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Facial Recognition Software Guesses Age Based on a Photo

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Mar 30th 2012 - 0 comments

Facial recognition service Face.com has announced a new feature in its API: age detection. After analyzing a photograph of a person’s face, the software returns three values: minimum age, maximum age, and estimated age, along with the confidence level of the guesses. Applications for the new technology include enhanced parental controls and targeted advertising. If [...][IMG]http://images.newschoolers.com/images/17/00/44/92/15/449215.jpeg[/IMG]

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How Three New Internet Movements Are Changing the World of Art

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Mar 30th 2012 - 0 comments

Here’s a great 6-minute video in which PBS Off Book examines the impact three Internet phenomena — Kickstarter, Creative Commons, and The Creators Project — are impacting the world of art. Traditional funding models are dissolving, new forms of expressing ownership have arisen to accomodate for remix culture, and artists are finding ways to connect [...][IMG]http://images.newschoolers.com/images/17/00/44/91/90/449190.gif[/IMG]

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The Shooting of Trayvon Martin and the Media?s Use of Photographs

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Mar 30th 2012 - 0 comments

One of the biggest stories in the news over the past month has been the controversy surrounding the shooting of Trayvon Martin. Poynter has published an article that examines how the media has used photography to portray Trayvon Martin, the victim, and the George Zimmerman, the neighborhood watchman who shot and killed him. The dominant [...][IMG]http://images.newschoolers.com/images/17/00/44/91/66/449166.jpeg[/IMG]

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SIGNS: Weekly Photography Challenge

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Mar 30th 2012 - 0 comments

After our image collection of ‘Signs’ earlier today we’re going to take that same theme on this weeks photography challenge. Photograph and share an image or two on that theme. The signs can be of anything you like. Road signs, advertising signs, protest signs. They can be of old signs, new signs, neon signs? anything [...]Post originally from: Digital Photography Tips. Check out our more Photography Tips at Photography Tips for Beginners, Portrait Photography Tips and Wedding Photography Tips. SIGNS: Weekly Photography Challenge[IMG]http://images.newschoolers.com/images/17/00/44/91/42/449142.jpeg[/IMG]

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Photography 101: Using Available Light

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Mar 30th 2012 - 0 comments

Vimeo has partnered up with Nikon for a new educational video series titled Do More With Your DSLR. The first video is about “working with available light”, and is geared towards beginners who are just starting to figure out how to use their DSLR camera. You can find a more in-depth discussion of the concepts [...][IMG]http://images.newschoolers.com/images/17/00/44/91/18/449118.gif[/IMG]

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Photography 101: Using Available Light

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Mar 30th 2012 - 0 comments

Vimeo has partnered up with Nikon for a new educational video series titled Do More With Your DSLR. The first video is about “working with available light”, and is geared towards beginners who are just starting to figure out how to use their DSLR camera. You can find a more in-depth discussion of the concepts [...][IMG]http://images.newschoolers.com/images/17/00/44/91/09/449109.gif[/IMG]

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Photos Showing the Bewildering Array of Choices on Store Shelves

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Mar 30th 2012 - 0 comments

Choices is a Warhol-esque (or Gursky-esque) project by photographer Richard Stultz, who visited various stores to document the mind-numbingly large number of choices consumers are faced while shopping. He states, When we shop, we are presented with aisles of thousands of different products. There are shelves with an endless variety of similar items, often just [...][IMG]http://images.newschoolers.com/images/17/00/44/90/72/449072.jpeg[/IMG]

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Photos Showing the Bewildering Array of Choices on Store Shelves

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Mar 30th 2012 - 0 comments

Choices is a Warhol-esque (or Gursky-esque) project by photographer Richard Stultz, who visited various stores to document the mind-numbingly large number of choices consumers are faced while shopping. He states, When we shop, we are presented with aisles of thousands of different products. There are shelves with an endless variety of similar items, often just [...][IMG]http://images.newschoolers.com/images/17/00/44/90/58/449058.jpeg[/IMG]

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27 Signs Images

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Mar 30th 2012 - 0 comments

They surround us on a daily basis yet so often go unnoticed – signs. Here’s a collection of 27 images that feature signs to hopefully get you noticing what can be an interesting subject. Post originally from: Digital Photography Tips. Check out our more Photography Tips at Photography Tips for Beginners, Portrait Photography Tips and [...]Post originally from: Digital Photography Tips. Check out our more Photography Tips at Photography Tips for Beginners, Portrait Photography Tips and Wedding Photography Tips. 27 Signs Images[IMG]http://images.newschoolers.com/images/17/00/44/89/87/448987.jpeg[/IMG]

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Posing App: A Handy Photographer?s Reference for Portrait Poses

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Mar 29th 2012 - 0 comments

Posing App is a new app that offers a pocket reference for poses — helpful for both photographers and models. The 140 hand-drawn poses come in a variety of flavors — children, couples, weddings, and women, to name a few — and are accompanied by short descriptions that provide additional pointers. The is available from [...][IMG]http://images.newschoolers.com/images/17/00/44/88/32/448832.jpeg[/IMG]

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Posing App: A Handy Photographer?s Reference for Portrait Poses

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Mar 29th 2012 - 0 comments

Posing App is a new app that offers a pocket reference for poses — helpful for both photographers and models. The 140 hand-drawn poses come in a variety of flavors — children, couples, weddings, and women, to name a few — and are accompanied by short descriptions that provide additional pointers. The is available from [...][IMG]http://images.newschoolers.com/images/17/00/44/88/22/448822.jpeg[/IMG]

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Photographers Tell the Stories Behind Their Worst Shots

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Mar 29th 2012 - 0 comments

The Guardian published an article yesterday that features a number of prominent photographers (e.g. Jane Bown, Martin Parr, Terry O’Neil, Platon) sharing about missed photo opportunities and their “worst shots”. Platon has an interesting story regarding photographing Iranian president Ahmadinejad back in 2009 while snapping portraits of world leaders: Ahmadinejad was the biggest surprise. On [...][IMG]http://images.newschoolers.com/images/17/00/44/88/02/448802.jpeg[/IMG]

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10 Photographers You Should Ignore

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Mar 29th 2012 - 0 comments

Editor’s note: This is a piece by photographers Bryan Formhals and Blake Andrews on how famous photographers’ styles are copied over and over again. Please do not read or comment if you take things too seriously. The other day while reading the Internet I came across ?The 10 Most Harmful Novels for Aspiring Writers.? I [...][IMG]http://images.newschoolers.com/images/17/00/44/87/82/448782.jpeg[/IMG]

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Photographs of Airplanes Hovering Over the Heads of Sunbathers

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Mar 29th 2012 - 0 comments

Maho Beach outside of Princess Juliana International Airport in Sint Maarten is famous for the fact that landing airplanes fly overhead at minimal altitude. It’s one of the only places in the world where airplanes can be viewed in their flightpath just outside the end of the runway, and therefore is very popular with tourists [...][IMG]http://images.newschoolers.com/images/17/00/44/87/68/448768.jpeg[/IMG]

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Canon Patent Describes a New 2.8x Teleconverter

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Mar 29th 2012 - 0 comments

There may soon be a new member of the Canon Extender EF lens family. A recently published patent filed by Canon describes a new 2.8x teleconverter. A 400 f/2.8L IS II would become a 1120mm f/8 lens with the teleconverter attached, though Canon will have to restore f/8 autofocus to its top-of-the-line cameras before that [...][IMG]http://images.newschoolers.com/images/17/00/44/87/58/448758.jpeg[/IMG]

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Portraits of Afghan Villagers with Instant Pictures of Themselves

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Mar 29th 2012 - 0 comments

After reading about the Wakhan Corridor in the New York Times, French photographers Fabrice Nadjari and Cedric Houin decided to visit the remote region in Afghanistan in the summer of 2011, walking for 24 days through a 140 mile stretch. Their project, titled “Traces of Time”, involved capturing instant photos of the villagers they met: [...][IMG]http://images.newschoolers.com/images/17/00/44/87/48/448748.jpeg[/IMG]

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A MUST SEE: The Lumineers on chasejarvis LIVE ? this Tuesday April 3rd

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Mar 29th 2012 - 0 comments

Unless you’re new here, you know how much love I have for music AND what an important role I think it plays in not just our creative professions, but in our culture at large. So I view it as my privilege duty to share with you good music when I can. To that end, you [...][IMG]http://images.newschoolers.com/images/17/00/44/87/44/448744.jpeg[/IMG]

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Emerging Talent: Interview with 17-Year-Old Alex Stoddard on his 365 Project

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Mar 29th 2012 - 0 comments

Unless you’ve been living under a rock, we’ve all heard of the 365 day projects – where a photographer takes a photo of something in their life every day for a year. (You might also have been living under a rock if you missed my new “Emerging Talent” series announcement…). With 365 projects – not [...][IMG]http://images.newschoolers.com/images/17/00/44/87/36/448736.jpeg[/IMG]

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Rewatch of Guy Kawasaki On ChaseJarvis LIVE

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Mar 29th 2012 - 0 comments

Whether you caught the LIVE show or missed it, I recommend pressing play on the #cjLIVE rewatch video above. You’ll see why it was one of the most popular shows we’ve run. More than just funny and talented, Kawasaki is a fountain of knowledge on lofty topics like branding, marketing, and vision–down to really specific, [...][IMG]http://images.newschoolers.com/images/17/00/44/87/40/448740.png[/IMG]

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New Twist To Iconic Photographs [Abe Lincoln + Others Via Fresh Photoshop Colorization]

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Mar 29th 2012 - 0 comments

Might have caught this earlier, but here’s a fascinating look at iconic portraits that were originally shot in black and white that have since been colorized in Photoshop. Normally, I don’t fall for this stuff, but this is incredibly elegant I’d say. Seeing Abraham Lincoln in color just seems to make him more a little [...][IMG]http://images.newschoolers.com/images/17/00/44/87/32/448732.jpeg[/IMG]

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