Stunning Time Lapse of the Fire-Engulfed Luxury Hotel in Dubai

Countless people, and among them many photographers, flocked to the vicinity of Dubai’s Burj Khalifa to get a good view of one of the most impressive fireworks displays on the planet. As you probably know by now, a nearby building caught on fire a few hours before the fireworks began and grabbed much of the […]

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Photo of the Day: Euro Nights

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How a perfectly composed and chaotic New Year’s photo went viral

What do you do when you’re the one responsible for making a photo go viral across the globe? Well, if you’re Roland Hughes, Senior Producer for BBC’s website, you document every facet of the experience and share how a single image hidden in a gallery of a local newspaper skyrocketed into popularity with the help […]

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Drone Blender is the Perfect Precursor to CES 2016

Mitch over at Planet 5D sent me this video of a drone turned blender and shot in super slow motion at 1500fps on the Phantom Miro camera. With CES 2016 kicking off this week, it is the perfect intro to the onslaught of drone tech we are going to see the rest of the week. Aside […]

Instagram brings 3D Touch-like functionality to Android

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 […]

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‘Size Matters’: Two photographers try to charm a woman — with photo gear

We’ll go ahead and avoid the argument of whether size matters (in photography, of course) and simply introduce this hilarious little short by photographer Serge Ramelli. Simply titled ‘Size Matters’ the three minute video depicts two photographers battling it out for the attention of a red-haired woman reading a book at the park they happen […]

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This 6mm thin camera fits inside your wallet

Cameras have been getting smaller and smaller with each passing year. This particular one might just take the cake though–at least in the thinness category. Meet the Paper Retro Camera, a 6mm thin cardboard camera that’s fully capable of capturing 1.3-megapixel stills, 720p video and audio. With a still image resolution of 1,280 × 1,024 […]

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10 Tips for New Drone Flyers

Drones are really a lot of fun once you safely learn to fly them. Here are a few important tips to help you get up and flying. I didn’t list them in any particular order, so be sure to read through all of them before you get started.