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Here are some photos and a video from astronaut Chris Hadfield. Check out these travel photo tips (hint: they are great for when you’re not traveling too). Photography on airplanes has some restrictions. These articles explain how to use Twitter … Continue reading

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Photographer Jaime Moore had an excellent, non-princess-y photo shoot idea for her young daughter. Did you know you can use a Raspberry Pi to do gigapixel photography? Penguins in Antarctica! Here are some neat pinhole cameras. This is a photojournalist’s … Continue reading

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43% of Instagram users don’t use a filter (#nofilter). Photographer Amanda Reed has built a thriving photography career in a tiny town in West Virginia. She explains her path to finding her niche in this article. Take a photo by … Continue reading

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Need some inspiration for Worldwide Pinhole Photography Day coming up this Sunday? In this interview, Sebastião Salgado talks about his photo project, Genesis. Here’s a list of nine ways to market your photography. Andy White of North Vancouver won an … Continue reading

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Chris Hadfield’s Snapshots from Space

Throughout his ISS mission, CSA Astronaut Chris Hadfield has been taking some of the most incredible photos of Earth ever seen. In this video, the Station Commander takes us to the best seat in the house to gaze at the … Continue reading

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Perhaps you might not want to leave your pinhole camera unattended. Chris Roussakis, the Olympic photographer that got bumped from the London Olympic team, received a settlement from the Canadian Olympic Committee. Self-publishing photography books has become a way for … Continue reading

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Tom Hiddleston to play war photographer Robert Capa

(source: shortlist.com) Keen not to get typecast after becoming Hollywood’s favourite new villain in The Avengers, Tom Hiddleston has exclusively revealed to us that his next role will be firmly on the ‘good’ side of the spectrum. He’ll be playing … Continue reading

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No Raw Deal for Me: Confessions of a JPEG Shooter

Guest post by Claudio Bacinello Original version here. I picture it like this. I step up to the podium, clear my throat and, in a subdued voice mutter, “Hello, my name is Claudio, and I’m a JPEG shooter.” From the … Continue reading

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Now you can look through a collection of historic photographs, thanks to a collaboration between George Eastman House and Google Art Project. An Instagram image was on the front page of The New York Times. Do you think traditional photographers … Continue reading

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New Camera Stabilizer

This article on Gizmodo and the above video directed by Vincent Laforet and shot on a Canon EOS-1D C cover a new handheld camera stabilizer called MōVI. Its extreme portability and 3-axis gyroscope to stabilize film footage is bound to … Continue reading

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