Many photographers argue that Unsplash is a disaster for the industry. But it seems that it can also be harmful to those who download and use photos from the website. Photographer, cameraman, and presenter Simon Palmer recently got into legal trouble after using a photo from Unsplash on his blog. Although the photo was from […]
When you talk about photography gear online, one thing is inevitable. Somebody will pipe up talking about how “the gear doesn’t matter, a good photographer can make a great image with a potato!”. Well, Linus and Brandon over at Linus Tech Tips decided to put this to the test. Brandon is LTT’s DP. He has […]
So, youve seen what youd look like when youre old. Now its time for something new, right? Check out AI Portraits Ars, a website which turns your selfies or self-portraits into faux, but realistic-looking (and kinda eerie) classical paintings. The website was built with help from researchers at the MIT-IBM Watson AI Lab. They have […]
Every once in a while, a fun website or app that requires us to upload a photo of ourselves goes viral. In 2015, it was Microsofts How-Old.net, which would guess your age based on a selfie. It turned out to be a showcase for Microsofts facial recognition technology. Amazonfollowed in 2017with its version that showcased […]
White marble, dark chocolate, one light source. Problem?
Not at all. Because pretty much everything you can actually see across the top of that box is not really the "correct" tonality of the chocolate. It's all specular highlights.
Controlling the density of specular highlights is what compresses the subject... more
French drone manufacturer, Parrot, creator of the fairly popular (considering it’s not a DJI)Bebop drone is leaving the lower end of the drone market, drones primarily considered “toys”, in order to focus on higher-end models for the commercial and military markets. Wirecutter says that they received official conformation that Parrot is pulling out of the […]
The megapixel wars for DSLRs and mirrorless cameras almost seems kind of dead, for the most part. Sure, there might be the occasional exception here and there, but things have generally settled down for the last few years. But they haven’t gone away completely. Instead, they’ve shifted over to smartphones. We’re just now starting to […]
Facebook’s always at the centre of some privacy controversy or other these days. Programmer Edin Jusupovic, spotted something rather odd recently when looking at a hex dump of an image file of unknown origin. After doing a little investigation, it appears to be IPTC “Special Instructions” injected into the image by Facebook. This header is […]
Shooting underwater comes with its challenges, but it can result in some stunning images. The same goes for building your own complex sets from scratch. But what happens when you bring those two together? Photographer Brett Stanley decided to give it a shot. Brett built entire rooms in his home studio and placed them underwater, […]
