Tech startup BOOM, which said it wanted to be the "Amazon for photography," has allegedly failed to pay photographers that it inherited from its acquisition of LemonOne due to financial difficulties.
While companies like Snappr, Boom, and Pretty Instant seem built to devalue photography by commoditizing it, ViewShaper claims its goal is to do the exact opposite with a system built specifically for pros along with a photographer-focused pricing structure.
Boom, a Milan-headquartered tech startup, has raised $7 million in Series A funding based on its proprietary technology that is said to provide a way for companies to purchase "high-quality" images affordably, on a global scale.
It's not often someone "reimagines" an established bit of kit, but that's what the folks over at Photo Rock Bar have done. This strange looking weight for tripods, light stands and boom arms is meant to replace ye old sand bag with something more convenient and versatile.
The FAA's lithium ion battery regulations can be a real pain to deal with for photographers, but there's a good reason the agency is worried about that battery—be it in your drone, your DSLR, or your Galaxy Note 7. It can cause some serious damage, as NASA found out back in June.
I have a passion for automotive photography at night, but for the most part I'm forced to shoot static images. Long exposures require a stable support for your camera and that's only achievable when everything's locked down -- including the car. Sure, light painting, traffic trails and even the occasional star trail all help to introduce dynamism to static automotive images but sometimes there's no substitute for shooting the car whilst its moving.
Contrary to what you might think, exploding wires are actually a fairly common photographic subject. Although cat bearding probably has it beat in terms of sheer volume, in the world of science, capturing photographs of wires turning into plasma is an often-attempted experiment.
But even though there is a lot of imagery of wires exploding out there, electrical engineer Patrick Herd's most recent experiment sought to capture the phenomenon in a unique way.