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Hotel Chain Will Pay You $10K To Travel and Take Photos for Two Weeks

Days Inn by Wyndham is looking to hire “an aspiring photographer and adventure seeker” to explore some of the United States’ most desirable locations and capture images along the way. The photos would then be used for the brand’s website and social media channels. While some companies would prefer to pay nothing for photographers, Days Inn continues to buck that trend and has announced…
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How to Tell an Effective Brand Story With Your Photos

Any writer worth their salt knows that a good story is comprised of three primary components: Character, Setting, and Plot. The same can be said of visual storytelling, regardless of the medium. As a commercial photographer, my goal is to tell a brand’s story as…
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Leica brings substantial AF, video improvements to SL2-S with 2.0 firmware update

Leica has released a major 2.0 firmware update for its SL2-S full-frame camera, adding a collection of new and improved features, especially for video shooters. The first improvement Leica notes in its 2.0 firmware update for the SL2-S is a new autofocus algorithm that it says improves eye/face/head/body recognition as well as tracking performance. On the video front, Leica has added…
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Camera Lens Makes Carters Look Tiny Next to Joe and Jill Biden

Picking the wrong camera lens can lead to unintended consequences in your resulting photos. Case in point: this new photo of President Joe Biden and First Lady Jill Biden meeting with former president Jimmy Carter and former first lady Rosalynn Carter. As soon as The Carter Center published the photo yesterday of the meeting at the Carter home in Georgia last week, people began pointing out how…
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This Unique Nikon Lens Can Capture 360-Degree Views With No Stitching

A designer duo has created a first-of-its-kind lens that can record 360-degree spherical video content that doesn’t need to be stitched in post-processing and can be used with any conventional camera. Rob Englert and Meyer Giordano are two experienced industrial and interaction designers with a particular interest in augmented (AR) and virtual reality (VR) and have worked with brands such as…
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