January 2012
2 posts
What lies behind some iconic photos? →
Believing is seeing.
3 Misconceptions That Need to Die →
“Fact: Just 9.2% of oil consumed in the U.S. comes from the Middle East.”
December 2011
4 posts
November 2011
12 posts
October 2011
1 post
September 2011
4 posts
WatchUnder Kontrol - World Champion Beatboxers.
Camera: Matias Antoniassi
Editing: Hugo Chetelat
Color Grading: Miko Walczuk
August 2011
1 post
July 2011
7 posts
1 tag
Brooklyn In The Summer Of 1974 →
“Photographer Danny Lyon spent two months snapping pictures of the daily life in the borough.”
November 2010
1 post
Wealth Does Not Pass Three Generations →
The Chinese have an expression: 富不过三代 (fu bu guo san dai)
“Meaning: It’s rare the wealth of a family can last for three generations (the 2nd may see the value of hard work, the 3rd, forget it).”
August 2010
2 posts
5 Awesome 'SNL' Auditions That Didn't Make the Cut →
Read about my brother Piotr and his audition, and watch his demo reel!
May 2010
1 post
Magenta Ain't A Colour →
“Pink (or magenta, to use its official name) simply isn’t there. But if pink isn’t in the light spectrum, how come we can see it?”
March 2010
7 posts
Behind the Scenes: Extreme Wildlife Photographer →
Greg du Toit shot from a disease-infested waterhole to get his shots: “Sitting in my hide, I would have to remain motionless for hours as I watched the zebra herd’s painfully tentative approach. The sound of my shutter alone, would send them running.”
Predators movie preview →
‘Predators’ movie preview is out. My brother Dominik was an assistant on the set during filming on the Big Island, Hawaii.
Hollywood movies follow a mathematical formula →
“Psychologist Professor James Cutting … analyzed 150 high-grossing Hollywood films released from 1935 to 2005 and discovered the shot lengths in the more recent movies followed the same mathematical pattern that describes the human attention span.”
WatchPhoto engagement session promotion video.
Photos by Blind Photographers →
There are “twelve artists whose work is presented in the show. Four of them, though legally blind, retain some limited, highly attenuated sight.”
February 2010
15 posts
Uncovering the Secrets Beneath the Surface of the... →
Until recently, we had patchy knowledge of what lies beneath the surface of one of the world’s busiest harbors. What we did know came largely from random anecdotes … There’s a whole other city down there.
Now and then: How film titles have evolved →
IDSGN chooses their favorites on how film titles have evolved throughout the years. “Since the early days of cinema, artists have carefully designed film titles to captivate audiences and set the film’s mood.”
20 Years of Adobe Photoshop →
“This year Photoshop turns twenty. To mark this anniversary, we’ve come up with an article that takes you through the evolution of Photoshop from its modest beginnings as a bundled program sold with scanners to its current version.”
The top 10 shots of 2009 →
An annual take on the best still frames and about how it was made from movies in 2009.
Found Functions (photos) →
Photo series of found functions in nature.
Graffiti Taxonomy: Paris →
“Over 2,400 graffiti tags were photographed from each of Paris’s 20 districts. The ten most commonly used letters by Paris graffiti writers were identified. From each letter grouping, eighteen tags were isolated to represent the diversity and range of that specific character. These sets aim to highlight the diversity of forms ranging from upper case to lowercase, simple to complex and...
Do E-Readers Cause Eye Strain? →
“But certain types of paper, including inexpensive newsprint and the paper in softcover books, can actually provide an inferior reading experience for our eyes than the electronic alternatives.”