The photos on the memory card in a DSLR can survive more than what you might think. This past weekend, a man named David McFadyen was exploring Laguna Lake in San Luis Obispo, California, when he found a Canon Rebel T1i DSLR camera on the dry lake bed.
It turns out the camera had been lost two years ago, and the photographs inside managed to survive all that time at the bottom of a lake.
Samsung has today announced two new smartphones in its mobile device line-up. With their large 5.7-inch screens the Galaxy Note 5 and the Galaxy S6 Edge+ both qualify as phablets and share most components, including camera hardware borrowed from the Galaxy S6. Read more (link is external)
Photographer Michael Shainblum (link is external) created this 20-minute step-by-step video showing how he goes about post-processing a Milky Way photograph using Adobe Lightroom CC.
Here’s a before-and-after look at the example photo used in the video above:
Friends often ask for copies of photos you took of them at gatherings, and Apple wants to make it less of a hassle to send those images. The company has developed a new photo sharing system that uses face recognition to automatically figure out who’s in your shots and have the photos sent to them.
Here’s an inspiring 5-minute video in which renowned street photographer Joel Meyerowitz (link is external) talks about his approach and mindset to making photos.
Meyerowitz believes that being aware of what’s going on outside the frame lines of your shot is just as important as knowing what... more (link is external)
When photography enthusiasts John and Sara Jennings found out they were expecting their first child, they decided to get capturing the pregnancy on camera. They shot a series of photos every week for 9 months while they painted a picture and set up the nursery. Afterward, they combined the shots into this creative 3-minute time-lapse video in which Sara gradually gets closer and closer to their daughter’s birth as she’s working on the room.
If you enjoy watching movies about photographers, here’s an upcoming one that you can keep your eye out for: Life is a movie about the friendship between Magnum and Life Magazine photographer Dennis Stock and Hollywood actor James Dean.
The story follows Stock, who receives an assignment to shoot the rising star before the release of the East of Eden (Dean’s first major screen role). As the duo travels across the United States, a friendship develops... more (link is external)
Here’s a camera drone video that has been going viral over the past week: aerial photographer Adam Lancaster was flying his camera drone over Victoria, Australia, recently when a massive 2-meter wedge-tailed eagle decided to confront the intruder in midair. It was captured on camera flying right at the drone and using its talons to “punch the drone out of the sky.”
“This is the last thing a small bird sees when a Wedge-Tailed Eagle decides that you are... more (link is external)
Lighting manufacturers Elinchrom and Phottix are collaborating with the light meter brand Sekonic to establish a common standard for communication between wireless lighting devices. Read more (link is external)
This remarkable photograph shows two Julia Butterflies in Ecuador quenching their thirst by drinking tears from the eyes of two turtles. The turtles calmly allow the butterflies to get refreshment from their eyes ask they bask in the sun on a log. The phenomenon of “tear-feeding” is something known as “... more (link is external)
