Photos That Changed the World, Retouching to Photoshop and Selling Berries for Laptops
Photos that changed the world and changed the mindset, how people edited photos before Photoshop came along, a good reminder to back up your own photos and, well, some more beautiful photos are all at Brain Buffet this week.
100 photos that changed the world
As the name suggests, this thread on Quora asks for photos that people think “changed the world.” Photo responses get pretty heavy pretty quickly and range from inspirational and revolutionary to deep and emotional.
From this iconic photo of soldiers storming a beach in Normandy on D-Day during World War II, to the Blue Marble , one of the most recognizable images of Earth from Apollo 17, one of the most recognizable images in history, to the photo above of the Tankist. , the man who temporarily halted the advance of a tank column in Tiananmen Square in 1989, to Martin Luther King standing in front of the Washington Monument after delivering his “I Have a Dream” speech , the whole discussion is full of incredible – and sometimes graphic – photography. You will learn a lot from this, but chances are that some of them you did not see, and many will make you stop and think about the circumstances surrounding the image. [ via Quora ]
How photo retouching worked before Photoshop
I have always known that photographs have been subject to retouching and editing since the advent of cameras – but even though Photoshop and other graphic design programs have only come into widespread use in the last, say, 30 years, the art of editing and retouching photographs remains much, much older. Of course, it’s easy with Photoshop, but how did it work before? Mental Floss responds with this wonderful piece that immerses you in the history of photography and the devices invented to edit, modify or completely delete certain parts of a photograph.
The article states that starting with a story about how the allegedly first negatives of a photo were inked-edged to remove someone who was awkwardly framed in the photo:
Thus, retouching has existed almost as long as photography itself, but instead of being performed on a computer as it is now, it originally took place on the negative. Photographers and retouching specialists scraped off their film with knives, painted or painted over it, and even glued multiple negatives together to create a single print. As it is today, photographers and cultural critics of the 19th and 20th centuries debated the ethics of retouching.
It’s worth reading the story of that first editing job, of course, so skip to the full article. This is the first in a series of stories of how photographs have undergone retouching and editing throughout history, and delves deeper into more modern film-based photo editing approaches, both before and after they have been developed. [ via Mental Floss ]
A tale of tons of photos – and a reminder to support them all
This week ‘s Answer All podcast episode is wacky. It’s also an important reminder that when you’re in a rush to organize and collect all your scattered photos in a place that you can enjoy, organize, and share, you shouldn’t neglect to actually back up them in multiple locations so that you never rely on them. for one thing or a favor to contain all your precious memories.
The organizers of Answer scoff at the idea of making multiple backups in the show since no one really does it, and that no one can be that organized, but, well, we ask you not to agree – and we actually encourage you too by this person. The episode tracks users of a now defunct photo hosting site called PictureLife, its top-down path, as well as users who have lost thousands and thousands of photos that they entrusted to the service … and did not have anywhere else.
Of course, this is not their fault, and the tragedy here is absolutely real, but if there is a lesson or a lesson to be learned from this, it is not that “cloud services are bad”, but that “you can lose anything in any moment, so diversity is key in backing up as in other aspects of life, ”if you know what I mean. Cloud services are great, but they shouldn’t be your only backup solution. We’ve talked about this before , and it’s even more important as more and more of our data gets into these services. [ via Gimlet Media ]
Can you make enough money to buy a laptop doing different jobs?
Linus and Luke, from the always hilarious LinusTechTips , came up with an idea: could you make enough money, presumably as a student who needs good technology, but also has lessons and a life to buy a laptop while doing odd jobs in your area? Well, this episode above is one of the first in their series to tackle this very topic, and they start off by picking berries at a local farm and selling them at a roadside berry shop. You will need to see if it turns out to be a profitable business for them or not.
Of course, the experiment isn’t perfect – just watching as I would probably do things like signs and pick a spot before I go out and pick berries, and perhaps relied more on pre-orders to ensure that your inventory is sold. take, but the lesson is important anyway, and I love the idea of seeing if you can make enough money to buy yourself the equipment you need by simply doing a job that you might never have thought of. Something like the modern equivalent of setting up a lemonade stand to buy a new bike. [via LinusTechTips (YouTube) ]
This 100-year-old theater was doomed until it turned into a glorious bookstore
El Ateneo Grand Splendid is one of the best and most famous bookstores in Buenos Aires, and The Guardian claims to be one of the most beautiful bookstores in the world . Seriously, the only way to become a temple of knowledge is through a library. It’s absolutely stunning in every photo I’ve seen. From Atlas Obscura:
With every incarnation since its founding in 1919 – first as a performing arts theater, then as a movie theater, and now as a bookstore – Grand Splendid has proven to live up to its majestic name.
Retaining its original frescoed ceilings, ornate theater boxes, elegant rounded balconies, detailed finishes and plush red stage curtains, the building’s interior remains as stunning today as it was when architects Pero and Torres Armengol first conceived it.
The place is beautiful and I hope to come someday. Have a good week everyone. [ via Atlas Obscura ]
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