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Photographer Imagines What the Subjects in Abstract Paintings Would Look Like IRL

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For her series of Photoshopped images titled “The Real Life Models,” 19-year-old Hungarian photographer Flora Borsi created a set of heavily post-processed self-portraits that imagine what real life models of strange abstract paintings would have looked like. Read more…

How I Make Sure My Photos Are Backed Up and Safe From Harm

How I Make Sure My Photos Are Backed Up and Safe From Harm harddrivefail

I had a hard drive fail on me once. It was a total nightmare. I lost two years of digital photos and all of my music that i’d digitized. Never again.

Thankfully this happened to me before I was a professional photographer and it was just my own images. Not a wedding client’s. If you charge people for your photography, you need to be professional and have a proper bomb-proof backup strategy.
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external UK’s IP Office Responds to Photographers’ Outcry —UK Intellectual Property Office

After the The Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Act was passed in the UK this past April, there was a large outcry from photographers who believed the new law would lead to widespread copyright infringement. To allay photographers’ fears, the Intellectual Property Office published this document last week with “fact” responses to the “myths” floating around.

 
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Photos of the Variety of Characters You’re Likely to Run Into at McDonald’s

Photos of the Variety of Characters Youre Likely to Run Into at McDonalds mcdonalds

Photographer Nolan Conway‘s project Happy Meals is all about finding unique people in one of the world’s most commonplace locations on earth: McDonald’s restaurants. With his camera in tow, he has visited 150 McDonald’s in 22 states, photographing some 180 patrons in the process. Read more…

Leica’s Largest Stakeholder Buys Stake in Photo Contest Website

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Dr. Andreas Kaufmann, the majority shareholder and chairman of Leica, has apparently purchased a 25.1% stake in photo sharing and contest website I-SHOT-IT, reports Leica Rumors.
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Scientist Creates and Snaps Photographs of Microscopic Crystal Flowers

Scientist Creates and Snaps Photographs of Microscopic Crystal Flowers crystal flowers microscopic

Harvard School of Engineering and Applied Sciences postdoctoral fellow Wim L. Noorduin, along with his colleagues, have discovered an interesting way to make pictures of flowers from microscopic crystals, as seen under an electron microscope.
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Metabones Speed Booster for Micro Four Thirds Starting to Make Appearances

Metabones Speed Booster for Micro Four Thirds Starting to Make Appearances  microfourthirdsspeedboost

Back in January 2013, lens adapter company Metabones rocked the camera world by announcing the Speed Booster, an SLR-to-mirrorless lens adapter that can magically increase your maximum aperture, sharpness, and angle of view.

So far the adapter has been released for Sony NEX and Fuji X cameras, but greater things are on the horizon: Metabones will be releasing the Speed Booster for Micro Four Thirds cameras as well.
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Agency Films First Underwater Time Slice in South Africa for Mineral Water Ad

Agency Films First Underwater Time Slice in South Africa for Mineral Water Ad SAtimeslice

Portugal’s Krypton Films, in collaboration with production company Moonlighting and marine support company Frog Squad, recently succeeded in filming what they claim to be South Africa’s first ever underwater time slice for an Aqua Das Pedras mineral water commercial. Read more…

Time-Lapse Photos of Embryos May Lead to Heathier In-Vitro Babies

Time Lapse Photos of Embryos May Lead to Heathier In Vitro Babies embryo 6 weeks

An interesting new imaging technique in use by fertility experts at the CARE fertility clinic in the United Kingdom may be the key to increasing the likelihood of a successful a IVF therapy. The process involves snapping thousands of images of embryos in development in order to help doctors better select which embryos to implant successfully.
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Focus-Stacked Macro Photos of Bugs by Photographer Nicolas Reusens

Focus Stacked Macro Photos of Bugs by Photographer Nicolas Reusens macrobugs5

Photographer Nicolas Reusens has always been interested in insects, so when he purchased his first DSLR three years ago, he immediately dove into the art of macro photography. By using the technique known as focus stacking — combining several images taken at different depths of field — he’s generated some truly eye-popping photos of creepy crawlies from all over the world. Read more…