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unacceptable food

Learn The Secrets Of Food Photography

The blogosphere is circulating a link to an awesome German food photography site today, which compares package photos of food with what's inside for around 100 products. Sure, it's all in German, but the Industrial Food Revolution is the same pretty much everywhere. We looked around for a good "secrets of food photography" and found this article at Photocritic which lists some of the staples any good food photographer has at every shoot, including motor oil, cotton balls, and brown shoe polish. Mmm! More »

3:21 PM on Tue Mar 25 2008
By Chris Walters
10,555 views, 45 comments

Latest by arachnophilia: all photos are lies. or at least damned near all of them. more »

overreactions

Chicago Hospital Freaks, Nearly Bans Visitor For Taking Photo From Window

Kurt was at Resurrection Medical Center in Chicago yesterday, where his father is in rehab after a recent stroke, and he was nearly kicked out because he took a photo of the setting sun out the window from a hallway.
Before even reviewing the picture, I heard a woman yell, "What do you think you're doing?!" I looked up, seeing an angry looking woman briskly coming down the hall at me.
 
"Taking a photo of the sun," I replied.
 
"You're in a hospital!" she shrilly declared.
 
"Yes, obviously."
 
"I've called security, you stay here!"
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7:50 PM on Wed Mar 5 2008
By Chris Walters
20,357 views, 129 comments

Latest by BeFrugalNotCheap: Christ, are you people talking about that mcdonalds hot coffee case again? more »

travel

Make Your Own Passport Photos

If you have a computer and a digital camera, there's no reason to ever pay a drugstore $8 for a couple of crummy passport photos and lousy customer service. This blogger discovered that he couldn't even get an in-focus photo from a local CVS: "When we pointed that out, he was like 'Oh really? don't worry all photos printed here look like that and no one ever came back because a photo was not accepted.'" If you're not Photoshop-savvy, just use the free epassportphoto.com website. More »

10:27 PM on Wed Jan 23 2008
By Chris Walters
7,928 views, 55 comments

Latest by nardo218: I was pissed off enough to have to pay $100 for a passport for my asshole brother's wedding in Mexico, but I was livid when the CVS clerk took my pic with an ancient digital camera, played with it in more »

misguided

Ford: Photos Of Your Car Are Copyright Infringement

Well, this seems misguided. A group of people who are members of the "Black Mustang Club" wanted to take some pictures of their cars and make a calendar using CafePress. Turns out, CafePress refuses to publish pictures of Ford cars due to claims of copyright infringement: More »

12:43 PM on Mon Jan 14 2008
By Meg Marco
6,936 views, 85 comments

shopping

6 Photo Printers Reviewed

We don't really print photographs much anymore—most of the time, there's some display we can show them on, and for the rare times we want physical copies, it's cheaper to order through an online service like Shutterfly than deal with the total cost of owning a photo printer. But maybe you're more retro than that or need instant gratification with your pics, in which case you might want to read Slate's side-by-side showdown of six different photo printers. More »

9:57 PM on Fri Oct 26 2007
By Chris Walters
2,563 views, 26 comments

Latest by arby: @Benstein: You should try to get a letter from the photographer, on letterhead, that you can show to the clerk; if he still won't let you buy the photos I suppose I'd try to escalate to management or corporate. I more »

advice

4 Tips For Keeping Your Digital Pictures Safe

Where would we be without photos? We'd have no blackmail, no things to cut up after a divorce, no US Weekly, and no pictures to stare at on The Consumerist. And now that there are digital cameras, anyone can take 'em. But like emails, thesis statements, and that Great American Novel you've been working on for years, they're prone to digital oblivion if you don't take some precautions. The Associated Press has four basic tips that you should already be following to keep your digital pics safe. More »

2:07 PM on Tue Sep 18 2007
By Chris Walters
6,170 views, 23 comments

Latest by dwayne_dibbly: @ddrager: Seeing as where an world-wide EMP pulse would probably destroy anything with a microprocessor (excepting EMP-hardened military hardware), you wouldn't have anything to view them on anyway (plus there's be that whole collapse of civilization and WW III thing more »

technology is awesome

Kodak To End Flash Photography?

Kodak says they may be able to end the need for flash photography and the resulting red-eye with a new sensor. From Reuters:
The world's biggest maker of photographic film says its proprietary sensor technology significantly increases sensitivity to light. Image sensors act as a digital camera's eyes by converting light into an electric charge to begin the capture process.
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Kodak's new proprietary technology adds "clear" pixels to the red, green, and blue elements that form the image sensor array, collecting a higher proportion of the light striking the sensor.
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8:11 PM on Thu Jun 14 2007
By Meg Marco
1,578 views, 18 comments

Latest by arachnophilia: @TechnoDestructo: Kodak might have gotten on the digital bandwagon a bit late but they have been pursuing it with a vengeance ever since. a bit late? you might want to check those patents again -- kodak holds the one for the first more »

Consumerist Flickr Pool: Friday Flickr Finds
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Consumerist's Flickr Pool: Friday Flickr Finds
(Photo: Scentzilla)

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kodak

Kodak Moments: Kodak Quits Council of Better Business Bureaus Rather Than Face Expulsion

Kodak resigned from the Council of Better Business Bureaus (BBB,) rather than face expulsion for their refusal to respond to complaints lodged by spurned customers.
Kodak was advised it could contest the termination but chose instead to resign its national membership in early March. The photography company allowed its membership in the Buffalo-based branch to lapse about five years ago.
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1:20 PM on Sat Apr 7 2007
By Carey
1,211 views, 18 comments

how to

How To Take Pictures Inside Stores Without Getting Caught

How can you take hundreds of pictures inside a store without getting caught? It can be really hard. If you ask for permission, it will be likely be denied. If you're too conspicuous, someone will say, "No pictures!" and you could get thrown out. More »

Feature

11:36 AM on Thu Mar 15 2007
By Ben Popken
22,482 views, 50 comments

kodak

Kodak's Trade-In Program Pays For Your Old Camera

Kodak will pay for your old camera if you buy a new Kodak EasyShare. It's like trading in your old car, except there are no shady dealers.
Step 1 — Register for a Trade-In account and log in to the Trade-In Center.
Step 2 — Select the appropriate trade-in estimator and receive an instant estimate.
Step 3 — Buy your new camera at kodak.com.
Step 4 — Ship a copy of your kodak.com receipt & your old camera using the prepaid shipping label.
Step 5 — 7 to 14 days after receipt of the item, we send payment to you by check.
The program, which has been active since last October, evaluates several factors, including camera condition, zoom level, and external media included. The trade-in value is determined primarily by megapixel count. More »

10:12 AM on Sat Mar 3 2007
By Carey
1,349 views, 10 comments

Latest by Helvetian: @Troy F.: That's why go with the eBay store-front. It gives you a PayPal credit, thus no need to actually buy anything. And you're right about that problem. You trade-in your old camera for $97 but then realize Kodak.com is more »

readers

Taking Pictures of Our Product Is Copyright Infringement

When Jamie Olsen decided to become an eBay entrepreneur, she decided to start small: selling bottles of Aquage shampoo. And because people can tell a lot about the effectiveness of shampoo by staring at a grainy picture of the bottle, Jamie took a picture of the bottles with a camera phone. More »

7:50 AM on Mon Oct 9 2006
By consumerist.com
176 views, 11 comments

starbucks

You Can't Take A Picture Of This Starbucks!

Kate is a sweet Canadian photo bug who just happened to be taking some pictures of a Toronto Starbucks when a goonish barrista burst out of the store's chocolate-hued facade and started claiming she couldn't take photographs of the building. Luckily, a group of tourists happened to be passing, overheard the exchange and staged an impromptu mass rebellion, snapping hundreds of photographs of the Starbucks in question before the Starbucks manager could even speed dial Russel Crowe to sort the whole thing out. More »

7:07 AM on Mon May 15 2006
By consumerist.com
284 views, 4 comments

Latest by matto: Every time a Starbucks story comes up, the haters come out of the woodwork. AcidReign, you self-important twat, being a barista is a miserable enough job to have, without pricks like yourself and your "$7 an hour" attitude. Just because you were more »

gas

Gas by Dash Snow

Your pain at the pump is palatable, but what ring of the underworld inferno should we consider this? More »

9:42 AM on Fri Apr 28 2006
By popkin
278 views, 4 comments