One of the world’s leading colorists of historic photos fears she will be banned permanently from Facebook and Instagram after multiple suspensions of her accounts. Russian photo colorist Olga Shirnina has stunning new work ready to post for her more than 45,000 followers on social media but is unwilling to share three new images on
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After delaying the report—and publishing a revised financial forecast earlier this month—Nikon has finally released its Fiscal Year 2020 financial results. At the same time, the company reportedly cut 10% of its workforce in Thailand and Laos, laying off 700 people. We won’t belabor the financial results: they’re bad, and we expected them to be
Back in February, photographer Jason Guenzel began photographing a particular galaxy in the sky on moonless nights. Then in early May, he captured something unexpected and extremely rare: a star exploding, or the birth of a supernova. Guenzel is an award-winning astrophotographer based in a suburban area of Michigan who has dedicated himself to shooting
[embedded content] Canon was rightly praised when it unveiled its EOS Webcam Utility last month, allowing users to turn many of the company’s most popular DSLRs and mirrorless cameras into webcams without using a capture card. There was just one issue: the Beta was Windows only. Well, not anymore. Just minutes ago, Canon announced that
[embedded content] During a recent Fujifilm India livestream, a member of the product team revealed that the company is actively developing a firmware update that would allow you to use your Fuji X camera as a ‘plug and play’ webcam, ostensibly over USB. Most of the livestream—which you can watch in full above—is information we
BCN Retail has published its April report of camera sales figures in Japan and, as expected, the huge slump in sales continues apace. In March, BCN data revealed a 50% drop compared to 2019; as the pandemic continues to exert a severe economic toll, April numbers show an even greater dip. We won’t belabor the
A team of scientists at the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology have developed an artificial eye that could someday help cure blindness or even enhance human vision. For now, their creation boasts just 100-pixel resolution, but the groundwork has been laid. The team, led by Leilei Gu, describe their creation in a paper
[embedded content] After teasing the tech in an ad earlier this week, smartphone maker Vivo has finally revealed details about the “micro-cloud gimbal” stabilization that will be built into the camera on the upcoming X50 Pro. Based on the demos, it looks to be quite a breakthrough. The ‘gimbal’ design basically trades the usual X
Large gatherings, including wedding receptions and other events, have been banned in Ohio since mid-March, but that’s all about to change. As of June 1st, Ohio will begin allowing wedding receptions with up to 300 guests, effectively re-opening the wedding photo industry… with some restrictions. According to Cleveland.com, the plan was unveiled by Lt. Gov.
A court in the Netherlands has ordered a woman to delete all of the photos of her grandchildren that she’s posted on Facebook and Pinterest without their parents permission. The ruling, handed down last week, is calling into question what qualifies as “purely personal” usage in the age of social media. According to the BBC,
Students across the US have been failing their Advanced Placement (AP) exams this month, but the issue isn’t a lack of knowledge… it’s photography. Apparently, the College Board testing portal where answers are submitted won’t accept the default iPhone photo format. According to a report by The Verge, ‘thousands’ of students will need to re-take
A journalist in Meqheleng, South Africa claims he was assaulted not once, but twice by a group of police officers while attempting to document coronavirus lockdown enforcement for his newspaper. The Committee to Protect Journalists is calling for an investigation, and asking that charges against the journalist be dropped. According to a local news report,
Washington State Governor Jay Inslee has published a set of guidelines for professional photographers who want to re-open their studios as the stay-at-home order in the state is rolled back. These guidelines—the first we’ve seen from a government entity—could act as a template for photographers in other states who are eager to open back up
An appeals court has ruled that a 40-year-old man who followed women around with a camera to shoot creepy images of them did not commit any crime because the photography was done in public places. The New York Times reports that three women accused 40-year-old David Eric Lambert of following them around large stores (a
A university professor was visiting at the Santa Cruz River in Tucson, Arizona, earlier this month when he captured a scene straight out of classic Looney Tunes: a real-life Wile E. Coyote chasing a Road Runner. Michael Thomas Bogan, an assistant professor at the University of Arizona’s School of Natural Resources and the Environment, caught
The new OnePlus 8 Pro is a great Android phone for lots of reasons. It’s got a 120Hz display, Snapdragon 865, and a quad-camera system with not one, but two 48MP Sony sensors inside. But that’s not why it’s making headlines. It’s making headlines because of its 5MP infrared camera, which can actually see through
A wedding photographer in Lakewood, New Jersey was charged with violating emergency “stay at home” orders last month after the cops were called on a small backyard portrait shoot that he was conducting with 8 adults and 3 children. The incident took place last month, during the height of the lockdown, when police were tipped
Instagram has just announced three new features that give you more control over comments, tags, and mentions. The update is meant to fight online bullying by letting you batch delete comments, pin positive comments, and disable tags and mentions. As with previous updates like these, Instagram says that these new features “mark the continuation of
In a bid to help its out its professional community during this difficult time, Sony has announced that it will be automatically extending all PRO Support memberships for an additional 6 months, on the house. The announcement was sent out via email to all Sony PRO Support members earlier today. “As a PRO Support member,
[embedded content] In the spirit of spreading some much-needed good news, the Associated Press recently revealed that Tony Vaccaro—the famed World War II photographer whose professional career spanned almost 80 years and 500,000 images—caught and survived coronavirus at the ripe old age of 97-years-old. Vaccaro, a Queens native, is a photography icon. He survived the
[embedded content] The Pulitzer Prize has officially revealed the winners for 2020. The prize for Breaking News Photography went to the entire Reuters photography staff for their coverage of pro-democracy protests in Hong Kong, while the prize for Feature Photography was awarded to Channi Anand, Mukhtar Khan and Dar Yasin of the Associated Press for
A woman died tragically last week in Turkey while posing for a photo to celebrate the end of the country’s COVID-19 lockdown. After jumping a security fence at Duden Park in Antalya, Turkey, she slipped and fell 115 feet to her death. According to Turkey’s News1, Olesia Suspitsina (31) was hiking at the park with
Nikon has officially announced the “retail availability” of the flagship Nikon D6 DSLR. After unveiling the camera in February and being forced to delay its release in March, the company says that the D6 will finally ship on May 21st, two weeks from today. Although the Nikon D6 was announced on February 11th, and has
If you’re running low on free educational content and you’re eager to use this time to improve your craft, we have some good news. The website Photography Life hast just released all of their premium photography courses, usually $150 apiece, for free on YouTube. The announcement was made earlier today by Photography Life founder Nasim
Adobe’s annual 99U conference is usually an expensive, in-person event in New York City for creatives who want to get some hands-on education and inspiration from experts across artistic disciplines. But this year, the event is moving online, and it’s going to be free for everybody. The announcement that the 12th annual Adobe 99U Conference
Capture One took to YouTube earlier a few hours ago to show off a couple of very useful new tools and features that will be coming to Capture One 20 this month. Better yet, this update will be completely free for both subscribers and perpetual owners. The upcoming features were shown off as part of
Canon has released a bespoke bit of firmware for the full-frame mirrorless EOS R that is targeted directly at stop-motion shooters. The firmware increases LiveView resolution and adds focus peaking over USB, key features for pros who use the popular software Dragonframe. The firmware update—which you can buy for $100 or can be pre-installed on
Henry’s, the largest photography retailer in Canada, has announced that it will shutter 7 of its 29 physical stores in a strategic restructuring designed to help it survive in a “post-pandemic world.” Founded in 1909, Henry’s has remained a family-owned and operated business while growing into a chain of 29 stores with hundreds of employees
[embedded content] For the new PBS series Spy in The Wild 2 – The North, a wildlife documentary crew used a creepy-looking monkey spy camera to capture footage of Japanese macaques bathing in mountain hot springs. While on its mission, the robot monkey befriends a curious baby macaque for a brief time before its mother
Earlier this week, the British Museum made nearly 2 million high-resolution photographs and images of artifacts within their collection available to the public, allowing you to download and use the images under the Creative Commons BY-NC-SA 4.0 license. This announcement—part of a broader movement from many major institutions to make their collections available online—was made