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My experience shooting the Litli-Hrútur volcano eruption
Jul 20, 2023
Idan Arad
I got to shoot the Litli-Hrútur volcano eruption almost by accident. I just happened to be in the area, as the saying goes. That said,…
You can now download a virtual camera for shooting virtual photos within Blender
Jul 19, 2023
John Aldred
Some of you might remember a bizarre virtual camera we featured recently. It was a 3D virtual camera, constructed in Blender, that used models of…
Fashion magazine cover created entirely with AI instead of photoshoot
Jul 17, 2023
Alex Baker
It’s finally happened. The first major fashion magazine has used a cover image made entirely from artificial intelligence (AI), with not a camera, stylist, make-up…
This device claims to turn your Ricoh GR into a “wide format XPan”
Jul 17, 2023
John Aldred
Well, I think this has to be the dumbest snake oil nonsense product I’ve seen so far this year. Being sold by the “Ding ding…
Celebrated French photojournalist Marie-Laure de Decker dies aged 75
Jul 17, 2023
Alex Baker
Renowned French artist Marie-Laure de Decker, who transitioned from modelling to becoming a highly respected war photographer, sadly passed away at 75, according to a…
DJI ends support for the DJI Phantom 4 Drone
Jul 17, 2023
John Aldred
It looks like the time of the DJI Phantom is almost at its conclusion. DJI has officially ended support for the DJI Phantom 4 as…
Negative Supply’s Basic Film Carrier 35 MK2 keeps your film flatter for better scans
Jul 15, 2023
John Aldred
Negative Supply has announced its new Basic Film Carrier 35 MK2 (buy here). The successor to 2019’s original Basic Film Carrier, includes a number of…
Turn your doodles into “photos” with StabilityAI’s latest AI tool
Jul 14, 2023
Dunja Đuđić Kalinin
Stability AI has launched Stable Doodle, a sketch-to-image tool that lets you convert your drawings, even very basic ones, into a photorealistic image, artwork, and…
Black Mirror turns real: Hollywood wants actors’ AI replicas to keep and use forever
Jul 14, 2023
Dunja Đuđić Kalinin
Screen Actors Guild – American Federation of Television and Radio Artists (SAG-AFTRA) is going on strike after a “groundbreaking” AI proposal. It would scan actors’…
Helix MagLock is PolarPro’s take on a magnetic filter system
Jul 13, 2023
John Aldred
Every company seems to have jumped on the magnetic filters thing over the last few years. We’ve seen magnetic systems from K&F, Irix, H&Y, along…