Sallie Gardner at a Gallop is sometimes considered to be one of the earliest films ever produced when it was released on June 15th, 1878. Twenty-four photographs of a horse and its jockey were played rapidly in succession, creating the illusion of motion when viewed... more
RED has been teasing an upcoming camera that’s intended to make a huge splash in the filmmaking industry. It’s called the RED Raven, and it’ll be a $5,950 Canon EF-mount camera that brings RED’s 4K video recording to the masses.
Company president Jarred Land revealed the camera’s Brain-only price... more
After a successful Indiegogo campaign, German startup LUUV is looking to fund mass-production of its smartphone, action cam and compact camera stabilizer solidLUUV on Kickstarter. Read more
Here’s a crazy but true statistic: selfies are now a bigger cause of death in the world than shark attacks.
Shark attacks are extremely rare: only about 5 people die from them every year around the globe. By comparison, there have already been 12 confirmed cases of... more
Want to see what it was like to work as a photographer at a major newspaper back in 1983? Check out this blast from the past: it’s a 20-minute video by photographer Hugh Wesley, who spent 28 years at the Toronto Sun before retiring as the director of photography in 2001.... more
Today LowePro launched a new backpack and three new shoulder bags, all of them in its 'urban-inspired' ProTactic series. With the new ProTactic SH 120 AW, SH 180 AW, SH 200 AW, and BP 250 AW, the ProTactic product line now contains a total of six camera bags. Read more
The New York Times published an article about brands using user generated content (UGC) without explicit permission. When a woman named Shereen Way posted a photo of her daughter to Instagram with the... more
What is the largest photograph you have ever taken? Ask professional photographer David Bergman that question and he will proudly tell you he shot and produced a 20 gigapixel — or 20,000 megapixel — image of Yankee Stadium this year for... more
