Posts by Author: Gannon Burgett
Gannon Burgett is a communications professional with over a decade of experience in content strategy, editing, marketing, multimedia content creation. He’s photographed and written content seen across hundreds of millions of pageviews. In addition to his communications work for various entities and publications, Gannon also runs his multimedia marketing agency, Ekleptik Media, where he brings his expertise as a full-stack creator to help develop and execute data-driven content strategies.
His writing, photos, and videos have appeared in USA Today, Car and Driver, Road & Track, Autoweek, Popular Mechanics, TechCrunch, Gizmodo, Digital Trends, DPReview, PetaPixel, Imaging Resource, Lifewire, Yahoo News, Detroit Free Press, Lansing State Journal, and more.
Gemo Copter is the world’s fastest-climbing drone, with a top speed of 117 MPH and 0-to-60 time of 1.3 seconds
Mar 2, 2016
Gannon Burgett
Most consumer drones top out at a maximum speed of around 50 MPH, give or take a dozen. While impressive, these drones don’t hold a…
GoPro buys out two video editing startups for $105 million to boost its software
Mar 2, 2016
Gannon Burgett
Action cam manufacturer GoPro has been in hot water lately, between recent lawsuits and steadily-declining stocks. But that isn’t stopping them from trying to up…
Infographic shows how much time, money and environment rechargeable batteries save compared to alkaline
Mar 2, 2016
Gannon Burgett
As a way to promote their Powerex 2700 mAh AA rechargeable batteries, Maha Energy has shared an interesting infographic detailing how effective rechargeable batteries are…
DJI unveils Phantom 4 drone, complete with object avoidance sensors and two new autonomous flight modes
Mar 1, 2016
Gannon Burgett
Three years ago, DJI introduced the world to its Phantom drone. Since then, DJI has become a brand synonymous with drones, both amateur and professional,…
Photographer under fire after nude photos were shot inside an historic 17th century castle
Mar 1, 2016
Gannon Burgett
The National Trust for Scotland (NTS) has launched an investigation after it was revealed that scandalous photos of a known glamour model were captured at…
DIY: How to make your own ‘Centriphone’ bullet-time rig
Feb 29, 2016
Gannon Burgett
A few weeks ago, we shared a video from professional skier Nicolas Vuignier wherein he used a clever DIY setup to capture bullet-time video using…
The incredible eating habits of a professional food photographer (and competitive powerlifter)
Feb 29, 2016
Gannon Burgett
While everyone on Instagram might think of themselves as food photographers, there are those who actually get paid to travel around the globe and capture…
The end of an era: Fujifilm kills off FP-100C, the last of its instant peel-apart paper
Feb 29, 2016
Gannon Burgett
Today is a sad day, ladies and gentlemen. Fufjifilm has announced it is officially killing off FP–100C, the last of its instant photography peel-apart paper.
TIME photojournalist appears to be slammed, arrested by Secret Service at Trump rally in Virginia
Feb 29, 2016
Gannon Burgett
Today, at Donald Trump’s rally at Radford University, in Virginia, a photojournalist was seen being taken down by a Secret Service agent while capturing the…
You may be a photographer, but are you an artist?
Feb 29, 2016
Gannon Burgett
You may be a photographer, but are you an artist? That is the question rhetorically asked in COOPH’s latest video wherein world-renowned artist Roger Ballen…