Federal Judge Rules Famous Monkey Can’t Own Copyright on Selfies

An Indonesian monkey, a British photographer and a U.S. federal judge meet in San Francisco. It sounds like the beginning of a joke, but that’s almost what happened this week when a federal court reviewed PETA’s demand to award Naruto the copyright over the famous selfies he captured in 2011. Unfortunately for the macaque, who […]

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Sh*t Clients Say to Photographers

Working as a photographer has plenty of advantages and you collect awesome experiences along the way, varying greatly depending on your niche. You might get to travel, attend music concerts or sport events, encounter amazing wildlife or meet amazing pe…

First 360° VR Videos Recorded With Nikon’s KeyMission 360 Action Camera

Nikon was on fire yesterday with the release of the D5 and D500, but some of the thunder was no doubt stolen by the unexpected pre-announcement of the KeyMission 360. The upcoming virtual-reality oriented action camera captures 360° video in 4K, above or up to 100 feet below the water surface, and seems to be […]

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Forget About the D400, Nikon Just Announced the D500 DX Flagship DSLR And It’s a Killer

The D300s was released back in 2009 and ever since then people have been anxiously looking forward to a real upgrade from the dated D300. It took so long that many people gave up and announced Nikon’s DX line is dead, but six and a half years later it finally happened – Nikon just announced […]

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Nikon D5 Features 14fps, ISO 3.3 Million, 4K and XQD or CF Versions

  After much speculation, detailed specifications of Nikon’s upcoming flagship DSLR camera have leaked – and it looks promising. Living up to most of the rumors, the D5 is a speed monster capable of shooting up to 200 14-bit images in continuous mode and has 153 AF points to make sure the photos are all […]

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Stunning Time Lapse of the Fire-Engulfed Luxury Hotel in Dubai

Countless people, and among them many photographers, flocked to the vicinity of Dubai’s Burj Khalifa to get a good view of one of the most impressive fireworks displays on the planet. As you probably know by now, a nearby building caught on fire a few hours before the fireworks began and grabbed much of the […]

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Here is The Entire Universe in One Image

The release of Canon’s ultra wide angle 11-24mm lens and 360° cameras have allowed photographers to fit more in their frames than ever before. But, as wide as those devices go, they’ve got nothing on this next image. An artist named Pablo Carlos Budassi crammed the entire universe into a single image, using logarithmic maps […]

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Was This The Most Inappropriate Selfie of 2015?

As millions of people around the world were gathering to watch the New Year’s Eve fireworks extravaganzas, a fire broke out in a Dubai skyscraper near the iconic Burj Khalifa – the world’s tallest structure and the highlight of the city’s upcoming fireworks display. As the fire spread so did the photos and videos spectators […]

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