In this crazy world we live in, anything can be considered art.  Even something as simple as an X-ray photograph has the potential of becoming the next Mona Lisa. Wait, now that I’ve browsed through Nick Veasey’s work, I’ve got to say this is way cooler than the Mona Lisa. I mean c’mon, she’s just an unattractively fat woman with creepy eyes.

I’m not sure how Nick makes these. I’m hoping he’s not actually taking X-rays of everything he sees, otherwise he’d be one irradiated person.  Either way, his work is impressive. I only wish his site were a little more eye-pleasing. Regardless, the link below will lead you to his website where you can check out his portfolio.

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Check out this picture. What does it look like to you? If you guessed ballpoint pen, you’re correct. You win absolutely nothing because it wasn’t that difficult of a question to begin with and I’m not writing about a contest. However, if you’re into photography and want to be able to take macro photographs like the one shown above, there’s no need to pour your life savings into your camera just to do it.

Photocritic.org posted this awesomely creative approach of lengthening the 50mm lens of the Canon 20D by means of a Pringles bottle.  With the mod, the user is able to take all kinds of zoomed in photos of everyday things.  I wonder what Sarah Palin’s face really looks like, up close and personal. Come to think of it, I’m better off not knowing.

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Taeyoon Choi is a tourist from South Korea who is tired of the monotony of photography. He asks the question, “Why is there no camera that takes photographs on its own?” So he devised a way to separate the camera from a human operator.  Using French inventor Jacques de Vauncanson’s Mechanical Digesting duck, Choi has turned it into his own “Magical Image Digesting Duck.”

Through a hacked digital camera, the duck is able to snap photographs in response to other camera flashes during its travels to many tourists spots in New York City. It is then able to immediately print it out or post them on the ‘net via WiFi. The duck is currently on display at Eyebeam Studios in the “Tourists and Travelers” exhibit.

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This marks the second missed Vista release date for Halo 2, and this for an entirely more ridiculous reason. Halo 2 will now no longer be the first Windows Live enabled game because of “an unfortunate, obscure content error which includes partial nudity.”

All we’d like to know is, where could there possibly be nudity included in a Halo game? Does someone’s testicles slip out of their robotic armor or something? Microsoft has issued a patch for the nudity in question, with future titles being properly censored. Supposedly, the nudity in question was “a photograph of an individual showing his bare backside to the user when a particular error occurs.” Oh, so risque. Turn on the TV and you’ll surely see more nudity than that on any channel, including Fox News. — Andrew Dobrow

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Why would an ATM be running Windows? Who knows! Using a cheap ATM at a movie cinema, Blogger Melissa from Melissatogo, totally pwns and serves this Windows powered device. Oh, Snap! Ok, enough with the out of fashion teenage colloquialisms. This makes us extremely insecure about using ATM’s now. Or at least any ATM’s located anywhere other than a bank. She explains that the screen was blank except for the windows task bar on the bottem. After carefully examining the situation, which must have taken a good 3 seconds, she proceeded to photograph the pwnage. Poor Microsoft. (more…)

Here is an excellent solution to finding satisfactory places to photograph your items for eBay and other auction sites. If you were to read any book about how to be a successful seller on eBay, one of the most important facts always mentioned is the need for good photos. The photo presents a professionalism that could otherwise not be seen.

The Tabletop Photo Studio provides an elegant white backdrop for your photos to present a cleaner, more reliable image. It serves as the complete tabletop photo studio solution. For use with your own camera that includes two backdrops, a compact light box with an integrated diffuser screen, and two high output lights with adjustable, retractable legs. The whole studio conveniently folds to fit into a carrying case. Pick one up for $79.95. — Andrew Dobrow

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