24 Oct
Lo-fi lens offers soft bokeh, vignetting and shallow focus

Vintage is in, case you haven’t heard. No we aren’t talking about vintage ’70s era porn (though we don’t discriminate) we’re referring to the fact that along with fashion, vintage photography has exploded with the popularity of apps like Instagram — which with the touch of a button you can take a photo from your cellphone […]


Goddamn, who would ever think a car could change your life, if even for a few days. And yet the impact our latest test drive had on us was qualitative, transforming us from common pedestrians to lady swooning heroes with the push of a button. Literally. A couple days ago we hooked up with one […]


25 May
Taschen’s collection of the best cinema from the 20th century

Encompassing two-volumes, Taschen‘s 100 All-Time Favorite Movies is an 800-page encyclopedic who’s who of cinema from the 20th century. Every genre imaginable has been included in this extensive compilation that includes horror, romance, comedy, adventure, musical, western and noir. Read up on popular films like A Clockwork Orange, Some Like It Hot, The Godfather, Citizen Kane and […]


6 May
Former Miss Louisiana Teen USA and Playboy Playmate makes Confederate Flags look good

Former Miss Louisiana Teen USA and Playboy Playmate of the Month for October 2009, Lindsey Gayle Evans, gets her Southern trailer park trash on for this spread photographed by Matt Barnes. The lighting for the shoot is beautiful, and despite the white trash motif is kept relatively classy. Evans was infamously stripped of her Miss […]


22 Mar
The Photography of Janette Beckman and David Corio at The Morrison Hotel Gallery in New York City

Another impressive opening at The Morrison Hotel Gallery (Bowery) in New York City went down March 11th — a joint photography exhibition documenting the monumental punk and hip hop movements of the 70s and early 80s. For those who are not in the know, The Morrison Hotel is a fine art photography gallery based in […]


7 Mar
The Ring Flash Adaptor gives studio quality photos in a flash

Go ahead, take a candid picture and set it to flash. Why not? Everyone loves the unforgiving light contrasts in the result, or the good ole shut-eyed grimaced snapshot that comes with your camera’s built-in flash. But just remember that when I say everyone “loves,” I actually mean “fears more than the wrath of the […]


1 Mar
A behind-the-scenes look into one of 2010's best films

Although they struck out at the Oscars, Joel and Ethan Coen’s True Grit was still one of 2010’s best films. Really it’s hard to go wrong when you throw Jeff Bridges into a Coen Bros movie, you can pretty much expect a classic (even the trailer had us excited). While filming the movie, Bridges carried […]


25 Jan
Beer: A Genuine Collection Of Cans coffee table book

There are books filled with generations of labels and packaging styles, but there has yet to be a book that covers the evolution of the drink that unites people around the world: beer. As Homer once said, “Beer: the cause of — and solution to — all of life’s problems.” Indeed Homer, indeed. Little do […]