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All the numbers have been pointing upwards for Instagram. In fact, a recent analysis shows that Instagram will be used by 1 in 3 person, in the US, by 2020. With 400 million active users today, it is the only platform where people exclusively take and share visual content and nothing else.

It is an extremely well-guarded walled garden (even more so than Facebook) which jealously... more

After launching its Skyport Transmitter Plus HS system for Canon, Nikon, and (in the future) Sony, Elinchrom today announced its new Skyport Plus system, a universal radio transmitter that works with almost every camera to trigger almost every flash system.

The new... more

Here’s a fascinating 6-minute video that explores how Ansel Adams went from being a rather mediocre amateur photographer and into the legend we now know and revere.

When Ansel Adams first started out in photography, his casual snapshots weren’t exactly impressive. But over time, Adams made huge strides in the quality of his images by developing techniques such as... more

Panasonic just announced version 2.5 for the firmware of its flagship mirrorless camera, the GH4. The update adds a few powerful features to the already impressive... more

Your Instagram feed is currently a chronological list of photos posted by those you follow, but that’s about to change: Instagram says a Facebook-style curation algorithm is on the way.

As you probably know, Facebook uses a special algorithm to pick and choose what it thinks you want to see, prioritizing those stories while burying other ones that it thinks you’d like to ignore. While this increases your engagement and often does help... more

If you think having your photography go viral online is always a good thing, be careful what you wish for. American documentary photographer Nina Berman found that it can be quite a nightmare.

Berman recently gave at talk at... more

Cinematographer Emmanuel Lubezki films actor Forrest Goodluck in The Revenant, for which he won the 2016 Academy Award for Best Cinematography. Lubezki shot The Revenant entirely with natural light.

Photo: Kimberly French

On February 28 Emmanuel Lubezki won his... more

Panasonic has announced a firmware update for the Lumix DMC-GH4, bringing Post Focus, 4K Photo Mode and burst shooting with flash to the video-centric mirrorless camera. The update will be available at the end of March, free of charge. 

Post Focus was... more

Swedish medium-format camera manufacturer Hasselblad has announced it is dropping the price of all its H series lenses until the 31st March. The discount applies to all HC and HCD lenses, and gives buyers 15% off the usual prices.

The HC and HCD ranges include fixed and zoom lenses designed to be used on the Hasselblad H cameras, including the current H5D 50c Wi-Fi but also going back to the H1 film body. The savings mean the 35-90mm F4-5.6 HCD Aspherical zoom, which is the most... more

The Olympic Peninsula is a year-round destination, as its lakes, rivers and temperate rain forests attract hikers and wildlife enthusiasts even in the winter months. It's just the kind of place you'd expect to find someone like Kyle Johnson, a freelance photographer and avid fly fisherman. Hoping to give the local Steelhead population a run for its money and to try out the Canon PowerShot G5 X in the wild, DPR staffer Carey Rose joined Kyle... more

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