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One of the gripes Star Wars fans have about Episodes 1, 2, 3 is that George Lucas relied heavily on CGI rather than the brilliant practical effects that were found in the original trilogy. Many of the action scenes were simply actors waving light saber sticks around on giant green screen sets.

Here’s what things looked like in the Episode 2 Geonosis execution arena scene “in camera,” before all the computer generated environments, characters, and blaster bolts... more (link is external)

Camera drones got some bad press yesterday after one fell out of the sky and nearly smashed Marcel Hirscher, one of the top skiers in the world.

The Associated Press reports (link is external) that four-time World Cup champion Marcel Hirscher was doing his... more (link is external)

Joe McNally took a photography course as a requirement for his journalism program at Syracuse University. Though his intent at the time was to become a writer, when he picked up a camera he knew immediately things were about to change for him. Find out more about more about how his career and the industry have evolved, and how being at the right place at the right time (with Peter Jennings) kickstarted his work as a freelancer.

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My Gear of the Year isnt a product launched in 2015. Nor is it necessarily the absolute best option available. However, it is the product that Ive grabbed whenever I wasnt committed to something else weve been testing, and its a product Ive really enjoyed.

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If you’re a die hard fan of both Star Wars and photography, ThinkGeek is selling Star Wars camera bags with looks inspired by Darth Vader and Chewbacca.

Both bags have 360-degrees of padding that help protect your valuable gear. There are 3 adjustable padded dividers that let you customize the compartments. There’s also a utility section for storing other accessories — things like your phone, pen, and memory cards.

It’s a bag that helps “store... more (link is external)

France has passed a new law designed to combat anorexia in fashion modeling and unrealistic body images in fashion photography.

Introduced back in March and passed as law last week, the new “skinny-model ban” (link is external), as it’s called,... more (link is external)

You’ve probably seen countless photos by now of astronauts working inside and outside the International Space Station, but sometimes it’s hard to get a sense of scale when the photos don’t show much of the station. If you’d like an idea of just how big the station is, check out this photo of American astronaut Kjell Lindgren working on it.

Don’t see Lindgren? Here he is:

And the photo above only shows a small portion of the entire... more (link is external)

The essence of street photography is about documenting everyday life and society on the streets. You can find opportunities to practice street photography everywhere and you don’t necessarily need to travel to capture great shots.

Its a genre of photography usually done candidly without permission and without your subjects knowledge. However, street photography doesnt rule out staged pictures. You may spot an interesting character that catches your vision; you can wander... more (link is external)

While photographing a Ontario Reign hockey game in the American Hockey League this past weekend, a sports photographer accidentally dropped his lens hood through a small cutout in the glass around the rink. As you can see in the short clip above, the hood fell onto the ice and was confused for a puck by the players. The game had the be stopped while the refs retrieved the hood and returned it to the embarrassed photographer. Oops.

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DxO is bringing its OpticsPro software to Apple's consumer-friendly Photos software (link is external) for OSX. This $10 extension (link is external) for Apple's Photos app gives users full access to all of DxO's Optics Modules, which can correct optical distortion and aberrations as well as improving dynamic range and removing haze... more (link is external)

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