April 2010

Slow motion videos have a way of making most things (that move) fascinating. Cupcakes being shot at faces are no exception.

In 2007 NASA scrapped plans to include a 3D camera on the Curiosity Mars rover, which is scheduled to leave for the red planet in 2011. However, Avatar director James Cameron was able to convince NASA administrator Charles Bolden to include the 3D cam again, and is now helping to build the camera with San Diego-based Malin Space Science Systems.

Taiwanese electronics company BenQ isn’t a very big name in the digicam world, …

37 previously unseen photographs of the Beatles have been found after being forgotten for nearly half a century. Photographer Paul Berriff captured the photographs during a Beatles tour in 1963 and 1964 when he was just 16 years old, but the negatives ended up being forgotten for over 45 years along with 850 other negatives.

It's nice to see that Adobe's corporate culture allows for some "self-deprecating fun". Yesterday Photoshop product manager John Nack posted the above video, in which a "Photoshop fan" starts an Apple-esque waiting line outside what appears to be a Best Buy.

For those of you who have been itching to try the new Content Aware Fill and …

This video wasn't filmed with a DSLR, but it's so beautiful we just had to share it with you. Patrick Lawler filmed some of his favorite locations in San Francisco using a RED ONE camera at 4K 16:9 resolution, creating a breathtaking glimpse of this wonderful city.

Y Combinator-funded photo startup …

Last week we reported that one of Nokia’s top execs made the prediction that cameraphones would soon …

Instant film is trying to make a comeback, and Polaroid wants in. Two years after calling it quits on …

Ken Rockwell posted some links to photos of a Canon AE-1 Program Digital a couple days ago, and photo-enthusiasts around the web have been discussing whether or not it's a real camera.

Filmmaker Kevin Shahinian of Pacific Pictures has a knack for unconventional wedding videos. In the past, he's turned one wedding flick into a thriller, starring the newlyweds.

Laptopograms give “taking a screenshot” a new …

Fine art now comes in concentrate. This video, created by graphic design student Chris Peck, shows every painting in the Museum of Modern Art in New York City as they were on April 10, 2010.

If you have multiple lenses and not enough space in your camera bag, carrying an extra lens might require you …

Tom Hogarty, the Lightroom product manager over at Adobe, has posted a sneak peek at the automatic lens correction technology that will be included in Lightroom 3 and Adobe Camera Raw 6 (included in CS5).

Photojournalist Daniel Morel shot an iconic image of a shocked woman looking out from the rubble moments after last …

Steven Monteau is a French photographer who …

The graduating class of the BA photography program at the …

Okay, so Polaroid partnered with Lady Gaga, and Sony has teamed up with Taylor Swift.

In March, The Impossible Project announced that it had successfully brought …

If you have deep pockets, Nikon has a wonderful new $6,999.95 lens for you. They’ve just announced the new …

This amazing video by Spacecraft Films shows the July 16, 1969 launch of …

Country-pop darling Taylor Swift has joined the growing list of camera-toting celebrity spokespersons. Swift's partnership with Sony hit the limelight in January during CES2010, when Swift joined in the Sony press event to announce her use of Sony 3D technology during her current tour.

Someone spotted a wild version of Sony’s upcoming EVIL camera, the NEX3, at a pub in Asia …

Pencil Vs Camera! is a wonderful series of photographs by Belgian photographer and painter …

There’s an interesting discussion going on over …

Photography and electronics enthusiast Michal Zalewski recently built …

If you can’t shoot right-handed, or need to shoot left-handed for some reason (i.e. demonstrating something in a photo …

This amazing video by Romain Pergeaux and Alex Profit shows a journey around the cities of the world in …

The New York Civil Liberties Union has teamed up with amateur photographer Antonio Musumeci in a lawsuit that challenges a …

It happens all the time, but does that make it acceptable? According to a court decision this week, what Current …

If you use a Mac, you’ve probably taken strange photographs of yourself using the fun house distortion effects that …

There’s some serious artiness going on over at MoMA. Artist …

Google recently added high-quality street level photographs to …

This might be old news for some of you, but I just came across it so I’m guessing many …

Prints of some of history’s most recognizable nature photographs will be auctioned at …

LensVector, a Silicon Valley startup working on novel …

This amazing pinhole camera is so small that it’s amazing it actually works.

The Technical Image Press Association (TIPA) Awards are among the most prestigious awards for …