about everything, and especially the rest
Tilt-shift video |
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I created my first set of Tilt-shift pictures last week. Tilt-shifting makes your pictures look like miniatures, as if you were looking at a model from very close.
You can take a look at my miniatures set on Flickr.
Here are some amazing examples.
Here is a short movie by Keith Loutit, with the song Clementine from Washington.
Enjoy!
Bathtub IV from Keith Loutit on Vimeo
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Sprint, the Now Network |
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Just stumbled upon this amazing video from Sprint, advertising the “Now Network”.
You might have seen it, but if not, take a look at the figures, amazing!
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Career evolution in advertising simplified |
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Want to work in advertising? Check out this career evolution paths by WorkForFood! ;)
The software logos are for Dreamweaver, Flash, Ilustrator, Photoshop, Excel, Powerpoint, PDF and of course Champagne!!
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Flickr is Dead |
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… or not.
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I was recently speaking with a friend about how Flickr was an amazing tool. I have been using it for years now. I love the ease of upload through the Flicrk Uploader, the flexibility of the API, the feeds for tags/sets/collections/….
However, I was also saying that for my last trip in India, I uploaded my pictures on Facebook and a specific site I did for the trip. But almost none on Flickr.
And I was arguing that on Facebook, pictures get a second life. Yes, you can comment pictures on Flickr, but that’s all. On Facebook, you tag your friends, they are notified, their friends see the new pictures, you can comment the pictures and your comment will be in your news feed, … and your pictures live longer. Numbers are here to prove it: Facebook hosts more than 15 billion pictures, as Flickr only hosts 3.4.
I was advocating for a more social use of Flickr, which hadn’t come to surface yet. Imagine if you could tag your Facebook friends no Flickr. You would benefit both from the Flickr interface and platform (dedicated to make sharing pictures online better) and your Facebook social graph.
And BOOM! Last week I read about Polar Rose and tried it this morning: powerful and great service that does exactly that. The seamless integration of Facebook Connect and Flickr Authentication makes it a brease to connect your account to your flickr pictures and facebook frends. Then Polar Rose finds faces in your pics and your can tag them.
Works pretty fine, see the screenshot below of the interface: it recognizes my father and a friend - impressive, no? I then pushes back the tags to Flickr (see 3rd screenshot). Continue reading ‘Flickr is Dead’
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Fire in the streets |
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Long time ago, I had time to do some photography around New York. A friend of mine asked me about good night photography cameras, and my answer was patience and a tripod.
Here is a series I shot four years ago called “Fire In The Street”.
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Inspiring pictures from Ellen Kooi |
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Thanks to a Fubiz article, I discovered Ellen Kooi, a Dutch photographer with very inspiring/inspired work.
Below are some pictures.
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I joined for a long week end (close to a week actually: 6 days) my father and sister in the Yucatan, Mexico. Pictures are here.
It was a wonderful trip and I didn’t expect it to be so nice: I thought it was a very touristic region, and we traveled during the rainy season. We actually had a wonderful weather (wonderful for the region: so still warm and humid, but bearable) and the mass-tourism is concentrated on certain beaches (Cancun, Playa del Carmen) and sites (Cobà, Chichen Itza). Here is a suggested itinerary of what to do for a long week end in the Yucatan ! Continue reading ‘Visit Yucatan, Mexico: Mayan Ruins, Colonial Cities, Turquoise Sea’
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Yes, it’s true: I did it. |
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Yes, it’s true: I did it. I spent the week end in an all-inclusive resort in Dominican Republic (Iberostar Bavaro).
Me, Laurent Kretz. The backpacker guy who swore he would never do such a thing. The guy who slept in Laos villages on the Chinese border for $0.50 a night watching kids smoke opium with their grandparents (album here). The guy who experienced the 14 centuries old Umayyad Mosque of Damascus, Syria (album, wikipedia). The adventurous backpacker who climbed the cliffs of the Kawah Ijen volcano with the sulfur-carriers on Java, Indonesia (album, wikipedia). To name a few.
Continue reading ‘Yes, it’s true: I did it.’
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A travel journal from Guatemala |
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I eventually finished sorting my pictures from our trip in Guatemala !
The texts are written, photos cropped, flickr slide-shows and youtube videos embedded.
Our trip was a beautiful backpacking adenture that led us from amazing Mayan ruins to raging volcanoes, crossing holy lakes and facing howler monkeys in the jungle. To make it short. ;-)
Continue reading ‘A travel journal from Guatemala’
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Rodeo show at madison square garden :-) |
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Rodeo show at madison square garden :-)
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