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Shutterfly to be merged with Snapfish after $2.7B acquisition
Jun 13, 2019
John Aldred
American private equity firm, Apollo Global Management LLC (AGM), has agreed to acquire photo printing platforms Shutterfly and Snapfish. According to Reuters, AGM is set…
Frontman slaps fan’s phone from her hand when she jumps onstage for a selfie
Jun 12, 2019
Dunja Đuđić Kalinin
It’s happened before that musicians get fed up with people who watch a concert through their smartphones. This time, the frontman of punk-rock band Fidlar,…
Sigma issues product advisory for its 70-200mm f/2.8 Sports and 60-600mm f/4.5-6.3 lenses
Jun 11, 2019
John Aldred
Sigma has announced a product advisory for their Sigma 70-200mm f/2.8 DG OS HSM Sports and Sigma 60-600mm f/4.5-6.3 DG OS HSM Sports lenses. Sigma…
Godox finally releases firmware update software for the Mac
Jun 10, 2019
John Aldred
It’s taken a few years, but Godox has finally released firmware update software that works on the Mac. No longer do you need to mess…
2019 Africa Geographic Photographer of the Year disqualified for photo manipulation
Jun 10, 2019
Dunja Đuđić Kalinin
Africa Geographic has just disqualified Björn Persson, its 2019 Photographer of the Year. His photo of an elephant named Tim won this year’s contest. However,…
Facebook to reconsider its nudity policy after photographers’ outcry
Jun 6, 2019
Dunja Đuđić Kalinin
Facebook has the policy to ban photographic nudity, which has been a problem for many photographers who share their work on Facebook and Instagram. But…
There is now a pocket-sized controller for the Blackmagic Pocket Cinema Camera 4K
Jun 6, 2019
John Aldred
The original Blackmagic Pocket Cinema Camera was named such because it could relatively easily fit in your pocket. The Blackmagic Pocket Cinema Camera 4K (we’ll…
Profoto’s new B10 Plus doubles the power of the B10 to 500Ws with a 25% price increase
Jun 5, 2019
John Aldred
Profoto has announced the new B10 Plus strobe, doubling the power of the B10 from 250Ws to 500Ws. It’s a little longer than the B10,…
Instagram star plows his car into protected area on Iceland, brags about it on Instagram
Jun 4, 2019
Dunja Đuđić Kalinin
Sadly, we often hear of tourists who destroy the world around them just so they can pose for Instagram. Self-described Russian filmmaker and photographer, Alexander…
Influencer Marketing: How much is your instagram account worth, and how fake are your followers?
Jun 2, 2019
JP Danko
Even if you don’t consider yourself an Instagram influencer, we all invest a significant amount of time and effort cultivating an eager crowd of social…