Category: news

Instagram brings 3D Touch-like functionality to Android

Gannon Burgett

When Apple introduced its new iPhone lineup this past September one of the stand-out features was a display technology called ‘3D Touch.’ Designed to make touchscreen displays more valuable in terms of user interaction through pressure sensitive displays, the software/hardware hybrid functionality allows developers to make more rich interactions for their applications. With the exception […]

The post Instagram brings 3D Touch-like functionality to Android appeared first on DIY Photography.

Was This The Most Inappropriate Selfie of 2015?

Liron Samuels

As millions of people around the world were gathering to watch the New Year’s Eve fireworks extravaganzas, a fire broke out in a Dubai skyscraper near the iconic Burj Khalifa – the world’s tallest structure and the highlight of the city’s upcoming fireworks display. As the fire spread so did the photos and videos spectators […]

The post Was This The Most Inappropriate Selfie of 2015? appeared first on DIY Photography.

Film beat out GoPros and drones as the best-selling photo gear on Amazon this holiday season

Gannon Burgett

Amazon has become the go-to place for holiday shopping. This year was no exception, with the Seattle-based web retailer raking in record numbers of Prime subscriptions, hardware purchases and, most importantly, overall revenue. One of the most interesting tidbits in Amazon’s annual holiday sales report is the product that takes the top spot in the […]

The post Film beat out GoPros and drones as the best-selling photo gear on Amazon this holiday season appeared first on DIY Photography.

Fox News set to defend itself in court over use of 9/11 images on Facebook

Gannon Burgett

The news has become the news. January 11th, 2016, Fox News will battle it out in the courtroom against North Jersey Media Group, publisher of The Record and the Herald News, over copyright claims that state Fox News used iconic images from the 9/11 attacks on the World Trade Center without permission. The image in question […]

The post Fox News set to defend itself in court over use of 9/11 images on Facebook appeared first on DIY Photography.

Two tourists arrested for flying drone above Vatican

Gannon Burgett

If there’s one place you shouldn’t be flying drones without permission, it’s over the Vatican. Two Israeli tourists learned this the hard way when local police officers arrested them for flying a drone over Pope Francis’ residence to capture vacation photos of St. Peter’s Square and the Tiber River. According to the Daily Mail, two 33-year-old […]

The post Two tourists arrested for flying drone above Vatican appeared first on DIY Photography.

‘Do What the F*ck You Want’ is the image licensing option you’ve never heard of

Gannon Burgett

You’ve probably heard of the different variations of Creative Commons and Public Domain licenses. But did you know there are other, lesser known licenses available for use? One such license is the WTFPL—better known as the Do What the F*ck You Want to Public License. Written and released in March 2000 by Banlu Kemiyatorn, this […]

The post ‘Do What the F*ck You Want’ is the image licensing option you’ve never heard of appeared first on DIY Photography.

This Crazy Shot Parkours Through A Car Windows And Emerges From The Other Side

Udi Tirosh

Usually we see Parkour artists being shot with gimbals, I think this is the first time where we are featuring a parkour artist which IS the gimbal.  Steadycam operator gimbal ninja posted a behind the scenes showing him taking a complex shot while following a cyclist getting ran over. The Twist? The camera operator jumps through two […]

The post This Crazy Shot Parkours Through A Car Windows And Emerges From The Other Side appeared first on DIY Photography.