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Man takes selfie with walrus, pays with his life
May 28, 2016
Udi Tirosh
As the selfie bar keeps getting higher, we report more and more sad selfie stories, and while some may argue that selfie caused deaths is the…
BLIPS turns your smartphone into a microscope and fits in your wallet
May 24, 2016
John Aldred
BLIPS is an ultra portable super slim pair of lenses for your smartphone. One offers macro, letting you focus much closer than your phone’s standard…
Russian app lets you shoot photos of strangers and identify them online
May 20, 2016
John Aldred
As if the facial recognition news coming out of Russia wasn’t creepy enough already, it’s now available in App form to users of popular Russian…
French Photojournalist faces criminal charges over image of Paris attack victim
May 19, 2016
John Aldred
Photojournalist Maya Vidon-White is facing criminal charges over her photo of a man who was killed during the November terror attacks in Paris after the man’s…
Taiwan model drowns during underwater photoshoot
May 18, 2016
John Aldred
Popular Taiwanese model, Olivia Ku, has drowned during an underwater photo shoot near Hengchun Township in Taiwan’s Pingtung County. Local authorities told Taipei Times that further investigation…
Historically-inaccurate drone speared out of the sky by renaissance festival actor
May 12, 2016
John Aldred
As if eagles and nets weren’t already enough for drone users to worry about, now we have to deal with javelins, too. The eagle eyed amongst you might’ve…
Monroe Station in Big Cypress reduced to ashes after steel wool spin shot gone wrong
May 10, 2016
Udi Tirosh
Now, this is why we cannot have nice things. While I am not enjoying saying this, it looks like photographers are slowly earning the bad…
Vanity Fair photographers respond to Rumer Willis, say it was lens correction that warped her features
May 6, 2016
Gannon Burgett
Earlier this week, actress Rumer Willis very publicly called out photographers Mark Williams and Sara Hirakawa of Williams and Hirakawa on Instagram for allegedly over-editing…
Rumer Willis calls out Vanity Fair photographers for ‘bullying’ with unrealistic Photoshop picture
May 5, 2016
Gannon Burgett
It’s not uncommon for us to come across a story about a celebrity getting upset that their stomach, hips, legs or even arms were unrealistically…
How to Use a Condom as a DIY Camera Lens, and More
May 3, 2016
John Aldred
They previously used the humble balloon as a soft light diffuser for a camera’s pop-up flash. And then, the Koldunov Brothers received a question: could…