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  • Where in the world are your photos?

    Omar Gallaga’s post “Where in the world wide Web are your photos?” caught my eye today for a few reasons. There’s a great citizen journalist story wrapped up in there, along with some thoughts on Creative Commons, copyright and giving your images away for free.

    One quote I found particularly interesting was:

    Share your photos with the world, or hide them behind virtual walls? Ratcliff believes there’s really no in-between: “Either you live your life in an open way, or you have to keep it totally private,” he said.

    [Photographer Trey Ratcliff is a supporter of the former, all of his stunning images are free on his blog under a creative commons license.]

    Share your photos with little chance of knowing where they might end up or hide them away, limiting access. How about a happy medium?

    We think that TinEye is the have-your-cake-and-eat-it-too option. So go ahead, share your images. Post them online. Now you can find out where they are and how they are being used with TinEye.

    Request a TinEye account.

    ** Image: Trey Ratcliff

  • Beijing and sport in photos

    If, like me, you missed the Opening Ceremonies of the Olympics, fear not. The Big Picture has a stunning selection of images that almost transport you there.

    There are some fantastic images of the ceremonies on flickr too.

    For more celebration of sports photography head over to The Digital Journalist and the Walter Iooss Jr. gallery.

    Iooss is regarded as one of the finest sports photographers of our time. His new book, Athlete, published by Sports Illustrated, presents portraits of the top figures in sports.

  • Piet Mondrian, TinEye and our fans

    Our beta image search engine, TinEye, has been adopted by folks from across the photography sphere. On Flickr, deviantART, Digital Photography Review and so many other forums we’re hearing great stories about how you are using TinEye and what you think of our search engine. And not to forget our blogger friends! We read all your posts, your first impressions, your image discoveries (check out Maurits search below) and all of your suggestions.

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  • TinEye helps UK photographer recover revenues

    Colin Bell read about TinEye on a US photographers forum. He ran some of his images through our image search engine and came up with some interesting finds.

    One website (of a “rather well known organization” he politely says, not mentioning any names) stepped right up when he brought the use of his image to their attention. They offered to pay Colin and after a quick negotiation the issue was resolved.

    Says Mr. Bell, “three hundred quid now winging its way to me. So thanks TinEye.” Now if only I could find Mr. Bell and not just his comment on a photo forum that would be swell. People search anyone? :)

  • Being BOSSed around

    Last month Yahoo! Search BOSS launched and since then there have been plenty of folks taking advantage of the BOSS APIs & services to product some very interesting search products. The team at Yahoo! say:

    By providing deep access to Yahoo! Search’s investment in engineering, sciences and core search infrastructure and removing key usage restrictions, we are encouraging a whole new level of innovation in search experiences. We are very excited to see the diversity in products that many of you have already created.

    I came across a few apps today that you might also enjoy, 123People.com is a lot of fun and I was quite impressed with their results (have a look). Vik Singh’s BOSSy Q&A is also pretty snazzy and quite amusing too, and oh yes, made with just 50 lines of code. Singh’s insider’s view on BOSS is an interesting read as well.

    Yahoo! recently listed some of the most exciting apps that have been built on the BOSS search platform, here are a few of their picks below.

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  • TinEye and watermarks

    One of the questions we hear quite often is about watermarks on images. Is it better to search with the watermark on the image or search using the original without a watermark? For TinEye, typically images with visible watermarks should be avoided. TinEye views the watermark as part of the image and may find matches for the watermark rather than for the rest of the image.

    Happy searching!

  • The revival of the Polaroid

    Well, sort of.  Earlier this year Petters Group Worldwide, the company that owns Polaroid Corp., announced that it would stop producing instant photography film. They were open to anyone that was interested in picking up the technology in order to continue to produce the film, and as it turns out, they found a couple of takers.

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  • Bloody clever


    Photographer Adrian Carmody over on redbubble says TinEye is “a bloody clever way of searching for your images.”

    Well, our image search engine is the first of its kind, able to find your images online without keywords or metadata — clever indeed!

    The way it matches images is incredibly unique. It doesn’t search on file name or size. I tried with thumbnails of my images, and it found the high res versions on sites I had submitted work to.  It has a very cool way of reading a photo, and finding unique matches. I’ve been playing with it for a while now, and it doesn’t make mistakes.

    Curious to try out TinEye? Grab your account here.

  • TinEye has a keen eye for images

    TinEye is certainly busy searching up a storm.  It is great to see so many nifty search results and to find out how our beta image search engine is helping you locate images online. From photoshopped cows to book cover artwork, TinEye is finding amazing matches.

    Here are just a few of the recent cool searches that have been submitted to us by TinEye fans from around the globe…

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