Web User - UK (2019-12-11)

Essential bookmarks

Tell us about yourfavourite photography sites [email protected] 11 -26December 2019^17

Unsplash

unsplash.com

Search enginessuchasGoogle Images aregreatfor finding photos, but you maynot
be abletousethem inyour own projects if theyaresubject tocopyrightrestrictions.
Unsplash providesasolution bylettingyoudownload overamillion high-resolution
imagesfor free –withoutbreachinganyone’scopyright. Its contentis providedbya
communityofmorethan 150 ,000 amateur and professionalphotographers, wholet
youreuse their workin anywayyou want (creditingthecreatorisencouraged but
not essential). Browse categories includingWallpapers(for PCand phone), Nature,
Travel, Animals,Food&Drinkand People,and download theshots you want in one
click,with noregistration required. You canalsosubmityour own photos toUnsplash.

The National Archives

on Flickr bit.ly/archives4 90

With morethan 20 ,000 images spanning

1, 000 years ofBritishhistory,the

National Archives’ Flickr siteonly

provides asampleof the11 millionitems

in its collection, butit’sstill arich,

illuminating resource.Thereareblack-

and-whitephotosdepicting howweused

tolive,colour shots of SwingingLondon,

vintageposters andpostcards, wartime

maps andnewsstills, and evenan

unconvincing‘ghost’capturedon camera

in 18 99 .You caneitherscroll through the

seemingly endlesscontent, use keyword

tags tobrowse bytopic or check out the

themed albums and selection of ‘faves’.

Manyofthe images arecopyright-free

and available toshareanddownload.

Wildlife Photographer

of theYear bit.ly/wildl ife

In October,the Natural History Museum

announced the winnerandrunners-up of

its annualWildlifePhotographeroft he

Year competition.Ify ou can’t makeitto

the exhibitionto viewthe top

entries, including the winning image of

“a Tibetan foxpouncing onastartled

marmot”, the goodnewsist hatyou can

enjoythem alliny our browser. Visit the

link above,choose eitherthe Adult or

Young awards links,then click Lightbox

foraslideshow of gorgeouswild life

shots. Clickapicturetoread about

wherethe photowas taken, whoby and

the cameratheyused, andto vote it as

your favourite. Entriesfornextyear’s

competition mustbesubmittedby

12 December,soget in there quick!

New OldStock

nos.twnsnd.co

This collection ofvintagephotos from
the public archives not only provides a
fascin atingglimpseintothe pastbut it
also letsyoudownload its gorgeous
black-and-whiteimages, which are“free
of knowncopyrightrestrictions”,foryour
personal use.New Old Stock is built on
Tumblr,whichmeans it adoptsablog-
style formatthatmakes it spresentation
of photographs somewhatrandom with
regardtowhen and wheretheywere
taken. Mostappearto be from the early
20thCentury,fromall overthe world,
with asmatt ering ofcolour pictures and
posters, too. There’ sasearch boxtucked
awayin th etop-leftcorner ifyou’re
lookingfor anostalgicphoto of aspecific
locationor subject.

ESSENTIAL BOOKMARKS THISISSUE: Perfect photographysites

Abeautiful blue sky

bit.ly/colour

This exhibit on Google’ssprawling

Arts &Culturewebsiteoffersabrief

but fascinating overviewofthe

emergenceofcolour photography,

dating backto the 1840s. Itexplains

and illustrates attemptsby scientists,

researchers andmanufacturersto

overcome thetechnical challenge of

shooting incolour.Viewthe first

experiments, from photographing

the solar spectrumto using

heliochromytooverlaycolour filters;

learn about the hardwareinvolved,

such as the melanochromoscope;

and meet the pioneers determinedto

takephotographybeyond black and

white. Thereare lots more archive

photos acrossthe Arts&Culturesite.

DON

’T

MISS!