For American politicians, photo ops are a significant part of their campaigning efforts. Former President and 2024 Republican nominee Donald Trump is no stranger to them, but one on Monday, August 26, at Arlington National Cemetery's Section 60 has proved especially controversial.
Asking your client the right questions gives you a massive head-start in delivering a successful brand shoot. Here are 5 questions that I ask every client, which I find lay the ground for a productive and effective shoot.
Glass Imaging is a software company that says it has developed a way to dramatically improve the poor quality of small sensor cameras -- mainly smartphones -- using a novel approach.
Every manufacturer should have a good, fast 85mm lens, and the fact is, Sony already makes one. Sony has been on a real kick lately to update some of its earlier -- and questionable -- lenses that were released near the beginning of the E-mount system. I liked the original G-Master 85mm f/1.4 but it had some flaws and is showing its age.
Continuing its pattern of significantly updating its G Master lens lineup, Sony has unveiled the FE 85mm f/1.4 G Master Mark II portrait prime. The lens promises a lighter design, improved image quality, and swifter autofocus.
Meteor showers are opportunities to admire the Universe above while offering photographers the chance to capture stunning images such as the recent Perseids.
The cinematographer behind Alien: Romulus has revealed how he captured the terrifying chestburster scene in the movie without "one frame of CGI."
Singer Chappell Roan has been praised by photographers after she gave credit to the whole team that worked on her Interview Magazine shoot.
The North Korean athletes who posed for a historic selfie with their South Korean counterparts at this summer's Olympic Games are reportedly undergoing an "ideological evaluation" in Pyongyang.
A YouTuber and video creator has shown off the impressive capabilities of the iPhone 15 Pro Max by publishing an inspiring video that was shot entirely with just Apple's latest smartphone.
Instagram has introduced new tools that let users add text to photos and layer images together.
Journalists in Venezuela are under increased scrutiny amid a shift towards dictatorship under President Nicolás Maduro -- but they aren't giving up. Instead, they're deploying AI stand-ins to report the news while avoiding the spotlight.
A Minnesota wedding photographer is facing criminal charges for allegedly secretly recording a bride in a dressing room.
Last week, Blackmagic announced DaVinci Resolve 19, an upgrade to the popular video editing software that added over 100 new features. It's just the latest example of how the editor has become so reliable and feature-complete that it can't be ignored, even by direct competitors.
AI is among the most significant concerns for photographers. Whether worried about AI taking their jobs or AI models being trained illegally using their work, the technology is at the forefront of many's minds. Enter Overlai, an app that aims to keep photographers' work safe from AI scraping.
Although Steve Jobs remains a complicated figure for many who knew him best, nearly everyone agrees that the successful inventor and businessman was a legendary visionary. Jobs was on the ground floor of many technological innovations, including personal computers, digital music players, and smartphones. His work also had a massive impact on photography.
ProGrade Digital, a fully compliant member of the Compact Flash Association, has announced a new capacity for its popular CFexpress Type A Gold-class memory card series. Joining the existing 240GB and 480GB cards is a more affordable 120GB option.
If you’re an aspiring photographer, you’ll know the presentation of your work is just as crucial as the images themselves. In a competitive field, your portfolio serves as a visual resume, showcasing not only your technical skills and artistic vision but also your understanding of presentation mediums.
A photographer will receive a $437,500 payout from the city of Denver, Colorado after police officers shot him in the face with pepper-ball spray during a George Floyd protest in 2020.
An outrageous request from a bride asking if a wedding photographer would be willing to defraud her employer to lower the overall cost of his invoice has been shared on Reddit.
A New York videographer was robbed of $5,700 worth of camera equipment at knifepoint after being lured to film a fake music video at that location.
A professional gymnast plunged to her death while taking a selfie near the castle that inspired Disney's Sleeping Beauty.
The Minnesota Twins have shared one of the best sports photos of the year showing dramatic skies above Target Field in Minneapolis.
Adobe, OpenAI, and Microsoft have backed a bill in California that requires tech companies to clearly label AI-generated content.
Actress Jenna Ortega has revealed she quit Twitter after being sent explicit AI-generated images of herself.
People pay big money for wedding photographers and videographers, and with good reason. There's no substitute for a talented, experienced team on a couple's big day. However, strapping a GoPro to a dog can be a fun addition to the imaging team, as a talented pooch in the United Kingdom demonstrated this month.
EE, one of the United Kingdom's largest mobile network providers, issued new guidelines that advise against giving children under the age of 11 access to smartphones, instead suggesting that they only be given phones that can make calls and send texts.
Crowdfunding platform Indiegogo wants to ensure backers get what they pay for thanks to a new Shipping Guarantee Program.
This is the sequel to my article covering the Republican National Convention in Milwaukee last month. It has been 20 years and thousands of frames and I figure at this time in our political history, it’s probably a good time to close the chapter on this work and seek out a publisher.
Last May, the large-format F-Zero Camera hit Kickstarter, promising to "bend the laws of physics" and enable photographers to shoot at effective apertures of f/0.3-0.6. The campaign proved successful, and its creator, Nick Salazar, says all backers have received their cameras. As a result, the F-Zero is now available to the general public.