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On Sunday, Burt’s Bees co-founder Burt Shavitz passed away at the age of 80. While best known as the face of his popular personal care products, Shavitz actually started his career as a professional photographer.

Before becoming a beekeeper and partnering with businesswoman Roxanne Quimby to launch Burt’s Bees in the 1980s, Shavitz was a New York City-based photographer whose photos were published in magazines such as Time and Life.

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Canon just announced the successor to the Speedlite 430EX II (link is external) flash. The new... more (link is external)

What's more fun than fireworks on the Fourth of July? Fireworks at 960 fps. We grabbed a few slow-motion clips recently with the Sony Cyber-shot DSC-RX100 IV to test out its slow-mo video modes. Take a look at three 960 fps videos and a bonus clip at 240 fps - still pretty neat in our book. See videos (link is external)

Canon has introduced its 430EX III-RT midrange Speedlite. This is the company's second flash to support radio-based wireless TTL (though it acts only as a slave), which offers longer ranges, more flexible positioning, and no line-of-sight requirement like traditional optical wireless flash systems. The 430EX III-RT is also faster, lighter and features refined rear controls, more custom settings, and a built-in catchlight panel.... more (link is external)

Lensbaby is known for their creative art lenses and mobile accessories including the Composer Pro, LM-10, and Velvet 56. Today, the company has announced their latest addition to their product lineup aimed at smartphone photographers. The new Creative Mobile Kit (link is external) includes two lenses:... more (link is external)

A group of Google researchers have created a new system called DeepStereo that can predict views of scenery that it has never seen before. The technology allows a collection of images to be turned into a three-dimensional walkthrough — sophisticated algorithms fill in areas that were absent from the photographs, interpolating the missing frames for a smooth experience.

The 2-minute video above shows some examples of what the system can create using Street View-style still... more (link is external)

Should smartphone cameras be considered “real cameras” when used by journalists? It appears Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s staff members don’t think so. Despite having press credentials, a handful of reporters were denied entry to... more (link is external)

Some photographers find that shooting with a Leica (link is external) camera provides an experience unlike any other. If you happen to be one of those photographers, or possibly a curious individual, we have quite a bit of exciting news. Photography enthusiast Daniel Neal has uploaded a large collection of Leica Photography magazines to the web for public viewing.

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Over the last couple of weeks, the matter of photo contracts has once again been debated. First came Jason Sheldons blog post (link is external), calling Taylor Swift out on her hypocrisy when attacking Apple for demanding musicians give away their music for free while doing the exact same thing to concert photographers in her photo contracts. If youre reading this, youre probably well aware of that whole... more (link is external)

Ricoh has announced a new app called THETA+ for iOS and Android. With THETA+, owners of Ricoh's THETA spherical camera can edit images shot with the device via a smartphone or tablet. The new app is designed to work in tandem with the existing THETA app, which enables shooting and sharing from a smartphone. Read more (link is external)

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