Photographer reveals the secret of the Windows XP desktop image

JEK

Senior Insider

• May 2, 2014

• #1

Photographer reveals the secret of the Windows XP desktop image

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Charles O'Rear is the photographer who took Bliss, the image that became the desktop of every single Windows XP computer in the world. Billions saw it and probably think the photo is so perfect and colorful that it is computer generated—or at least Photoshopped. O'Rear reveals the origin of the photo in this video.

[video=youtube;AVXY8OEZAEQ]https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=AVXY8OEZAEQ[/video]

 

Eddie

Senior Insider

• May 2, 2014

• #2

I own the predecessor of the RZ67 he used, the RB67. Great systems.

 

NYCFred

Senior Insider

• May 2, 2014

• #3

Does he get royalties?

 

Eddie

Senior Insider

• May 2, 2014

• #4

Either royalties, or he sold it to them for "single use".

 

Petri

Senior Insider

• May 3, 2014

• #5

It's a photo? I thought it was from Teletubbies.

 

amyb

Senior Insider

• May 3, 2014

• #6

Ha ha ha!

I will look for that hill and view when in Napa!