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Homeland Security warns the public that photography may be a sign of terrorism
Jul 13, 2018
Dunja Đuđić Kalinin
I’m sure many photographers have experienced unpleasant situations when they have been photographing particular structures, facilities, and places, even if they were on public land….
Nvidia trains AI to remove noise and watermarks by looking only at corrupted photos
Jul 10, 2018
Dunja Đuđić Kalinin
There are different ways to remove or reduce noise, and there are also ways of removing watermarks from images. But Nvidia has recently introduced a…
Wedding photographer breaks groom’s nose after learning that the bride is 15 years old
Jul 9, 2018
Dunja Đuđić Kalinin
Wedding photographer Onur Albayrak from the eastern Turkish province of Malatya has recently beaten up a groom. He learned that the bride-to-be was only 15…
NameThatLens is a cross-platform tool to inject EXIF data into vintage lens photos
Jul 4, 2018
John Aldred
I’ve been mounting “non-standard” lenses on my cameras for years. Ever since I discovered that I could put M42 lenses on Nikon and Canon bodies…
This is why you shouldn’t buy a drone
Jul 3, 2018
John Aldred
Drones have become the hit “toy” over the last few years. Sure, they’re an expensive, grown-up toy, but for most of us, they’re still a…
Virginia court rules that stealing photographs for commercial websites is “fair use”
Jul 2, 2018
John Aldred
Well, this one has some potentially scary consequences for photographers rights, as well as other copyright holders. The case involves an image created by photographer…
This phone case acts like a “mobile airbag” to protect your phone when dropped
Jun 29, 2018
John Aldred
If it’s not parachutes for drones it’s airbags for phones. Humanity seems obsessed with things falling or being dropped these days. While we hope that…
A man wanted to take upskirt photos, but his shoe camera exploded
Jun 28, 2018
Dunja Đuđić Kalinin
Upskirting is a topic we’ve discussed here before, and the law that bans it was recently blocked in the UK. And recently, a quite bizarre…
New SD card standard unveiled offering up to 985MB/sec transfer speeds and 128TB capacity
Jun 27, 2018
John Aldred
Just as we start to accept UHS-II into our lives, and before UHS-III is even a real thing, a new standard hits the streets. That’s…
This new technique recovers even the most damaged daguerreotypes
Jun 26, 2018
Dunja Đuđić Kalinin
Daguerreotypes break down with time and can eventually become ruined and unrecognizable. But researchers at Western University in Canada have created a new technique that…