NASA released an incredible new look at the Pillars of Creation, showing the celestial phenomenon in an entirely new way. The Pillars of Creation encompass “three towers of gas and dust, standing light-years tall” that give “birth to new stars, buried within their dusty spires,” according to the Hubble Telescope’s website. Now, in a two-and-a-half-minute […]
Hasselblad has announced the category winners of its Hasselblad Masters 2023 photo contest. The six categories are Landscape, Architecture, Portrait, Art, Street and Project//21, a category for photographers under age 21. To enter, photographers were asked to submit a series of three photos with a unified theme and visual style. Winners were judged on their […]
Image: Nikon Nikon has announced the Nikkor Z 35mm F1.4, its first F1.4 lens for its Z-mount mirrorless system. Until now most of the company’s prime lenses have been F1.2, F1.8 or F2.8. Interestingly, the Z 35mm F1.4 is not part of the company’s premium ‘S’ line of lenses, and is priced lower than the […]
The Pentax 17 is the first Pentax film camera in two decades. It’s a half-frame camera, meaning it captures two vertical frames in the space usually used for a single horizontal image on 35mm film. The number ’17’ in the name refers to the width of the 17 x 24mm frame that it captures. Key […]
Image: Sigma Sigma has announced the pricing of its 18-50mm F2.8 DC DN | C lens for APS-C RF-mount Canon cameras. The RF version will be on sale from mid July 2024 with a recommended retail price of $599, which is a $50 premium compared with the launch prices of the existing versions for Sony […]
Arri Japan emailed its customers informing them of a temporary closure of its Japan-based offices and service operations, citing a weak yen against the euro. Arri Japan Kabushiki Kaisha — established in 2019 — is located in Ota ku, Tokyo, which is near Haneda International Airport. As reported by News Shooter, the company cites the […]
If you have seen video clips from AI video generators such as OpenAI’s Sora, you will notice that there is no sound attached to them but Google’s DeepMind research laboratory may have come up with a solution. Unveiling its video-to-audio (V2A) technology, Google says it has developed a tool that can generate synchronized audio using […]
It’s fascinating to look back over my 10+ years as a wedding photographer and see the evolution the industry has gone through. That’s not to mention all the drastic changes that happened before my time. It makes one wonder what it will be like to be a wedding photographer in the future. If my experience […]
A wildlife photographer has lost an extraordinary $20,000 legal battle over a traffic ticket that came about after he slowed his car to check on a wounded grizzly bear. On Tuesday, acclaimed wildlife photographer Tom Mangelsen was found guilty of a minor moving violation in Grand Teton National Park, Wyoming, by the U.S. District Court […]
In the mid-1970s, skateboarding had started to develop into the sport recognized today by the Olympics and photographer Hugh Holland was lucky enough to be right there in California when the exciting new scene was emerging. From 1975 to 1978, Holland immortalized the burgeoning subculture of skateboarding in California, photographing young sidewalk surfers on the […]
