Interesting take on the ethics of retouching.

If only this weren’t so accurate.

Started a new photo blog as a place to display things I’ve shot. Let me know what you think of  the design (and the pictures).

30 ways to short yourself out. In case you were looking for an exciting way to spend your weekend. (I’m partial to the Shower With Your Cow method, myself.)

HDR is all too often over-the-top, sort of illustrated looking. I’ve done it myself—there’s a strange pull to see how Three-Dee you can get those clouds to look. But it can also be more subtle, and that’s what we are shooting for in the Grand Theft Lego series. (Yes, there are more to come)

Partner in crime David Pahl shot twelve exposures of each element, and I merged three to five of each together so that I had complete control over the amount of light falling on every part of the shot.

A little dodging, a lot of burning, some serious pounding on the color, and we got this:

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Thanks to Jay Roth, James Pelz and Tom Pounders for all the help and ideas.

A nifty animation from Adobe. Haven’t done my homework, so I don’t know who did it.

Brilliant. Thanks to the pretty and talented Annette Slade for the link.

Headless figures are surprisingly non-erotic. Very interesting, though.

Also look at his other stuff, especially “addresses“. Strong stuff. He’s very good at forcing you to imagine the rest of the story. Spend some time with this stuff, it’s well worth it. Note: A more comprehensive post about Durgin’s art is in the works. Watch this space.

Too much work to do today to hang around here posting, so you get the raw linky goodness:

The Dieline: package design watch

Lovely Package: nice packages

The Grid System: how why & when

Dina Goldstein. Looks like she has a thing for 1965. It’s a good thing!