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How NOT to Do Slow Motion for an Advertisement
A couple of days ago, the bourbon whisky brand Jim Beam posted a video to its Facebook page to promote its popular spirit. It was a repeatedly looped clip of its bourbon being poured into a glass with...
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Nikon Made a Doggy Camera Mount That’s Triggered by Heart Rate
Photographers often take pictures of things that touch them emotionally. Nikon wanted to help dogs do the same. As part of a new “Heartography” project, the camera company has created a doggy camera...
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This Vintage BBQ Grill Was Made to Look Like a Roll of Kodak Camera Film
From the annals of strange photography promo products comes this: a barbecue grill that’s designed to look like a roll of Kodak’s 200 Kodacolor VR film. The grill seen in these photos was just sold on...
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Olympus DSL-ARM Ad Pokes Fun at the Heaviness of DSLRs
Olympus has launched a bizarre and humorous new ad campaign to promote its mirrorless cameras at the expense of “heavy DSLRs.” The ads feature a made up medical condition called DSL-ARM: “the...
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1970s Olympus Trip 35 Commercials Starring British Photographer David Bailey
Back in the 1970s, Olympus launched an advertising campaign for its Trip 35 35mm compact camera that featured renowned British photographer David Bailey. The 46-second commercial above is one of the...
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This Giant Screen Displays Photos with 6,400 Spools of Colored Thread
Forever 21 has unveiled what it calls the F21 Thread Screen. It’s a 2,000-pound contraption that can display any Instagram photo using 6,400 mechanical spools of thread. This unique device for viewing...
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Artist Buys Billboard Ad Time to Display Giant Photos of Nature
Artist Brian Kane recently purchased advertising time on digital billboards along interstate freeways in Massachusetts, but instead of putting up more ads to compete for commuter eyeballs, Kane...
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KFC Has Created a Fried Chicken Bucket That Doubles as an Instant Photo Printer
To celebrate 60 years in Canada, KFC created a new bucket for fried chicken that doubles as an instant photo printer. The “Memories Bucket” is a new high-tech, limited-edition bucket that helps you...
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KFC’s New Tray Liners Let You Take ‘Fakation’ Photos
KFC Romania wants to help you make your life appear more exciting on social media. The restaurant chain’s new ‘Fakation’ campaign features new tray liners that display photos from vacation spots...
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A Clever Camera Store Ad on the Side of a Bus
Over in Japan, the electronics chain Yodobashi Camera places these creative ads on the sides of buses that turn the rear wheel into a lens for a giant camera. Kevin Warnecke spotted this one in Kyoto,...
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Canon’s Humorous ‘Never Again’ Ads Show Why You Should Print Your Photos
Canon has launched a lighthearted new advertising campaign for its PIXMA line of printers. Titled “Never Again,” the series of short 30-second advertisements imagine disastrous moments in life when...
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McDonald’s Apologizes for Stealing Man’s Viral Burrito Engagement Photo Idea
Back in July, writer David Sikorski and photographer Kristina Bakrevski gained quite a bit of attention online after publishing engagement photos of Sikorski and his one true love: the burrito. The...
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Instagram to Offer Self-Serve Advertising Worldwide, 30-Second Video Ads
Advertisements on Instagram aren’t a new concept, but the folks at Facebook are working to open their image sharing platform to even more businesses around the globe. Beginning on September 30th,...
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When Photographers Become Endorsements
Photographers are used to being behind the camera, but the prominence and rise of photography – particularly through social media – has created emerging opportunities for photographers. No longer...
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Did I Just Give My #Permission? Hashtag Consent for Photo Usage is Trending
The New York Times published an article about brands using user generated content (UGC) without explicit permission. When a woman named Shereen Way posted a photo of her daughter to Instagram with the...
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BTS: Shooting Lifestyle Photos for Jeep on 35mm Film
Los Angeles-based photographer Dave Hill was recently commissioned to shoot a print campaign for the 2015 Jeep Wrangler. He ended up doing most of the shoot on 35mm film after doing some test shots on...
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Kate Winslet’s Modeling Contract with L’Oréal Has a ‘No Photoshop’ Clause
Actress Kate Winslet is taking a stand against unrealistic beauty retouching in the ad industry. In addition to speaking out publicly against the practice, Winslet has even included a “no retouching”...
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Creating a Composite Car Photo Using a Parking Lot Snapshot
A couple of days ago, photographer and retoucher Clint Davis shared a guest post about how he created composite photos for a Mercedes-Benz Sprinter 4×4 brochure. Turkish photographer and retoucher...
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Way Beyond the Deadline: Shooting ASU Football’s Ad Campaign
There are deadlines and then there are deadlines… this is the latter. Arizona State University’s advertising campaign is one that I have now shot for 10 years. It is one that I always use to push the...
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17 Ideas for Marketing Your Wedding Photography in the Off-Season
Weddings are a seasonal thing. They really pick up in spring, roll on at a steady pace through summer and then spike into the fall. But then comes November, when the frenzy of peak wedding season...
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