Prometheus to the Cave Man and Now Igniting Ingenuity
November 12, 2008 by Lauren B. McAdams
Filed under Art Commentary, The Not-So-Daily Edition, Top
At the beginning of the Disney movie Ratatouille, the main character, a small rat, says there is something interesting about humans: “they don’t just survive; they discover; they create.” The young child, cave woman, adult, professional, pirate, educator and artist in me held on to this observation by Remy, the rat, as the cornerstone that supports art and art making. When asked to articulate a low-tech metal casting process to a high-tech computer crowd, I felt compelled to investigate a new angle.
Photofunia.com
November 4, 2008 by Lesli Jason
Filed under Art Commentary, Digital Lifestyles, Media, Photography, Top
It never fails.
Just as I get rolling on something I need to finish, someone emails me something which completely catches my attention and takes me away from whatever it was that I was doing.
(what was I doing?)
Distraction du jour: Photofunia.com.
There are several online tools which allow you to have fun with images, Dumpr and Gooifier are two free sites that I’ve used in the past, but Photofunia, also free, offers a more sophisticated selection and I like their interface better. Using face detection technology and offering 50 different templates which allow you to apply funny, creative or artistic effects on your images with just a few clicks, Photofunia can help you transform your everyday photography to something you can have fun with and even frame and give as a gift. The results are that good. There is no need to have any deep knowledge of photo editing. No program download or registration is required. Just upload your picture or graphic, select your desired effect from the comprehensive assortment of image thumbnails, and viola! Then, just click and save.
I had such a good time with this program that I sent my kids all the funny and cool photos I made of them on Photofunia. After about the seventh or eighth photo, I received an email back from my 19 yr old son who is away at university. That, in and of itself was a miracle.
"Dear mom, Get a hobby. Love you. =)"
"Dear Bobby, I found a hobby. Have you found a job?"
I haven’t heard back…
EXPLORING DIGITAL PHOTOGRAPHY & GROUP THERAPY, TOGETHER
May 19, 2008 by Beckett Gilchrist
Filed under Digital Lifestyles, Featured Stories, Photography
When I studied traditional photography over twenty years ago I did not see how much the art would shift for me in the way I executed it and what it meant for me. I believed like many of us that the silver halide was a thing of exacting beauty that could never be replaced. Read more
The Nikon D300 Camera at Work
April 21, 2008 by Van Redin
Filed under Digital Lifestyles, Featured Stories, Photography, Workflow
My job as a Still Photographer in the motion picture industry requires me to get the best possible images for publicity purposes. This requires me to constantly update my equipment when new and better technology is developed.
Such is the case with the Nikon D300 camera which hit the market in Dec 2007 and is now available without the waiting list that it had for several months. I had been using the Nikon D2x and the Nikon D200 cameras for several years, and a Nikon D100 and D1x prior to that. Read more
