Google does photos-only feed

Google to Facebook: We can do a photos-only feed too | Internet & Media - CNET News: " . . . The new Google+ "Photo" filter is accessible from a drop-down menu on search result pages, and lets people weed out photos from the rest of the content -- videos, hangouts, events, and other updates -- flowing through the feed. Google+'s approach to a photos-only view of content is tied to search, which means it's not the direct equivalent of Facebook's photos feed, which displays the stream of photos posted by friends. Still, the subtext behind the maneuver reads like a subtle jab at Facebook: "Hey Facebook, what you did by rebuilding your entire feed, we did with a filter.". . . "

The Photography Blog: Does an edited picture lose its truth?
The Independent (blog)
Careful and selective use of viewpoint, timing, lighting and camera settings can produce results which transcend our own human perception of a scene and deliver an image which, whilst familiar, is somewhat removed from how we experience the scene...

The Independent (blog)

Sony World Photography Awards: Stunning images from China to Romania ...
Daily Mail
The judges have whittled down nearly 55,000 entries in the Open category to just 10, who will now will now compete for the Sony World Photography Awards OpenPhotographer of the Year title. Inferno: The fire dragon dance is a 300-year-old event held in ...

Daily Mail

Sun artwork sought for RAYS traveling art and photography exhibit
NJ.com
Artwork can be real or abstract and can be in the form of photography, drawings, paintings and digital art. The deadline for submissions for the RAYS (”Raising Awareness of Your Sun Safety”) traveling art and photography exhibit is Sunday, March 31.

Grieving parents find solace in remembrance photography – with photo gallery
UW Today
Mourning and post-mortem photography used to have a more visible presence in American culture, Dufka points out in her thesis. In the 1800s, it was socially acceptable to display photos of deceased individuals, including images of the body posed to ...

How old photos inspired new Adirondack art
North Country Public Radio
How old photos inspired new Adirondack art. Mar 19, 2013 — More than two-dozen glass plate negatives from a century ago have been re-imagined by a group of Adirondack artists in a new exhibit at the Lake... NYS Legislature close to budget deal. Mar 18 ...

North Country Public Radio

Emirati wins US$100000 grand prize at UAE photography awards
The National
DUBAI //Emirati photographer Osama Al Zubeidi won the prestigious grand prize last night at the Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed International Photography Awards. He was one of ... I really worked hard to choose the best photos to submit for each category." ...

The National

Australians ride high at the Sony World Photography Awards
NEWS.com.au
THREE stunning images by Australian photographers have been honoured in the Australian National Award, part of the prestigious 2013 Sony World PhotographyAwards. The World Photography Organisation has revealed the winners for the Open, Youth ...

NEWS.com.au

2013 Sony World Photography Awards Winners Announced
The Independent
The Open category was judged on a single shot taken by an amateur photographer and the 10 winners will now go on to compete for the Open Photographer of the Year title. Damien Demolder, Presiding Chair of Jury for the Open competition comments: "In ...

This Week in Photography History: The Anniversary of Garry Winogrand's Death
The Phoblographer (blog)
This week in photography history we are celebrating the life of an icon, a master of his craft, and one that died too soon, and too under-appreciated in his career. Garry Winogrand, arguably one of the most prolific street-photographers (though he ...

Faking It: Manipulated Photography Before Photoshop
By EDW Lynch
The exhibition includes some 200 works, from quaint Victorian trick photography to misleading propaganda images. Organized by The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City, the exhibition is currently on display at The National Gallery ...
Laughing Squid

Street Moments – Urban Photography by Kevin van Diest
By Stephanie Kay-Kok
Kevin van Diest's passion for photography began as something small, a mere supplement to his main work as a graphic designer. He experimented with several types of photography until he finally found his niche in street photography.
Photography Blogger


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