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Watch An Antelope Knocking a Phantom Drone Out Of The Sky

Udi Tirosh

Done and nature don’t always play nice together. We’ve see drones being attacked by chimpanzees, eagles and lions, but this is the first time we are seeing a drone being knocked down by an antelope. According to KGW photographer Travis Higgins was flying a drone in Clarendon, Texas when he spotted a Pronghorn Antelope resting and minding its own […]

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Sony World Photography Awards 2016 Shortlists Announced, And They Are Awesome!

John Aldred

The shortlists for the world’s biggest photography competition, the 2016 Sony World Photography Awards has been released this week. This year’s competition has broken all records this year, receiving a massive 230,201 entries, up 28% on last year. The Sony World Photography Awards is split into four separate photography competitions for Professional, Open, Youth and […]

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You can now censor parts of video directly in YouTube’s Creator Studio

Gannon Burgett

Today, YouTube unveiled a new custom blurring tool to its online video editing platform Creator Studio. This new tool lets you select an object to blur and keep it blurred throughout the entirety of the video. The new tool is located under the Enhancements portion of Creator Studio. Simply choose the custom blurring option, let […]

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University of Missouri Assistant Professor Who Assaulted Photographer Has Been Fired

John Aldred

One would think that with a surname like “Click”, a person might be more sympathetic toward photographers, especially when that person is also Assistant Professor of Mass Media at the University of Missouri. Some of you will remember the story from November last year, of Dr. Melissa Click’s tussle with journalists attempting to interview and photograph students during a protest on the […]

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Twin Rear Cameras On Smartphones Brings Optical Zoom Quality With no Moving Parts

John Aldred

According to Israeli company, Corephotonics, while mobile sensor resolution increases, the effective resolution and image quality of cameras in mobile devices remains relatively low. Although the technology is improving with each new generation of smartphones that gets released, as well as other oddities, things like motion blur, lack of optical zoom, low light performance and focus issues still […]

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Defiant photographer almost gets taken out by Formula 1 car in pit lane

Gannon Burgett

Getting credentials to any Foruma 1 event is a notable achievement. Thus, when presented with the opportunity, it’s best to act in a professional manner and not get in the way of the teams and drivers when they’re going about their business. During this week’s pre-season testing in Barcelona, it appears one photographer didn’t abide […]

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Pension and Welfare: Why you need to take notice?

Pamela Ann Berry

One of the considerations of the future of the photo industry is Pension & Welfare for crew members. Historically, this hasn’t been on the radar within the photo industry. States are now requiring and enforcing Pension & Welfare for photo productions. This tax liability used to just be reserved for productions like TV, Commercials, and […]