Photo Awesome

I’ve been following Make magazine online lately. They have some really cool/fun/interesting/useful projects and how-tos. Plus a lot of robots.

Today they posted a link to a pdf on how to turn your flatbed scanner into a camera. There’s also a video “weekend project” how-to going over the camera construction. If you get to building this before I do, I wanna see it!

This is either one of the best or one of the worst things I have ever seen… you decide for yourself. The guy definitely knows his keyboard shortcuts.

101 Photoshop tips in 5 minutes (from blip.tv)

This is clever… string + bolt + washer = tripod! OK, “stabilizer,” but still pretty cool.

We’ve recently seen a spike in the number of fixer spills and residue left on various surfaces in the photography labs. In some places it doesn’t even make sense, as fix shouldn’t even be that area (like the print washing room). Watch this educational video to learn more about fixer stains, proper print washing procedure and how to become a better person.

Quicktime Version