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Instagram says timelines will ‘soon’ be curated, ending its perfectly chronological feeds

Gannon Burgett

It was only a matter of time. Today, Instagram announced it is killing off one of its most defining features, the purely chronological timeline. Soon, Instagram will go the route of Facebook and become a curated feed. Much like Facebook’s own switch to curated feeds, Instagram will inevitably receive backlash. And rightly so. Instagram has […]

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Affinity Photo and Affinity Designer coming soon to Windows

John Aldred

Mac owners have had the opportunity to make use of applications Affinity Photo and Affinity Designer for almost a year now, but that the software has only been available for the Mac has been a frustration for Windows based photographers stuck in the Adobe world with no real viable alternative. Now, that’s all about to change, with Serif’s announcement today that […]

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Get ready: Next year’s total solar eclipse will be the first to cover the entire continental U.S. in 38 years

Gannon Burgett

Next year year, the moon will once again pass in front of the sun. This time though, the moon will be casting its shadow across the entirety of North America, giving photographers across the United States a perfect opportunity to capture the first total solar eclipse visible in the contiguous United States in 38 years. […]

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World’s first feature length “first person shooter” movie coming soon, to a theatre near you

John Aldred

Shot almost entirely on GoPro cameras, and several years in the making, Hardcore Henry is hoping to set a new standard in action movies. Described by Engadget as “A mix of Jason Bourne, Captain America, and Call of Duty”, it definitely looks like it’ll be different from pretty much every action movie we’ve ever seen so far. […]

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Award Winning “Legend Behind the Lens” photographer, Gary Braasch dies on Great Barrier Reef

John Aldred

Reuters have reported that American photographer Gary Braasch, has died on Monday while snorkelling at the Great Barrier Reef. Gary had spent 40 years working for publications such as TIME, National Geographic, Life, and the New York Times Magazine, as well as being a Nikon “Legend Behind the Lens”. A long time climate change campaigner, Braasch spent […]

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The ultimate Lightroom film look presets comparison

John Aldred

When it comes to getting the look of film, or something even vaguely resembling film, I’m one of those who would sooner just pick up an old Nikkormat, load a roll, and go shoot it, than to try and recreate the effect in post. That being said, the speed, cost and convenience of shooting digital undoubtedly gives […]

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53 Free Wings for Compositing

Udi Tirosh

More great news today, we are trying something new with the store: Splash packages We are still running our 30% off sale and we are doing our first splash package. This is a FREE wings for compositing package available for 24 hours only. Then we take i…