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Hilary Duff publicly humiliates “creep” photographer for taking photos at her kid’s soccer game
Feb 25, 2020
Dunja Đuđić
Actress and singer Hilary Duff recently called out on a photographer who was taking photos at her kid’s soccer game. She saw him standing on…
Celebface: Why everyone looks the same on Instagram
Feb 24, 2020
Allen Murabayashi
In Guns, Germs, and Steel, author Jared Diamond describes two systems of invention transmission: 1) idea diffusion: imitation of an idea, and 2) blueprint copying: literal copying…
Twitter for photographers, you’re almost there
Feb 20, 2020
Ole Henrik Skjelstad
Twitter has developed into a photographer’s dream platform – almost. This fall, the company enabled uploading higher resolutions images, while keeping the quality. I am…
Are your social media photos ending up in a law enforcement database?
Feb 19, 2020
Allen Murabayashi
Facial recognition is an incredibly useful consumer tool for organizing our burgeoning photo albums. Companies like Google and Apple have slowly integrated machine learning algorithms…
YouTuber pranks her followers with “photos from Bali” taken at her local IKEA
Feb 19, 2020
Dunja Đuđić
That social media is full of fakery is old news. But what fascinates me is just how easy it is to fake your life on…
Instagrammer posts side-by-side photos showing the difference between real life and Instagram posing [NSFW]
Feb 18, 2020
Dunja Đuđić
Seeing all those amazing photos of perfect lives and perfect bodies on Instagram can make us feel jealous. We know that they’re posed and even…
Ever wondered how Instagrammers get those amazing shots? Turns out they’ll go great lengths to get them
Feb 18, 2020
Dunja Đuđić
Some photographers will go great lengths to get the perfect shot. But it seems that Instagram influencers and “influencers” will go even further. Now there’s…
Why Flickr is a diamond in the rough, and how to make it awesome again
Feb 15, 2020
Ole Henrik Skjelstad
It was back in 2014 that I set up an account on Flickr. I posted a few images and forgot about the platform. Two years…
Don’t cross the line between saving memories for yourself and ruining them for others
Feb 15, 2020
Dunja Đuđić
Some people like capturing candid moments hoping to take some artistic and meaningful shots. Others want to preserve precious memories, so they grab their camera…
Your Stacking Rocks photos look cool, but they are killing animals
Feb 11, 2020
David Williams
Photos of rock stacks adorn our Instagram feeds. There are videos of them being created in elaborate styles. Sometimes they defy gravity with anything from…