If there ever was a place to take some amazing pictures, it’s Comic Con. Here is where you’ll find some of the nerdiest and/or most awesome people on the Earth. People from all over show up at this event to find out the latest news in the world of comics, movies, and video games. And of course to check out the outrageous costumes that people put on to celebrate the event.

Enjoy.

He’s Captain Jack Sparrow — savvy?

Uh Yea…man…we’re here to like bust your ghosts?!

Ok, so there is an instance in my life that I’d like a little poison ivy

Need a little more calf muscle there Chun-li…to be fair there’s no real life woman with calf muscles like Chun-li

I’m a big fan of Flickr.com. I like to share my photos that way and i love it when my family and friends share that way as well. This why I was happy to see flickr friends.

The steps are simple. First, you export your contacts as a .cvs file (Outlook) or a .vcf file (Apple Address Book). Then, you upload that file (or any file with a list of email addresses) to flickr friends. The site will scan that file and then use the flickr api to see if any of your contacts have flickr accounts. If they do have an account, it will give you a link to their photos and profile.

This is all a fast process and it does it all on the same page using Ajax and Javascript.

The one problem I found is that your list of addresses can be no larger than 1MB. To get around this, I split my address book into four groups and then exported a card for each group. Then, I just did them one at a time.

Just as I expected, very few of my contacts used flickr. I think it’s natural for people to want to see photo’s from other people but forget to share their own. However, I did find a few contacts on there and was glad to see their photos.

You can give this all a try here. (yes, it’s free)

A FMP reader sent in a link to a great set on Flickr. Flickr user michael_hughes’ has travelled to different tourist locations around the world. But, rather than posting direct shots of the attractions, he purchases souveniers and places them directly in the place of the real attraction. For instance, above you see a toy Eiffel Tower exactly displacing the real one.

What a great idea! Now it has me thinking of what type of photo I should take on my trips to I have a consistent collection like this one.

The whole set is wonderful, you can see it here.

This morning on TUAW, they posted about a great new Safari Plugin called Piclens. With this plugin installed, visiting sites like Flickr and Facebook are way more enjoyable.

To install, just download the package and run the installer. You’ll have to restart Safari to activate the plugin. Once installed, anytime you mouseover thumbnails on a page there will be a little icon that pops up. (pictured above) Clicking on that icon will create a slideshow of all the pictures on that page. It’s much like a iPhoto slideshow, but pulling pictures from the internet. When you’re done, just hit “esc” or click on the x in the corner.

The plugin is for Safari only and it’s in beta right now. But I used it for 15 minutes on different sites and had no problems. Fun!

A while back, I learned about tilt-shift photography. It “is an artistic technique where the lens is tilted and shifted relative to the attached camera.” I’ve never tried it in real life, but I have used a tutorial on how to fake it in photography and it is great. One of the most interesting things that can be done is making a a real city look like a mini city. For example:

Here is a picture I took while in Bern, Switzerland:

After applying the tilt-shift technique (and doing a little cropping) it looks like this:

It’s really not a hard thing to do, but it does take some practice. I found that it is best to take the photo looking down on teh city or the scene. Also, have good hard lighting with shadows.

Here is the tutorial: Fake Model Photography
Here is a great Flickr Group with tons of examples: Tilt-Shift Miniature fakes

If you find any really good ones, leave a link in the comments so the rest of us can check them out.

Well, I don’t know if the artist used the tutorial for changing color photos to black and white, but this image looks great. There is so much emotion in a emotionless photo.

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I took this photo in Oceanside, CA. As soon as the lens focused and his eyes pierced me, I jumped back just a bit.

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Well, this seems to be a natural way to start out our “FMP Flickr” posts. A free Mac photo on FreeMacPhoto.com. I like the second comment when someone asks where they can buy a good looking keyboard like this.

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