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Trendy mobile editing app VSCO is building a pro photo editor with film-inspired looks, batch editing – and an upcoming desktop app

VSCO is best known for its mobile editing app with film-inspired presets, but the mobile photo editing powerhouse will soon have its own desktop app for pro-grade photo editing. On Wednesday, June 17, VSCO launched Studio Pro on iOS, with a desktop version of the photo editor set to arrive before the end of the year. While VSCO Studio Pro is available to download beginning today on iPhone, the app…
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"They always shoot up, so the camera is right there in front of you… The way they shoot, you will always look like a stud." What Arnie Schwarzenegger teaches photographers about the power of the low angle

There’s a quote in the new TASCHEN monograph Arnold that every portrait photographer needs to read. Reflecting on the experience of being shot for film campaigns and magazine features, Schwarzenegger says: “They always shoot up, so the camera is right there in front of…
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A rare court re-hearing could call key copyright test into question as a photographer and celebrity tattoo artist return to court

Does a tattoo inspired by a photograph have the same look and feel as the original? That question is at the heart of a longstanding copyright test that could be called into question in an unusual “en banc” hearing between photographer Jeffery Sedilk and celebrity tattoo artist Kat Von D or Katherine von Drachenberg. The US Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals has ordered an en banc hearing of…
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When most photographers go indoors, the real magic begins outside – Pro tips for shooting storms, fog and night skies

Dramatic weather, shifting atmospheres and rare celestial events offer some of the most powerful and visually striking opportunities you can capture – when you’re willing to embrace the elements and leave the house. While shooting in these conditions isn’t always comfortable – or predictable – they reward preparation and adaptability. Understanding when and where to shoot, how to protect…
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"To photograph reality is to photograph nothing": Duane Michals rejected the idea of the 'decisive moment' and did something wildly different

Duane Michals, who died on June 09 in New York aged 94, was the kind of photographer who makes people uneasy. He wrote directly on his prints. He blurred things deliberately. He arranged images like comic strips and called them art. When the street photographer Garry Winogrand saw Michals’ first sequence show in the 1960s, he reportedly said: “What is this? This isn’t photography.” Michals…
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