Photography News

In this 8-minute video by Macroscope Pictures, learn how to build a color changing wand light with your own two hands for only $30 in materials. For an extra 15 bucks, you can add a... more

Sony a9 Raw support arrives

We started the week in much the same way as the previous one ended, with more coverage of Sony's new a9 mirrorless monster. Thanks to a prerelease version of Adobe Camera Raw, we were able to go back and process the a9's sample photos 'to taste'. 

You can view our updated... more

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An exhibition of portraits that chart the last seven decades of celebrity photography will mark the 70th birthday of British photo agency Camera Press. Emma Blau, granddaughter of founder Tom Blau, has searched the 12 million images of the agencys archive to... more

Chinese company Weeview, maker of the Eye-Plug camera dongle for Android phones, has launched a Kickstarter campaign for a 3D camera. The new SID model features a pair of stereoscopic cameras that, when used together, produce 3D videos suitable for VR applications and headsets. Weeview says its new camera produces 'shake-free' footage, and that the stereoscopic effects... more

Big news in the photo industry today: Polaroid’s brand and intellectual property has been acquired by the largest shareholder of The Impossible Project, Polaroid announced. Now a single family has control of both the Polaroid brand and The Impossible Project.

The company that owns the Polaroid brand and IP, PLR IP Holdings, LLC, was just sold by an ownership group led by the Pohlad family to an ownership group led by the Smolokowski family. The Pohlad family, which owns... more

Photo by Martin Martinsson licensed under Creative Commons

PLR IP Holdings, LLC, the company that owns the Polaroid brand, is under new ownership. Wiaczeslaw (Slava) Smolokowski is a Polish investor and businessman who owns a majority share in the Impossible Project, the company that continues to produce Polaroid's... more

StarTech.com has released two new card reader/writers for CFast 2.0 and 1.0 memory cards with data transfer speeds up to 5Gbps over USB 3.0 (USB 3.1 Gen 1). The new readers feature a compact and portable design and come in either USB-C or USB-A versions. They connect to laptops, desktops or compatible mobile devices via an integrated cable. 

Both readers support hot-swap and plug-and-play and are backwards compatible with USB 2.0 and 1.x standards. They will retail in the US for $... more

The White House was criticized by the media this week for allowing a Russian press photographer into the Oval Office for President Trump’s meeting with Russias foreign minister while the U.S. media was shut out. Now the White House is reportedly “furious” about being “trolled” with the photos by Russia, and the... more

It’s kind of a crazy thing: I believe you can stay true to your roots, values, and ethics, and also get rich. In this post, I’ll share some of the secrets of how I earn over $200,000 a year as a “photographer.”

1. To become rich, charge more money

I earn the bulk of my income through teaching workshops. The secret is to charge more money for workshops. I think workshops are great for photographers because nowadays people want to spend money on experiences... more

Thanks to cheap secondhand cameras and a general 'retro trend' film photography is experiencing a true revival. However, most photographers who shoot film still need digital versions of their images to show them off online or send to friends and family, which is why film-scanning hardware and software is a necessary part of the equipment.

Software developer Abe Fettig has found current solutions too expensive and slow and has therefore used his spare time to start working on the... more

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