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.
Vincent Laforet gives an incredible TED Talk about his AIR Project
Dec 26, 2015
Gannon Burgett
Over the past year, photographer Vincent Laforet has been capturing stunning images of cities around the world for his AIR project. Strapped into a harness…
Meet Arturo, an adorable R2D2 drone ready to take to the skies
Dec 25, 2015
Gannon Burgett
This holiday season, drones and Star Wars are some of the most talked about items to be had. Thus, it’s only natural that we see…
These are the camera bags Darth Vader and Chewbacca would wear if they were photographers
Dec 23, 2015
Gannon Burgett
You can’t go more than one or two clicks online without seeing something related to Star Wars. And today, we’re contributing even more to that…
This little contraption will help you wrangle up all your photography cables and cords
Dec 23, 2015
Gannon Burgett
With as many wireless photography products as there are on the market you’d think you wouldn’t have to deal with cables. But that doesn’t seem…
Here are the incredible photos behind SpaceX’s historic Falcon 9 rocket landing
Dec 22, 2015
Gannon Burgett
Six months after a experiencing a catastrophic explosion while en route to the International Space Station, SpaceX successfully delivered a payload to space and landed…
Virginia will now let you smile in your driver’s license photograph
Dec 22, 2015
Gannon Burgett
Ladies and gentlemen, hell might’ve frozen over. Virginia’s Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) will now let customers smile when having their license photograph taken—something that…
Watch this hockey photographer’s lens hood fall onto the ice and get mistaken for a puck
Dec 22, 2015
Gannon Burgett
Hockey is a fast-paced, hard-hitting game where peripheral vision is key to getting the puck where it needs to be. But what happens when what…
World Champion Alpine skier almost got crushed by a falling drone today
Dec 22, 2015
Gannon Burgett
This is exactly the kind of stuff we never want to see happen. Mere minutes ago, world champion Alpine skier Marcel Hirscher was almost crushed…
FAA confirms names and addresses of drone registrants will be publicly available
Dec 21, 2015
Gannon Burgett
Today is the day. From here on out, anyone who purchases a drone must register their device with the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and Department…
‘Freelance Isn’t Free’ bill would protect NY photographers from getting ‘stiffed’ by stubborn clients
Dec 21, 2015
Gannon Burgett
One of the most difficult parts of being a freelance photographer is having to get on clients for continually trying to weasel their way out…