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    Rare photo of Billy the Kid worth $5 million found at a junk shop for two Dollars

    Oct 14, 2015 Liron Samuels

    Ever heard those stories of people who bought some old painting for $5 at a garage sale and later discovered it was a super expensive…

    Controversial Mapplethorpe Photograph “Man In Polyester Suit” Just Sold For $478,000 At Auction

    Oct 10, 2015 Tiffany Mueller

    The notorious photograph, Man In A Polyester Suit, taken in 1980 by photographer Robert Mapplethorpe, sold at a Sotheby’s (New York) auction on Wednesday for…

    We Are Starting A Texture Store, And Giving Away A Gazillion Photos So You Can Practice

    Oct 8, 2015 Udi Tirosh

    Over the years some of the most enticing projects here on the blog were projects that involved combining the real with the made up. Composites…

    Parabo Press Wants To Make Fine Art Prints More Accessible To Photographers With Affordable Printing Alternatives

    Oct 7, 2015 Tiffany Mueller

    Want to cover your walls in art, but the cost of actually doing so slowing the process down? The fine folks from  Parabo Press (part…

    A Looks At The TimeSlice Rig Used in “Imagination”

    Oct 6, 2015 Udi Tirosh

    When we featured Imagination we were intrigued by the bullet time sequences that the short movie featured. I asked Marc Donahue from PermaGrin how those shots were…

    Watch A Model Strike 25 Poses In 30 Seconds

    Oct 4, 2015 Udi Tirosh

    When Madonna  sang Strike A Pose, she probably did not image a model that can strike 25 poses over 30 seconds. Vogue would have been…

    500px & Google Chromecast Partnership – Exclusive Interview With 500px

    Oct 1, 2015 JP Danko

    500px and Google recently announced an agreement that will see a curated selection of the 500px photography collection available to Google Chromecast users for display…

    Side By Side Comparison Of Nine Generations Of iPhone Cameras Including The iPhone 6S

    Sep 28, 2015 Tiffany Mueller

    Last year we shared some photos that compared the camera quality of every iPhone ever made. The comparison shots were taken by Camera+ co-founder, Lisa…

    Woman receives $117,500 in settlement after being arrested for recording police

    Sep 24, 2015 Liron Samuels

    An Illinois woman, who was arrested and charges were filed against her after she recorded police officers on her friend’s property without their consent, decided…

    This Hack Claims to Add Internal 4K To The Sony A7S. We’re Skeptical

    Sep 23, 2015 Udi Tirosh

    What if Sony’s camera has so much more power internally than what they expose? We have seen Canon cameras getting a performance boost via hacked custom…