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Signe Brewster Dec 25, 2014 (Jun 11, 2020) -- Eyes in the sky

Iris+ review: A feature-rich drone that’s still simple to fly

I’m an anxious drone flyer. Even in San Francisco’s biggest fields, there are always other people and buildings that make me constantly evaluate…

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Science & Energy
Signe Brewster Nov 6, 2014 (Jun 11, 2020) -- Blog Post

Lytro’s unusual camera technology could find its way into night vision goggles and baby monitors

Lytro has made a name for itself offering a totally new way to take pictures. Now, it is opening up its hardware and software so developers can build custom cameras.…

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Science & Energy
Jeff Roberts Jul 4, 2014 (Jun 10, 2020) -- Blog Post

These beautiful photos show why we love drones

Look at these award-winning photos from drone photographers around the world -- they show how "drones," which can have a scary connotation, have so much to offer.…

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Science & Energy, Technology
Lauren Hockenson Jun 25, 2014 (Jun 10, 2020) -- Blog Post

Photo sharing community EyeEm releases design-focused Android update

Photo community EyeEm has released a major update to its Android experience, which could work well with the company's eventual plan to let users sell photos.…

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Mobile
Lauren Hockenson Jun 3, 2014 (Jun 10, 2020) -- Blog Post

Instagram’s latest update brings 10 new photo editing tools

With Instagram 6.0, users will gain access to 10 new photo editing tools.…

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Mobile
Signe Brewster May 21, 2014 (Jun 10, 2020) -- Blog Post

The virtual reality cameras are coming: 360Cam passes Kickstarter goal in a day

Giroptic's camera is a relatively affordable option that offers nice features like waterproofness. It can also screw into light fixtures like a lightbulb.…

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Technology
Signe Brewster May 13, 2014 (Jun 10, 2020) -- Blog Post

HAXLR8R hardware startups pitch connected cigarette lighters, skateboards and tennis rackets

Ten startups spent Monday evening unveiling their prototypes and freshly-launched Kickstarter campaigns in San Francisco. Their inventions were mostly connected devices or robots.…

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Technology
Signe Brewster May 11, 2014 (Jun 10, 2020) -- Blog Post

Parrot puts the camera first in its new Bebop drone

The new Bebop quadcopter has a 14 megapixel camera and is piloted with a mobile phone or tablet. Interestingly, its camera can also be controlled from an Oculus Rift headset.…

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Technology
Signe Brewster Apr 22, 2014 (Jun 10, 2020) -- Blog Post

Horizon Hobby’s Blade 350 QX quadcopter is pleasant to fly, but this is not a drone for beginners

The drone performed well once it was in the air, but at times it was a trial to get it to fly, and poor support documentation could frustrate new quadcopter pilots.…

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Technology
Lauren Hockenson Nov 13, 2013 (Jun 9, 2020) -- Blog Post

If I had a dollar: Look like a better photographer with these apps

Not a great photographer? You can doctor those photos up with AfterLight and HDR Camera+…

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Mobile
David Meyer Nov 13, 2013 (Jun 9, 2020) -- Blog Post

On-demand photography outfit Scoopshot pulls in $3.9M to expand internationally

A lot of money is going into trying to disrupt the stock photography market – something investors hope will be possible through…

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Europe, Mobile, Technology
Chris Albrecht Sep 14, 2013 (Jun 9, 2020) -- Blog Post

Photo pro tip: Lighten up to make your friends look like rock stars

Professional photographer Pamela Littky shares some tips and tricks to make your friends and family look super cool in the pictures you take of them.…

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Mobile, Technology
Erica Ogg Aug 7, 2013 (Jun 9, 2020) -- Blog Post

500px photo-sharing service scoops up $8.8M to expand into commercial licensing

500px's CEO says the company needs the investment to hire more people and build an entirely new 500px product: a commercial licensing platform to help photographers license their images for commercial use.…

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Apple, Technology
Lauren Hockenson Jul 23, 2013 (Jun 9, 2020) -- Blog Post

Drone hobbyists show off their breathtaking aerial shots on Dronestagram

Dronestagram is a new social network that enables drone hobbyists to show off their best landscape shots.…

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Technology
Mathew Ingram Jun 1, 2013 (Jun 10, 2020) -- Blog Post

The painful realities behind the demise of the Chicago Sun-Times photo desk

The Chicago Sun-Times' decision to lay off its entire staff of 28 photographers was widely criticized as a knee-jerk response by clueless managers, but the fact remains that newspaper cost structures are too high, and crowdsourcing works.…

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Media, Video
Chris Albrecht Dec 13, 2012 (Jun 9, 2020) -- Blog Post

Podcast: Filter this – Twitter v. Facebook v. Flickr, Apple v. Microsoft (and Google)

Somewhere tech companies didn't get the memo that the holidays were a time of peace and love because spats are breaking out all over. Twitter, Instagram and Flickr ratchet up the mobile photo fight. And Apple fends off attacks on multiple fronts.…

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Technology
Mark Crump Oct 4, 2012 (Jun 9, 2020) -- Blog Post

Upon further review: The iPhone 5 camera, and ‘purple haze’

In my original review of the camera, I noticed a purple glow in the left corner of my image. Since there was a blue diode on the speaker and my desk lamp was blue, I assumed it was reflections off the blue materials. I was wrong.…

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Apple, Mobile
Mark Crump Sep 29, 2012 (Jun 9, 2020) -- Blog Post

A photographer’s view of the iPhone 5

The iPhone 5's new camera lens isn't a gigantic improvement. But where Apple does make more significant advances is the software. My tests shots show the iPhone 5 has faster photo capture, better low-light performance, and improved noise reduction.…

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Apple, Technology
Chris Albrecht Sep 11, 2012 (Jun 9, 2020) -- Blog Post

No filter: Why I dumped digital pictures for Instax on vacation

I love my FujiFilm Instax instant camera so much that on a recent trip, I used it as my primary camera. Going Instax means you give up on some modern conveniences (like autofocus), but holding a print will change the way you look at pictures.…

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Technology
Robert Andrews Aug 16, 2012 (Jun 9, 2020) -- Blog Post

More Guardian paid content – photos go freemium

The newspaper is an ardent advocate of free and open online journalism. But that doesn't mean it won't charge on devices where and when it can.…

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Media
David Meyer Jul 24, 2012 (Jun 9, 2020) -- Blog Post

Photocircle gives tourists a new way to help the needy

There are plenty of sell-your-picture platforms out there already that give people the chance to become semi-professional photographers. But German startup Photocircle has a twist: it's encouraging those taking pictures to support social projects in the photogenic places they visit.…

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Europe, Media, Technology
Mathew Ingram Jul 19, 2012 (Jun 9, 2020) -- Blog Post

What the Instagram backlash says about the future of media

The same kind of criticism levelled at the photo-sharing service Instagram -- that it ruins photography, or makes it cheap and shallow -- has been made about other forms of media, including blogging, citizen journalism and Twitter. And in each case the critics have been wrong.…

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Media, Mobile, Technology
Mark Crump Jun 23, 2012 (Jun 9, 2020) -- Blog Post

Review: What a photographer thinks of Aperture 3.3

With the new MacBook Pro with Retina display, Apple made some small but important updates to its Aperture photo-processing app. Aperture 3.3 isn't a full version upgrade, but the new features added tells us that Apple is serious about this program and its future.…

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Apple
Robert Andrews May 16, 2012 (Jun 9, 2020) -- Blog Post

Microstock’s stock is rising: $265 million for Shutterstock, Fotolia

Fotolia is taking a $150 million private investment as Shutterstock goes public to raise $115 million. Coincidence? Crowdsourced-photo rivals are bulking up to challenge microstock's market-leading iStockPhoto.…

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Europe, Media, Technology

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