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Light bows out of the smartphone camera industry
Jun 16, 2020
John Aldred
It’s been an interesting journey for Light, the company that brought us that crazy 16-lens camera five years ago. It garnered a lot of hype…
Instagrammers are being called out for using Black Lives Matter protests for self-promotion
Jun 15, 2020
John Aldred
If one thing’s for sure, no matter what’s going on in the world, no matter how bad, how serious it gets or what the potential…
Ricoh has launched a new “Street Edition” of its popular GR III compact camera
Jun 12, 2020
John Aldred
The Ricoh GR series cameras have become extremely popular amongst street photographers over the last few years and have picked up a very loyal following….
“Sorry, I just wanted a pretty photo” says photographer whose photo bricked thousands of Android phones
Jun 11, 2020
Dunja Đuđić Kalinin
I don’t remember that a sunset photo has ever caused such a stir like it did earlier this month. The photo bricked phones of hundreds,…
Privacy Nightmare: This site will show you “all the photos” of anyone on the web
Jun 11, 2020
Dunja Đuđić Kalinin
Facial recognition technology has been causing quite a stir for a while now. While some are paranoid about it, others find it to be useful,…
Signature Edits is a website with free raw files for you to practice your editing skills
Jun 5, 2020
John Aldred
Back in 2017, a website popped up called WeSaturate. Its goal was to become sort of a “Pixabay for raw files” type library where people…
Need sound effects? Rode’s entire Ambisonic Sound Library is now available to download for free
Jun 5, 2020
John Aldred
With the introduction of Rode’s ambisonic microphones like the VideoMic Soundfield and more recently the Rode NT-SF1, recording ambisonic sound has come down in cost…
British Vogue ditches models – adorns latest covers with essential workers
Jun 4, 2020
Dunja Đuđić Kalinin
Amidst the coronavirus pandemic, it finally became clear to us how important some jobs are. Or better to say, how important are the people who…
GoPro’s new GoPro Labs platform lets you test out experimental features
Jun 4, 2020
John Aldred
GoPro has announced a new platform, GoPro Labs, that allows the GoPro community to start testing out experimental features they’ve been working on. GoPro says…
An open letter to white photographers covering Black Lives Matter protests
Jun 1, 2020
Grace Stillman
I am from Minneapolis. This is in regards to posting photos of protesters and to be mindful + protect them! As a photographer, I believe…