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CNN have today announced the launch of CNN Aerial Imagery and Reporting (CNN AIR). CNN AIRis their own dedicated Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS) unit. The network will have two full time UAS operators on staff “to fully integrate aerial imagery and reporting across all CNN networks and platforms”. Drones aren’t new to CNN, though, they’ve [...]

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One of the most important skills in photography is pre-visualization. The idea is that before you capture an image in the camera, you have a clear idea in your mind of what its going to look like. You preview the image before you shoot it. Colour or black-and-white in... more

We’ve shown you a few overhead camera rigs before. This one, though, has to be amongst the least expensive DIY solutions I’ve seen. Based around a square metal tube, the construction is about as simple as it gets. The video comes from YouTube user Energy Researcher. He goes through the build step by step, although [...]

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Since 1932, vaunted Swiss watchmaker Omega has served as Official Timekeeper at the Olympic Games 26 times. This year at the Rio Olympics, Omega is once again providing finish line cameras to provide officials and the public with the most precise view of the athletes. The current generation of cameras, dubbed the Scan O Vision [...]

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Fellow photographers, lets reflect for a moment on our mutual passion for this amazing art form, and maybe even do a little bragging about it. Photography is an incredibly rewarding hobby; in fact, it’s so rewarding that I believe it to be the best hobby one could enjoy. Here are five reasons why.

1. Photography complements many other hobbies

If your other hobby involves any physical thing, well then, youre able to take beautiful photos of it! Whether its gardening, cars,... more

If you are reading this site for any amount of time, you you know that we are big fans of adding movement to time lapses. And while there are some small and nifty devices out there, nothing beats a full rig. And theGenie Pan Track Kit is one of our favorite. Guess what? We’re giving [...]

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It’s always amusing when something shown on TV includes something ripe for chroma keying. This time around, it’s the Rio 2016 men’s singles tennis final between Andy Murray and Juan Martin Del Potro. That they were playing on a giant green screenwas noticed by imgur user factionman.After this,the obvious becameinevitable. I would imagine these scenarios [...]

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Bokeh Panoramas, (Bokehramaor the “Brenizer method“) area way to simulatea large format look with small sensor cameras. In theory, the process is simple. Take a bunch of photos, then stitch them together in something like Photoshop. What makes it different from a regular panoramic shot, is that the subject is primarilyportraits with a relatively shallow [...]

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The YI 4K made a huge buzz when it was launched. I mean $249 for the 4k YI vs. the $450 of the GoPro Hero 4 Black? Take my money. We have a full review coming coming soon, and so far we like it. Till then we took a few still and crops from our [...]

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It almost feels like the manufacturers leak these things themselves, sometimes, just to get some buzz going. After the recent5D Mark IV leaks, we see two more. This time, it’s a couple of lenses. The 16-35mm f/2.8 and 24-105mm f/4 are both favourites amongst Canon shooters. The 24-105mm f/4L IS USM first introduced by Canon [...]

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