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    National Geographic posts photo on train tracks, photographers react with outrage
    Apr 13, 2017 Dunja Đuđić

    It seems that lately there’s been an entire movement aimed at getting photographers and models off the train tracks. No wonder, considering how many people…

    Ricoh may be considering killing off the Pentax brand
    Apr 12, 2017 John Aldred

    UPDATE: Ricoh are denying the report. For the full update see the end of the post Just when Pentax seemed like it might be starting…

    News Corp Australia sacks most of their photographers to cut costs
    Apr 12, 2017 Dunja Đuđić

    News Corp Australia is experiencing a severe wave of job cuts. One of Australia’s largest media companies is trying to make up for the financial…

    Google’s DeepDream AI turns Bob Ross into an LSD fuelled nightmare
    Apr 12, 2017 John Aldred

    DeepDream is a computer vision AI created by Google which utilises a convolution neural network. It looks for and enhances patterns in images using a…

    Art student figures out you can save money on Wacom nibs by using spaghetti
    Apr 11, 2017 John Aldred

    It started as a simple joke. Creating a meme for a bit of a laugh. Brittany Botehlo is an 18 year old self-taught digital painter…

    Estate of Andy Warhol sues NY photographer over Prince image
    Apr 11, 2017 John Aldred

    The circumstances of this situation remind me of the Obama “Hope” poster. Photographer makes a photograph, photograph gets appropriated, then remade as a stylised artwork….

    Winners of 2017 Pulitzer Prize for photography announced
    Apr 11, 2017 Dunja Đuđić

    This year’s Pulitzer Prize winners have been announced. As every year, photographers are among winners as well. Both winners illustrated violence and fear, but on…

    Chimp steals a 360° camera to take selfies with friends
    Apr 10, 2017 John Aldred

    Despite not having an LCD that lets you review your photos & video, it turns out you can chimp with a 360° camera. The New…

    $1,600 Ryzen based PC has double the performance in Photoshop than a $5,200 Mac Pro.
    Apr 10, 2017 John Aldred

    Much of the software that is available for both Mac & Windows is largely identical for both. If you can use it on one, you can…

    Everypixel Aesthetics uses neural networks to judge quality of your photos
    Apr 10, 2017 Dunja Đuđić

    Stock photo search engine Everypixel is a tool that should make the quest for perfect stock photos easier. But what’s even more interesting is their…