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New app controls your Sony mirrorless camera from your Apple Watch
Apr 29, 2024
John Aldred
There’s a new app in town for Sony-shooting Apple Watch owners. It’s called the Alpha Remote Controller (buy here), and as the name suggests, it…
Documentary wedding photography 101 – A guide for photographers
Apr 27, 2024
Simon Dewey
Hello – I’m Simon, a documentary wedding photographer who’s been covering weddings since 2012, which makes me sort of qualified to write a bit about it. I…
Japanese town blocks photo spot for Mount Fuji to deter crowds
Apr 26, 2024
Alex Baker
A Japanese town is taking action to stop overcrowding at a popular Mount Fuji photo spot. Frustrated by tourists’ poor behaviour, they plan to erect…
Scientists can now bring lost daguerreotypes back to life
Apr 26, 2024
Dunja Đuđić Kalinin
Have you ever looked at a blurry, tarnished daguerreotype and wondered about the faces hidden beneath the corrosion? Thanks to researchers at Western University in…
Meta launches Llama 3, generating images as fast as you type
Apr 26, 2024
Dunja Đuđić Kalinin
Meta has released its highly anticipated Llama 3 large language model (LLM), sending shockwaves through the AI development world. Hailed as “the fastest AI image…
Woman is attacked by a bear while taking a photo from her car window
Apr 25, 2024
Alex Baker
A 72-year-old Scottish tourist had a frightening encounter with a bear while taking photos from her car in Romania. The incident occurred on the Transfăgărășan…
Now you can enter ‘Miss AI’, the world’s first AI beauty pageant
Apr 24, 2024
Alex Baker
Great news for all of us too old to enter real life beauty pagents, now we can create an AI model and enter her to…
A rapping Mona Lisa? Microsoft’s latest AI has gone too far
Apr 24, 2024
Alex Baker
One thing I definitely have not needed to hear in my life so far is the Mona Lisa gangsta rapping. I’m not even sure that…
Adobe’s latest update supercharges Photoshop’s AI tools
Apr 23, 2024
Alex Baker
Adobe unveiled it’s all-kicking all-dancing Photoshop update today at its MAX London creativity conference. The latest version, which is now in beta, has many new…
Tourist dies after falling into active volcano while posing for a photo
Apr 23, 2024
Alex Baker
A Chinese tourist fell 250 feet into an active volcano in Indonesia while taking photos. The woman allegedly tripped on her clothing close to the…