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Software makes selfiels look as if they were taken with a 200mm lens

Udi Tirosh

If you have the way you look in selfies, here are some good news for you. Firstly you are not alone. big noses, aquashed ears and weak chins makes selfies looks less attractive (maybe this is why duck face is so common). Secondly, this may change as researchers at Princeton University developed an algorithm to convert […]

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Photographer shoots Great Balls of Fire which turn to be a Chinese spaceship reentry

Udi Tirosh

Photographer Ian Norman was out on shooting some night skies photo in Alabama Hills near Lone Pine, California. The photos are gorgeous (as you can see below), which is pretty usual up till now. But some time into the shoot Ian notices a huge fireball over the Sierra Nevada mountains. While Ian’s “big guns” gear was not setup […]

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Plotagraph converts any JPEG into a mesmerizing cinematograph

Udi Tirosh

If you like Cinematographs, you are going to love Plotagraph. In a nutshell, Plotagraph can convert any single JPEG into a cinematograph. This is great news to anyone who likes Cinematographs because creating those is a tedious and cumbersome process while (at least judging by the tutorial) Plotagraph is fast and very intuitive. Actually it requires no premiere/photoshop/after effect know how. […]

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Biker shooting a 20 stairs BMX jump trick confronts security and removes security cart (with guard) from road

Udi Tirosh

Remember that guy in the truck who tried to kill that photographer and eventually got charged with felony? This is kinda the same, only instead of a guy, it’s a girl, instead of a car it’s a golf cart, and instead of the guy trying to kill the photographer, it’s the photo crew almost killing the girl! We hate it when […]

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Biker shooting a 20 stairs BMX jump trick confronts security and removes security cart (with guard) from road

Udi Tirosh

Remember that guy in the truck who tried to kill that photographer and eventually got charged with felony? This is kinda the same, only instead of a guy, it’s a girl, instead of a car it’s a golf cart, and instead of the guy trying to kill the photographer, it’s the photo crew almost killing the girl! We hate it when […]

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Facebook posts its Open Source 3D 360 camera rig and software to GitHub

John Aldred

Facebook first introduced the world to Surround 360 in April. It’s a 3D 360° camera rig that shoots up to 8K footage per eye. They announced at launch that all the designs and software would be coming to GitHub this summer and it’s finally here. Built using 17 4MP cameras, it has a total cost of […]

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Microsoft just gave us the ultimate point & shoot app for phone photography

John Aldred

The promotional video for Microsoft’s new Pix app is very impressive. Sure, sometimes you want to get as much control as you can, so you fire up Camera+ or 645 Pro. Sometimes, though, you just want to bring up the app and grab a half decent snap. Now, Microsoft have now launched Pix, a camera application […]

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Microsoft just gave us the ultimate point & shoot app for phone photography

John Aldred

The promotional video for Microsoft’s new Pix app is very impressive. Sure, sometimes you want to get as much control as you can, so you fire up Camera+ or 645 Pro. Sometimes, though, you just want to bring up the app and grab a half decent snap. Now, Microsoft have now launched Pix, a camera application […]

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Models Beware!

Jake Hicks

For the second time in as many months somebody has tried to use my images to deceive models about their skill level in photography. Because of this deception it’s certainly no giant leap to accuse these individuals of ill intent, especially if they are actively seeking out images of models in their underwear in their […]

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Getty asks photographer to pay for her own photo, photographer responds with $1 billion lawsuit

John Aldred

Getty can be pretty quick to send out infringement letters, as well they should. In the case of a real infringement, they absolutely must be protecting the rights of their contributors. But what happens when Getty screws up and sends an infringement notice to the creator of the photograph? What then happens if Getty also try […]

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