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Digital Photography
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Epic – These Are TIME Magazine’s Top 10 Photos Of 2014
09 Dec 2014 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
2014 has been a rough year for planet Earth – we’ve seen war, plane crashes, death and disease. Some of these moments have been captured perfectly on film. Have a look-see for yourself.
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Here’s An Easy Guide How To Take Photographs Like A Pro [Infographic]
07 Oct 2014 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Ever wonder what all those complicated settings on your camera are? Check out this infographic to get you up to speed with your snazzy snapper.
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New Book Features Victoria’s Secret Angels Naked [Gallery]
18 Sep 2014 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Russell James’ new book features some revealing pictures of some of the biggest celebrities in the world, including Kendall Jenner and Rihanna.
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Polaroid Are Taking On GoPro With This Little Beast
13 Aug 2014 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Polaroid decides to enter the action-cam market with the impressive little Cube. Check it out here.
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TIME Magazine’s Latest Global Photographs Are Mesmerising
01 Aug 2014 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
July has been a whirlwind month and these pictures capture many of its highs and lows, including World Cup heartbreak and war-torn tragedies.
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These Maniac ‘Skywalker’ Selfies Will Freak You Out [Gallery]
21 May 2014 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
How about sitting perched at the top-most point of the tallest residential building in the COUNTRY for a pretty lengthy period of time, whilst you fiddle around trying to take the perfect ‘selfie’? Not so easy.
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This Is What Drunk Elephants Look Like [Gallery]
23 Apr 2014 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
For the purpose of simply putting a smile on your collective dials, we thought we would show you what drunk elephants look like. Recently at the Singita Kruger National Park, a group of young elephants were seen stumbling and collapsing amongst each other in a seemingly drunken stupor. Apparently, when the fermented fruit of the […]
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New iPhone Case Lets You Take Pics Without Anyone Knowing
03 Apr 2014 by Jasmine Stone / 2 Comments
When someone rips out a smartphone to take a picture, it’s kinda obvious. No private eye, sneaky paparazzi or sly photographer can snap a pic of their target, without a smartphone sized bullseye spooking their prey. This new light-bending iPhone 5 cover, COVR Photo, solves this tricky conundrum.
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F-16 Pilot’s Selfie Puts Yours To Shame
25 Mar 2014 by Jasmine Stone / 3 Comments
Participants in the Norwegian military’s annual Cold Response exercise have been encouraged by their senior officers to take snapshots of themselves during their day-to-day activities. So naturally one jerk had to top everyone by nailing a selfie while piloting an F-16.
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Wow! Check Out Sony’s World Photography Awards Winners
18 Mar 2014 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Check out the winning photographs of the Open and Youth categories of the 2014 Sony’s World Photography Awards. This year Sony’s World Photography Awards had to select the winners from 70,000 entries from around the world. These are some of the best amateur photographs you’re likely to see.
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Incredible Photos From The Hindu Festival Of Colours
14 Mar 2014 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
We’ve all become familiar with the Holi Festival recently as the experience has been brought to South African Shores with our own Holi One Festival in Cape Town and Jozi. For those of you who haven’t yet had the chance to run around like a hooligan with a bunch of happy hippies throwing colourful powder […]
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Vespa Camera: Perfect For Joy Ride Documentation [IMAGES]
13 Mar 2014 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
The streets of hot spots around the world are filled to the brim with Vespa riders clad in manicured beards, retro glasses and Apple products. Vesparados now have a new accessory – the Vespa styled digital camera.
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This Interactive Image From The Top Of 1 World Trade Center, Is Epic
11 Mar 2014 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
This view has been 12 years in the making, and it is spectacular. Following 9/11, only a building of grand scale would be able to claim back the skyline of Manhattan. Nearing completion, One World Trade Center does just that. This interactive image by TIME allows you to see New York from the momentous building’s perspective, 1,776 feet (541 m) up in the air.
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This Photographer Made $15 000 In A Day Using His Instagram Account
11 Mar 2014 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Starving artists and freelancers are far too familiar with the impending threat of bills. Brooklyn-based photographer, Daniel Arnold had no idea where he was going to get the next month’s rent. So on the eve of his 34th birthday, the desperate Arnold decided to sell some prints on his Instagram account as a last resort.
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This Is How You Can Use Getty Stock Photos For Free
07 Mar 2014 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
A radical change in strategy by the world’s largest photo provider, Getty Images, will allow online content creators to use some of their images for free. Getty is proposing the use of embedding, similar to embedding YouTube videos, for their stock images.
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Google Maps Has Underwater Street View And It’s Awesome [VIDEO]
03 Mar 2014 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Who actually uses Google’s Street View for directions anymore? We use it for our casual Sunday stroll through Parisian cobbled streets, and sitting next to blurry faced cafe patrons enjoying a croissant and a coffee. Google has recently added more underwater Street View maps, perfect for a scuba adventure from your desktop.
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How To Take Photos Of Your Kid Or Cat And Not Suck At It [INFOGRAPHIC]
25 Feb 2014 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Are you upset that your coworkers aren’t liking your baby or kitten photo posts? The combination of bad camera angles, shoddy lighting and atrocious styling could be the problem. This infographic offers helpful tips at capturing that growing baby bump or rampaging toddler on your smartphone camera. We reckon it applies to pet photos, too.
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You Have 5 Hours Left To Order The Only Valentine’s Present They’ll Want
04 Feb 2014 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Valentines is bearing down on you, and it’s an awful time. Culturally speaking, you’re under pressure to buy flowers, or chocolates, or soft toys; all of which are things that die quickly, kill you quickly, and kill your credibility, respectively. The secret to nailing Valentines is to buy a gift that you’d be happy buying at any given point in the year – something that won’t date, die, melt, or activate your overdraft. So, what hits the sweetspot? A photograph.
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A Surefire Way To Stop Hoarding Photos On Your Phone
04 Feb 2014 by Jasmine Stone / 1 Comment
Selfies, cat photos, instagrammed lunches… They make you feel so happy, and you absolutely cannot live without them. But surely you don’t have space for ALL of those photos on your phone? This is how you save space on your mobile’s hard drive.
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Enjoy This Bird’s-Eye View Of The World [GALLERY]
04 Feb 2014 by Jasmine Stone / 2 Comments
Those of you who ever wondered what the world would look like from a bird’s point of view should check out these photos of famous landmarks and cities.
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This Interactive Map Showing The Most Photographed Cities In The World Will Blow Your Mind
22 Jan 2014 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Now more than ever, the still image is one of the most dominant forms of media in the world. More importantly, more people in the world have access to some sort of camera than ever before in history.
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GENIUS: Local Tech Startup Sends You Physical Polaroid Versions Of Your Instagram Pics
20 Jan 2014 by Seth Rotherham / No Comments
It’s another one of those classic moment where you’ll kick yourself so hard for not doing this first in South Africa. These guys have absolutely NAILED IT with a super-slick online service that will blow your mind.
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These Are The Best iPhone Photography Apps Available
13 Jan 2014 by Jasmine Stone / 1 Comment
Why would you need a camera app if you already have a pre-installed camera app that takes pictures just fine? Because it simply isn’t good enough as it is.
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Street Walk: Meet The People Of Woodstock [PICS]
20 Dec 2013 by Jasmine Stone / 7 Comments
2oceansvibe’s resident intern and pro photographer, Charles Mackenzie took a walk around our neighbourhood on Tuesday, and snapped these radical shots of the people who live and work around The Woodstock Exchange, sandwiched between Albert Road and Victoria Road.
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The Stunning Street Art Of Woodstock [PICS]
18 Dec 2013 by Jasmine Stone / 2 Comments
2oceansvibe’s resident intern and pro photographer, Charles Mackenzie took a walk around our neighbourhood today, and snapped these radical shots of the street art surrounding The Woodstock Exchange, sandwiched between Albert Road and Victoria Road. Click on each of the shots to enlarge them. We’ll publish a series of shots detailing the people of the […]
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This New iPhone Zoom-Lens Will Blow Your Mind [IMAGES]
06 Dec 2013 by Jasmine Stone / 3 Comments
Smartphone cameras have come a long, long way since those crappy little one-megapixel cameras on the back of old Motorola clam-shells. And thank God for that. But if we’re honest, there are limitations to a any smartphone camera. But that’s where gadgets like this one fit in.
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This Is How To Take The Perfect Instagram [INFOGRAPHIC]
29 Oct 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Platforms like Instagram, Twitter and Facebook that were developed alongside the smartphone have birthed a new creative class – the phone-tographers. Some phone photography enthusiasts are good, composing neat shots of their family, their pets and their holidays. Some of them, however, should never have been handed anything capable of taking photos. If you fall into the latter group of individuals, you’ll be happy to know that we have a little how-to guide in the form of an infographic called ‘Phone-Tography 101’
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Please Enjoy This R2,500 Completely Over-The-Top iPhone Camera Lens
25 Oct 2013 by Jasmine Stone / 1 Comment
iPhone camera lenses are not a new thing by any stretch of the imagination. They emerged a few years ago, to accommodate and enhance the steadily improving camera technology that was being developed. They started out small, with individual lenses being sold for about R200, and a set of all sorts of different lenses being sold for around R500. It was more of a start-up company kind of thing to do – but now the big dogs have latched onto to the market, and Sony is one of those who are looking to make a big impact.
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Brand New Out Of Focus Shots Of Bigfoot Emerge [PHOTOS]
07 Oct 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Brand new pictures of the ever elusive Bigfoot have been snapped by Pennsylvania hiker, John Stoneman. In the pictures, the mostly solitary Sasquatch can be seen with a companion – that’s right, Bigfoot has found a mate…Bigfeet?
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Former London Deputy Mayor Posts Naked Pics To Facebook [PHOTOS]
26 Sep 2013 by Jasmine Stone / 1 Comment
Pictures of an old man with his wang out have appeared on 65-year-old Richard Barnes’ Facebook account. Openly gay Mr. Barnes was deputy mayor to Boris Johnson between 2008 and 2012. He insists his Facebook account was hacked and he didn’t upload the pictures, but there is speculation that the pictures could have been uploaded automatically using an iPhone Facebook app.
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