Weekend Inspiration – Do What You’re Told

7/02/09 •

I don’t know about you, but I know about me. What do I know? I know I don’t like people telling me what to do. That’s right. Suck it!
If I don’t like people telling me what to do so bad, how come I’m telling you what to do and what I’m telling you to do [...]

Light Your Movies and Still Photography With a Single Oil Lamp

6/30/09 •

Here’s a short film by Tom Guilmette. He challenged himself to shoot it with just natural light and the light of a single oil lamp. Does he pull it off? Well click play and check it out.

You Can Help

6/28/09 •

This weekend I received the very last email I will ever get asking me to please put up some way for the Nice readers to donate.

DSLR with Movie Mode vs. Video Camera

6/26/09 •

The prolific Mr. Michael H. Reichmann over at Luminous Landscape has an interesting post about the differences between using a DSLR with movie mode for shooting video vs. a dedicated video camera.
I’m not sure I agree with all the broad strokes of the post, but the details sound about right. If you’ve been thinking about [...]

Wolf Loves Pork

6/24/09 •

Here’s a creative and  fun use of photography that combines the digital and analog worlds. Particularly if you have unsupervised access to the printer at your work.

Nice!

Oh Friggin Yeah! Let the Film Making Hacking Begin!!!

6/22/09 •

Magic Lantern, a homebrew firmware built by Trammell Hudson for the Canon 5D mII has been released into beta adding an impressive set of film making features to the camera.

Rubik’s Cube Art

6/22/09 •

Have you ever wanted to recreate a photograph as Rubik’s cube art? Of course you have. Here’s an impressive work by artist “Invader”. If you have trouble figuring out the image at the end, just squint a bit.

Nice!