Photographing the World’s Biggest Shark
Here’s a short and sweet video in which underwater photographer and filmmaker Tom Campbell tells of an experience he had photographing a whale shark, the world’s largest fish.
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Photographer Sues BuzzFeed for $3.6M for Using Photo Without Permission
A photographer is suing the popular viral content aggregation website BuzzFeed for a whopping $3.9 million after he discovered that BuzzFeed had used one of his Flickr photos without permission in a comedy “roundup” article.
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This Target Tracking Camera Keeps Fast Objects Centered in the Frame
Under development in the Ishikawa Oku Lab at the University of Tokyo is a dynamic target tracking camera capable of keeping fast-moving objects centered in frame.
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Canon Says Some 1D X and 1D C DSLRs Have Focusing Issue —Canon
Canon issued a product advisory this week after discovering that some Canon 1D X and 1D C DSLRs have issues due to insufficient lubrication in the “driving mechanism.”
Symptoms that photographers might experience include a hunting AF that doesn’t lock on to subjects properly and a blurry image in the viewfinder.
Check out the service advisory to see if your camera is affected. If it is, Canon will fix your camera free of charge at one of its Support Centers.
Photographer Gives Greek Sculptures a Hipster Makeover Using Photoshop
The term “hipster” first appeared in the early 2000s and has been exploding in popularity hipster” has exploded in usage over the past half decade, but what if the concept had excited in days of old? That’s the idea behind photographer Leo Caillard‘s project, “Hipster in Stone.” Combining his photography and Photoshoppin’ skills, Caillard imagines what it would be like if ancient Greek sculpture subjects were hipsters.
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Smile, You’re in a Criminal Database
Turns out that driver’s license photos are useful for more than acute embarrassment. States, realizing they have a de-facto visual database of most of their residents, are increasingly plugging those photos into facial-recognition software and Facebook to solve crimes — and worrying privacy advocates in the process.
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5 Great Ways to Destroy Your Camera
Many of us know that feeling. That gut punch of shock and denial as we watch our camera fall from our grip or swing to the earth from an unsecured tripod. We’ve watched as it impacted with the ground with a hard thud or bounced amongst the rocks collecting more damage with every tumble as it travels farther away from the safety of your hands.
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“A Conversation with Platon” —New Republic
“I never think about a shoot before I do it. Because there’s no formula for people. What I try to do is to strip everything away rather than go in with preconceived notions. If I do that, I might miss a gem or a jewel that the person is offering me. It’s much more important to go in raw with a completely empty page to be filled. And it’s much more terrifying because you don’t know what you’re in for. You can’t plan for it. So you have to strip all your emotions down to be receptive and to pick up any tiny detail that might reveal someone’s character. It’s a hard thing to do.” — Platon
Long Exposure Engagement Photos Shot Under the Starry Night Sky
Long exposure photographs of stars and romantic engagement photographs aren’t often found together, but that’s the fusion wedding photography couple Robert Paetz and Felicia Wong have been dabbling with as of late. The duo takes their clients out into natural landscapes away from light-polluted cities and photographs them under the night sky. They call the resulting photos, “astro wedding photography.”
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