Canon has announced the launch of RAISE, a new AI-powered photo sharing platform that’s geared toward helping photographers improve, organize, and share their photos. “In 2017, approximately 1.2 trillion photos were taken; turning millions of people into prolific photographers, who are spending a tremendous amount of time arranging and searching through their library of photos,” […]
The United States has officially banned lithium-ion batteries from being transported in the cargo holds of passenger planes. If you travel with camera gear, you’ll need to bring all your lithium-ion batteries into the cabin in a carry-on bag. The major new rule was announced by U.S. Transportation Secretary Elaine L. Chao and the FAA […]
Jupiter is usually shown with its cloud layers running horizontally across the face of the gas giant. NASA has released new photos from its JunoCam showing full-disc views of Jupiter from uncommon angles. The composite photo above shows Jupiter’s southern latitudes. The photos were captured by the JunoCam camera on NASA’s Juno orbiter on February […]
Ricoh has announced the THETA Z1, the company’s latest THETA 360-degree camera that becomes the flagship camera of the line that was first introduced in 2013. THETA cameras are designed to capture 360-degree spherical photos in a single snap — the camera automatically stitches the two photos together for you — and the new THETA […]
If you’ve followed Tennessee basketball, chances are you’ve seen one of those really cool overhead photos. That top-down, bird’s eye view is something you don’t see every day, and only very few have access to capturing this unique angle. There’s a lot of gear, planning and time required to get those couple of shots, and […]
If you’re a film photographer who loves shooting Fujifilm film stocks, you may want to stockpile some film right now: Fujifilm just announced that major price hikes are coming to its films and papers starting on April 1st, 2019. The prices of Fujifilm’s photographic films will jump by at least 30% from current prices. Affected […]
Kodak launched an on-demand photography service called Kodakit back in January 2017 that aims to connect photographers to brands looking for photography. But there’s something all photographers need to know about this “Uber of photography,” as it’s been called: it demands that you sign over the “entire copyright” to the photos you shoot. PDNPulse is […]
Want to use your Canon EF-mount lenses on a Nikon camera… with autofocus? That will soon be possible. KIPON has announced the world’s first “CANIKON” lens adapter. While Canon-to-Nikon and Nikon-to-Canon lens adapters already exist, none of them allow you to use autofocus — in other words, any adapted lens is turned into a manual-focus-only […]
When it comes to photography, it can be easy to blame our bad images on our gear (or lack of it). The truth is, while gear can make your job easier, there is no substitute for the time and effort spent on learning to perfect your craft. About a year ago, we set out to […]
A prominent Houston socialite is the subject of a viral video this week after she was filmed losing her cool over a baby’s first birthday photo shoot on public property. ABC13 reports that this past Saturday, Franci Neely, the ex-wife of Houston Astros owner Jim Crane, stopped her car, got out barefoot, and confronted a […]