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It might not be much, but the latest industry figures from trade body CIPA suggest the camera market may have finally bottomed-out.

Shipments of digital cameras with built-in lenses were flat, compared with the same period in 2016. This may not sound positive, but it comes after 21 consecutive quarters of year-on-year sales declines. On top of this, the value of these shipments was up by 7%, compared with the the same period last year.

Meanwhile, shipments of... more (link is external)

Some of the wildlife photos you've seen may not have been taken 'in the wild,' thanks to game farms with captive animals.

I recently needed a way to trigger a flash from an Electron (link is external) app, but there wasn’t anything out there that suited my needs… so I built my own.

At first I thought there would be a flash with a simple... more (link is external)

Last month saw one of the coolest photo-themed light shows in New York City’s history. In celebration of their 150th anniversary... (link is external)more (link is external)

As wedding photographers, we often work in conditions that are far from perfect. We also often need to make decisions in a split second so the day runs smoothly for the bride and groom. Everyone of us is also afraid of doing something that may prevent us from completing the job. And unfortunately… that happened to me. I fell into a fountain.

Im one of those people who learns new things the hard way: from my own mistakes. And Im actually quite happy that this accident has... more (link is external)

Photographer and filmmaker Andrew Studer (link is external) recently photographed something stupid and illegal: someone flying a drone right next to a lava spout in Hawaii Volcanoes National Park. Fortunately for us, the... more (link is external)

Hang around a group of landscape photographers long enough, and you’ll undoubtedly hear them talking about location scouting.

As the saying goes, understanding your subject better will improve your photographs of that subject. This is true for all kinds of photography (wildlife, architectural, portrait), and landscapes are no exception. Location scouting is the process of getting to know a particular landscape better, and is an important aspect of improving your landscape... more (link is external)

Just days after Instagram announced (link is external) that they had reached a whopping 700 million users,... more (link is external)

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Chinese optical manufacturer Anhui ChangGeng Optical Technology Company Limited, or Venus Optics, has released more details of a forth-coming lens it claims will be the widest rectilinear F2 for the Micro Four Thirds system. The Laowa 7.5mm F2 MFT was... more (link is external)

We tend to treat the ethics of taking photographs in a very much black and white fashion. We judge “He should never have shot that” or alternatively “She is on firm ground shooting that, it is OK” and then arguments revolve around that, never resolving anything.

We see Rules Written and Guidelines and so on, to protect people. In the... (link is external)more (link is external)

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