Reckless drone video under investigation for flying directly above passenger jet: Digital Photography Review

via GIPHY   A complete and utter idiot shows how to fly his drone like a complete and utter idiot. This sort of stupidity is beyond any form of joke or humour. It’s just incredibly idiotic and pathetic in the extreme. A drone pilot has enraged the entire UAV community after sharing a video in […] Read more >

Digital Photography Review warns scammers are peddling fake ‘KODAKCoin’ – take note!

A bit of a heads up for those ever-present scammers after your hard earned cash. Be weary – if it looks too good to believe, it most likely is! Digital Photography Review warns Kodak is warning potential investors that “KODAKCoin” offerings found online aren’t the real thing. According to an email sent to potential investors, […] Read more >

Time Magazine Releases 12 Covers All Shot on iPhone | Fstoppers

Grab that iPhone, guys, and snap away! You’re now in the running to get your pics on a TIME Magazine cover, if you can believe it. FStoppers write “in a creative world where there is a mentality of “bigger is better,” most photographers will be shocked to hear that Time Magazine just released 12 magazine covers […] Read more >

Want the ultimate Drone / Camera Mash-up? Just take a look at the new Hasselblad H6D-100c & DJI Matrice 600 Bundle

DJI, the world’s leading make of unmanned aerial vehicles, purchased elite camera maker, Hasselblad of Sweden, not so long ago – and the first power combo offering they’ve come out with is unbelievably stunning. Imagine yourself about to fly the bulky H6D 100MP still / video camera and lens strapped to bottom the massive six […] Read more >

PETA and David Slater settle copyright lawsuit over monkey selfie: DPReview

The fascinating story of an animal that took it’s own ‘selfie’ after coming across a photographer’s camera has finally played out its course after a lengthy legal battle. In a nutshell, the act of self-portraiture by a monkey unleashed the most ridiculous controversy of political correctness gone wrong mixed up with a swathe of social […] Read more >

Ken Duncan – Landscape Photographer

Some Aussies are among the most uniquely skilled of photographers. One of my log time favourites, Peter Lik, has proved himself extremely successful at not only taking great panoramic landscape photographs but also maintaining brilliant marketing skills in promotion and with how he sells his work. Another Aussie landscape photographer who has been around on […] Read more >

Photography clip of the week; Photographer Annie Leibovitz

I’ve long been a Leibovitz fan. Not just for her celebrity portrait photography but also for the way she used that celebrity photography to form the cult of celebrity upon herself, in much the same manner in which Robert Mapplethorpe did. Interestingly, it has been suggested Mapplethorpe referred to Leibovitz as the most difficult subject […] Read more >

How I deliver pictures to a wedding client – Tim Dodd Photography

Now we all know some people just do promotion well! What a neat way to deliver images files to a client right (click the link to see one example… ). I appreciate there are flash-card promotional gimmicks available everywhere on the internet these days but have you ever really done anything about it yourself? Have […] Read more >