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French Photojournalist faces criminal charges over image of Paris attack victim

John Aldred

Photojournalist Maya Vidon-White is facing criminal charges over her photo of a man who was killed during the November terror attacks in Paris after the man’s family filed charges against the Paris based photographer. Stating that the publication of the image caused the family emotional damage, press freedom advocates argue that Vidon-White has been wrongfully targeted […]

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Google’s new Gigapixel Art Camera plans to catalogue the art world in ultra high resolution

John Aldred

Google, the company that wants to catalogue and index the entire planet has expanded its view into the world of fine art paintings from the lights of Monet and Van Gogh with their new Gigapixel Art Camera. More akin to a large format scanning back than the sensor inside your DSLR, this camera certainly isn’t intended […]

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Google’s new Gigapixel Art Camera plans to catalogue the art world in ultra high resolution

John Aldred

Google, the company that wants to catalogue and index the entire planet has expanded its view into the world of fine art paintings from the lights of Monet and Van Gogh with their new Gigapixel Art Camera. More akin to a large format scanning back than the sensor inside your DSLR, this camera certainly isn’t intended […]

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Iranian models fled the country after posting “indecent selfies”; other arrested

Udi Tirosh

Spider II is not a reboot of a superhero movie, it is a name given by the Iranian government to an operation targeting models who are posting online in “un-Islamic” ways. AP reports that eight models were arrested for posting photo on-line which out a Hijab – a traditional face (and sometimes body) cover. According […]

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We gave 44 Photoshop artists the same set of crazy files, here is what they came up with

Udi Tirosh

Compositing is not easy, and having solid restraints make is even harder. A week ago we gave you a huge files package and asked to come up with something awesome. The first place reward, other than the obvious bragging rights, was a Wacom Intuos Pro and $2500 of textures goodness. We have 44 submissions, and it […]

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Taiwan model drowns during underwater photoshoot

John Aldred

Popular Taiwanese model, Olivia Ku, has drowned during an underwater photo shoot near Hengchun Township in Taiwan’s Pingtung County. Local authorities said to Taipei Times that further investigation is required to determine the exact cause of the accident, but it has been suggested that Ku was asked to remove her breathing apparatus for a photograph, which […]

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YouTube for iOS goes cardboard finally adding full support for both 360 degree and 3D Video

John Aldred

Today, as is the case most days, I check out my phone to see that I have an app update.  Given the number of iOS apps I’ve used over the years that have suddenly become useless, unstable, or removed significant features with newer versions, I’ve disabled automatic app updates. Upon seeing that an update was […]

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Filmmakers Ruining Grand Prismatic Spring in Yellowstone

Udi Tirosh

It seems that these kinds of reports are getting all too common. And this makes me sad. Buckrail reports that On Saturday afternoon, four men ran out onto the Grand Prismatic Spring in Yellowstone National Park. Since one of the folks had a glidecam in hand, I can only assume that he was a videographer. The person […]

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Photo capturing the Sun, ISS and Mercury in a single frame

Udi Tirosh

No, this is not a TIE fighter gong over the sun, it is the International Space Station. And while getting a shot of the ISS over the sun is competently doable, getting that shot with Mercury in the frame is an epic effort. Engineer and photographer Thierry Legault took this composite of the ISS, Sun and Mercury […]

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Photo capturing the Sun, ISS and Mercury in a single frame

Udi Tirosh

No, this is not a TIE fighter gong over the sun, it is the International Space Station. And while getting a shot of the ISS over the sun is competently doable, getting that shot with Mercury in the frame is an epic effort. Engineer and photographer Thierry Legault took this composite of the ISS, Sun and Mercury […]

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