Travelers often collect photographs of themselves visiting beautiful locations around the world. “Shiki: Landscape and Beyond” is a project that features photos of a 5-foot tree in scenic spots.
Google’s annual I/O conference is famous for giving attendees free phones, tablets, and laptops over the years. In case you haven’t heard, Adobe has the same tradition going on with its Adobe MAX conference. At the MAX 2015 conference in Los Angeles earlier this month, Adobe gave everyone who attended a free Fujifilm X-T10 mirrorless camera and an 18-55mm kit lens. It’s... more
After several years of trial and error, I finally have a complete RAW photography workflow in Linux that I am happy with.
The applications in this workflow arent just native to Linux, they are also free, open source software (FOSS). There is no need to dual boot, use WINE or a virtual machine. Its a pure FOSS photography workflow running in Linux.
Storm chaser and time-lapse photographer Mike Olbinski has been turning his camera lens on the monsoon in Arizona for about 7 years, and this past summer he spent a whopping 48 days chasing storms. After 17,000 miles driven and 105,000 photos captured, Olbinski combined 55,000 of the best shots... more
If you want to prevent your GoPro lens from fogging up when you’re in cold and humid environments, GoPro sells Anti-Fog Inserts that you can stick into your camera case. If you’d rather not pay $15 for 4-use inserts, you can actually make some... more
UMass student photojournalist Alec Zabrecky covered the college football game this past weekend between the Massachusetts Minutemen and the Kent State Golden Flashes. In addition to shooting stills of the action, Zabrecky also mounted a GoPro to his DSLR’s hot shoe to capture footage... more
Sony has gradually been updating its Alpha line of full frame mirrorless cameras, and the a7S II is the latest to get the update treatment. The original a7S gained a bit of a cult following as an outstanding HD video camera, thanks to its full sensor readout, outstanding HD video, and impressive low light capability. As a result, it should come as no surprise that Sony has largely aimed the a7S II at the videography crowd.... more
Hyperspectral cameras can see things in the world that the human eyes can’t by capturing information from across the electromagnetic spectrum beyond visible light. This type of technology has all kinds of interesting applications — researchers are using the cameras to uncover secrets in old documents and paintings, for example.
Photographers and other journalists covering the ongoing Israeli-Palestinian violence are on high alert this weekend after an Israeli soldier was stabbed on Friday, October 16th, 2015, by a Palestinian attacker who was posing as a local photojournalist.
26-year-old Eyad Awawdeh was reportedly wearing a neon vest over a T-shirt with the word “PRESS” on the front and back and... more
