One of the challenges of shooting video with a drone is dealing with high dynamic range lighting situations. Fortunately, many of DJI's drones offer a useful picture profile called D-Log. It's DJI's implementation of a Log gamma curve, designed to capture as much tonal information as possible.
DJI's standard picture profiles can be vivid and punchy, but similar to shooting... more
Sigma has announced a new 14-24mm F2.8 HSM Art lens for full-frame Canon, Nikon and Sigma DSLRs. This ultra-wide zoom has three FLD and three SLD glass elements, plus an 80mm 'high precision molded' aspherical element. The lens is sealed against dust and moisture and has a nine-blade aperture, minimum... more
If you're looking to get into professional beverage photographyand specifically tap into the market for professional beer photographythis course from RGG EDU is definitely worth checking out. Produced by RGG and photographer... more
It’s not just news photographers that are having their positions eliminated to cut costs: military photographers are apparently in the same boat. The US Navy will be eliminating its two Combat Camera (COMCAM) units this year in order to save money and resources.
File this one under "well... obviously." DJI is creating no-fly zones near Olympics venues in South Korea that will prevent its drones from operating in the regions. The no-fly zones will be implemented at the software level as a precaution to prevent any foolish or negligent DJI users from putting safety or security at risk... more
The Google Photos app has been capable of automatically generating themed videos using image recognition and artificial intelligence (AI) for a while now. The feature was originally introduced in 2016 and automatically creates videos from your images for special occasions, such as Mother's Day (see you video above), or by selecting a specific type of photo in your collectionfor example selfies.
Now Google has expanded the selection of themed videos that can be created in the Photos... more
Alper Yesiltas, a photographer and lawyer from Istanbul, Turkey, spent the last 12 years shooting photos of the same window. The project only came to a halt last year because the owner knocked down the building, but... more
Scammers are increasingly using the payment service Venmo as a way to steal camera gear since Venmo doesn’t allow sales and will cancel the transaction after you’ve already handed over your possessions to the scammer. But one Venmo scammer in NYC was just caught and identified by photographers after he stole a $3,800 DSLR camera.
