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The iPhone camera just received praise from a rather unexpected source. Former Google SVP Vic Gundotra has glowing things to say about his iPhone 7’s photo capabilities,... more

The visual record left behind by the United States Farm Security Administration (FSA) photographers has, according to New York Times critic Charles Hagen, come to represent one of the most ambitious attempts ever made to depict a society in photographs (Hagen, 1985).

Leading the FSAs Historical Section was Roy Stryker, a Columbia-trained economist. Though Stryker was not a photographer himself, he understood the power that images could have in economic argument and the... more

Vic Gundotra was an SVP of engineering at Google for almost eight years before leaving the company in 2014, and heavily involved in running Google's mobile initiatives. However, despite being one of the main drivers behind Android from 2007 to 2010, Gundotra appears to prefer Apple's iPhones over Android devices, at least for photography.

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Last week, Leica confirmed that the newly-released Leica TL2 had a serious issue: when used with the company's Visoflex electronic viewfinder, the camera could simply stop working... permanently. Fortunately, the company has come up... more

Youve probably used Hue/Saturation/Lightness adjustment layers in Photoshop before, but there’s likely more to it than you may have known. This 8-minute video from f64 Academy... more

DPReview has partnered with the TWiT Network (named after its flagship show, This Week in Tech) to produce a regular segment for The New Screen Savers, a popular weekend show hosted by technology guru Leo Laporte.

On this week's episode of The New Screen Savers, the hosts discussed emojis, action... more

When photography enthusiast Martijn van Oers stumbled upon an original 1929 Zeiss Ikon 520/2 medium-format camera at a second-hand store, he didn't expect to find an old roll of used film inside. The film, marked only with the word 'EXPOS,' was made between the 1940s and 1970s, and the roll didn't provide any clues about what lay hidden inside.

As Oers explains in a recent post on... more

Episode 198 of thePetaPixel Photography Podcast.
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Astronomy Photographer of the Year 2017 shortlist

A Battle We Are Losing Haitong Yu (China)

The Milky Way rises ominously above a small radio telescope from a large array at Miyun Station, National Astronomical Observatory of China, in the suburbs of Beijing. The image depicts the ever-growing light pollution we now experience, which... more

Here’s a 6-minute video in whichphotographer and retoucher Nino Batistalooks at some of the most common retouching mistakes that amateur photographers tend to make. Eliminate... more

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