Why would I need a small camera in the shape of a camera, you ask? Good question.
It allows you to take photos and movies like a cat is taking them. The camera does not carry a monitor, so you cannot see what you are about to take. But it is not as complicated as it may seem. All you need is, a little effort to, be a cat.
Source: Superheadz (via Gizmodo)
Photo by Pete Souza
President Barack Obama and Vice President Joe Biden, along with members of the national security team, receive an update on the mission against Osama bin Laden in the Situation Room of the White House, May 1, 2011.
Osama bin Laden is dead, and from the looks of this roundup of the newspapers today, everyone is pumped. You gotta love the enthusiasm and crassness of the tabloids: “We Got the Bastard!” and “Rot In Hell!”
When reports said he was hiding out in a $1 million compound in a modern Pakistani suburb, this is not what I pictured. A million dollars, and they didn’t even have a phone or internet connection? I guess it all went to the 18-foot walls.
It was a good idea to have the special forces kill him directly — what must that have felt like? — instead of flattening him with a bomb. But still, I need some proof. (This photo of a dead bin Laden has proven to be a fake.) Remember when Saddam Hussein’s sons were killed in 2003 there was much disbelief and skepticism from the Muslim world. I’d be shocked if the same thing didn’t happen here.
Photo by Dusty Compton/Tuscaloosa News
Poynter.org has the story behind the Tuscaloosa News‘ photograper Dusty Compton’s photo, which made the covers of newspapers across the country, and his experience covering the aftermath.
The most challenging aspect of covering the tornado, Compton said, has been figuring out when to intervene.
“We were there before the firefighters and police officers were there yesterday, and we were walking through rubble, not knowing whether everyone was out of it yet,” said Compton. “I wondered, ‘Should I be shooting photos or should I be lifting boards and bricks to see what was underneath it?’ ”
At one point, while Compton was taking photos of a house that had been destroyed, he saw two people calling out a woman’s name. They said they weren’t able to find their friend, who had been in the house that Compton was photographing.
“I put my camera over my shoulder and started calling for this lady’s name,” Compton said. “We didn’t find her there.”
Source: Poynter.org
Photo by Stanley Kubrick
• Stanley Kubrick was a photojournalist before he made his name as a director, and you can see the photos he took of Chicago while on assignment for Look magazine in 1949. [Flavor Wire]
• Bruce Davidson is looking for the woman in one of his favorite photos, taken in 1960. [Guardian]
• It seems the world is in a tizzy for the impending nuptials of Prince William, and Reuters is prepared with a team of 15 photographers. Check out that gear — 110 lbs. of kit per person. [Reuters]
• A new web site can use the metadata on photos to help track down your stolen camera. [Wired]
• Some of the top-selling SLR cameras are now hard to find due to the Japanese earthquake and tsunami. [USA Today]
Philadelphia sports fan photographer John Green was fired just before the start of baseball season after his criminal past was discovered through a background check. This is crappy for a few reasons, as Philly.com reports.
Green was upfront about his past during the job interview and his crimes didn’t include sex or children — they were for non-violent burglary offenses, with the last conviction being in 1999. That’s 12 years ago, and since 2007, Green has proven himself to be a popular and successful photographer at Citizens Bank Park, where the Phillies play.
Even though he started with Fan Foto in 2007 as a novice, the very next year Green led the company in sales – meaning fans buying photos he shot – and has been in the top five of the 100-plus photographers used by the company, says manager Coyle.
Isn’t prison supposed to be for rehabilitation? Once you’ve paid your debt, aren’t you released into the world to do something with your life? A blanket rule like not employing convicts is harsh. People would prefer that ex-cons are forever unemployed so that their only option is crime? It just seems foolish.
Source: Philly.com
Source: Design Sponge (via A Photo Editor)
The Long Island town of Kings Point has decided everything within its limits will be recorded.
The 3.3-square mile North Shore community is home to 5,000 residents. The plan calls for 44 cameras to eventually be installed at the village’s 19 entrances. That’s about one camera for every 120 people.
Anyone who enters the town will have their license plate scanned and, if there is a match in a criminal database, the police will be notified. The mayor says it’s to protect residents because there are apparently many crimes in this upscale, exclusive community.
I’m all for catching criminals, but the invasion of privacy implications are just…whoa.
Source: CBS New York (via Gawker)
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