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Author Archives: Marc Mantha
“Uh, oh!” PhotoShop Phun of the Day
Having a little fun with PhotoShop doesn’t always have to be elaborate effects and hours of work. Something small and simple can easily change the context of a scene. You can guess what that was here. (Click on the image for a more detailed view) Uh, oh!
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Tagged banana, peel, photoshop
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When I Grow Up…A Series by Malo
What is my baby going to be when they grow up? The local butcher, a doctor or even a super hero? This is the Ultimate Photo Series in Creative Infant Photography Surely your “Smile of the Day”. MAMA brings you more creative inspiration. We contacted Malo (aka MondayMonday) in Paris who graciously told us to [...]
Jelly Beans Gone WIld
Turning Jelly beans into Masterpieces of Art Watch 100 hours unfold in minutes…more ahead! Jelly Belly® Bean Art by Kristen Cumings So what do you do with an unlimited supply of jelly beans? What else, turn them into art! Let’s take a look at some of Kristen’s work. Then we’ll have a chat. You’ll have [...]
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Tagged art, beans, belly, cumings, earing, girl, gone, harry, jelly, kristen, lisa, mona, perl, potter, seven, wild
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Uprooted
“It looked great, but as a photo just didn’t work.” An Uprooted Tree Gets a Lift with HDR You can see the difference from my average exposure on the right and the improved dimensionality to the finished edit below. Some photos really do benefit from certain kinds of processing. When I set up for this [...]
How to Climb a 1,768 Foot Tower
When Your First Mistake Will Be Your Last It might start with an elevator ride to about 1,600 feet – but that last 178 feet really drives home the old saying, “Your first mistake will be your last”. It’s a pretty wild helmet cam perspective all the way to the top of the light beacon. [...]
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Tagged climb, climbing, guided, how, last, mistake, radio, to, tower, transmission, your
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Lightning Strikes San Francisco Bay Bridge
Awesome Lightning Strike! Phil Mcgrew has only seen lightning 3 times since moving the Bay area two years ago. He got lucky with 3 twenty second exposures shot from the office window being too chicken to get his camera wet (or worse). San Francisco Bay Bridge (click to view more details). Please check out Phil’s [...]
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Tagged bay, bridge, francisco, lightning, mcgrew, phil, san, sanfrancisco, strike
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Fun Find of the Day
USB Bear USB teddy bear holds data, scares children. That’s all for this one. Thanks to Elektra IW for this fun find!
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Tagged 2.0, bear, children, scares, teddy, usb
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Radical Upcycling – iMacquariums?
There are fish tanks, then there are iMacquariums. If you’re into aquariums you gotta have a look at how uber cool having fish can be. The world is full of amazing people and creativity without boundaries. Jake Harms is one of those amazing people working at Kickstarting his business. Jake Harms has created a high [...]
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Tagged aquarium, fish, iMac, iQuarium, kickstart, recycled, repurpose, tank
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Lake Ice Wide Angle Scenes – 24-105mm Canon L Series
The breaking up of lake ice on a cloudy day made for some decent wide angle shots with lots of texture. With the white ice on lake and the white clouds, these help narrow the dynamic range of light. This is good for a more even exposure and reduces the chances of hot spots or [...]
The Wait is Over! Canon 5D Mark III Pre-Orders
If you’ve been thinking about going to a full frame sensor, this new release is really sweet. What’s a full frame sensor? The sensor is similarly sized to 35mm film. Full frames have superior image quality and overall performance across any brand. Canon’s 5D Mark III is the introductory full frame model at $3500.00 retail. [...]
How Do You Take Your Protrait? 2D Photography
The ultimate photographer’s Rube video by 2D Photography Thanks to Ian Worling for this find… First, what’s a Rube? Complex gadgets that perform simple tasks in indirect, convoluted ways named after Rube Goldberg. The folks at 2D Photography had a little time on their hands. This Rube just seems to go on forever. You might [...]
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Tagged 2D, goldberg, marketing, Photography, rube, tube, video, viral, you
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Great Product You Can’t Have – Yet
Great Marketing… Find a common problem Solve it Sell it A great idea, now it’s a prototype looking to go into production. Tangled cords are the Problem. The Recoil Winder is the Solution. RECOIL, What is it? It’s not just about winding up cords and wires. RECOIL smarter than that. The two videos below will [...]
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Tagged cords, earphoones, kickstart, kickstarter, recoil, solution, tangled, winder, wires
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Nikon D800 SLR Digital Camera
Consumer’s win in Nikon versus Canon digital SLR wars While rumors have been circulating forever about a new Canon 5D Mark III (or whatever they might call it), Nikon hits the market with their latest update in the introductory Full Frame SLR category…and it’s loaded. Pre-orders Expected availability: March 22 2012 pre-orders available click image [...]
Shelter Dogs
Waiting for a friend… That’s what seems to gleam through the eyes of these shelter dogs, the subject of one of Traer Scott’s best selling books. Simple near black and white portraits that grab your imagination and feelings. Traer has been widely acclaimed for helping to bring awareness to forefront in a unique way. Click [...]
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Tagged camedia, dogs, friend, olympus, pet, Photography, point, protrait, scott, shelter, shoot, traer, wiating
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Making Magic Photographing Children
“Laura Lynne Photography” Is Fun Photographing children comes naturally to Laura Lynne with her organic style. Click any photo for a more detailed view. Kids, they light up your life. A few photographers have that combination of patience and timing to capture the magic moment. Laura Lynne Stetser caught our eye here at MAMA. She’s [...]
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Tagged 2.8, 24-40mm, angle, Canon, children, l, laura, lens, lynne, magic, photographing, Photography, puc, sandy, stetser, wide
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Awful Drawings
As an artist, one of the most difficult things to try and do is to draw badly. But then there are the awful drawings by Mathieu Barrère when combined with his wit, pokes fun at this silly world. His work is nice and simple but sometimes the humor catches you off guard where just a [...]
Kids Are Awesome
Today’s smile. Top end of the cute-o-meter. Every child has awesome in them. White Stripes “We’re Going To Be Friends” This one could be joining the Youtube million hits club. Produced by D-PAN, the Deaf Professional Arts Network American Sign Language Direction by Ronald Dans Directed by Nicholas Hill of Lucky Airlines Special thanks to [...]
Canadian Winters
The change in seasons offers something new every couple of months. I look forward to each. The Long Way Home – Again Click for a larger view… Yes, I took the long way home a couple of weeks ago after a fresh snow fall and managed some good shots along the way. I reached an [...]
Origami Gone Wild
The Ingenious 3D Origami Sculptures of Jeremy Kool There’s origami and then there’s Jeremy Kool’s 3D origami. He’s been creating the most intricate 3D wildlife emulating this ancient art of paper folding and the world is taking notice. Jeremy uses 3D software (Maya 2012) to create his characters and environments. The amazing digital finesse has [...]
A Garage
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Tagged colorize, dynamic, garage, hdr, high, monocromatic, photomatix, pro, range, sharpening, shed
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REVIEW Canon EF 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6 L IS USM Lens
The Big Gun It’s quite large and fairly weighty. That’s why the tripod mount is on the lens for better balance and no undue stress where the lens mount meets the camera. Yes, I’m using a plastic green army man for size context. I wonder if there are any plastic green army women anywhere? I’ve [...]
REVIEW Fujifilm FinePix HS20 EXR
Here’s a camera at a great price, lots of focal length and with all the feature buttons nicely laid out. The image quality is excellent and likely due the the combination of the EXR CMOS sensor and quality fixed lens. Also the LCD res is higher and crisper then earlier comparables in the brand. Some key [...]
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Tagged camera, digital, exr, fixed, fuji. finepix, fujifilm, hs20, lens, like, slr
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Speed Finger Painting
Painting nature scenes on small pains of glass in just seconds. It starts off in the middle of a painting Then, the next one is from start to completion. Just plain cool. The world is full of wonderful people.
Hot Blow Dryer And A Hamster? (The Page Turner)
No Hamsters Were Injured In The Making Of This Video So what’s a hot blow dryer and a hamster have to do with turning a page? This is one of those quirky domino physical action sequences that set’s off a final desired effect…turning a page. This one does have some very imaginative actions…hence the blow [...]
Five People Playing One Guitar At The Same Time
This is more than just a YouTube stunt. They’re professionals and it’s a great tune. Talk about stunning collaboration. It’s a real treat to watch. Super viral. Over 4 million served. Nough said. Here it is… Somebody That I Used to Know – Walk off the Earth (Gotye – Cover) Seen something that caught your [...]
Never A Dull Moment On The New York City Subway
Impromptu Musical Duet Between Strangers Breaks Out This one is heading for a million hits on YouTube. Here’s the amateur videographer’s quote: “Okay- what you are about to watch is a true New York experience. What originally started out as a typical NYC subway ride turned into an awesome performance by two people who have [...]
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Tagged city, duet, dull, impromptue, moment, mucsic, new, NYC, rap, strangers, subway, york, youtube
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Celebrities My Mother Met – 60s and 70s
Once upon a time, Windsor was the King of Entertainment. Supper Clubs with big-name entertainment were common. Tom Jones, Paul Anka, Bobby Vinton, Brenda Lee, Ricky Nelson, Rich Little just to name a few performing celebs around Windsor. A couple of weeks ago, we dug up these autographed celebrity glossies my mother had stashed away. [...]
REVEIW The Nikon D4 – Available February 2012
New Nikon D4 Pro DSLR Camera Will Retail For 6 Gs Advanced orders are available. Yes, this is one of the big guns. Pro territory. Nicely engineered. Top notch piece of pro gear with full HD Video. Of course it’s a full frame CMOS censor that features Nikon FX fomat. Add a really super high [...]
Raising A Chicken In Winter – The Dust Bath Tip
Joanne, the fabulous hen, likes to roll around in the dirt from time to time. What’s that all about? Chickens need dirt to bath from time to time. It’s essential to good chicken health and is how they control mites and other skin irritants. I watched Joanne regularly scratch out a bowl shape in the [...]
The Trail Master – In Memory
Brian Martin and I covered many miles of the Bruce and other trails over the years. Most often we were lead by the Trail Master, Shadow, Brian’s dog. When I’d drop by Brian’s home Shadow knew exactly what was ahead…a day on the trails. Shadow’s photo was always a favorite and has resided in my [...]
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Tagged brain, bruce, hiking, marting, master, shadow, trail
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Getting Rid Of Noise – Night Photography
Featuring The World Famous Toronto Skyline Night photography with long exposures reveals all the ambient light, punches up reflections…but with that comes the noise. The digital grain that sneaks out from the darker areas of your scene. Even when using a low ISO, long exposures are subject to noise. Let your photos shine in their [...]
Taxidermy Pet Choir?
Taxidermy pets come to life and sing in this new video from indie musician The Erratic Man. And nope, Chuck Testa did not harm any animals in the making of this video. Innovative, Creative Marketing The Erratic Man has put a twist on promoting his single by tying in some interactive fun to share on [...]
I Believe I can Fly (Flight of the Frenchies)
One of the jumpers admits to his girlfriend he’s scared. “I Believe I Can Fly” is a trailer for a documentary by the French director Sébastien Montaz-Rosset that was recently released. Warning: This video will leave you completely inspired. .
Stickman – Fun Tip of the Day
Be creative. It’s simple, dumb fun. Anyone can do it. You’re now the art director for your own stickman movie. Thanks to Robert Jones for the fun tip of the day. The kids will love this… OK, your turn. Click on the image below and see what happens.
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Tagged draw, drawastickman.com, man, stick, stickman
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Lovely Owl by Mr Nura T
Simply cute.
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Tagged head, lovely, massage, mr, mrnurat, nura, owl, pet, t
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Art In The Air – Jeffrey Milstein’s View
We see jets. Jeffrey Milstein sees art flying by. “The Jet as Art” is Jeffrey Milstein’s latest exhibition at the Smithsonian. Jeff was always fascinated by planes and used to hang out at LAX to catch them flying on by. The little kid is still there only bigger and now equipped with a camera. The [...]
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Tagged aircraft, airport, art, aviation, d.c., fine, jeff, jeffrey, jets, lax, milstein, national, smithsonian, space museum, washington
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New Bank Surveillance Could Save Billions Globally
Join the Cartoon Eyes Challenge here. Will Cartoon Eyes be enough to deter criminals and bandits? Psychologist and Security Consultant Dr. Arty Choke thinks so. No tapes, no digital electronics. It’s purely analog genius, but will these surveillance savings be passed on to customers worldwide? Scroll down for the rest of the story… So [...]
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Tagged bank, billions, cartoon, eyes, global, globally, save, surveillance
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Cartoon Eyes – Fun for all and all for fun!
Fun is good right? Let’s do something with photography, but just for fun. Make a pair of cardboard cartoon eyes just like you see here. and find something fun and interesting to put them on. Then go to MAMA’s facebook page here and post your photo telling us where it is (village, city, country, etc.) [...]
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Tagged cardboard, cartoon, contest, eyes, photgraphy
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25 Ways to Wear a Scarf in 4.5 Minutes!
It’s heading for 7 million hits. Here’s one for the ladies. The creative production is very efficient. Showing you 25 variations in under 5 minutes. You never know what’s going to make a YouTube hit. If you haven’t seen it already, it’s a treat. Maybe I can use one of these fancy knots with my [...]
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Rock on Hippo-Crab!
Amazing and cool animals gone wild. Mad Science with Alethorpe’s PhotoShop Creations. It’s not viral, just fun. Some of these animal creations were very well thought out. Although most of the animals have no genetic connections, nearly all the textures and colors matched up very well. A quick and interesting show. Share it! Some fun [...]
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Tagged adobe, alethorpe, blending, crab, hippo, mad, science, weird animals
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