2009 in Pictures

I was inspired by CC Chapman’s 2009 in Pictures post to document this year… and what a year it has been. This year included: 3 trips to Mexico – one paid for by Amateur Traveler, one blogger trip and one volunteer trip Conferences like Blog World, MacWorld and TBEX Trips to Arizona, Chicago, Colorado and ...
Eye-Fi – Make Your Digital Camera Magical

Eye-Fi – Make Your Digital Camera Magical

The new 2Gb Eye-Fi secure digital memory card, like memory cards for your digital camera, can hold your pictures. That is not too surprising. The surprising part of the Eye-Fi is that it won’t just store your digital masterpieces but will share them. When you first get the Eye-Fi you program the card with your ...

Kodak Embraces Digital, booyah!

The person who posted this video to YouTube says: This is a commercial that was produced for internal use. But it has become so popular, especially with employees, that Kodak has released it for external viewing. It demonstrates that Kodak not only understands it’s changing business but also has a sense of humor.
Photo taken With and Without Flash

Photo taken With and Without Flash

I did not realize quite the difference that taking a photograph with and without flash makes. read more | digg story

Stunning In-flight Photography (by commercial airline pilot)

Rare shots of airplanes, birds, land and sky; “spy” shots of Saudi Arabia villas, lightning storm, etc. read more | digg story
World's Smallest camera

World's Smallest camera

Some stories about technology are hard to swallow. This story about a camera that is small enough to swallow would be an exception. The camera is designed to work as part of a pill which can be swallowed and flow through your digestive system, or for firing from a rather large syringe.
Time Lapse Life

Time Lapse Life

Photographer Diego Golberg and his family took pictures every day on June 17th, every year, since 1976
Camera Mail

Camera Mail

Here is an interesting experiment that documents the path of a package through the postal system: On the 22nd of December 2004, Kyle Van Horn taped a disposable camera to a piece of black foamcore and inscribed upon it the following message: “ATTENTION POSTAL WORKERS! Please help us with our project. As this camera travels ...

Nikon and Konica/Minolta withdraw

Digital photography continues to shake up the photography landscape. Today Konica/Minolta announced that they are withdrawing from the camera business and the photo business. Konica Minolta has long been a leading company in photo imaging business covering wide range of imaging from input to output. In addition, we have provided inspiring products and services by ...
Digital Camera meets Wi-Fi

Digital Camera meets Wi-Fi

I saw this in New York Times recently. New digital cameras now have more extras than a Ridley Scott epic. Nikon’s latest Coolpix digital cameras, for example, have a built-in Wi-Fi feature aimed at eliminating bothersome wires. With the Coolpix P1 (eight megapixels) and P2 (five megapixels), users can point and shoot and then wirelessly ...