April 2010

Google has acquired UK-based mobile photo search startup …

After building up anticipation by releasing sneak peeks at upcoming features such as Content-Aware Fill and …

Here's an amazing stop-motion video created for Nissan, and promoting zero emissions mobility. It's amazing that a sense of speed and danger can be created from photographs of people sitting still in wooden chairs.

Major tangent, but one of the big stories of the day is that Palm (yeah, the cell phone and PDA …

The “Sony a352” is a concept camera design by Ryan David Francis, a …

Athanasios Varzanakos, a Greek man, is suing Swedish dairy company Lindahls for using his image on containers of Turkish-style …

Instructables member KoZuEst made his own remote …

Tom Petters, a former owner of Polaroid was sentenced yesterday to 50 years in prison for heading up a $3.65 …

The season finale of the popular TV show House, which will air on May 17th, was filmed entirely with …

If you’re looking for a photographic adventure, check out …

If you’ve always wanted to see what a Canon 5D Mark II looks like opened up, you’re in luck. zakums06 …

The Last 3 Minutes is a beautiful short film by cinematographer Shane Hurlbut, the cinematographer of Terminator Salvation. It was shot using the Canon 5D Mark II, and was sponsored by Canon to show off the latest firmware that enables 24p (frames per second) recording, giving it a "movie quality". Filming spanned 17 locations across 4 1/2 days, and a wide assortment of Canon prime L lenses were used.

The Digital Economy Bill has passed in the UK with a vote of 189 to 47. In spite its initial …

Flickr has its own URL shortening system to make links suitable for things like Twitter. However, for some strange reason, …

Google Books, an ambitious project to make millions …

Yale University has announced the acquisition of American photographer …

A common gripe about the iPad is that it doesn’t contain a built-in camera.

A photograph of a Canon 7D with firmware version 1.2.0 has appeared before any official word of the update …

Earlier today, photographer Chase Jarvis announced his partnership with creativeLIVE, a free, live online class site. Each class presentations is filmed live, to an in-person audience in Seattle, and streamed on the creativeLIVE website.

As more and more people are ditching compact cameras for their camera-equipped phones, …

The Zero Angle Digital Camera is a conceptual design by Sun ho Sin and Jeong eun Park that protects …

A video released on WikiLeaks.org shows disturbing footage taken in 2007 from an …

Flickr recently changed how sets are displayed. Rather than displaying all the sets in an account on a single …

British newspaper The Guardian has teamed up with Canon on a new app …

Do you recognize this photograph? It’s the wallpaper for Apple’s new iPad tablet computer, which found its way into …

In an announcement on the Google Photos Blog today, Google …

Here's a nifty behind-the-scenes video by Nissan Canada for a car commercial shot using a 1/10 scale remote controlled car. In addition to using cranes and camera dollies, they mixed in a few Canon 5D Mark II DSLRs mounted on separate RC cars and a helicam.

Late last week we reported that Facebook had acquired the young photo sharing startup, …

Same Hill, Different Day is a series of project by Chicago-based photographer …

It’s pretty amazing how many free learning resources are available on the web for photographers. Recently, BBC Wildlife …

Suzieautomatic’s original Canon-style dial sticker was a bit hit in the blogosphere, but it left many non-Canonites …

Texas-based videographer, Eric AUSTIN put together his own radio-controlled mini helicopter to carry his Canon 7D for shooting low altitude aerial videos.

If you find yourself carrying around loose batteries all the time, here’s an …

In addition to Content Aware Fill, Puppet Warp is another powerful feature to be included in Adobe's upcoming Photoshop CS5.

4am Project is an ambitious project with a simple concept: have everyone take photographs at a particular time on a particular date, and pool them together on the Internet to share our unique perspectives on the world.

Former Vice President Al Gore’s company, Current TV is in a legal tussle with San Francisco photographer Ken Light over …

After nearly 5 years as the Community Manager at Flickr, Heather Champ has announced she is leaving to start an …

Divvyshot, a …

This video isn’t related to photography per se (though it is a time-lapse), but occasionally we like to show …

Israeli startup Dropico thinks there’s time to be …