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Here’s a simple tip that’ll come in particularly handy for the smartphone photographers out there: you can use an old phone’s LCD screen as a cheap, portable polarizing filter.

The tip comes to us from the... more

This historic photograph was captured in 1861, on a day when the United States teetered on the brink of Civil War and Abraham Lincoln was being sworn in as the country’s 16th president. And yesterday, one of the few prints of the photo in existence... more

The Slow Mo Guys have captured some amazing things for their YouTube channelincluding... more

It isnt often that your hobby and your career collide but recently that is just what happened to me. Photography is my hobby. Fraud and Security management is my profession. So when I learned that cameras were used to launch one of the largest cyber attacks in history, I was intrigued.

It All Started with a Blog Post

One of my favorite blogs to read is... more

Tragic news from Mexico this week. Gifted Canadian artist and photographer Barbara McClatchie Andrews, 74, was found dead on the side of the road last Friday. Her suspected assailant is now in custody.

Warning: Parts of this story are graphic, proceed at your own risk.

Ms. McClatchie Andrews was allegedly killed by the airport bus driver who was transporting her from Cancun to her home in Merida. A passing farmer spotted her body on the side of... more

PhotoPlus Expo 2016 will offer attendees a total of 22 photo walks over a three-day span, giving them the opportunity to learn different skills and gain experience from top educators and photographers, including Me Ra Koh, Jen Rozenbaum, Michael Grecco, Brooke Shaden and Matt Kloskowski. The Photo Walk tours are scheduled to take... more

Say it with me folks: Holy Bokeh Batman! Back in 2014, photographer Matt Granger got his hands on the Canon 50mm f/1.0a legend of a lens that’s accurately... more

From a pure design standpoint, Sony's a6500 look all that flashy at first glance, but don't let the looks fool you. It may look like an a6300, but with 5-axis in-body image stabilization, a touchscreen for focus point placement (even with your eye to the finder), and an improved processor that brings an extensive buffer and instant image playback/review to the Alpha line, it's a compact force to be reckoned with. Get the low-down in our overview video. 

Being an Army Photographer means multitasking in the most stressful and dangerous of circumstances: swapping between camera and rifle while taking fire. In this video, British Army Photographer Rupert Frere gives us... more

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