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Emulate Slit Scan Photography for Beautifully Weird Images
Oct 31, 2017
Ted Kinsman
The use of slit scan photography is actually quite old. It is often called line-scan, photo finish, or streak photography. Slit scan photography has a…
This is the chaos drones cause when flying near airports
Oct 30, 2017
Dunja Đuđić Kalinin
On July 2nd around 5 p.m., a drone was spotted flying near Gatwick Airport in the UK. We all know it’s forbidden to fly drones…
Photographer’s lens smashed to pieces while being shipped to a buyer
Oct 30, 2017
Dunja Đuđić Kalinin
I guess all of us had a misfortune or two when shipping or receiving a package. But the amount of damage Jacob Hawkins’ lens survived…
Nikon to close Chinese factory as compact camera market continues to shrink
Oct 30, 2017
John Aldred
It’s not much of a surprise that the compact camera market is getting a little more “compact”. It’s been coming for years. Global compact camera…
How to make five horror lighting setups with a single light
Oct 30, 2017
Dunja Đuđić Kalinin
Halloween is just around the corner, so you may want to make some scary photos or videos for the occasion. Jordy Vandeput of Cinecom.net shows you five…
Godox set their sights on Elinchrom with new flavour of AD600 strobe
Oct 30, 2017
John Aldred
With Bowens now out of the picture, it looks like Godox have realigned to set their sights on Elinchrom. While there’s been no official announcement…
10,000 hours will not make you a good photographer
Oct 29, 2017
Don Giannatti
When Malcolm Gladwell wrote his book, “Outliers“, he had a chapter devoted to the “10,000 hours” rule that intimated that it took 10,000 hours of…
Is “Copyright Troll” A Thing Now?
Oct 28, 2017
JP Danko
We recently published the account of Internet “entrepreneur” Dan DaSilva who was successfully sued for $27,000 (plus $10,000 in court fees) by a photographer over…
Here’s how iPhone apps can spy on you if they have camera permission
Oct 27, 2017
Dunja Đuđić Kalinin
Do you think before you grant your apps permission to access the camera? According to a software engineer Felix Krause, you should. He recently even…
Take a peek inside the Hocus factory and watch how they hand build a $2,000 follow focus
Oct 27, 2017
John Aldred
I always love watching how things are made, especially the tools that man of us use on a daily basis. So, when I see a…