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I feel that there’s a word missing from our vocabulary, and this essay is the culmination of an effort to find such a word, to define it usefully, and to work through some of what it might mean.

Consider these two pictures:

TreeCoffee Shop

The first one I shot specifically to test a camera-clubby sort of online forum’s reactions. As predicted, they liked it pretty well (of course there were quibbles). I hate it. It is a stupid picture which... more

First of all I just want to say this: Peak Design got the name of the... more

In addition to being one of the world’s best-selling living musicians, Elton John is also a passionate collector of modernism photography. The 4.5-minute video above is a tour of John’s impressive home gallery.

John first began buying photographs after becoming sober in 1990, trading in his addiction to alcohol for addiction to photo collecting. He has since acquired around 8,000 prints, one of the world’s great private collections of modernist photo art.

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Animator Portero Delantero of Barcelona, Spain, created this 1.5-minute animation showing a brief history of the photographic camera. Starting with the Kodak Brownie of 1900, the camera morphs into a number of different cameras that have appeared over the next 100+ years before arriving at the iPhone 6 of 2014.

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It’s been a pretty dismal autumn in Vancouver. The sun makes guest appearances, but the rain has the stage for the most part. Business as usual, if you’ve ever been here.

I’ve been finding it difficult to go out into the rain and do what I enjoy. Though, it got me thinking two years ago, a little bit of rain didn’t stop me. Fond memories of one of my first ever photo shoots came flooding back in as I peered over my backlog, relishing... more

This video by RT, titled “Space 360,” is the first-ever interactive 360-degree video shot on the International Space Station. It’s also of special interest... more

GearEye is a new smart gear management system that can help photographers keep an “eye” on the gear in their camera bags. It uses RFID tags to track each of your precious items, alerting you if anything is absent from the roll call.

Sound familiar? The product idea is pretty much what KitSentry was... more

2016 Holiday Gift Guide $100-500 

Shopping for photographers is hard. In fact, shopping in general is hard. We'd like to help everyone involved out a little bit, whether you're shopping for a photographer or taking a break from the stress of holiday shopping to #treatyoself. In this price... more

Blackmagic Design has announced a software update to its 5-inch Video Assist and 7-inch Video Assist 4K monitor/recorders. Video Assist 2.3 allows users to load up to six 3D LUTs when monitoring on their devices, making it possible to view output from cameras in a form that approximates the final color grade of the footage.

In addition, the update adds several... more

Atomos has announced a new OS update for its Inferno, Flame and Blade series of professional monitor/recorders, with a focus on improving HDR workflows. Atomos AtomHDR technology allows users with Log output from their camera to view up to 10.2 stops of dynamic range on the monitor while providing a preview of what graded footage will look like. Atom OS 7.12 adds support for Sony S-Log, FujiFilm Log and Canon C-Log 3 to the list of previously supported Log formats for Panasonic, JVC, Canon,... more

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