Celebrity fashion and portrait photographer Greg Williams recently photographed Zendaya for British Vogue through a virtual photoshoot. He used the virtual photo app CLOS, which allowed him to control her smartphone from the other side of the world.
Apple has shared a detailed video that goes over all of the main features of the four new versions of the iPhone 13 announced earlier this week. It's not only helpful but also provides a closer look at some of the promised features.
OnePlus is looking to further strengthen its current partnership with Hasselblad by releasing a new update that adds the latter’s traditional XPan camera as a shooting mode in the camera for the OnePlus 9 and 9 Pro.
Oppo appears to be looking into the possibilities and benefits of placing a camera on the side of a smartphone. The design describes the use of a mirror system rather than integrating a separate dedicated sensor.
If you’ve never heard of Realme, you wouldn’t be an outlier -- at least in North America. The brand, which first came to market in 2018, falls under the Oppo banner, which also joined forces with OnePlus earlier in 2021.
I’m a pro photographer. Do I want the new iPhone 13 Pro? You better believe it. Based on what Apple presented, this is a big upgrade for us photographers.
Oppo is poised to launch a special edition of its Find X3 Pro smartphone later this week in conjunction with Kodak. Called the "Photographer Edition," it is expected to kick off a partnership between the two brands.
Apple has announced the new ninth-generation iPad, with new features as well as a new iPad Mini with a sleek design. Both tablets also see a major jump in performance over predecessors.
Apple has announced the iPhone 13 and 13 mini, which keep the same general design but have some new changes under the hood.
Fujifilm appears interested in jumping into the mobile smartphone space and designed a folding smartphone that works with a stylus pen. The description appears to be very similar to Samsung's recently announced Fold 3.
A new report shows that Instagram is working on a new Favorites feature that will make it possible to tell the app what content it should prioritize.
Sony has updated its Visual Story mobile application to now support video. The app was designed for wedding and event photographers but has expanded functionality to aid hybrid content creators.
VSCO has added a simple object removal tool to its iPhone and Android app. The tool works similarly to content aware tools in Photoshop or Samsung's Object Eraser.
Samsung has designed an S Pen with an integrated smartphone camera that would give its Galaxy line of phones more ways to capture photos.
Vimeo has announced that it is the first to bring the ability to host, share, and playback videos shot in Dolby Vision and uploaded through Apple devices.
Vivo has announced that it will launch three new smartphones under its X70 series in the X70, X70 Pro, and X70 Pro+ as it tries to position itself among the best mobile photography options available.
In an effort to commoditize augmented reality (AR), Volograms has launched the Volu app that uses deep learning and computer vision in concert with smartphone cameras to easily create AR content.
Facebook and Ray-Ban have partnered to release a pair of smart glasses with integrated cameras. Called Ray-Ban Stories, they appear to be Facebook's answer to Snapchat Spectacles.
An Apple leaker has claimed he has seen designs for the iPhone 14 -- a phone that isn't expected to be announced for another year -- and it will ditch the notch and use an entirely new design that integrates the cameras into the chassis with no bump.
Vivo has designed a smartphone camera that detaches from the main body of the phone and takes a piece of the display with it, a curious design decision that allows the main cameras to be used for selfies... and more.
Hot on the heels of its recently-launched 200-megapixel ISOCELL HP1 smartphone sensor, Samsung has announced that it plans to develop a 576-megapixel smartphone sensor by 2025.
Apple's annual fall event is slated to take place on Tuesday, September 14 at 10 AM Pacific Time as noted in an official company announcement. It will be a wholly virtual presentation titled "California Streaming."
Apple is reportedly hoping to integrate a periscope camera lens system into its iPhones as soon as 2023, but a new report out of Korea alleges that the Silicon Valley giant may have run up against a problem: a Samsung patent.
Samsung has announced the ISOCELL HP1, an industry-first 200MP resolution based on 0.64 µm-pixels and new pixel-binning technology it calls ChameleonCell.
Polaroid has announced the Polaroid Now+, a new camera that packs in a ton of new features, but only allows access to them through the company's smartphone app.
In early August, a new photography-based subscription-only social media app hit the iOS App Store. Called Glass, it touts itself as a new, distraction-free home for photographers that is focused on one thing: your photos.
Snapchat has historically been a messaging and fun communications app, but the company appears interested in shifting that narrative through Scan, a feature that lets the app identify a host of objects in the real world, from clothes to dog breeds.
The GoPro Quik app is getting a substantial perk added for its subscriber base: unlimited cloud storage at no additional cost.
Instagram is making simple browsing easier by integrating topics -- what it calls "Interest Search" -- into results from searches, greatly expanding the ability to find images and videos beyond hashtags and accounts.
While smartphone cameras continue to improve, most don't offer any kind of variable aperture. While Samsung has developed a way to introduce this in a future device, Huawei has also designed a method, and it's more akin to a traditional lens.
Photos are a time machine to the past. Nothing better represents this than vacation pictures. We aren’t taking these photos for us now, we’re taking them for us a year or more down the line to look back on. This article shares ways to think about vacation photography and how all it takes is a smartphone to create lasting memories.
We’re a little over a week from September, and for some of us, we’re thinking about the end of summer, Labor Day, that sort of stuff. For others, like all of us photographers, it’s time to home in on the new iPhone hype.
Coming this fall, Google Pixel 6 series smartphones looks set to pack a neat feature to fix blurry faces captured in motion using the capabilities of the Tensor, Google's own custom-built processor specifically designed for Pixel.
In its latest educational online class, Apple collaborated with photographer Mark Clennon to show how to direct, shoot, and edit powerful portraits using an iPhone.
Apple has been beaten to the periscope "folded" camera punch by pretty much every other smartphone manufacturer, but it continues to design and patent new takes on the now-commonplace tech. It was granted a patent for a new design that includes folded optics and "lens shifting" capabilities.
Apple's introduction of Night mode made its smartphones far more usable in low-light situations. But as good as it is, not all shots are artistically improved with Night mode -- some can be made worse. In iOS 15, Apple is giving photographers the option to turn it off -- and keep it off.
Apple has recently patented an unusual method for dealing with the much-maligned "notch" that contains its front-facing camera. Rather than use a system that places the camera under the display, Apple instead has designed a moving "window" that can open to reveal a camera behind it.
As part of the fourth Android 12 beta release which rolled out to Pixel phones last week, an updated version of Google's Android Accessibility Suite shows a way to interact with the device without using the touchscreen. Instead, it can leverage the front-facing camera to read expressions on a face.
As part of its Unpacked event yesterday, Samsung announced two new folding smartphones. While there was a lot to "unpack" about each, one feature in the company's new flagship Galaxy Z Fold 3 doesn't appear to have flagship performance: its under-display camera.
In the light of Instagram's recent statement that it is no longer a photo-sharing app, a new photography-focused, subscription-based community app has launched to support the art of photography through a distraction-free experience.
Honor has announced the Magic3, Magic3 Pro, and Magic3 Pro+, its first internationally launched flagship smartphone line. The Pro packs four cameras into its giant camera array and adds the ability to shoot "cinema-like" videos thanks to its "IMAX Enhanced" capabilities.
Samsung digs phones that fold or flip open, and that’s exactly what headlined the company’s latest Unpacked event that officially revealed the Galaxy Z Fold 3 and Galaxy Z Flip 3.
A new report alleges that Apple's next iPhone, presumptively called the iPhone 13, will feature at least three major new camera and video recording features that the company hopes will entice buyers to upgrade to the latest model.
Xiaomi has announced the Mix 4, the latest in its Mix series that generally has highlighted cutting-edge technology and sleek design. The latest has an impressive array of main cameras but also features the company's first commercial launch of an under-display front-facing camera.
Samsung has been granted a patent for what it is described as a camera with a moveable construction. The three cameras in the array are arranged in a T-shape and a motorized gear moves them in a sliding motion, which changes their aperture in the process.
Just one day after Apple confirmed that it plans to roll out new software that will detect child abuse imagery on iPhones, WhatsApp's head took to Twitter to call out the move as a "surveillance system" that could be abused.
A group of scammers is reportedly abusing Instagram's protections against self-harm and impersonation and will target and ban nearly any Instagram account they want seemingly at will. Anyone can pay for the "ban-as-a-service," and it costs as little as $5.
Facebook's WhatsApp chat application is adding a feature that was initially popularized by Snapchat: view once, disappearing photos and videos. The app is rolling out support for the feature this week.
Apple appears to have added a feature in the latest iOS 15 operating system beta that will automatically remove the "green orb" lens flare that is common when a bright light appears in the frame, but only in certain circumstances.
Several companies have been grappling with the physical issues that come with hiding a selfie camera behind a display, but Oppo seems to have cracked the code. Its next-generation under-display camera appears to have no distinguishable downsides when compared to one in a notch or hole-punch.
