Tokyo Hotaru Festival 2012 took place recently, releasing 100,000 blue LED lights to float in the Sumida River. The bulbs rolled along the waves of the river bank, mimicking hotaru (the Japanese word for “fireflies”), for the festival that celebrates the Japanese tradition of watching fireflies float along a watercourse.

Another original project by Antonio Pedrosa from ADR studio, we “hate” him (in a good way he designs amazing concepts, the word concept always shatters your expectations… Antonio heads ADR Studio, he has come up with the brilliant Instagram Socialmatic Camera concept. His concept features an internal printer allowing you to print directly on Instagram paper sheets! how cool would that be!

Portrait Photography by Ming Lin. Ming Lin is a photographer based in Taichung, Taiwan.

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The legendary Leica M series sees a unique addition to the line today, a camera that brings the line back to its purest form, the Leica M Monochrom. The camera is the world’s first full-frame camera designed from the ground up for 35mm black and white photography. Because it has a black and white sensor, no colour filter gets in the way allowing the camera to capture sharper images with higher detail. Link

Leica improves upon the X1 with their new X2 point-and-shoot. New to the X2 is a APS-C 16 megapixel sensor, improved auto focus, and an optional “Viso-Flex” electronic viewfinder which features a 1.4 megapixel display and the ability to swivel 90 degrees. As for the lens, the camera retains the 24mm (35mm equiv.) f/2.8 lens used in the X1. Link

Fans of the popular photo sharing service Instagram have been treated with all sorts of great contraptions over the weeks since Facebook’s acquisition of the company including Printsagram and StickyGram.

Instagram obsessed users will instantly fall in love with the newest service created for the photo sharing service in Stitchtagram, which allows individuals to bring all of their favorite Instagram photos to life on this throw pillow. The pillows are all handmade in Washington, DC with easy to use layout tools for the user to create their own masterpiece. You can get your own Stitchtagram pillow for $64.