French humorist Rémi Gaillard created this lighthearted video showing what happens when you photograph speeding cars (and other vehicles) dressed as a human speed camera.

A clever little stop-motion video that shows what baking would be like if you could do it in Photoshop. Unlike with photos, it’d probably be wise to steer clear of the Burn Tool.

(via John Nack)

If families always listened when photographers say, “look natural”, this is what nearly every Christmas card would look like. Clever.

(via HuffPo via Gizmodo)

QR codes have become an extremely popular way of linking to digital things from the physical world, and more and more businesses are displaying them in order to direct customers to their websites. Photographer David Sykes (whom we previously featured here) decided to take advantage of the craze to promote his new website and blog. Instead of an ordinary QR code, however, he decided to create an 8-foot square model of the code using things such as boots, calculators, briefcases, boomboxes, and champagne bottles. He then photographed the code on film and mailed out limited edition prints.
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Here’s a simple yet brilliant stop-motion video showing a person sitting at a table plays with shapes. Instead of computer-trickery, cleverly captured still photographs were used to bring the simple materials to life. It was created by animator Steven Briand while he was doing a two-month internship at Partizan.

(via PictureCorrect)

Team Detroit came up with a clever series of anti-drug-style advertisements for the College of Creative Studies. Have you talked to your kids about Photoshopping?
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For her 3rd year dissertation project Katy Beveridge set out to find a creative way to film animation in real time rather through techniques like stop-motion. She then came up with the brilliant idea of placing paper on a bike wheel and using a video camera’s — and the human eye’s — frame rate limitations to create the animation.

Why sell an old photo as something historical when you can market it as something mythical? A few days ago someone listed an old civil war photograph on eBay with the description:

Original c.1870 carte de visite showing a man who looks exactly like Nick Cage. Personally, I believe it’s him and that he is some sort of walking undead / vampire, et cetera, who quickens / reinvents himself once every 75 years or so. 150 years from now, he might be a politician, the leader of a cult, or a talk show host.

The subject’s resemblance to Nicolas Cage caused the listing to go viral, but before the seller could rake in the big bucks with the $1,000,000 Buy It Now price, eBay apparently pulled the listing. Too bad… it would have been one of the most creative ways to sell a print that we’ve ever come across.

(via The Online Photographer)

Photographer Mark Matthews of Sydney, Australia spotted the above plaque on a sidewalk that reads,

If your camera also sends text messages, that will explain why your photos are rubbish

Turns out it’s a clever new ad campaign by Olympus titled “Get a Real Camera“. Visiting the website on the plaque takes you to the Olympus Australia website.

(via Chase Jarvis)

Image credit: Photograph by Mark Matthews and used with permission

Copywriter Jean Saxon Morrow created with these clever advertisements for Canon’s Digital ELPH compact cameras. The tagline is “Remember your story”.
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