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Google Launches “Google for Weddings” Wedding Planning Suite

Justin — Thu, 10 Feb 2011 21:44:46 +0000

Google recently unveiled an interesting little page called Google for Weddings filled with links and ideas for planning your wedding. Everything from using Google Docs to create sharable timelines and schedules to creating a whole personal wedding website with Google Sites. Might not take the industry by storm but it’s good to see all these tools put together in a way that helps brides out with some of the stress of planning a wedding. [Google for Weddings]

Print and Build Sweet Canon Camera Replicas

Justin — Thu, 04 Nov 2010 23:10:07 +0000

These free, high quality papercraft Canon cameras, created by Canon in celebration of the 50 year anniversary of their SLR line, are straight up BOSS. I love papercraft and I love cameras so this is probably going to fill up a lot of my precious free time for the next few months. Not to mention there are about 15 pages of printouts and 15 pages of instructions per camera so, man, gonna take a while. I’ll definitely post pics as they’re built and completed!

Canonflex: [printout] [instructions]
AE-1: [printout] [instructions]
EOS 5D MKII: [printout] [instructions]

Via Photojojo

Wedding Photography Rumble

Justin — Thu, 21 Oct 2010 16:41:58 +0000

Apparently these two wedding photographers (videographers?) got into a particularly heated debate on Canon v. Nikon and decided to let their wildly flailing fists give the closing arguments. I’m sure both guys took their licks but the worst part is the sound of those cameras being slammed to the ground. Bruises heal and egos get checked, but the noise a couple grand worth of plastic and glass makes when it hits concrete is something that you’ll live with for the rest of your life.

I thought artists were supposed to be gentle souls….

(Via Photography Bay, Via Digital Rev)

Look Grandpa! A Brand New Old Film Camera, Just for Old People!

Justin — Wed, 15 Sep 2010 01:37:50 +0000

I said IT’S JUST FOR OLD PEOPLE GRANDPA… no, NO…. THE CAMERA IS FOR YOU!…… NO, IT’S NOT “DIGICAL” IT’S GOT FILM AN-… NO THERE’S NO “WIRES” OR “SOFTWARES” IT’S-….. JUST TAKE IT… TAKE IT AND STOP CALLING ME TO TEACH YOU HOW TO CHECK EMAIL EVERY SUNDAY AT 7AM.

You know, not to brag or anything but all the seniors in my life seem to be able to operate their “scary future technology” cameras just fine.

Frickin’ Sweet Macros of Human Eyes

Justin — Fri, 06 Aug 2010 00:18:22 +0000

So I was previously unaware of JUST how complex the human iris is, I mean I knew it must be pretty complicated in there but up this close it’s the most amazing thing I’ve seen ever ever. Seriously.

[Photography Served via Boing Boing via Gizmodo]

Wedding Photography is a Dangerous Job

Justin — Wed, 28 Jul 2010 18:07:33 +0000

… if you give your clients loaded rifles to pose with and one goes off and kills you accidentally.
Sicilian Wedding Photographer Accidentally Shot by Couple

Tragic freak accident to be sure, but the last line of the article makes it seem like it was a mob hit or something.