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The Los Angeles Times is reporting that Kodak may be "a shutter click from extinction": …

Back in June we reported that Haje Jan Kamps of Photocritic was working on a neat new universal camera trigger called the TriggerTrap. Since then, he has managed to raise a whopping $77,262 for the project through Kickstarter and is now announcing that the device has gone into production. The TriggerTrap can be triggered by pretty much anything you can think of thanks to its laser trigger, sound detector, intervalometer, and AUX-port. It'll cost $125 once it begins shipping in February 2012.

For her project titled "Elderly Animals", photographer Isa Leshko found and photographed various animals in the twilight of their lives.

Photographer Tim Allen spotted this sign outside the Aldwych tube station, an abandoned London Underground station that recently opened up for tours. While photography bans are pretty common, the station has decided to only ban DSLRs due to "their combination of high quality sensor and high resolution". Other cameras are allowed in, as long as they don't look "big" enough to shoot amazing photos.

Photographer Alexander Harding has a beautiful project titled "Visible Light" in which he turns light itself into the subject of photographs.

Here are five interesting interview excerpts with renowned street photographers. They're from Everybody Street, a documentary on NYC street photographers that recently finished raising funds through Kickstarter. The video above features Bruce Gilden.

Adde Adesokan of Germany captures beautiful portraits of strangers by snapping three photographs of their head, hands, and feet. The frames are then arranged as triptychs that creatively reveal who the subjects are.

Here's an interesting behind-the-scenes mini-documentary showing Scott Schuman (AKA "The Sartorialist") shooting his street fashion photographs in Tokyo, Japan. Unlike many street photographers, Schuman first approaches his subjects and asks for permission.

Here's a video in which business-savvy photographer Sal Cincotta shares some tips on how to turn your photography service into an experience that your clients will remember and be excited to recommend to others.

Think your lens is good in low-light conditions? Check out this Nikon D700 with a Nightstalker II night-vision system attached -- standard issue for the Navy's Combat Camera unit. PopPhoto has published an interesting article that offers a glimpse into what life is like as a US military photographer. You an also see an example photo shot with the above lens here.

Here's an informative lesson on shutter sync by photographer Matthew Gore, who writes, …

National Geographic photographer William Albert Allard has written an interesting blog post on how he got his job and how aspiring photographers can follow in his footsteps: …

Here's a cute and funny little short by filmmaker Nick Scott about school portraits, children, life and innocence.

"The Catch" is one of the most famous plays in American football history, and Walter Iooss Jr.'s photograph of Dwight Clark leaping into the air is one of the game's iconic images. Paul Lukas of Uni Watch has published an interesting analysis of the photograph and why it "works": …

Three years ago, an Illinois man named Michael Allison was arrested for videotaping police in public in accordance with the state's extremely strict wiretapping laws. He faced up to 75 years in prison for his crime, but a few months ago an Illinois judge ruled that the laws were unconstitutional and threw out the case. However, the State of Illinois is now appealing to the Supreme Court to have the dismissal overturned.

These photos might look like they were computer generated, but they're actually unmodified photographs. Ron Brinkmann took 6 mirror tiles and made a box with them with the help of some duct tape. He then placed a camera inside and triggered shots using the timer.

Japanese camera ads are sometimes very different from those you might see in the US. We're still trying to figure out whether this is a commercial for the Fujifilm X10 or a trailer for an upcoming horror movie...

Tired of using generic black lens caps? There's a new company called Blink that's trying to bring some color to the world of lens protection. It's currently trying to raise $55,000 through crowdfunding to manufacture a line of 58mm lens caps in 6 designs, which are designed to make people smile when they catch a glimpse of your camera. The caps are significantly more expensive than your standard lens cap though: you'll have to donate $25 to the campaign to land one of them.

Here's an old clip in which Steve Jobs talks about how he sees the world: …

Knowing how long to develop film for is easy if you use popular films and developers, but what if you want to use some obscure combination that isn't well documented? If that's you, check out the Photocritic Film Development Database. It's a simple service that outputs development times for 1440 different film/developer combinations. For combinations that aren't officially published, creator Haje Jan Kamps has come with a formula that estimates the time -- a formula that he says is surprisingly …

Here's an amazing time-lapse video that was made using time-lapse photography shot over six months in the beautiful state of Oregon. This interview quote by Ben Canales gives a glimpse into how much dedication this kind of project requires: …

Falling Apart is a series by Japanese photographer Yuya Takeda that consists of synthetic photographs of apartment buildings. It's reminiscent of Andreas Gursky's sweeping architectural photographs.

Knobroom is a free add-on for Lightroom that lets you use the knobs and sliders on a MIDI Controller to edit photos in Lightroom. Unlike PADDY, which we featured last year, Knobroom is also available to Mac users. The brief demo above shows Lightroom being controlled with a Behringer BCF2000. Freelance photographer Max Edin has written up an informative review on setting up and using the add-on.

Have a habit of losing your lens caps? Add a clip to them to keep them attached to your camera strap when not in use! All you need are a lapel clip -- the kind found on old wired cellphone headsets work great -- and some strong mounting tape. It's basically a DIY version of the Nice Clip, which we featured back in October.

Kurtis Hough of Portland, Oregon made this informative step-by-step video on how you can quickly lose $2,400 in just 24 seconds. It was shot using a Canon 5D Mark II.

Evolution is a series of photographs by photographer Ted Sabarese showing people with fish they resemble.

Here's another sign of the changing times: so many camera shoppers are turning to the Internet for deals that some cameras shops are now charging fees for customers who want to test out their cameras. The Daily Telegraph writes, …

Having trouble framing shots when "shooting from the hip" and not looking through (or at) your camera? Lifehacker suggests pointing with your left hand index finger to improve your accuracy. Simply press the finger against your lens, parallel to your camera's line of sight. The idea is that while we point at things all the time, aiming a camera isn't quite as intuitive (though it comes with practice). By making the camera an "extension of your body", you might be able to aim it more naturally!

Photographer Grover Schrayer captured this amazing photograph of a rainbow in candle smoke.

Ever wonder what National Geographic photographers go through to get the beautiful shots that appear in the yellow-bordered magazine? The Photo Society -- an interesting new website created by the magazine's Photographer’s Advisory Board -- recently surveyed 45 Nat Geo photographers about hazards they've encountered while on assignment. All the incidences were then counted up and turned into a fascinating table showing how "glamorous" the photographers' lives are. You can also read short …

If you have an unwanted silk scarf lying around, you can combine it with some key rings to turn it into a stylish camera strap. All you need are some key rings and a sewing machine (and some leather if you want extra style points). Stacie over at Scarves.net has written a step-by-step tutorial on how you can make your own.

Social Lights is a project by photographer Seymour Templar that's like a nighttime version of Joe Holmes' Texting series that we featured earlier this year. Templar documented social life in NYC by snapping portraits of people interacting with others through their cell phones. Each individual unwittingly helps out by lighting their own faces with their phone displays.

CNN created quite a stir yesterday after laying off a dozen photojournalists due to the rise of citizen journalism and the availability of cameras. Here's a humorous response to the story by Stephen Colbert, who gives us a glimpse into the "uncompensated future of news".

Want to made giant prints of your tiny phone photos? Instead of doing the enlargement purely with Photoshop, Photojojo suggests using a scanner for high-quality enlarging. Simply resample the small photo at 360dpi, print it out on high quality matte paper, and then re-digitize it using a scanner at 360dpi and the print size you want. It'd be interesting to see a side-by-side comparison of this technique versus simply resizing in Photoshop and printing that image directly.

Nikon has announced the new SB-910, a top-of-the-line flash unit to succeed the SB-900. Instead of increased power -- the guide number and zoom range haven't changed -- Nikon has chosen to focus on usability. The new flash features a new MENU button and improved LCD user interface that are designed to make operating it a breeze. It also automatically detects spiking temperatures, and slows down the recycle rate to automatically prevent overheating. The price fits the SB-910's place in the …

Wondering whether or not the shutter speeds on your camera are accurate? Instead of taking it to a shop or buying expensive testing equipment, you can use an old television or CRT monitor as a simple shutter speed tester! Camera enthusiast Rick Oleson has an easy to understand diagram showing what you can expect to see from the screen at different shutter speeds. For a more technical explanation and tutorial, check out this article that appeared in a 1967 issue of Popular Science.

Photographer James Loveday has a portrait project documenting the people who use Craigslist. Over a period of several months, he placed ads on Craigslist offering free portraits to anyone who stopped by his Brooklyn studio.

Roughly 50 staffers at CNN were given pink slips today, including nearly a dozen photojournalists. In an email to the staff, Senior VP Jack Womack cited the accessibility of cameras and the growth of citizen journalism as reasons for the terminations: …

What if all advertising photos came with a number that revealed the degree to which they were Photoshopped? We might not be very far off, especially with recent advertising controversies and efforts to get "anti-Photoshop laws" passed. Researchers Hany Farid and Eric Kee at Dartmouth have developed a software tool that detects how much fashion and beauty photos have been altered compared to the original image, grading each photo on a scale of 1-5. The program may eventually be used as a tool …

The first known light painting photographs were made way back in 1914, when Frank and Lillian Moller Gilbreth used small lights and long exposure photos to capture the motion of workers. Subjects ranged from handkerchief folders to bricklayers. The photos weren't meant as art, but were instead made to help develop ways to increase employee output and simplify job tasks.

Olympus has been in the photography game since introducing its first camera back in 1936, but its future as a major player is at risk now that the company is caught up in one of the largest corporate scandals Japan has ever seen. According to Reuters, the company is reviewing its business structure, and there is speculation that it may be forced to sell off assets to survive.

Always looking to upcycle her old things, entrepreneur Heidi Lehto came up with the idea of turning VHS cassette cases into 3D picture frames that have a secret storage compartment. She drilled the case into the wall using a couple of screws, and uses it as an easy-to-access business card holder.

During a 2001 launch of the Space Shuttle Atlantis, NASA photographer Pat McCracken captured this amazing photograph of the shuttle's smoke plume casting a shadow across the full moon rising in the horizon.

With the introduction of iOS 5, Apple finally turned the iPhone's volume up button into a shutter button and its headphones into remote shutter releases. However, did you know that many Bluetooth headsets can now be used as wireless shutter releases? As long as your device can wirelessly increase the iPhone's volume (and not just its own) it should work. This means that even Bluetooth keyboards can be used as wireless remotes! …

If you have a potato chip tube lying around, you can convert the tube into a super simple DIY snoot. All you need to do is cut an opening in the closed end that's the size of your flash head (tip: use some duct tape to prevent it from scratching your flash).

Here's another beautiful example of why you don't need to shell out $100,000 for a pro-grade high speed camera when you can use just a simple DSLR -- in this case it was a Canon T2i -- and Twixtor. David HJ. Lindberg writes, …

For a fine arts project at his university, art student Joel Brochu spent a whopping 8 months meticulously recreating a photograph using tiny nonpareils (the tiny sprinkles used on cakes and donuts). 221,184 individual sprinkles were placed on the 4-foot-wide board, which was covered with double-sided tape and a thin layer of glue. Each sprinkle was placed by hand using jewelry tweezers.

The Apple iCam is a concept camera by Italian designer Antonio DeRosa that imagines a future where cameras are modular and powered by smartphones. Smartphones have already invaded the compact camera market in recent years, but their small lenses and sensors keep them from being seen as suitable alternatives to more advanced cameras. The iCam camera changes that by adding a large sensor and interchangeable lens system to the mix. Simply attach your iPhone 5 to the case and you'll have yourself a …

Shape is a series by French photographer Quentin Arnaud that consists of minimalistic portraits shot with low-key lighting. The stark lighting highlights the shape of the head but completely leaves the face void of any details, giving a creepy and ominous look to each of the photos.

"The Beauty of a Second" is a short film competition asking people to capture "beauty", but with a twist: each submitted video can only be one second long. Above is a compilation of entries submitted during the contest's first round.