Black Friday Deal: Get $10 Off Books at Amazon

Amazon is offering $10 off book purchases of $25 or more through November 28 as part of its Black Friday and Cyber Monday deals. To get the discount, just use the coupon promo code HOLIDAYBOOK when you check out. You can find loads of photography books here on Amazon.com. More details on the offer here on Amazon. […]

As part of dominating world commerceת Amazon starts selling prints too

It seems that amazon is everywhere. After conquering books, retail, TV, having a go with groceries, Amazon is now going for another market – prints. In a post to Amazon’s blog, the retail giant shares that they will offer 4×6 prints for $0.09, photo books starting at $19.99 and double sided cards for $0.75. With […]

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Amazon’s future doesn’t just include drone deliveries, but drone police assistants

Robocop seems to have shrunk, and grown wings. Amazon’s research into drones is no secret. Well, at least, it’s not any more. So far, though, their public drone persona has been one of expedient delivery. Using drones to more efficiently deliver small packages.  Now, it seems they’ve set their sights much higher, metaphorically speaking. In […]

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Amazon’s Unlimited Cloud Storage is now available in the UK for only £55 a year

It’s no secret to most people who know me that I’m not a huge fan of online cloud backup services. But I know many of my fellow UK photographers are. Amazon’s unlimited cloud storage launched in the USA in the middle of 2015. Now, Amazon have introduced the service to the UK, with prices starting at only £55/yr […]

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Think shipping companies care about your gear as much as you do? Think again

I always thought, perhaps a little naively, that when packages were thrown in my general direction I simply got a crappy delivery guy. As it turns out, this seems to be standard practise if the responses to this Reddit post are anything to go by. User mlapaglia told DIYP that he ordered a Sony Sonnar T* FE 35mm […]

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Canon DSLR destroyed by Leafcutter ants in overnight wildlife shoot in the Amazon rainforest

When entomologist Phil Torres, along with wildlife photographer Jeff Cremer, set up a Canon 7D and infrared sensor in the Amazon rainforest to get some shots of a jaguar or other wildlife at night, they hoped they’d thought of everything. As it turns out, the local leafcutter ant population had very different ideas.  After chewing up much of their protection […]

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Amazon wants facial recognition selfies to replace passwords

If you thought selfies were worth nothing more than a fad destined to die out with time, think again. Amazon has filed a patent recently that explains how selfies taken with smartphones and tablets could be used as a security measure before making purchases, in place of a password. Much like the fingerprint recognition we’re seeing […]

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Film beat out GoPros and drones as the best-selling photo gear on Amazon this holiday season

Amazon has become the go-to place for holiday shopping. This year was no exception, with the Seattle-based web retailer raking in record numbers of Prime subscriptions, hardware purchases and, most importantly, overall revenue. One of the most interesting tidbits in Amazon’s annual holiday sales report is the product that takes the top spot in the […]

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The Hidden Wonders of the Amazon

Photographer Nicky Bay headed to the Amazon’s tropical rainforests, but he wasn’t after the jaguars, anacondas, sloths or piranhas the region is so famous for. Instead, being a macro photography, Nicky set out to document the creatures so small they are often overlooked or disregarded. If you like creepy-crawlies you will love these photos. If […]

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Amazon is Giving Away a Sony A6000 Kit

Amazon is giving away a Sony A6000 with 16-50mm f/3.5-5.6 OSS lens. All you have to do is click a box on this page on Amazon.
If you happen to win one of these, let us know in the comment below. Good luck!
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