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Some dates are defining dates and everyone remembers where they have been on those date. One such date is 9/11. If I asked you where you were on that day you’d probably remember. One of the photographs most associated with that day is The Falling Man. Interestingly, despite the strength of the photo is has [...]

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You know the saying “they don’t make them like they used to”? Apparently,Meyer Optik wants to make them exactly like they used to. And by them, I mean lenses. After resurrecting theTrioplan f2.9/50 and theTrioplan f2.8/100Meyer Optik are now bringing a new series of lenses to life, starting with thePrimoplan 58 f1.9. All via Kickstarter. [...]

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OK, those are not the exact words of Getty, but this is what their response feels like. As you may recall we reported this 1 Billion dollarslawsuit back in July. If you want the background, Getty sent an infringement notice to oneCarol M. Highsmith. Here is the funny thing.Carol M. Highsmith was the photographer who [...]

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Image Rights (imagerights.com) is a middleman for those of us not in tune with the various legal systems, as they pertain to unauthorized use of our images. Its an opportunity to go after copyright infringement (entities who use your photo work without your permission) and effectively hire a lawyer in a number of countries. Its also a discovery service to find out where you images are being used.

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Facebook is probably the biggest media outlet in the word, which probably makes Mark Zuckerberg the most powerful editor in the world. But with great power comes great responsibility, and that means that Facebook should be extra careful when deciding which photos they are removing from their network. The story begins with Facebook removing a [...]

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It looks like Nikon are planning to not only enter the world of 360VR but take on the action cameras, too. It makes sense. It’s a huge market, and many action camera owners have 2 or 3 of them. The KeyMission delays are believed to be due to the earthquakes experienced in Japan earlier in [...]

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A while back me and fellow DIY writer Joseph Parrywere chatting over messenger. We had just started following a blog called Canon of designby Tavis Leaf Glover. Canon of design is a treasure mine of compositional information, which studies the master painters and how they designed, constructed and finished their masterpieces. These guys spent months, [...]

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Note: For this tutorial I am using Photoshop CS6, however every version from CS2 up will work for this technique.

What is Infrared Photography?

Infrared (IR) light lies just beyond the visible spectrum, so we cant actually see it with the naked eye. However, IR photography allows us to view this spectrum with a camera, to capture a whole new world of invisible light.

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Sony was always a weird player in the action cam arena. While everyone was doing GoPro like cameras (aside contour, maybe), they were sticking to their weird camcorderdesign. But now it seems that their different form factor is also holding some best in market features. Most notably is stabilized 4K recording. Sony released two new [...]

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If you were to mention the term ‘formal analysis’ to an art historian today, you’d probably be told it’s pass. No one really tries to objectively compare one painting against another using formal concepts anymore. However, formal analysisor the concepts that it identifieddoes still present some interesting ideas, especially for photographers. Swiss art historian Heinrich [...]

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