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SmugMug rescues nearly 200 million photographs from closed cloud service Picturelife
Aug 23, 2016
John Aldred
My biggest problem with “the cloud” has always been that many cloud services seem to pop up overnight from nowhere. This means that they can also…
Jasmine Star busted for copying inspirational posts. again
Aug 23, 2016
Udi Tirosh
About three years ago, Jasmine Star was busted for copying content from various photography bloggers around the web. It was so bad that Jasmine’s speaking slot on…
Leaked photos and specs show Canon’s new Wi-Fi adapter is an SD card
Aug 22, 2016
John Aldred
Well, it looks like the issues with EyeFi may not be a problem for Canon shooters. At least, not all Canon shooters. A couple of…
Smartphone photographers are driving DSLR sales
Aug 22, 2016
John Aldred
It’s no surprise that smartphone cameras haven’t become the “DSLR killers” that some suggested they might. Instead, the opposite seems to have happened. Smartphones are fuelling…
If you wanna shoot Usain Bolt for an ad, you have to do it in Jamaica
Aug 21, 2016
Udi Tirosh
I think that if someone did a survey, Usain Bolt would be one of the most loved athletes in the world (actually, I am pretty sure…
Hackers can now use social media photos to bypass face detection security
Aug 21, 2016
Udi Tirosh
The internet is slowly (and painfully) discovering that security is a hard mistress. I mean fingerprints have been hacked, and passwords have not been delivering for…
This is how light hit a subject in a portrait, nano second by nanosecond
Aug 20, 2016
Udi Tirosh
We always talk about how light hits a portrait in a certain way, but we never actually see how the light hits a portrait, one second its…
Drone films photographer’s incredible crawl through mud to rescue an eagle
Aug 19, 2016
John Aldred
For some of us, just seeing a white-tailed eagle in the wild would be a treat. Polish wildlife photographer Krzysztof Chomicz has seen plenty. Lately, he saw…
500px’s new Splash tool lets you search through images simply by making a sketch
Aug 19, 2016
John Aldred
Search capabilities have come on leaps and bounds over the last few years. As processing power increases, so does the speed at which software can…
Sony adds support for radio controlled flashes to the A7R II with new firmware update
Aug 19, 2016
John Aldred
Sony first mentioned their new wireless radio controlled flash system in March and officially launched it in July. It allows the control of up to 15 separate…