liberty city versus new york city
Mathew Johnston has put together an awesome collection of images that compare Liberty City (from Grand Theft Auto IV, for you older people), to real images from New York City. Pretty cool.
Labels: gaming, newyork, photography, pop culture
posted by darryl ohrt @ 7:49 AM
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how much is that moustache?
Casey tells us about Moustache May. The internationally known month of moustache. If you don't sport the stache, you can buy your way in. By giving money, in honor of Casey's awesome stache. He's raising money for his local Humane Society shelter.
Donate $20, and he'll send you a pic of him and his stache, doing whatever you say. I'm game. What she we have him pose with?
Labels: nonprofit, photography
posted by darryl ohrt @ 6:36 AM
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i see dead people.
Walters Schels and Beate Lakotta have produced a most unique exhibition. They've interviewed and photographed people whose lives were coming to an end. And then, photographed them after death, too. Like Heiner Schmitz, an advertising executive, pictured above.
At first, this is uber creepy, but then you realize that it's a window into the thing so many of us fear most. All of the subjects agreed to participate in the project, and wanted to share the story of their death.
An excerpt from the introduction on the website:
The majority of the subjects portrayed spent their last days in hospices. All those who come to such places realise that their lives are drawing to a close. They know there is not much time left to settle their personal affairs. Yet hardly anyone here is devoid of hope: they hope for a few more days; they hope that a dignified death awaits them or that death will not be the end of everything.
(Sorry to be such a downer.)
Labels: art, http://www.blogger.com/img/gl.link.gif, photography
posted by darryl ohrt @ 5:43 AM
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desktops are back
Desktoptopia has released a product that feeds desktops to your computer. You can rate them, and it learns what you like, and continues to feed your desires. And there's a kabillion beautiful, cool and fun images.
Hal Thomas, VP of Marketing at Desktopia, says they're open to including brand-styled desktops, too. Not the trashy stuff - but think entertainment properties, lifestyle brands, and things people would actually like on their desktops.
I'm intrigued, because desktops have largely been ignored for the last few years. Not long ago, it was presented as the future of communication.
What elements exist within your brands, that people might want on their desktops?
Labels: branding, illustration, photography, technology
posted by darryl ohrt @ 7:46 AM
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yesterday is so today
70's and 80's are the new 90's. But if you love graphic design from the 20's through the 80's, then you'll love this gallery of retro-design.
Labels: ads, creativeinspiration, design, illustration, photography
posted by darryl ohrt @ 8:04 AM
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overpasses finally get their photo glory
Sure, everyone takes photos of the mountains, and the flowers and the animals. But what about those impeccably designed, human engineered roads in the sky? Why does the overpass always get treated like the ugly kid at the party?
Finally, the overpass gets its day in the sun. Ironic Sans has dedicated a portfolio of shots devoted entirely to overpass beauty. Overpass in the day, at night, naked, it's all there. It's like concrete porn.
Labels: architecture, creativeinspiration, photography
posted by darryl ohrt @ 7:22 AM
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ten rules of lois
The April issue of Metropolis has a wonderful spread devoted to the Esquire cover designs of legendary ad man George Lois.
The piece features ten covers, with George's "rules" on their design. The Ed Sullivan cover above, accompanies rule #5:
"If your magazine doesn't have the clout to sign up the celebrity you need for your idea, attack him at the stage door."
You'll have to (gasp!) invest in the paper copy of the magazine for the other rules, because unfortunately, Metropolis doesn't have this spread available on line.
You can view a truly inspirational gallery of covers with George's commentary, on his official site.
Labels: adindustry, photography, publishing
posted by darryl ohrt @ 8:18 AM
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verizon clueless?
Apparently Verizon is including text ads on all of the photos uploaded to services like Flickr, from any of their cellphones. I really hope this isn't true. Really hoping that one of the largest cell phone providers isn't that out of touch with what's important to their users, to the industry and social media.
I couldn't find examples in a quick search on Flickr, so I opted to include a photo of Rob, enjoying BBQ, instead. I think it's just as appropriate.
Labels: mobile, photography, social media
posted by darryl ohrt @ 8:10 AM
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stop fixing your hair
Super vixen CK just nailed one of the best realizations about photographing life's wonderness.
At any event, there's always the "we need a photograph" moments, where everyone stands in a group, arms over shoulders, and does their best not to blink when the flash pops (I am not capable of this, and it's ruined my modeling career.) In the end, it's these photos that always suck.
The photos that make their way to the top, and into people's hearts are the shots that capture real human emotion. CK writes a beautiful post about the above photo of her meeting Arun for the first time.
If you're a photographer, you're probably saying "duh" right now - but for the rest of us: can we all just refuse those group shots from here on?
Labels: adindustry, blogging, creativeinspiration, photography
posted by darryl ohrt @ 8:25 AM
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ny auto show without the crowds
Make the Logo Bigger Bill has put together a fun Flickr slide show of the best of the NY Auto Show. Bill's gone to every NY Auto Show since the beginning of time, and has commentary like only a person who works on the auto brands can sarcastically deliver. I like the matte black Lexus. But want it in a MINI.
Labels: automotive, photography, tradeshow
posted by darryl ohrt @ 7:23 AM
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dead malls: zombie breeding grounds
Just discovered a cool new blog, (thanks to Kevin Dugan, via Facebook) centered around retail history. Especially sweet are the photos of dead malls.
We've seen the zombie movies, and know what can take place in abandoned malls. So it's nice that the people from Labelscar have put their lives on the line documenting this for us. Consumer culture gone dead is fascinating and sad, at the same time.
Labels: photography, retail
posted by darryl ohrt @ 7:29 AM
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how to get the best facebook photo ever
Have a professional photographer take it, paparazzi style. Methodizaz is just that company. Tell them where you'll be, what kind of mood you'd like to be photographed in, and they'll take care of the rest. When you least expect it. For now, the service is only available in NYC - but I suppose it's just a matter of time before people in the great state of Kansas can get paparazzi, too. From swissmiss.
Labels: facebook, photography
posted by darryl ohrt @ 7:17 AM
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photos of places you can't get into
A cool article in Everywhere Magazine led me to Jonathan Haeber. The Everywhere Magazine piece has some cool shots of an abandoned cruise ship from the 1950's. Awesome yes - but then I discovered Jonathan's site. And then his Flickr page.
Jonathan has the ability to get into places you're typically not allowed entry to. Maybe he's invisible. However he does it - he's captured some stunning shots of odd and beautiful places. Like Neverland Ranch, above.
Labels: architecture, creativeinspiration, photography
posted by darryl ohrt @ 7:36 AM
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new photo sharing site
Technically, this is not new, but it's new to me, and if you believe that I am the center of the universe, well then, this is new.
Zoomr is a photo sharing site that lets you...share photos. Says Zoomr: "communicate securely through both photos and text messages in realtime."
I haven't used this yet, but if you have, and love it, please share, in the comments!
From Drewolanoff, via Twitter.
Labels: photography, social media, web2.0
posted by darryl ohrt @ 8:19 AM
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how all magazines should be released
Bones Magazine has the right idea. It's released on line - and dependent on your preference, you can download a PDF (and even print it, if you hate trees), download a 30 minute audio podcast, or a 5 minute video podcast. Or download all three and dedicate your day to Bones Magazine.
This issue is chocked full of really cool photography, illustration, art and inspiration. Enjoy. Stuffy corporate types might not dig this - so just move along...nothing to see here.
Found on MWM News Blog.
Labels: creativeinspiration, illustration, photography, podcasting, video
posted by darryl ohrt @ 8:08 AM
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incredible (and sad) info graphics
Who thought statistics could be so engaging?
Chris Jordan has produced a stunning series titled Running the Numbers, An American Self-Portrait that portrays the quantity of something. Like the piece above, which depicts two million plastic beverage bottles. That's the number of bottles used in the US every five minutes.
This is amazingly scary - definitely click through and see the zoomed versions of these works.
Labels: art, photography, trends
posted by darryl ohrt @ 8:03 AM
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freak capital of the world
Unless you're the producer of a day-time talk show, it's rude to stare or marvel at human freaks. But now, thanks to the internet, you can do so in the privacy of your home or office.
Go ahead - check out the sweet collection of freaks, both young and old, from yesterday and today. All from the past capital of freakdom, Coney Island. Today, most of these freaks work at ad agencies. I saw Lionel, the lion faced dude at Crispin Porter Bogusky last week. I think he's an A/E, now.
Labels: newyork, photography
posted by darryl ohrt @ 7:33 AM
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ice hotel snapshots
By now, you've certainly heard of the Ice Hotel. BLDGBlog has some stunning pics of the place. And maps/diagrams, so you won't get lost when you arrive!
Labels: creativeinspiration, hospitality, photography
posted by darryl ohrt @ 7:25 AM
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urban outfitters launches flickr pool
Urban Outfitters is rocking pretty well with this social media thing. They launched a killer blog some time ago. And now, they've launched a Flickr photo pool. This is a photo sharing pool, open to the public, where users can upload and view photos relating to Urban Outfitters. Like people wearing cool gear.
What a fantabulous idea. Let your customers show how they use the products they buy from you. Let potential customers look at other users, for fashion ideas and trends. Photos like the sweet shot from GrannieShawna (above), sporting the most awesome plaid hoodie.
I want that hoodie. They've created desire, without having to send direct mail, without an e-newsletter, or any advertising at all. Their fans did it for them. Sweet.
Labels: fashion, photography, retail, social media, youthmarketing
posted by darryl ohrt @ 7:22 AM
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tooth type. the next big thing.
While flipping through the new issue of Future Snowboarding, I found a really cool idea. A feature piece on snowboard star Bryan Fox, featuring the killer portrait featured above.
You've seen diamond and gold fronts on rap stars; and writing on, or customizing your body is far from new. But hand lettering on teeth is cool. Haven't seen a lot of that.
How could you make this cooler? How about a video, with the entire message written on different mouths? Just an idea.
(Awesome photo by Brian Craighill)
Labels: creativeinspiration, photography, sports marketing
posted by darryl ohrt @ 8:24 AM
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the most awesome setting for a photo shoot
This is begging to be the location for a fashion photo shoot. Once a boom town thanks to the hunt for diamonds, Kolmanskop is now a ghost town. Once the humans left, the desert took back the landscape. Beautious. From BoingBoing.
Labels: architecture, fashion, photography
posted by darryl ohrt @ 7:28 AM
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the world is your panorama
Check out this awe-inspiring collection of virtual panoramic photos, from all over the world. A snapshot from the Saarinen designed terminal at JFK is featured above. Stunning. From Mave Gibson, via Facebook.
Labels: architecture, photography
posted by darryl ohrt @ 7:11 AM
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that model looks like a cow
I love seeing behind the scenes from other agencies. DJ Stout from the world famous Pentagram agency just redesigned the Dairy Today magazine. (Dairy Today. Who knew? I've got to get me a subscription card.)
You can watch a cute clip from the photo shoot over at SwissMiss.
Labels: design, photography
posted by darryl ohrt @ 7:33 AM
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screw architectural digest. punk houses kick ass.
File this one under "wish I thought of it." Thurston Moore of Sonic Youth fame teams up with photographer Abby Banks to put together a book that profiles houses with punk rock style. Can you say TV show? Hello, HGTV?
Labels: design, photography, pop culture, youthmarketing
posted by darryl ohrt @ 7:14 AM
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black star photography blog now better than ever
Black Star, the infamous photography agency, has launched a sweet new blog geared toward the photography community.
I wrote a guest post - which will undoubtedly drive massive traffic and response and ultimately make the Black Star Rising blog the most popular blog in the history of all blogs.
I'll be posting regularly there, until they wise up and kick me out. Tell your friends.
Labels: blogging, photography, plaid
posted by darryl ohrt @ 7:53 AM
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people need a tribe
This is AWESOME. Exactitudes is a 13-year collaboration between photographer Ari Versluis and stylist Ellie Uyttenbroek. It's a stunning reflection of how groups of people around the world express their individuality...by dressing alike. I've always referred to this phenomenon as tribes. People tend to dress like other people in their tribe - even if their goal is to be different.
Our industry is famous for this - how many creative people do you know who frequently dress in black (me, today) and/or who wear the black-rimmed glasses that have become our uniform? Put that person at Walmart, and he stands out. But at the Art Director's Club awards, he blends right in.
I've observed this on so many levels, within all age groups and interests. From punk rockers to the cycling community. From teens to grandpas. And it has everything to do with early adoption, branding and pop culture trends. And it's especially fun to see trends cross from one tribe to another. For me, this is the joy I get in watching people at a mall, an airport or city street.
Hooray to Ari and Ellie for so beautifuly documenting this cultural phenomenon!
Found on Josh Spear.
Labels: fashion, marketing, photography, pop culture, trends, youthmarketing
posted by darryl ohrt @ 7:49 AM
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the best creepy realtor photos
I know you're tired as all hell of top 10 lists - but this one's awesome. The Top Ten Worst Realtor Head Shots.
I still don't get why the realty industry is the only industry outside of Hollywood that feels a headshot will help their business. Or their brand.
Can you ever imagine anyone choosing a realtor based on looks? "You'll love this guy, Fran - he has the most excellent mustache."
From Coudal Partners.
Labels: branding, identity, photography
posted by darryl ohrt @ 7:33 AM
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something that would look cool in your front yard
Photographer Jan Kempenaers has some amazing shots of some communist monuments that look as if they're right out of Second Life environments. Or somewhere other than earth. From Boing Boing
Labels: architecture, art, photography
posted by darryl ohrt @ 2:42 PM
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wow.
That's the sun! From NASA!
Labels: art, creativeinspiration, holiday, photography
posted by darryl ohrt @ 10:06 AM
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view your flickr traffic stats
Flickr is now providing traffic stats to all of their pro users.
TechCrunch says it's like Google Analytics for your photos. We've integrated Flickr into many of our client websites, and this will prove to be an awesome tool.
Our most viewed photo? Me, with that Sum 41 dude.
Labels: photography, social media, web2.0, webdev
posted by darryl ohrt @ 7:51 AM
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a place for all your polaroid pictures
Check out Polanoid - a community devoted to the love and sharing of Polaroid photos. Their goal is to produce the largest collection of Polaroids on the planet. Looks like they're already there. Found on Hip.Young.Thing.
Photograph by lorseau, at Polanoid.
Labels: creativeinspiration, design directmarketing, photography
posted by darryl ohrt @ 7:22 AM
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forget how much it costs. let's jump in the mud.
Just discovered the most fun trend ever. Trashing your wedding dress after the big day. Think about it - why spend 6 gatrillion dollars on a dress, and then just let it hang in the closet for 50 years?
Go somewhere fun, get dirty, and photograph the event for everyone to see. Awesome. There's a host of photographers who specialize in Trash the Dress events - and there are even group trash the dress sessions, in fun locations like ghost towns. Allegedly, most dresses never get trashed beyond what a good dry cleaning couldn't take care of. (But who cares, anyway?)
This would make a fun promo event for any brand related to bridal services.
Photo above is from Pamee, via Flickr.
Labels: photography, trends
posted by darryl ohrt @ 8:06 AM
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everyone wants to be an ipod
Check out these two advertising images. The one on the left is from iPod. The one on the right is from Sony. Hmmmm.
Labels: apple, photography, productdesign
posted by darryl ohrt @ 7:50 PM
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urban decay photography
Check out these wonderful photographs and history of Bannerman's island. An abandoned island in the middle of the Hudson River. Looks like a nice place to spend vacation. From Eyebeam ReBlog.
Labels: architecture, photography, travel
posted by darryl ohrt @ 7:52 AM
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awesome photos that play with scale
Beautious photographs that play with scale, from Julia Fullerton-Batten. Found on Sneak.
Labels: photography
posted by darryl ohrt @ 6:31 AM
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fonts by people, for people.
Check out this awesome collection of human crafted fonts and typography.
Found on Core 77.
Labels: art, creativeinspiration, design, photography, typography
posted by darryl ohrt @ 7:38 AM
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joni mitchell: annoying music, cool photography
Even if you don't like old school folk/hippie rock, you can love Joni Mitchell's photographs. Make the logo bigger points to a collection of Joni's photographs of images taken from a broken tv.
Sometimes it's cooler to get altered reality WITHOUT photoshop. And broken tv's are always a hoot to play with. Really nice work. But that song "You're so vain" still annoys me. Sorry, Joni.
Labels: creativeinspiration, photography, pop culture
posted by darryl ohrt @ 7:21 AM
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zoom, zoom, zoom.
Here's a cool ad promoting 12X optical zoom. From Cheri Uppal, via Facebook
Labels: ads, outdoor, photography
posted by darryl ohrt @ 7:46 AM
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coney island historical photographs
Gothamist has a couple of sweet photos from Brooklyn Museum's exhibit Goodbye Coney Island? I wonder if 75 years from now, someone will be looking at our amusement park photos. In a museum.
Labels: creativeinspiration, newyork, photography
posted by darryl ohrt @ 7:49 AM
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how annie liebovitz does snow white
Stunning. One of three images commissioned by Disney, to celebrate the "Year of a Million Dreams.”
Labels: creativeinspiration, photography
posted by darryl ohrt @ 7:47 AM
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oskope makes visual search fun.
Oskope has just launched a visual search engine, that's pretty cool. I can't imagine using this for a research paper, but it's awesome for finding photography. Or a new shirt. Found on Brand Aid.
Labels: photography, search
posted by darryl ohrt @ 7:40 AM
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photographs of ghosts in blankets
An amazing series of photographs with blankets. Only the blankets have been tossed in the air, or have people under them, and are captured floating. Magical. Beautiful. And engaging.
These would make for a great ad series (if photographer William Hundley was willing to pimp his work out to the evil ad industry). Found on Computerlove™
Labels: creativeinspiration, photography
posted by darryl ohrt @ 7:33 AM
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vintage city photos
Here's a cool collection of vintage photos from different U.S. cities. I wonder how many of these places are still standing. And how many have been replaced by new condos.
Labels: creativeinspiration, photography
posted by darryl ohrt @ 7:35 AM
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in the future, humans will be replaced with photos
Whoah. Checkout awesome new technology that turns a photograph into a 3D model.
Labels: 3d, photography, technology, video
posted by darryl ohrt @ 7:36 AM
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tokyo growing
Really cool clip featuring 35 years of photos from a single place in Tokyo. Apparently this guy doesn't get out much.
Labels: architecture, japan, photography
posted by darryl ohrt @ 7:04 AM
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What Maxim would have looked like back in 1957.
Back when cigarettes were considered sexy, this is what a "photography" magazine looked like. Complete with sexist copy writing. For the guys that didn't want to bring Playboy home, I guess. "What? I'm a photographer."
Funny scan of what looks like the majority of this publication. Great photos and illustrations, before the age of Photoshop.
Labels: photography
posted by darryl ohrt @ 7:26 AM
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deserted urban space
Another beautiful collection of photography dedicated to abandoned urban structures and cities.
This gallery is my fave - Battleship Island - a completely abandoned island off of Japan that was once the most densely populated space in the world.
Labels: architecture, art, photography
posted by darryl ohrt @ 7:38 AM
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beautiful japanese...sewers.
Wow. Feels like they're right out of a film. Or a first person shooter game. Beautiful photos of wonderful architecture of...sewers.
Labels: architecture, photography
posted by darryl ohrt @ 7:07 AM
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shatter and shoot.
Some photographers are great at shooting people. Some are great at shooting cars. Martin Klimas is great at shooting things as they explode. Using a technique pioneered by MIT’s Doc Edgerton, these shots capture a millisecond in time, yet are filled with deep action, emotion, and story. Or they're just cool stuff being blown to bits. But they'd look cool in an ad campaign.
Labels: art, photography
posted by darryl ohrt @ 7:06 AM
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little planets, cool concept.
Writer/ photographer Kathy Li has created the most wonderous little planets, using several panoramic photos stitched together.
What a sweet idea for an ad campaign. Something where you want to show several different locations across the campaign, but want striking images that illustrate how tight our neighborhoods are in reality. Beautiful.
Labels: architecture, art, creativeinspiration, photography
posted by darryl ohrt @ 7:32 AM
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kameraflage: cool idea for street teams
Sarah Logie and Connor Dickie, have developed a technology called Kameraflage, that works by using colors that are invisible to the human eye, but easily picked up by the cameras' silicon chips.
What a sweet idea for street teams. Think magic t-shirts. "Take my picture and get a secret." Imagine street teams that prompt users to take pictures of them, so that they can see a special url, and win a free sample/prize. A cool tool to build excitement, but also gets your brand 'saved' on the user's digital camera - so they can share with their friends, visit your site