Everyone’s a winner in our gross photo contest (except the rat and the bird)
A few weeks back, OK, practically a month ago, we invited readers to submit their best pictures of sidewalk detritus bared by the Great Brooklyn Thaw. (The contest was inspired by our own sighting of a...
View ArticleSmile! Free photography workshop in Dumbo
Make using your fancy camera a piece of cake If you’ve got a fancy pants modern camera collecting dust on your shelf while you collect vintage-y pictures on your phone, here’s a reason to pull out your...
View ArticleBring $1, snap up pro photo skills
The folks over at Brooklyn Creative have been treating you to the occasional free class to help you sharpen your non-phone-based photo skills. Now they’re making practically free access to their...
View ArticleHire Amber Marlow for your photo shoot and get a Brokelyn Break!
Amber Marlow wants to shoot you. Look at this gorgeous gal! She’s Amber Marlow, a friend of Brokelyn, fixture on the Park Slope social scene, talented photographer and the newest entry to our Brokelyn...
View ArticleCraigslist freebie of the day: Free same-sex couples portraits
From Craigslist today. Hey, she even puts in the studio’s website so you can feel slightly more confident this isn’t a scam: Our studio a lesbian owned studio! We are giving FREE couples portraits in...
View ArticlePoint, shoot, win: capture the spirit of Brooklyn and see it on a postcard
You could always just follow Marty Markowitz around. via Marty Markowitz Eating What kind of picture best represents Brooklyn in the here and now? Jay-Z surveying his kingdom? Bacon filtered through...
View ArticleSay anything and 13 other ways to keep independence weekend going
Has this ever worked for anyone? 1. Out of 25,000 photographs he took between 2005 and 2010, photographer Robert Madruga is displaying only 25 for an exhibit in Gowanus. Try not to think about all the...
View ArticleSnap up this chance for a free 10 week photography class
Close Moments will teach you to shoot this well. via Close Moments So you’ve got yourself a digital camera and you think you’re some kind of photography Picasso. Erm, Annie Liebovitz. Except here’s the...
View ArticleShow your love for NYC and become our Instagram Ambassador
This is what we love about NYC, but this probably won’t end up in the library. Photo by Tim Donnelly New York has plenty of photogenic sights and photogenic people. It’s why it’s called “The City that...
View ArticleNew book of Sandy pictures will donate all royalties to Occupy Sandy
This photo can be yours, plus Occupy Sandy can do more good. via #Sandy One thing that came out of Sandy, aside from the life lesson that you can count on your neighbors and not the federal government,...
View ArticleSee 1960s Coney at the Museum of the City of New York
So 60s. via The Museum of the City of New York Today, the Museum of the City of New York (1220 Fifth Avenue) will debut never-before-seen photos in their new exhibition, In a World of Their Own: Coney...
View ArticleDeli Grossery, one man’s photographic chronicle of bodega posters
Hell, they almost look appetizing. Photo by Michael Silber, via Deli Grossery New York City, the advertising hub of the world. Everyone here is keen on the effectiveness of advertising, even so far...
View ArticleLook so hot right now with free professional headshots from Mesh
You know, professional headshots, like a model. It’s August now, which means you’re swiftly getting over those humid days, the hope you had in your baseball team is fading into oblivion (damn you,...
View ArticlePhotoville has free photography workshops and talks
Just look at all that learning. via Facebook Photoville’s a great chance to see cool photography in cool storage containers with a cool view of the skyline. But there’s a lot more to do at Photoville...
View Article10 Brooklyn Instagram accounts you should follow today
Double tap some Brooklyn ‘gram love. Photo by Halopigg. Sure, Snapchat is the hot thing with teens and DJ Khaled, but Instagram is still our favorite way to view the city through our phones. Most of us...
View ArticlePicture perfect: Netflix will pay you $4,000 just for being good at Instagram
Don’t let one of these people beat you. via Flickr user Michael Coghlan Yesterday we alerted you to the fact that The Late Show With Stephen Colbert had steady, paid employment for someone who’s good...
View ArticleJimmy McMillan looks for rent that isn’t ‘too damn high’ in this creative...
Jimmy, meet world. All photos by Nellu Mazilu unless otherwise noted. Everybody knows Jimmy McMillan. More meme than man, McMillan rose to notoriety for his public persona as the best-loved leader of...
View ArticleDSLR in a Day Crash Course: Basic digital photography for total beginners!
Was one of your New Year’s resolutions this year to finally learn how to use that fancy DSLR camera you bought? Then […]
View ArticleMyBrooklyn.com | First Networking Meeting for Volunteers & Business Owners
We are inviting all Brooklyn lovers to join us at MyBrooklyn.com business meeting that will take place this Sunday, April 8th 4:00pm […]
View ArticleXyza Cruz Bacani: We Are Like Air
Open Source Gallery presents “We Are Like Air,” an exhibition and public art project by Xyza Cruz Bacani. ON VIEW: August 1-25, […]
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