The White House is ending its long-running practice of reenacting speeches for still photographs after the controversy was rekindled last week by President Obama's Osama bin Laden speech.
The Canon EOS-0 is what you get at the Apocalypse when all the major camera, software, and operating system companies get together to unleash unspeakable evil into the world. It's a camera with a little bit of everything: support for every major lens mount, a drive for various kinds of discs, Windows Vista as the operating system (shudder), Photoshop available on the giant widescreen LCD, etc... Pretty much the only thing you won't find on this camera is a toaster.
Cindy Sherman's "Untitled #96" from 1981 has become the world's most valuable photograph after selling for a staggering $3.89 million at a Christie's auction yesterday (it was estimated to be worth up to $2 million). The winning bidder was Philippe Segalot, a private advisor to some of the world's wealthiest art collectors. The photo takes the top spot away from "99 Cent II Diptychon" by Andreas Gursky, which enjoyed five years as the world's most valuable photo after selling for $3.35 million …
Photographer and blogger Thomas Hawk has an ongoing project called $2 Portraits in which he gives $2 to people on the street in exchange for a portrait: …
Panasonic has announced its latest Micro Four Thirds camera, the Lumix DMC-G3, the world's smallest and lightest system camera with a viewfinder. It's a slim 16-megapixel camera (up from 12) that does 1080p HD view recording and does 4fps continuous still shooting (or a whopping 20fps when you drop down to 4MP). On the back you'll find a large 3-inch touchscreen LCD that features touch focusing, allowing you to press any area on the screen to focus on particular locations. It'll hit shelves in …
Update: This giveaway is now over. The winners were randomly selected and announced below.
