Monthly Archives: November 2011

Lightroom vs. Photoshop

If you’re looking to up your photography chops and considering whether to buy Adobe Photoshop® or Adobe Photoshop® Lightroom®, you should check out this blog post. It offers a quick rundown on what each one is built to do and what specific image-editing capabilities each offers. The post also gives great guidance on which versions [...]

The Beauty of a Second

The Beauty of a Second is a different kind of film competition. After all, each entry can only be one second long. Sure, you could argue this is the natural progression of our short-attention-span society. On the other hand, one second of video is also like a really long snapshot. And judging from the compilation [...]

Small Wonder: A Tiny, Fully Functioning, Wet Plate Camera

What’s the coolest thing we’ve seen lately? This fully functioning wet plate camera that prints photos the size of a thumbnail. It looks like dollhouse furniture, but it really does work. Wet plate photography is old tech, dating back to the Victorian period. Now, if he could combine this with a wireless telegraph, we’d have [...]

Happy Thanksgiving with “The Morrisette Family Cookbook”

Today is the day most of us in the United States will sit down to give thanks and celebrate food. Repeatedly. In the spirit of second helpings, here’s a classic Blurberati Blog post about a recipe book that celebrates the wonder and beauty of family cooking: The Morrisette Family Cookbook by Laurice Morrisette Palmer | [...]