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    Kyoto Moves To Make Upskirting a Painful Offence

    May 26, 2014 Peter Bower

    Earlier today, The Japan Times released that officials in Kyoto, Japan, had revised ordinance in order to crack down on the practice of upskirt photography…

    Zoom’s New H5: One of the Best Affordable DSLR Microphones Yet

    May 25, 2014 Maaz Khan

    One of the best thing about DSLR cameras is that they’ve made professional filmmaking become more and more affordable for the kids that wish to…

    NASA Releases Massive 3.2-Gigabyte Mosaic of Earth, Made Entirely from Selfies

    May 23, 2014 Maaz Khan

    Last month on the 22nd – NASA marked Earth Day by asking readers around the world to submit a selfie, answering where exactly they were…

    Nikon’s Big Week for Announcements: Two Mirrorless Cameras and One Big Lens

    May 14, 2014 Maaz Khan

    Nikon’s been getting pretty busy this week with their announcements. Two new mirrorless cameras are now headed our way, along with a new telephoto lens….

    Nikon Releases Major Firmware Upgrades for the D800/D800E

    May 14, 2014 Maaz Khan

    Nikon’s had a big day for firmware updates today. Along with releasing them for two of their Coolpix cameras and their entire mirrorless line, they…

    Parrot Want In On The Photo Market, Has A New Drone: Bebop

    May 12, 2014 Maaz Khan

    In 2010, Parrot introduced the A.R.Drone, and in 2012, a new iteration of the model was released. For a while now, the company’s been a…

    Photographer Wally McNamee Talks About His Time With John F. Kennedy

    May 8, 2014 Maaz Khan

    “He would allow people to photograph his most unguarded moments with his family.” Wally McNamee used to work for Newsweek, a job that took him…

    You Can Close The Studio, Amazon Patents Photographing On Seamless White

    May 6, 2014 Udi Tirosh

    I am not really sure how to tag this other than a big #fail for the USPTO, or a huge Kudos for Amazon’s IP attorneys….

    Yosemite National Park Puts A Ban On Drone Usage

    May 4, 2014 Udi Tirosh

    It seems that the next battle on photography is about drones. Between photographers, videographers, police, FAA and courts, this battle is still wide open. The…

    Photographer finds Developed Kodak Super XX Roll of an Unknown Man’s Life Post-WW2

    Apr 28, 2014 Maaz Khan

    If you read my last post, I was emphasizing heavily on how important photography is to our time today; it’s become a way for us…