a pottery workshop and to stay in his traditional guest house for free.
The history of ramen noodles and Cup Noodles is celebrated at the Momofuku Ando Instant Ramen Museum in Osaka, a free exhibit with recreations of the ramen inventor’s workshop and thousands of cups and packets of instant noodles on display. There’s also an instant ramen workshop where visitors can make their own noodles.
Get up close and personal with tapeworms, mites and other parasites at the world’s only parasitological museum. Located in the Meguro neighborhood of Tokyo, this museum has over 45,000 specimens in its collection, including the world’s longest tapeworm at 8.8 meters. You can even get yourself a parasite-themed souvenir.
Travel isn’t required to view some of the world’s weirdest collections, like the Museum of Barf Bags or every airline spoon ever created – these 13 are online.
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The pyramids of the Louvre shine in hard candy, the Guggenheim gleams in solid sugar, and gingerbread makes for convincing concrete on Zaha Hadid’s Maxxi …
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Cappadocia’s cave homes have made it famous, but there is another, less well-known attraction there: a weird museum with 16,000 samples of human hair.
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Nikon has announced the D810A: the first full-frame astrophotography-specific camera. This is the largest sensor to appear in a consumer astrophotography camera, bringing improved light capture capabilities to the discipline. It’s essentially a Nikon D810 with a modified IR-cut filter to ensure the camera can capture light emitted by nebulae and additional features to support long exposure photography. Read more
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Sigma has announced its fourth compact in its unique Quattro series. The dp0 features a fixed 14mm F4 lens (21mm equivalent) along with the unconventional styling of its peers. Its Foveon X3 CMOS sensor is divided into three layers to record red, green and blue wavelengths separately, and the top layer captures 19.6MP of information. Read more
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With the CP+ tradeshow in Japan about to kick off, Sigma has unveiled a 24mm F1.4 DG HSM wide angle prime lens, joining its ‘Art’ series of premium glass. Designed to cover a full-frame sensor, it will be offered in Canon, Nikon and Sigma mounts with availability and pricing yet to be announced. Read more
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Ballett ist eine Kunstform, die durch ihre Anmut und Eleganz so unsagbar fein und leicht wirkt, jedoch gleichzeitig ein unglaublich hartes Training benötigt. Dieser Gegensatz lässt sie magisch, ja nahezu unwirklich erscheinen. Einen Blick hinter die Kulissen gewährt uns die Fotografin und Tänzerin Darian Volkova.
Dank ihr können wir nicht nur einen Einblick in das Leben eines der bekanntesten Balletthäuser der Welt erhalten, sondern das klassische Ballett auch durch die Augen einer Tänzerin sehen.
Darian wurde in der russischen Stadt Chabarowsk nahe der chinesischen Grenze geboren, begann bereits im Alter von fünf Jahren mit dem Tanzen und fand mit sieben Jahren dann zum klassischen Ballett. Heute arbeitet sie am klassischen Balletttheater in Sankt Petersburg, einem der wohl traditionsreichsten und bekanntesten Balletthäuser überhaupt.
Vor etwa einem Jahr begann sie, das tägliche Leben der Tänzer zu dokumentieren. Sie arbeitet dabei sowohl analog mit der zweiäugigen Spiegelreflexkamera Yashica Mat 124G, digital mit der Fujifilm X-E2 und manchmal einfach mit dem iPhone. Sie portraitiert die anderen Tänzer bei den Proben, zeigt aber auch ganz alltägliche Dinge und Situationen.
Was ich an der Ballettfotografie schätze, sind der menschliche Körper und seine Fähigkeiten. Ich stelle das gern heraus, indem ich mit Licht und Schatten spiele. Ich versuche, den Moment festzuhalten, die Atmosphäre des Theaters zu vermitteln und die Arbeit der Künstler so zu zeigen, wie sie ist.
Ihre Bilder leben nicht nur von den unglaublich grazilen Bewegungen, den schönen Körpern und Kostümen. Darian hat einen sehr guten Blick für tolle Bildschnitte und ein großartiges fotografisches Talent.
Dass Darian selbst auch tanzt, hilft ihr sehr, wenn sie ein bestimmtes Bild umsetzen möchte. Die Tänzer sehen in ihr keine Fremde und sind oft sogar befreundet, was die Arbeit miteinander viel einfacher macht.
Ich bin in der Lage, während der Interaktion mit meinem Modell meine eigene künstlerische Vision auszudrücken. Es ist sehr leicht für mich, den Tänzern zu erklären, wie das Endresultat aussehen soll, denn da ich selbst tanze, sprechen wir dieselbe Sprache.
Darian teilt ihre Bilder über Instagram. Besonders empfehle ich aber ihre Homepage „Soul in Feet“, auf der man ihre Fotos in großer Auflösung und ohne störende Elemente bewundern kann.
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[ By Steph in Art & Installation & Sound. ]
Profusions of white balloons seem to explode from the interiors of houses, squeeze through basketball hoops and hover between the trees in the forest like odd bulbous clouds in this series by artist Charles Pétillon. ‘Invasions’ gives these normally free-floating objects a life of their own with a swarm-like presence within architectural spaces and landscapes.
Each photograph depicts a particular metaphor, making a statement on various topics. ‘Family Memories,’ top, shows the white balloons “symbolizing childhood naivety,” while ‘Play Station 2′ aims to “question the viewer on the uses of games in all forms, their evolution and their influence in society.”
The forest scene, entitled ‘Mutation 2,’ mimics the molecular structure of DNA, placing it in a picturesque environment to symbolize the effect of humans on natural spaces, with our tendency to modify everything to our own uses.
‘Invasions’ brings the balloons to retrofuturistic architecture designed in the late ’70s and early ’80s to examine our visions of the future and how quickly they become obsolete. ‘CO2′ represents the scars we leave upon the world with our lust for objects like cars. The artist sees the balloons as a way to visualize each of these ways in which we thoughtlessly proliferate, invade or evolve.
Have you ever wondered why so much public space goes to waste? Seemingly ‘natural’ green areas are carefully cultivated, requiring time, energy and water.
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In a unique urban intervention, two college students took and attached a series of balloons marked with written phrases to stray canines Santiago, Chile. The …
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From massive bears to bridge-sized waterfalls, here are some of the most breathtaking and inspiring pieces of public art
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Ricoh has just announced a new collapsible standard zoom lens. The HD Pentax-DA 18-50mm F4-5.6 DC WR RE is the world’s shortest zoom when its stored position, and is to be sold as a kit with the just-launched Pentax K-S2 DSLR. The lens offers weather-resistant construction for shooting in rain or mist, and uses Pentax’s multi-layer HD coatings to reduce flare and improve light transmittance. Read more
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Ricoh has introduced the WG-5 GPS, the latest in its line of rugged compacts. It exceeds its predecessor’s shockproof rating of 2m to 2.2m, and maintains its other rugged specs including -10C/+14F degree freezeproof rating, 14m/45 ft waterproof capability and 100kgf/220lbf crushproof rating. The WG-5 uses a 16MP BSI CMOS sensor, a 25-100mm equivalent zoom lens and as its name suggests, built-in GPS. Read more
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