Category: news

Here’s The First Known Photograph Of The ISS Transiting The Moon During A Lunar Eclipse

Tiffany Mueller

If you’re like me, your social media and news feeds were chock full of some great (and some not so great) shots of last night’s supermoon/total solar eclipse. Sadly for me, we had some pretty terrible weather and clouds that made my eclipse gazing plans non-existent–and I really had my heart set on trying to […]

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Side By Side Comparison Of Nine Generations Of iPhone Cameras Including The iPhone 6S

Tiffany Mueller

Last year we shared some photos that compared the camera quality of every iPhone ever made. The comparison shots were taken by Camera+ co-founder, Lisa Bettany, and being the mobile photography enthusiast she is, Bettany has updated her collection of iPhone comparison shots to include the newly announced iPhone 6s. As you’ve probably heard, the […]

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A First Look: The Apple iPhone 6s Plus

Brian Matiash

On Friday, September 25th, Apple released the next addition to their industry-shaking smartphone, the iPhone. Customers who were fast enough to preorder either the iPhone 6s and/or the iPhone 6s Plus either queued up in front of their local Apple Store or had a courier deliver their unit(s) to their doors. For the past year, I’ve […]

Donald Trump Learns A Lesson In Framing: Loses It With Photographer Shooting Lots Of Empty Chairs On His Speech

Udi Tirosh

Donald Trump is many thing, but gentle-tempered is probably not one of them. On his Wednesday  speech in a South Carolina ballroom AP photographer Mic Smith took a photo of the ballroom looking half empty with all the back chairs being unoccupied. That photo was used by news outlets like the NYTimes and  businessinsider to suggest that Trump […]

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NASA Photographs Supersonic Schockwaves From Earth; Says You Can Too With Only $3000 Of Consumer Level Gear

Tiffany Mueller

Here’s some exciting potential for the astrophotography and/or science enthusiasts out there. NASA has announced they have been experimenting with different types of Schlieren based photography techniques to help them photograph things we typically can’t see, such as air density gradients and, in this case, supersonic schockwaves left behind by a moving aircarft. “Researchers at […]

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Woman receives $117,500 in settlement after being arrested for recording police

Liron Samuels

An Illinois woman, who was arrested and charges were filed against her after she recorded police officers on her friend’s property without their consent, decided to fight back and stand up for her rights. Ironically enough the officers themselves were not given permission to enter the property in the first place. Additionally, the Illinois Eavesdropping […]

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Study finds the average photojournalist is male, self-employed, earns little but happy

Liron Samuels

Have you ever wondered how you compare to other news photographers? Perhaps you’ve felt that you’re earning less than your colleagues or that your occupation is especially dangerous? A new study on the state of photojournalistic practice, conducted by the University of Stirling and the University of Oxford’s Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism […]

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This is the impact Sony’s New Uncompressed Raw Firmware Will Have On Your Photos

Udi Tirosh

About a week ago, Sony announced that the A7RII and the A7SII will gain the ability to record uncompressed 14-bit RAW still images. This is a change vs. the previous ability to record only compressed RAW files at 14 bits. DPreview did a thorough analysis on the difference between those two options and sure enough there are […]

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This is the impact Sony’s New Uncompressed Raw Firmware Will Have On Your Photos

Udi Tirosh

About a week ago, Sony announced that the A7RII and the A7SII will gain the ability to record uncompressed 14-bit RAW still images. This is a change vs. the previous ability to record only compressed RAW files at 14 bits. DPreview did a thorough analysis on the difference between those two options and sure enough there are […]

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