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Anti-paparazzi scarf has become a popular celebrity fashion accessory that’s rendered completely useless by turning off the flash
Jul 5, 2016
John Aldred
It’s a neat idea. Anti-paparazzi clothing. Clothes that makes photographing you a fruitless exercise. The idea first came up at the beginning of last year,…
Russian Drone pilot’s footage goes viral after capturing an “active” couple at the top of a church steeple (maybe NSFW)
Jul 5, 2016
John Aldred
Something tells me the owner of this drone was not quite expecting to capture what he saw when he reviewed the footage from this flight….
Huawei P9 Leica camera sample image was actually shot with a $4500 Canon kit
Jul 4, 2016
John Aldred
I’m not entirely sure what they thought they were doing when Huawei posted this shot to Google Plus. Did they forget to rip the EXIF data out…
Photographing the President; A look inside Pete Souza’s camera bag
Jul 4, 2016
John Aldred
While many will be preparing their own camera bags right now and getting ready to record the evening’s festivities and celebrate American history, one photographer captures American history-in-the-making on…
German tourist dies while taking a “flying selfie” at Machu Picchu in Peru
Jul 1, 2016
John Aldred
They say that two things are certain in life; Death and taxes. Taxes we can’t do anything about, but I don’t think anybody until now…
The new ROAM-e $400 selfie-drone has a rather unfortunate design
Jun 30, 2016
John Aldred
The idea of a selfie drone isn’t all that unique any more. Many drones come with a “follow” mode for just this sort of thing,…
EyeFi to drop support for some cards. They will ‘magically’ stop working on September 16, 2016
Jun 30, 2016
John Aldred
I’m a bit disappointed by this one. I’ve been a huge fan of Eye-Fi cards for several years and own and use several cards. Now,…
1200 rolls of undeveloped film shot by one photographer in the 1950s discovered at auction
Jun 28, 2016
John Aldred
66 bundles of undeveloped film, estimated to be over 1,200 rolls, shot by the same photographer in the 1950s have found themselves in the hands…
Drone plummets from the sky, crashes into woman’s head at 25mph during event in Canada
Jun 27, 2016
John Aldred
In another instance of drone operator stupidity, 38 year old Stephanie Creignou was seriously injured when a 2.8lb (1.3kg) drone dropped from about 33ft (10m)…
This 53 Gigapixel Bentley photograph lets you read the seat’s embroidered logo from over 2,000 feet away
Jun 23, 2016
John Aldred
Gigapixel images have taken off like crazy over the last couple of years. With devices like the Gigapan and similar products becoming so readily available and…