Getty files Copyright suit over stolen photo resale scheme on Facebook

Getty Images has filed a copyright infringement suit against Ohio man, Walter A. Kowalczuk for allegedly downloading as many as 3,400 high resolution images from Getty’s servers without permission which he then resold through a private group on Facebook. According to PDN, Getty’s claim against Kowalczuk, filed June 8th in US District Court in Cleveland, states […]

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All hail the video portrait

In an April 2016 interview, Mark Zuckerberg told Buzzfeed News, “I wouldn’t be surprised if you fast-forward five years and most of the content that people see on Facebook and are sharing on a day-to-day basis is video.” Given the proliferation of video features available on millions of smartphones – from image stabilization to incredible […]

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19 year old girl banned from social media for posting nude photos of another woman

19 year old Courtney Marie Mulkentine from Gympie, Queensland, posted photos of her boyfriend’s ex-girlfriend to Facebook and removed them after Mulkentine received a phone call from the victim, but by then it was too late. After pleading guilty to “using an electronic carriage service to harass or offend”, the Australian teenager has been banned from using social […]

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France: Sharing photos of your kids could land you in jail

If you are a French parent who likes posting their kid’s photos all over the internet, we have same bad news for you. The Telegraph noticed that the privacy laws in France are pretty strict. How strict, you ask? Strict to the point that your offspring can sue you for infringing on their right to […]

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Meet Facebook’s futuristic-looking 360º virtual reality camera

Some might pass virtual reality off as nothing more than a fad, much like 3D televisions that left the world almost as quickly as they came into it, but the reality is, it’s here to stay. Nokia, Lytro, Google and Facebook have all dipped their toes into the metaphorical pool, and with the amount of […]

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Meet Facebook’s futuristic-looking 360º virtual reality camera

Some might pass virtual reality off as nothing more than a fad, much like 3D televisions that left the world almost as quickly as they came into it, but the reality is, it’s here to stay. Nokia, Lytro, Google and Facebook have all dipped their toes into the metaphorical pool, and with the amount of […]

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Short Movie Shows How Happy Casual Social Media Photos Are Really Taken

I’ve always held the opposite opinion when confronted with the phrase “The camera never lies”. If you ask me, the camera’s always lied and that lying often causes controversy. This amusing video by Bí Kíp Sống Ảo goes some way towards showing just how true this is, especially when it comes to social media photography. Even before digital, the […]

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Vanessa Hudgens Slammed For Posting Viral Tea-Tossing Photo on Instagram without Credit

Last month we shared Michael Davies’ stunning photo of tea being tossed at -40° Celsius, which seemed to have spread online like a wildfire. The photo even reached actress and singer Vanessa Hudgens who decided to share it on her social media pages, but unfortunately the famous artist didn’t bother crediting Michael. Angry comments from […]

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6 Powerful Reasons Why All Photographers Need Facebook Pages

I’m constantly intrigued when I discover that out of the numerous photography businesses

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This Is What Happens When You Post a Photo to 8 Million Instagram Followers

Social media can be a great tool to promote yourself as an artist and get your work out there. However, Facebook is a notorious time-waster and too many people sit tight by their screen after posting something on Instagram or whatever and wait to see how many ‘likes’ and comments they receive. Two things are […]

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