March 20, 2010

(rt) Photography: Darkness, distant underpants, & more

• Alberto Seveso has created some amazing images by dropping varnish into a fishbowl. The shots take me back to playing with Lego boats + food coloring in the bathtub years ago.
• Canon cannons:
  • “I See London, I See France, I See Your Underpants from 32 Miles Away With The Canon 5200mm Ultra Telephoto” [Via Zalman Stern]
  • Canon’s limited edition coffee mug swag resembles a lens that resembles a coffee mug. [Via]
• Panasonic brings touchscreens to SLRs: Via the live view, tap a person to focus on/shoot him or her. That strikes me as very cool, given that I’m always pressing halfway to meter/focus, then recomposing and firing. That’s pretty tedious/error-prone with kids.
• Tenebrae:
  • Check out the Space Shuttle in colorful bands of atmosphere.
  • The Big Picture features Jason Hawkes’s night photography of New York City & Las Vegas from above. It’s cool, though for some reason I don’t find it as compelling as his earlier work over London.