Sometimes, photos tell incredible stories you find hard to believe. A Radio Free Europe photographer Amos Chapple tells a story thats exactly like this. He traveled with men who illegally mine for tusks of the long-extinct woolly mammoth. In Siberia, a vast and isolated region of Russia, these men go on real treasure hunts. Between […]
Its been reported before that Verizon was about to acquire Yahoo. Now its officially done Verizon is a new owner of Yahoo, along with Flickr, their (once) popular photo sharing platform. Verizon has acquired Yahoo for $4.48 billion, and they plan to combine it with AOL and create a new service called Oath. As […]
When it comes to shooting portraits, there are plenty of tricks you can pull off to make someones flaws less visible. Koldunov Brothers have created a video with tips for photographing someone with a double chin and making this bodily feature less prominent. You dont need Photoshop or makeup, only a couple of lighting, posing […]
I’m relying on Google Translate for this one, but it appears that North Korea are equipping their drones with Sony SLT cameras. Or, at least, one particular drone which recently crash landed in South Korea, according to a report from Naver. Judging from photos, it seems similar to a drone that was discovered in Baekryeong […]
The tilt-shift effect has become quite common in regular ground based timelapse sequences. So much so, that we’re a little sick of seeing it. Not because we don’t like the effect, just that so many people do it quite badly. The same is true with drone tilt shift videos. I’ve seen a handful of really […]
A motorised gimbal is one of the most useful tools you can get today for camera stabilisation. They’remuch easier to get to grips with than a steadicam style stabiliser, and their prices have come down dramatically in the last year or so.For mobile phones, action cameras, DSLRs or even big RED setups, they areabsolutely invaluable. […]
It’s been a while now since Nikon’s 100th anniversary products were teased in February. But now, Nikon have finally announced pricing for all of the 100th anniversary equipment. Anniversary and other limited edition kit is often seen as quite collectable. As a result,much of it is simply purchased and put in a display cabinet, never […]
A couple of months ago, Sigma announced two new prime lenses: 135mm F/1.8 DG HSM Art and Sigma 14mm f/1.8 DG HSM Art lens. After the 135mm, the 14mm is now only days away from preorders. Starting from June 22, 2017, youll be able to preorder this lens for Canon EF, Nikon F and Sigma […]
