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Kylie Jenner is being accused of stealing other peoples concepts and ideas…again

John Aldred

It’s not the first time Kylie Jenner’s been accused of stealing other peoples ideas. She’s been accused of copying lipstick formulas form other companies. She’s also been accused of stealing a makeup artist’s eyeshadow palette for her “KyShadows”, as well as imagery from LA make-up artist Vlada Haggerty. You might remember Vlada. We featured a post […]

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British insurance company turns drones into flying street lamps

John Aldred

British insurance company Direct Line is getting into the drone business. More specifically, they’re getting into the “mounting lights on drones” business. Ok, so this isn’t entirely photography related but it does hold some cool potential for photographers. Direct Line have teamed up with a bunch of drone experts to come up with what they’re […]

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Travel instagram copycat suspected to be a staged attention grabbing hoax

John Aldred

For those of you who haven’t been paying much attention for the last couple of weeks, there’s been a bit of an Instagram stalking thing going on. At least, that’s the story being portrayed. Instagrammer Lauren Bullen has a very large following. She travels the world and documents her adventures. “Diana Alexa” is, apparently, following in her footsteps. […]

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Adobe is photoshopping voice now – new tech lets you change human recordings

Udi Tirosh

You know that whole “was this photo shopped” debate? Well, things are going to get much worse. Adobe just showed a new tech they call VoCo. Here is how Adobe describes it: “#VoCo allows you to change words in a voiceover simply by typing new words“. And the demo that Adobe showed in AdobeMAX did exactly […]

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Adorama TV’s “Top Photographer” turns the cameras on photographers.

Patrick Shipstad

In case you missed the announcement buzzing around photo sites a couple months ago, Adorama and photographer Nigel Barker put out a casting call looking for photographers to compete in a new reality series/competition called “Top Photographer with Nigel Barker”. In this  five part web series, each episode revolves around a specific photo genre that […]

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GoPro hit back against recent bad karma with new Hero5 video telemetry overlay features

John Aldred

GoPro haven’t been having a great time of things lately. Share prices are down, sales are down, the Hero4 Black was practically usurped by a competitor at half the cost. The Karma’s been recalled, and the Hero5 Black wasn’t as impressive or as revolutionary as customers might’ve hoped for. But now, GoPro have surprised us […]

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GoPro hit back against recent bad karma with new Hero5 video telemetry overlay features

John Aldred

GoPro haven’t been having a great time of things lately. Share prices are down, sales are down, the Hero4 Black was practically usurped by a competitor at half the cost. The Karma’s been recalled, and the Hero5 Black wasn’t as impressive or as revolutionary as customers might’ve hoped for. But now, GoPro have surprised us […]

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Edelkrone adds motors and motion control from your phone to the SliderONE

John Aldred

Edelkrone’s popular SliderONE is a pretty elegant and well made slider. Introduced at the end of 2015, the SliderONE is perhaps a little on the short side for some. But, when you only need to move small distances, it does its job extremely well. One thing it has lacked thus far, though, is any kind of […]

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An open letter to vicars and priests from the wedding photographer

Clare Adams

Dear Vicar, I am writing an open letter to Vicars. Not all Vicars, I hasten to add, but unfortunately it’s becoming such a regular occurrence, that I feel compelled to write to all those that it applies. You do not have to be religious to understand the depths of human spirit that a Church ceremony […]

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8 camera manufacturers compete in this Great JPEG Shootout

John Aldred

Knowing how well our camera produces jpg files might not be a high priority for a lot of photographers. If you’re only shooting raw, then what does it matter, right? Well, there are still a lot out there shooting jpg, and even pros may switch over to jpg for less important tasks. So, The Camera […]

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