{"id":15512,"date":"2007-12-02T14:24:51","date_gmt":"2007-12-02T14:24:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.adobe.com\/jnackdev\/2007\/12\/stoners-puzzles-photos-that-arent-there.html"},"modified":"2007-12-02T14:24:51","modified_gmt":"2007-12-02T14:24:51","slug":"stoners_puzzles_photos_that_arent_there-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jnack.com\/blog\/2007\/12\/02\/stoners_puzzles_photos_that_arent_there-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Stoners, puzzles, &amp; photos that aren&#039;t there"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul>\n<li>&#8220;In college, take a year off and drive across the country, and camp along the way,&#8221; &#8220;Old Geezer&#8221; <a href=\"http:\/\/aphotoeditor.com\/2007\/11\/11\/advice-from-a-photographer\/\">advises  young photographers<\/a>. &#8220;Do it with good friends that are smart; <u>not dumbasses that just want to get high<\/u>. Bring some books. Bring some audio books if you can&#8217;t read.&#8221;&#160; Also: &#8220;Always order good catering. That\u2019s all the client really cares about.&#8221; [<a href=\"http:\/\/www.kottke.org\/remainder\/07\/11\/14530.html\">Via<\/a>]<\/li>\n<li><em>&#8220;This is a picture I did not take&#8230;&#8221;<\/em>&#160; On <a href=\"http:\/\/www.unphotographable.com\/\">Unphotographable<\/a>, Michael David Murphy describes the ones that got away. [<a href=\"http:\/\/www.kottke.org\/07\/11\/todays-missed-photograph\">Via<\/a>] <\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/befuddlr.com\/\">Befuddlr<\/a> creates interactive puzzles from the contents of Flickr.&#160; To get one of your images into the game, you can&#8211;according to the folks at Photojojo&#8211;&#8220;Upload your photo to the <a href=\"http:\/\/flickr.com\/groups\/photojojo\/\">Photojojo Flickr group<\/a>, go to Befuddlr and click &#8220;photojojo&#8221;, select your photo, and scramble it into an online puzzle game! The site will even time your unscrambling attempts, making for a perfect mid-day office-wide showdown.&#8221; [<a href=\"http:\/\/photojojo.com\/content\/websites\/photo-scramble-game\/\">Via<\/a>]<\/li>\n<li>Speaking of Flickr, Jason Kottke test-drives the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.kottke.org\/07\/11\/eyefi-wireless-memory-card\">Eye-Fi wireless memory card<\/a>, which enables direct upload from your camera to Flickr&#8211;no cables required.&#160; (This strikes me as cool tech, but I&#8217;d much rather have the perhaps impossible GPS-on-a-card.)&#160; Elsewhere, Photopreneur.com offers up <a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.photopreneur.com\/36-reasons-flickr-is-a-photographer-ultimate-tool\/\">36 Reasons Flickr is a Photographer\u2019s Ultimate Tool<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>DIYPhotography shows a cool way to make <a href=\"http:\/\/www.diyphotography.net\/diy_create_your_own_bokeh\">heart-shaped bokeh<\/a> (lens blur). [<a href=\"http:\/\/www.photojojo.com\">Via<\/a>]&#160; Hmm&#8211;maybe we should add hearts as a shape option for Photoshop&#8217;s bokeh-making Lens Blur filter (see related <a href=\"http:\/\/recedinghairline.co.uk\/tutorials\/fakemodel\/\">tutorial<\/a>).&#160; If doing stuff like this is up your alley, check out their other tutorials&#8211;e.g. &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.diyphotography.net\/studio-lighting-the-cheapest-ring-light-ever\">Cheapest ring light ever<\/a>&#8221; [<a href=\"http:\/\/www.boingboing.net\/2007\/10\/09\/diy-ringlight-photog.html\">Via<\/a>] and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.diyphotography.net\/diy_high_speed_photography_at_home\">high-speed photography at home<\/a> (champagne glasses, BB gun, and subsequent eye patches sold separately).<\/li>\n<li>Speaking of high speed photos, check out this beautiful collection of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.darkroastedblend.com\/2007\/11\/liquid-art-droplet-photography.html\">liquid art &amp; droplet photography<\/a>. [Via Dave Story] <\/li>\n<li>Ecocentric offers a foxy <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ecocentric.co.uk\/acatalog\/Eco_Centric_Store_Camera_bag_609.html\">camera bag made from old belts<\/a>. [<a href=\"http:\/\/www.boingboing.net\/2007\/11\/20\/camera-bag-made-from.html\">Via<\/a>] <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;In college, take a year off and drive across the country, and camp along the way,&#8221; &#8220;Old Geezer&#8221; advises young photographers. &#8220;Do it with good friends that are smart; not dumbasses that just want to get high. Bring some books. Bring some audio books if you can&#8217;t read.&#8221;&#160; Also: &#8220;Always order good catering. 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