Nikon cake? I love this idea? (Source unknown, so if you know, tell me so I can give them mad props!)

Nikon cake? I love this idea? (Source unknown, so if you know, tell me so I can give them mad props!)

North Korean Central News Agency releases another altered photo

The North Korean Central News Agency distributed a press photo of yesterday’s funeral procession for Kim Jong-il. Reuters, Agence-France Presse and the European Pressphoto Agency published the photo and subsequently pulled it after claims that it had been altered.

Altered handout photo:

Original image:

The differences are subtle but no doubt there (notice the camera crew to the left).

Read more about the photos on the American Copy Editors Society website

45 images from 2011’s biggest events

BuzzFeed’s original headline for was this was “The 45 Most Powerful Images of 2011,” but I think most of these photos are more about the meaning rather than the photography itself. Either way, it’s a great look back at what made 2011. See all images.

Off the coast of Japan, a post-tsunami whirlpool forms. BuzzFeed

The 9/11 mag covers

See TIME, Bloomberg Businessweek, The New Yorker and more here.

Really, I’m a photographer. Just look at my mug

I think I am going to have to fork over $25 for this elaborate coffee mug. Tmart

If you’re using a program called ‘Gimp’ you should already assume it’s not going to meet your expectations. — Colleague Jennifer Berry in response to my 24 hours of complaining about Gimp’s lack of usability.