- Self-referential:
- “Stocking [imitating stock photo cliches] Is the New Planking.” [Via]
- Had to be done: Artist Mocks the Absurd Poses in Fashion Photos by Showing Them in Real Life.
- “You can hold your liquor, and now your lens can, too.” The Shot Glass Lens Set.
- People in flight:
- The Big Picture features an urban cliff diving competition in Boston (yes, really). [Via]
- Behold, the wonderful (as in, ridiculously contorted) world of the diving face. [Via]
Someone needs to give those Boston photographers a lesson on sharpening. Everything looks like a bad cutout.
re “Stocking”:
What is worth noting is how dramatic the difference is between the two shots, technically. Proof of how carefully made the actual stock photos are and how many people have absolutely no clue. It refutes that “oh my brother is really good with a camera, he’ll take the shots” attitude from a client when you want to purchase some nice stock photography for a project.