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Mannequin graveyard: Exploring an abandoned, creepy Camelot-themed amusement park

 
 

Andre Govia has made his career exploring a wide variety of abandoned places and capturing eerie photographs of dilapidated buildings and structures. Daily Mail recently covered Govia’s work, in particular his visit to an abandoned theme park.

While Govia didn’t disclose the location of the park, it appears that...

Adobe hopes to empower students with Chromebook release of Creative Cloud applications

 
 

Chromebook users who have felt left behind relative to software updates and releases, Adobe has you covered with the release of six updated Android applications optimized for Chromebooks. The six applications are Photoshop Mix, Lightroom Mobile, Illustrator Draw, Photoshop Sketch, Adobe Comp CC and Creative Cloud...

Matching clients with photographers: 500px’s new photographer directory, Adobe Stock integration

 
 

Global online photography community 500px has announced the launch of a new, easy-to-use global photographer directory to allow clients such as Airbnb, The Travel Corporation, Google and Lonely Planet among many others to search for photographers by specialty and location. In addition to the new directory, 500px...

Found Fuji film cameras: B&H locates unopened (discontinued) Fuji GF670 cameras in warehouse

 
 

If you missed your chance to grab a new, sealed Fujifilm GF670 6x7 folding medium format film camera during its production run, you will have another chance soon. B&H has reportedly found an unspecified number of brand-new GF760 cameras in one of their warehouses.

The rangefinder camera accepts 120 and 220 roll...

Three easy ways to create background separation in your portraits using speedlights

 
 

Photographer Manny Ortiz has a number of excellent tutorials on his YouTube channel to help budding portrait photographers get better results without breaking the bank. His videos showcase how to achieve excellent results with only speedlights rather than large, expensive studio lights. He even has videos geared...

Capturing history as it’s made: The high-pressure task of the White House photographer

 
 

With a new president having taken office in the United States, that also means that a new official White House photographer will be taking over as well. DigitalRev In Focus explores the job and its history.

John F. Kennedy was the first US president to work with a full-time photographer, Cecil W. Stoughton. After...

Fujifilm GFX launch: Hands-on with the GFX, X-T20, and X100F, plus more questions answered!

 
 

Last Thursday evening, Fujifilm held its formal coming out party for the GFX 50S in The Refectory at the High Line Hotel, a spectacular, historic room in what was once part of an Episcopalian seminary. The company packed the room with a dozen or so GFX 50S cameras, all three of the new GF lenses, vertical grips, a...

Caffeine Priority: Hands-on with the hands-off photo editing software, Photolemur

 
 

Wake up with IR! Here's today's cup of Caffeine Priority...

We covered Photolemur in early December. Since then, I've had the opportunity to use the MacOS software and see what it offers photographers.

To brief you on what Photolemur is, it is a piece of automated photo editing software. Claiming to be the...

COSYSPEED Camslinger Streetomatic + Review: Compact, well-designed bag

 
 

In early December, I wrote about COSYSPEED’s new camera bag, the Streetomatic +. It is compact, but larger than its predecessor, capable of holding a DSLR camera rather than the mirrorless camera the the original Streetomatic was designed to carry. What makes this bag particularly interesting is how it is made to...

Broncolor offering photographers $24,000 in gear, discounts, exposure and more in Gen NEXT contest

 
 

If you are between 18 and 30 years old, you can win broncolor gear worth $24,000 in their Gen NEXT competition. You can submit up to three images falling within any genre of photography, such as sports, still life, portraits, etc. Submissions are open until March 7 at midnight Central European Time. Broncolor is...

Firmware Friday: Fuji X-T1 gets improved flash, front dial bug fix


 
 

Between the holiday season, CES show and an impressively powerful flu bug which took Senior Reviews Editor Mike Tomkins out for the count, our Firmware Friday roundup has necessarily taken something of an extended hiatus over the last few weeks. It returns today, though, with news of an update from the folks...

French fashion photographer takes you on a distinct visual journey through China at night

 
 

In early December, WIRED rebranded its photography website, WIRED Photo. When they did so, they promised better visuals and excellent storytelling. They’ve delivered with their recent coverage of Marilyn Mugot’s excellent night photography project.

The French fashion photographer and graphic designer travelled to...

More than a slap on the wrist: Aerial photography company hit with large fine for FAA violations

 
 

After seeking a record sum of US$1.9 million from aerial photography company SkyPan International, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has accepted $200,000 as part of a settlement. SkyPan International was charged with orchestrating 65 unauthorized flights in congested airspaces, lacking proper certification...

Lighting up the polar night: Finnish artist creates stunning light paintings that look out of this world

 
 

"Great Big Story" recently made a video about Finnish artist Hannu Huhtamo and his long exposure photography. “Darkness is the canvas and the light is my brush,” Huhtamo says, “With light painting you can create new worlds in the darkness.” As much a painter as he is a photographer, he treats his camera and lens as...

Mirrorless monster: Thriller film “Cadaver” to be shot entirely with a Sony a7S II

 
 

Coming to a theater near you this summer, Cadaver - a horror-thriller movie starring Shay Mitchell ("Pretty Little Liars") - will be the first movie shot entirely with a Sony a7S II camera. In Cadaver, disgraced ex-cop and recovering addict Megan Reed (Shay Mitchell) must take a graveyard shift at the morgue in the...

Histogram myths: Matt Granger on understanding histograms and how to properly use them

 
 

Photographer and educator Matt Granger wants to help us better understand histograms. Histograms are very useful and many of us are familiar with them, but Granger says there are three very common misconceptions that he wants to help eliminate.

You may be tempted to make judgements about your images and their...

It’s finally here: Full details on the Fuji GFX medium-format mirrorless camera, including the price!

 
 

Last fall, Fujifilm stole the show at Photokina 2016 with a surprise development announcement, flooring us all with its vision of an incredibly compact medium-format mirrorless camera. Today, it takes that announcement off the development roster, and brings it into the real world with the official launch of the...

X100F and 4K-shooting X-T20: Fuji announces pair of new 24MP X-Trans cameras

 
 

Alongside the official announcement of the new medium format Fuji GFX, Fujifilm has also announced updates to a pair of their APS-C X-Series cameras, the Fuji X100F and Fuji X-T20. These refreshed models not only get some  which are both centered around 24.3-megapixel APS-C X-Trans CMOS III image sensors.

Fuji...

Fujifilm launches new compact, affordable XF50mm f/2 R WR lens

 
 

True to their lens roadmap, Fujifilm today announced the launch of their new Fujinon XF 50mm f/2 R WR lens. The Fujinon lens lineup features a generous number of prime lenses, and the XF 50mm fills a gap between two 35mm lenses, and the 56mm f/1.2. When mounted on a Fujifilm camera body, the XF 50mm lens will...

Thin body, wide ISO range: Leica introduces slimmest, highest-sensitivity digital M camera, the M10

 
 

Leica's M line has simultaneously beefed up and slimmed down. The newly-announced Leica M10 features the slimmest body of any Leica digital M camera, while including a physical ISO dial, higher-magnification (0.73x) optical viewfinder and redeveloped 24-megapixel full-frame CMOS sensor and Maestro II image...