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The Best Photos from GuruShots’ ‘Life in Macro’ Challenge

September 13, 2021
GuruShots, the “World’s Greatest Photo Game,” has announced the winners of its “Life in Macro” challenge, which received thousands of entries and over 75.7 million votes. The “Top Photographer” winner of the contest is MichaMettier of Switzerland (whose photo is seen above). The “Top Photo” winner is Еlena Smilkova of Bulgaria: The “Guru’s Top Pick” winner is David…
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Fujifilm Designs a Foldable Smartphone with a Stylus Pen

September 13, 2021
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. In a patent discovered and illustrated by…
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Nikon to Produce an ‘Entry Level’ Camera with Video-Centric Focus

September 13, 2021
In a bid to attract a younger audience, Nikon has revealed that it plans to release entry-level camera models with a focus on video features as well as develop software to make video production easier. As revealed in the Nikon Report 2021 and summarized by Digital Camera Info, Nikon will continue to focus on mid-to-high-end camera models for both professionals and hobbyists by making good on its…
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Fujifilm GF 35-70mm F4.5-5.6 WR sample gallery

September 13, 2021
We’ve been shooting with the new Fujifilm GF 35-70mm F4.5-5.6 WR for some time, on both the newly announced GFX 50S II and the 100MP GFX 100S. Check out our gallery of sample images to see what it can do in a range of different shooting situations. Our impressions so…
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EarthCam shares 20-year 9/11 Anniversary timelapse video, ‘Never Forgotten’

September 12, 2021
To commemorate the attacks on New York City’s World Trade Center on September 11, 2001, EarthCam has released an incredible timelapse that spans 20 years and is made up of more than 13.3 million photographs. The six-minute video spends the first sixty seconds showing a stream of short timelapses as they were captured in the aftermath of the attacks on the World Trade Center, colloquially…
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Wrong Photos Are a Myth, Bad Technique Isn’t

September 11, 2021
One of the most common myths in photography and art, in general, is that some things are wrong and others are right. This creates a notion that some art is worse than other art. If this were true, the world would never go beyond a predefined concept of art. Painters like…
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Why Not Wear a Camera on Your Face?

September 11, 2021
Think about it for a minute: if you’re willing to hold a camera to your eye, why not have a camera attached to it that can snap away, by voice instruction, instead of finger on the shutter? That’s the premise of Facebook’s new $299 camera glasses that also play music…
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How to Choose a Strobe for Lighting Your Photos

September 11, 2021
If you’re just starting out with strobes, there’s more choice than ever to overwhelm you with! In this guide, we will help you systematically narrow down which lights are going to work best for your type of photography. Let’s get right into it and discuss the main considerations when choosing a strobe: 1. Battery or Plug-In Will you always have access to wall power, or would you like the…
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