Instagram is Home to Some Odd Stuff

In a highly publicized move, Facebook recently acquired the popular photo-sharing app, Instagram, for roughly $1 billion in cash and stock. The profitless photo-sharing app that originated in San Francisco now has upwards of 30 millions users after being independently active for a mere 551 days.  For most of this time, the app was exclusive to iPhone users. All this puts the death of so-called “old media” in perspective;  in comparison with the app, the New York Times is reportedly worth $970.22 million.

Miranda Kerr for Harper’s Bazaar

 

The US April 2012 Harper’s Bazaar features everyone’s favorite Angel, Miranda Kerr. [Complex]

Introducing Sibat Magazine

After several months of work, we would like to announce the launch of Sibat Magazine with our Spring issue for 2011.

[Through My Eyes] Just Another Snow Day

Because of all the positive feedback to our Earn Your Title “Photographers” posts, I decided to share some more pictures from that day. Check them out below, and feel free to send us your own work!

Earn Your Title “Photographers”: Part 2

I couldn’t help but feel like Dauphin’ s Earn Your Title “Photographers” was pointed in my direction, mostly because I’ve taken pictures less than two times since the year has started, so here you go Dauphin, here are my snow day pictures, all of which are post-edited, of course. (We can’t all be perfect like you.)

Earn Your Title “Photographers”

Today is a perfect day to take some amazing pictures. All you people with cameras that want to call yourselves “photographers”, now is your chance to prove yourself. Here’s a couple pictures I took this morning (no post-editing). Take this as a challenge, a call to action, an insult, or whatever it takes to motivate you. If you do shoot today, drop us a link to your pictures in the comments!

Through My Eyes: Georgetown Living

Over the weekend, our photography team had the privilege of doing a shoot with Jerome Vorus of Alexandria, Virginia. Mr. Vorus, a 19-year-old college student & photographer, has received much publicity of late concerning his multiple encounters with law enforcement. On several occasions, he has been harassed/detained by law enforcement for taking pictures in a public place, which is not a crime. With this experience, we plan to work in the future to make people more aware of their legal rights as photographers. This time around, we decided to shoot in Georgetown, but there will definitely be much more to come from us…

Through My Eyes: B.rain W.ash Part 2

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Just going keep sharing my pictures periodically until I figure out what else I can do with them… enjoy with the track below!

Through My Eyes: B.rain W.ash

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This photography project was inspired in-part by Thierry Guetta, a man who spent years of his life videotaping and documenting everything he saw. He later became a street-artist, influenced by the likes of Banksy and other high-profile artists. In the spirit of his work, I kept my camera with me all day, attempting to capture as much as I could. I too am lucky to have personal relationships with many influencers, and I cannot thank them enough for making me better, but I will try anyways. Thank-you BasedGod.

Through My Eyes: DEFY Clothing

Over the weekend, we had the pleasure of doing a photoshoot for the DEFY clothing line. Everything went smoothly, except that TLC happened to be shooting an episode at Georgetown Cupcakes at the same time, which prompted a (fake) clash of cameramen. It was all in good fun, and the shots turned out decently… check out a few pictures below, and be sure to look out for the release of this shirt in the DEFY web store.