This wallpaper was created in main thought for my personal desktop but beside this
I wanted to thank all people who supported my art on flickr with feedback and comments. Arigato domo.

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Ever wished that you could walk away from a hundred-foot fall with nary a scratch, or spend your days driving around in a van with your buddies and your pooch, solving mysteries?

Oh, don’t we all.

There is one thing we can share with our two-dimensional animated friends — their giant, saucer-like, cartoon eyes.

Our pal Jen Dunlap sent us a fun photo idea for turning you and your pals into live-action cartoons.

It’s easy:

1) Grab some craft eyeballs (intended for making stuffed animals) from your local craft store or online. The bigger, the better.

2) Have your friends place them over their eyes and squint down a bit to hold them in place.

3) Go wabbit hunting, or find some desert and have ‘em pose next to ACME-Brand rockets. Snap away!

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I recently published this photo on Flickr (click here to view larger) and it received a lot of interest so I thought I’d share how I made it. Taking 64 photos like this may look like a lot of work but it can actually be done quite easily. Here’s how I did it.

First of all, I used two flashes for lighting. An on camera SB-800 with diffusion dome pointed up and back and an off-camera SB-600 bounced into an umbrella to the right of the camera. You can do this without fancy lighting equipment. The important thing to remember is simply that the lighting must be consistent from shot to shot.

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From the markings on the barrels, these appear to be lenses made by JML Optical. It shows how painstaking it is to make high quality lenses. I thought it was interesting to see the strange mix of high-tech (vacuum chambers and electron beams) and low-tech (wooden sticks and plastic cups) manufacturing methods used in the production of one lens.

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As part of its Earth Hour feature, The Toronto Star is hosting a short film created to highlight human impact on the environment and specifically on the air we breathe.

Twenty days. Twenty thousand still images. A single message. Toronto Star photographer Lucas Oleniuk captures the issue of global warming in a video created entirely by using still images.

Because it was made with still images, the entire film consists of time-lapse sequences. It’s a beautiful example of time-lapse photography. Photojojo recently did a good tutorial on time-lapse you should check out if you are interested in giving it a try.

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If you ever need to rent a lens you certainly can’t complain about a lack of options. A few months ago I reviewed 8 online lens rental stores and now we can add the aptly named Camera Lens Rentals to the list.

This new store is strictly Canon with a fair selection of standard, wide and telephoto lenses. They follow the standard rental model. Prices are fairly competitive and they offer an optional damage waiver for a few dollars more. In addition, they are currently promoting a “3 clicks special” where you rent three lenses and get your fourth rental for free.

For their grand opening, they’re offering 15% off your first rental with the discount code GRANDOPEN.

Also, be sure to check out my reviews of competing services Rent Glass and Zip Lens.

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Wall art has a lot of choices today. You can pick up anything from wall paintings, metal wall hangings, photo wall art, posters, painted murals to even textured paints and wallpapers! Some great décor tips can be found at www.lovefineart.com, too where you not only get wall art and décor articles posted regularly but also have fabulous paintings to browse through and decide at your own time which ones you would love to actually share your space around you! Some admirable work here! Check out the amazing posters, photo art and paintings of seascapes, beach art, river rocks and California coast and landscapes at this site, while I decide between my personal favorite prints here, that is the Montana De Oro scenes or ocean reefs…

I spent this past weekend in Chicago and, as you may know, it was FREEZING in Chicago this past weekend. But since a mere 6 months ago I was living in Alaska I know that extreme cold doesn’t mean I can’t take my camera out and I now have some lovely photos of very cold Chicago dwellers. For those of you that have never yet ventured out with your camera at 25 below but think you might be brave enough this winter here are a few tips:

Use A UV Filter
They are a hell of a lot cheaper to replace than a lens. Extreme cold makes glass more brittle, last winter I was out shooting at -30F, put my camera down, gently, and the UV filter simply shattered. But it cost ten bucks to replace so I didn’t have to be too worried!

Get A Good Camera Bag and Heat It!
A decent camera bag is a worthwhile investment anyway but especially if you do a lot of outdoor photography. In the cold it’ll offer some protection by itself and you can make it even better by padding around the camera with hand or foot warmers (they cost about $2 at sports stores). Wrap them in a thin cloth first to protect the camera in case they leak little carbon particles.

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We’ve seen our fair share of Photoshop tutorials, but when we came across this series of videos titled “You Suck at Photoshop”, we knew we were in for something different.

Join Donnie as he clone stamps self-deprecating snark while his wife airbrushes away his self-esteem. This spoof is worthy of SNL.

And be warned, though the intent is to amuse, you’re likely to pick up a Photoshop tip or two along the way.

(A real) ** Warning ** Some parts of Donnie’s tutorials may offend those with more refined sensibilities. If that could include you, please, don’t click through.

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Amazing images from Japanese architect and photographer Kazuhiko Kawahara (Palla). This one is a particular favourite.