In an effort to branch out from the spinning disc technology of its hard drives, Western Digital have announced that they have completed their acquisition of SanDisk. In a deal costing Western Digital $17 billion in cash and shares, it puts the company in a great position to compete with companies like Samsung in the [...]
Hi my name is Jake Hicks, as someone who does both the photography and the retouching for my shoots, (learn my flow here), I got wondering ifclients buy our photography or our retouching? As technology becomes more and more accessible our clients are becoming increasingly more aware of what is possible with image retouching software [...]
One morning last December, I woke up and noticed that adream of mine came true: I had takena picture that went viral. Apicture I took ata friends wedding had been shared by UNILAD on Facebook with the caption Best wedding photoever. Ithad over 300,000 likes and wasgaining hundreds by the minute. Unfortunately, they also added [...]
Chimera have just announced a pair of new self-levelling lighting boom arms, allowing you to quickly raise and lower your lights without having to adjust the hight of your light stand, or readjust the angle of your light & modifier. If your first thought, like mine, was “Awesome, cheap camera jib!”, then I would suggest [...]
In a sneak peek posted on YouTube today, Adobe are showing off one of the new features that’s coming in what they describe as a “Major Update” to the Creative Cloud platform. The video, presented by Stephen Neilson from the Adobe Photoshop team, walks us through the new feature. Designed to help us fill in [...]
If you are struggling with getting your photos of cities and architecture to pop out, chances are that you are underestimating the power of lines in your images. Lines help you structure your images in ways that lead your viewers to look at different parts of the picture, and create interest in both your main objects and the surroundings.
The image above shows an example of how you can use lines to create a visual guidance within your city and architecture images, that will help... more
Xiaomi have been teasing us about their forayinto the drone market for a little while now. Nowthey have officially announced the Mi Drone, a 4K quadcopter which also shoots RAW stills, for a mere $460. Boasting an array of impressive features, the Chinese electronics company looks all set to take on the big boys at [...]
In a departure from the typical adrenaline pumping videos typically posted by GoPro, When We Were Knights is a powerful storyon the bonds of friendship, love and loss. Matt Blanc and Ian Flanders were the best of friends, constantly pushing and inspiring each other. In July 2015, during what was supposed to be a fairly [...]
Canon’s$11,000200-400mm f/4L lens is not something you take apart lightly. (In fact, the full official name isCanon EF 200-400mm f/4L IS USM Lens with Internal 1.4x Extender, but we are trying to keep it short). But that is not to say that it can not be taken apart. Canon’s youtube channel published such a lens [...]
