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Police tells attorney he can’t film them, Police Chief invites citizens to film the police in response

March 12, 2017Udi Tirosh

Here is an interesting turn of events. According to the Washington post, what started a police falsely telling an attorney/uber driver that he can’t film them, ended up with the police chief issuing a statement where he invites the public to film cops. This “incident” started when Jesse Bright, a North Carolina attorney got stopped over by the police. […]

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Rhino approaches cameraman for a nice belly rub

March 11, 2017Dunja Djudjic

While he was shooting a film about rhino poaching, filmmaker Garth De Bruno Austin had the most amazing and unordinary experience. A wild rhino approached him, asking for a belly rub. I’m used to doing this with cats and dogs, but this is something really out of the ordinary. And it may be the cutest […]

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Student from Navasota killed by train while taking photos

March 11, 2017Dunja Djudjic

This Friday, a terrible accident happened because of a reckless photo shoot. A 19-year-old Blinn student and photographer was killed by a train while taking photos in Navasota, Texas. Fredzania Thompson was shooting along the train tracks when she was hit by a Union Pacific train. The accident happened on the train tracks near Hollister and […]

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Vimeo finally adds support for 360° videos up to 8K and a marketplace to sell your content

March 9, 2017John Aldred

Yes, that’s right. Vimeo now finally supports 360° videos. Although YouTube has supported 360° videos for a while, many have criticised the low quality and high compression often shown. Even when uploading 4K 360° video to YouTube, the already degraded image loses so much more as a result. Facebook’s 360° video suffers from even higher […]

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Photographers mourn over the collapse of Malta’s famous Azure Window

March 8, 2017Dunja Djudjic

World-famous Azure Window in Malta is no more. After heavy storms, the limestone arch collapsed into the sea and vanished completely. Photographers who took their photos are glad they did it while it was still there, and the rest of us are regretting not having a chance to take our own. One of the most […]

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This guy actually made a digital back for his 35mm Nikons out of a Sony NEX camera

March 7, 2017John Aldred

I’ve been following the “digital film” saga for years. There’s been at least 4 failed attempts to get one working, and one hoax. Nikon even filed a patent for one of their own at one point. But besides those early digital film hybrid cameras, none have ever really made it. At one time I thought […]

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Watch: woman pulls a gun on a drone hovering above her house

March 7, 2017Dunja Djudjic

Drones have definitely become common in our everyday lives. There are plenty of their possible uses, from taking photos and videos to making tigers exercise. However, not all of the applications are useful or positive. I’ve often heard that you could use a drone to spy on your neighbors, and apparently, some people do it, […]

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A man smashes high-priced sculpture because of a selfie

March 7, 2017Dunja Djudjic

We already know selfies often go hand in hand with recklessness and stupidity. Japanese contemporary artist Yayoi Kusama felt this on her own skin. Only a few days after opening her exhibition, one of her highly-valued pumpkin sculptures was damaged – because of a selfie. The exhibition “Yayoi Kusama: Infinity Mirrors” was opened in Washington, […]

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Popular Photography and American Photo magazines no longer exist

March 7, 2017Dunja Djudjic

Today is a sad day in photography world: after 80 years, Popular Photography magazine will no longer exist. Its sister magazine American Photo also closes after almost two years of being online-only. The upcoming March 2017/April 2017 will be their last issues, and they won’t even keep the websites alive. Starting from Friday, March 10th, […]

Lightroom Mobile now captures RAW HDR images

March 6, 2017Dunja Djudjic

Adobe Lightroom has released a new feature that allows you to capture HDR images in RAW format on your mobile device. This was previously possible only with DSLR and mirrorless cameras, but now smartphone photographers can use this feature as well. Additionally, if you are a Creative Cloud subscriber, you can sync all the raw […]

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