Prisma is a wildly popular iOS and Android app that uses a mix of neural networks, artificial intelligence and cloud-based machine learning to apply a range of filter effects to photos and videos. The resulting images mimic styles of artists such as Munch or Picasso.
However, even though Prisma effects tend to be located at the more interesting end of the filter spectrum, there is a chance you won't quite find what you are... more
Snap’s IPO is complete and the 5-year-old tech company behind Snapchat is now officially a publicly traded corporation. Shares in Snap have exploded nearly 50% in the stock’s debut today, valuing the company at around $29 billion.
Shares (ticker symbol SNAP) were priced at $17 in the initial public offering, but high demand from investors has driven up the market capitalization of Snap to nearly 3 times what Twitter is worth (~$11 billion). Facebook, which owns Snap... more
40 years ago, Bob Khoury and Warren Steinberg started selling used photo equipment out of a showcase in an Atlanta, Georgia, flea market. Soon they moved to a brick and mortar store which, to incorporate their earlier experience, they called... more
I recently rediscovered an old photography technique that allows you to add surreal color to photos that show movement in the frame. The technique seems to be new in the digital domain, but the technique itself has been known since the early era of digital photography.
Prior to February 2006, if you wanted a camera with a long lens, you had to get something like this. But on the 14th of that month, Panasonic introduced the world's first compact travel zoom camera with optical image stabilization: the Lumix DMC-TZ1, which had a 10x 35-350mm equivalent lens. Where even relatively compact long-zooms like... more
The Canon Powershot G9 X II is the latest iteration of Canon's pocketable 1" sensor enthusiast compact. Featuring a 20MP BSI-CMOS sensor and 24-80mm equivalent F2-4.9 lens, the G9 X II may give up a bit of speed on the tele-end of its range, but makes up for it with its slender design that's great for keeping with you all the time. Check out our sample gallery to see... more
It's a bird! It's a camera! It's actually both and it's really giving us the creeps. Camera pigeons and other odds and ends we found at CP+ 2017 are all highlighted here for your amusement.
Im a wedding photographer, and I love it. I dont shoot anything else and I really dont want to either. In all my career as a freelancer I have shot everything from boxing matches to restaurant interiors. Nothing has ever been as challenging as photographing a wedding.
There does seem to be a general consensus among the public that weddings are where photographers start on their journey to becoming the next Annie Leibowitz. However, Im proud to be a part of a generation that... more
Perfect photographs do not move the heart. David DuChemin, The Vision Driven Photographer
This is one of my favourite photography quotes, in fact one of my favourite quotes generally.
Now Im not for one moment saying that this photograph will move anyones heart. But I am saying that its not perfect. Its hazy and its soft, Im not sure that any of it is in focus. Technically its really not good.
