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Cascable is a new iOS app that aims to create a better experience for photographers using Wi-Fi connected cameras. Currently supporting Canon EOS cameras, Cascable provides access to exposure settings and allows for shutter release control from the Apple Watch. Read more (link is external)

What will we do with all the data we accumulate from photos? On a daily basis, Internet juggernauts like Google, Yahoo, Facebook or Microsoft use highly sophisticated deep learning engines to better understand the content of billions of images uploaded, liked and shared. For now, it is to better serve advertising, but what else can be done?

For one, we could generate custom-made photos. Automated photo generating A.I. using all the knowledge acquired about photography —... more (link is external)

Tiger sharks are developing a reputation as the camera thieves of the ocean. One was photographed stealing a camera (link is external) back in 2010, and another was filmed stealing a $15,000 camera rig (link is external) in 2012. Now another one has struck: the 1-minute video above shows a tiger shark snatching an underwater photographer... more (link is external)

The Sony a7R II is the company's newest addition to the popular full-frame mirrorless line, and caused quite a stir with its introduction earlier this month. In this opinion piece technical editor Rishi Sanyal explains exactly why he thinks this camera is potentially groundbreaking in many ways. Read more (link is external)

The shutter fires and your cameras digital image sensor is hit by photon particles, creating a two-dimensional photograph; this process is one that photographers are familiar with in their day to day work. However, when Lytro (link is external) introduced the first commercially available light field camera, the game was... more (link is external)

Sheep Meadow (link is external) in New York City’s Central Park is a popular spot for sleeping and sunbathing, sometimes drawing tens of thousands of people per day. For his project “... more (link is external)

Dear Taylor Swift,

I have read your open letter to Apple (link is external) where you give your reasons for refusing to allow your album 1989 to be included on their forthcoming Apple Music streaming service.

I applaud it. Its great to... more (link is external)

Here’s a daily dose of cuteness: Chris Cardinal (link is external) wanted to document the growth of his two Golden Retriever puppies, Bleu and Colby, so he set up a camera at their food bowls and captured clips of them sprinting to dinner over 9 months from 11 weeks in age to 11 months. Bleu is the... more (link is external)

Sony shook up the camera industry recently with the launch of three new cameras - the Alpha a7R II, Cyber-shot RX100 IV and RX10 II. At the launch event we sat down with Kimio Maki, Sr. General Manager of Sony's Digital Imaging Business Group to speak about the process of designing the a7R II, and what he has learned from customers invested in the a7-series.... more (link is external)

One of the emerging trends in the world of photography is the idea of automated recognition and tagging of things found in photographs. Flickr can now suggest autotags (link is external) for your photos, and Google’s new Photos service (link is external) lets you search... more (link is external)

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