Enormous and rare Canon mount 1000mm NASA lens goes up for sale

When it comes to photography, there are many out there who believe that size matters. For photography collector Jim Headley, it definitely seems true. Built to record space launches from a safe distance, this monster of a lens is a NASA-made Birns and Sawyer 1000mm f/4.5. It’s 25cm in diameter (10″), 1.3m long (4’6″) and […]

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Panasonic unveil the super fast wide angle Leica DG Summilux 12mm f/1.4 lens

Panasonic have announced a new ultra fast, wide lens built for professional daily use.  The Panasonic Leica DG Summilux 12mm f/1.4 ASPH lens for Micro Four Thirds cameras seems built to meet the needs of demanding photographers and filmmakers who need maximum resolution and low light performance. Giving the equivalent field of view as that of […]

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Instagram Grids– Hot or Not?

Grids. Banners. Cubes. Whatever you call them. More and more companies and individuals have been jumping onto this trend since the Summer of 2015. The owners of these instagram accounts segment one photo into typically 3, 6, 9, 12+, square blocks and post them in a progressive order, typically by using some apps that make it…

Getty files Copyright suit over stolen photo resale scheme on Facebook

Getty Images has filed a copyright infringement suit against Ohio man, Walter A. Kowalczuk for allegedly downloading as many as 3,400 high resolution images from Getty’s servers without permission which he then resold through a private group on Facebook. According to PDN, Getty’s claim against Kowalczuk, filed June 8th in US District Court in Cleveland, states […]

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Open Letter – How Absolutely Amazing Remask Can Be With These 5 Improvements

I am a big advocate for doing everything retoucher needs to do with a few tools as possible. Masking is one of this things that can be perfectly done on Photoshop. There is a range of tools and ways to approach masking from very basic raw selections to precisely calculated and adjusted masks. So you […]

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If you can only get one backdrop for your studio, grey is what you want and here’s why

When setting up a studio, one of the more difficult decisions that a newer studio shooter must make is which backdrop to get.  More often than not, it’s which backdrops (plural) should they get? Photographer Joe Edelman is going to make it a real easy decision for you with this very informative video.  You don’t […]

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