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Apple is now doing to Quicktime what Adobe did to Flash a few years ago. Not for the same reasons, but the impact is similar. Apple has stopped updating its Quicktime software for Windows and nowthe United States Computer Emergency Readiness Team issued anAlert (TA16105-A), which recommends Windows users uninstall Apple QuickTime from their computers. [...]

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Wedding photographers, this the feature you’ve all been waiting for. The new cameras from Sony have a nifty feature that allows you to register a face and then tell the camera to look for a specific face and then try and find them in the frame and force focus on them. This feature works by [...]

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Smooth water effect edited in Affinity Photo using the Live Stacks feature.

Even if you dont shoot landscape photography, photos of waterfalls with the smooth water and glassy appearance are awesome. The gist to achieving this, and I do stand corrected if I have this wrong, is as follows:

  • Slow shutter speeds – the need for a tripod
  • A remote shutter release or your cameras timer
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Of course, no sane person would subject themselvesto being hit by a flying drone, but researches atAalborg Universityin Denmark used a pieceof pork and a propeller catapult to simulate the impact bare flash would suffer if hit by a drone. And it isn’t pretty. The team uses a 3-meter aluminumcatapult that can accelerate a 1-kilogram [...]

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I have to admit that the jib market is not an innovative market, I mean the mechanical basics have been laid down years ago and aside a few clever travel form factors for jibs we have not seen much. But9.solutions really got me by surprise when they announced theC-PAN camera guide. I am not exactly [...]

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A wide-angle lens is considered an essential piece of gear for any landscape photographer because it gives you a perspective that you cannot achieve with any other lens. Youll not only be able to photograph grand vistas, but youll see lines in a different way, and emphasize subjects by getting super close.

So if you havent tried one yet, borrow or rent a wide angle lens and get ready to make images with a different flavour using these tips.

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Whether you live in a big metropolis or a small town, your urban center will have a skyline of some kind. The outline of the buildings that make up the main part of town make up the skyline.

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Mounting lights onto drones seems to be getting popular, all of a sudden, but I suppose it was inevitable. Today, Fiilex announce their new AL250 light, specifically designed for mounting onto drones, allowing you to put continuous light where may have previously been impossible. Having a continuous light attached to a drone while filming video [...]

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In an attempt to save face, Bridgend County officials have christened a pair of benches located on the shore in Porthcawl as the UK’sfirst “selfie benches”, although that was not their original intent. It turns out, the benches were just installed the wrong way around, and instead of pointing at the beautifully picturesque seaside, it [...]

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Urban landscape photography, pretty much involves city skyline images. Iconic shots of skylines and many cities of the world are instantly recognizable.

See if you find these images inspiring, and if you can name the cities:

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