Saint Peters Burg

Jan 19

Tumblr Tuesday

Профессиональная фотосессия в Санкт-Петербурге за 2000:

Greetings, Tumblr! I hope you’re all busy doing some holiday shopping for your friends, family, and the esteemed editor of Tumblr Tuesday — me. Did you know that the most surefire way to be featured on Tumblr Tuesday is to buy me presents? It’s true. It has absolutely nothing at all to do with your nominations, overall aesthetic, and random chance.

And now, the Tumblrs you’ve been waiting for…

Cure Thrift Shop
The founder of this East Village thrift shop was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes when she was 11 years old. Today, Cure Thrift Shop is one of the best thrift experiences in Manhattan, and every sale benefits the Diabetes Research Institute. Also: There’s a special discount for Tumblr users who follow Cure!

Fuck Yeah Crowd Surfing!
If you guessed that this blog was nothing but awesome photos of people crowd surfing at shows, you’d be wrong. Just kidding, you’d be totally right. There’s just no fooling you, smarty pants.

Wordboner
Wordboner is typography with personality. Put another way, WB is your source for inspirational quotes presented in nice fonts using pretty colors. There’s also an online store where you can buy your favorites printed on t-shirts, greeting cards, and kittens.

Old Jews Telling Jokes
They’re old, they’re Jewish, and they’re telling jokes. Each joke-teller brings their own individual talents and at least sixty years of life experience to the material at hand, which is updated every Tuesday and Thursday.

Something For The Ladies
This Tumblr blog bills itself as a showcase of simply phenomenal music, and it doesn’t disappoint. Something For The Ladies has a great layout, takes submissions, and most definitely isn’t just for the ladies.

Who do you nominate for the next Tumblr Tuesday?

Tumblr camera stats

Профессиональная фотосессия в Санкт-Петербурге за 2000 рублей:

We decided to organize some camera statistics from photos uploaded to Tumblr, and it revealed some interesting data:

One of the most surprising results is the dominance of photos taken with Apple’s Photo Booth application, which snaps photos from the built-in webcams in most Macs.

Entry-level SLRs are extremely popular among Tumblr photographers, especially Canon’s Digital Rebel series. The Digital Rebel XTi/400D is our most popular standalone camera. It’s a well-deserved position: the XTi is a great camera for a great price that introduced many people — myself included — to the world of high-quality photography.

Most Canon SLRs also record the Canon lens model used to take each photo:

The first and second are the new and old (respectively) “kit” lenses bundled with most Canon SLRs. The third-place lens, the 28-135mm f/3.5-5.6 IS USM, is frequently sold as part of a premium bundle for a few hundred dollars more than the standard kit.

The inexpensive 50mm primes are cumulatively the most popular non-kit lenses. This is also well-deserved: these lenses provide excellent optical quality for very little money.

Many people take photos with their mobile phones. Here’s how the top modern smartphone types break down:

Beyond the expected dominance of iPhone OS and BlackBerry devices, Palm’s webOS (Pre, Pixi) isn’t very popular among Tumblr users, but Android devices are gaining popularity.

But the real surprise was Apple’s role, including Photo Booth, in overall camera brands:

The popularity of Macs and iPhones is powerful enough to make Apple almost as popular as Nikon for Tumblr photography.