Clark Terry was one of the world’s best jazz trumpet players and educators (I guess he could DO as well as TEACH… who knew). He is also well known for stating the artists creative cycle in three short words: Imitate, Assimilate, Innovate. He was speaking toward musicians, but I am a strong believer that it is also applicable for photographers, designers, illustrators, dragster drivers, authors, animal trainers. In short – it is simply how creative people learn to do what they do....

Just before we start, here is a quick disclaimer. We were not paid for this review, we also realize that putting a light into boiling water or freezing ice is not how those lights were meant to be used. On the other hand, there are enough videos that show you those lights on a bicycle handle. Quality of Light We tested three factors: Brightness, Light Pattern, and light quality in terms of CRI and Color Temperature....

It’s no secret that Leica cameras are expensive. But how can you make it look even more expensive? Well, the new TTartisan 35mm f/1.4 lens is a golden opportunity to add bling to your Leica. And I mean “golden” quite literally, as this lens is 24k gold-plated. To make it even more exclusive, only 200 pieces are available to order worldwide. The TTartisan 35mm f/1.4 24K Gold Skin is not a new lens, as its silver and black versions have already been out there for a while....

If you still haven’t switched to Adobe’s subscription plan and still use Lightroom 6, be careful with the updates. The recent reports from users say that Adobe Download Manager has deleted Lightroom 6 from their computer and replaced it with Lightroom CC. You can prevent this by changing some of the settings instead of using the default ones. If this has already happened to you, don’t panic. You can still get Lightroom 6 back if you don’t want to switch to the subscription software, and Adobe has shared the steps you need to take....

Founded as the world’s first photochemical factory in 1860, ADOX has had an interesting life. But as observed by Ilford, Kodak, and other companies, film is becoming extremely popular again. So much so that ADOX have announced plans to build a huge new factory in Bad Saarow, just outside Berlin, Germany. This is in addition to acquisition of facilities in Switzerland only 18 months ago. Essentially, a huge growth in demand has meant that production simply can’t keep up....

Pets can be expensive, and vet bills are just one of those costs of owning a pet. Korean company AI for Pet has recently launched TTPet, an app that uses AI to diagnose your pet’s possible ill health. All via your smartphone’s camera. The app will help pet owners by analyzing skin and eyes and takes just a couple of seconds to diagnose any potential health issues. According to the TTPet website, the app can detect abnormal symptoms early with an accuracy level of over 90%....

AI-generated images have become a thing, they’re available to everyone, and it looks like they’re here to stay. So, Shutterstock decided to embrace them and add them to its offer. Teaming up with OpenAI, the company is soon integrating the text-to-image model DALL-E 2 straight into its website. In the announcement, Shutterstock writes that it wants to be “responsible and transparent for its customers and contributors.” This is because AI-generated images could be problematic when it comes to copyright....

Earlier this year, OpenAI introduced an AI image generator DALL-E 2, and chose one million creators for beta testing. And if you’ve been eager to test it out yourself – now you can. From now on, OpenAI is removing the waitlist for DALL-E, so anyone can sign up and start playing with it immediately. “More than 1.5M users are now actively creating over 2M images a day with DALL·E,” the company writes in the announcement, “with over 100K users sharing their creations and feedback in our Discord community....

Western Digital’s not having a great time lately, huh? After having received reports from users that their Western Digital My Book Live devices were randomly wiping and deleting themselves – which turned out to be a remote exploit – now they’re facing an even bigger issue. Several of WD’s other NAS devices running OS 3 also have a pretty huge remote exploit vulnerability that Western Digital seemingly won’t fix. The issue stems from the fact that the vulnerability exploits a weakness in My Cloud OS 3....

Antti Karppinen is an Internationally awarded commercial photographer, digital artist, photographer, retoucher and educator from Finland and he belongs to a new generation of image artisans, to whom all things are possible. In the digital era, the most powerful stories will be told in pictures. DIYP: Tell us a little about how you got into photography, and who your influences are. AK: Before the photography career I worked as a creative director, art director or graphic designer in companies that founded together with my friends....

Most of Apple’s ads over the years tend to be a dig at a competitor. Most notably, PCs. But over the last few years, Apple’s been on the receiving end of other companies ads taking jabs at them, particularly from Samsung. So, they changed tactics to try and tell stories, especially with their Christmas adverts. And while this is still just an advertisement, Apple’s 2018 Christmas ad, Share Your Gifts, tells a great story....

Hot on the heels of Microsoft’s new Surface Studio, Apple have announced the new MacBook Pro. What is their thinnest and lightest unit ever, the new MacBook Pro features a brand new “Retina-quality Multi-Touch Display” called the Touch Bar. Essentially it’s a secondary interactive display to complement whatever app you happen to be running. The Touch Bar may sound like a bit of a gimmick at first, but I really don’t think it is....

If you’ve shot video, or even sometimes if you’ve shot stills, you know what a hassle practical lighting can be. It’s always too bright or too dim to easily balance with the rest of your lights for the ISO you want to shoot at. Or, it’s completely the wrong colour. So, you have to get tricky with white balance, or gel things, or have a bunch of different types of bulbs on-hand to match to other light sources....

European Space Agency (EAS) Astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti has shared two incredible Timelapse videos of both the aurora borealis and moonrise from the International Space Station (ISS). The videos show the neon green lights shimmering across the globe and were taken from different vantage points in the ISS. Also known as the Northern lights, the auroras have been particularly vivid this year due to increased solar flares and activity on the sun’s surface....

Photography can be an expensive hobby, but astrophotography raises it to a whole new level. However, if you’re ready to invest some time into DIY builds, you can take some neat astrophotos with only a $100 investment. Of course, you can go way beyond that, depending on your needs, skill, and of course – your budget. Want to invest $100? Good. Want to go all-in and spend $10,000 on gear?...

I wish this was some kind of a bizarre joke, but it’s real: there is something called “Holocaust trend” on TikTok. Video creators use makeup to create bruises and injuries and they pretend to be Holocaust victims in heaven. The trend has been spreading quickly, but it has equally quickly caught the attention of the public who has stood strongly against it. Even Auschwitz Museum spoke up against the trend, calling it out for “trivialization of history....

I have a confession to make. I am a professional photographer. I’ve lived in my current house for nearly fifteen years. I don’t have a single photo that I’ve taken on my walls. The reason…..? Because the thought of printing my own work seriously stresses me out! I don’t have any of my own work hanging on my walls – which means that I don’t have anything at all hanging on my walls....

Sometimes the actual running of your photography business can get a bit much. We all want to be taking photographs, and yet find ourselves spending most of our time on the more boring tasks like invoicing clients and actually making sure we get paid. That’s where having a streamlined system in place can save you both a lot of time and a lot of stress. Customer Relation Management (CRM) tool Bloom has just stepped up to help photographers by offering a completely free to use invoicing tool....

Brides Magazine is all about weddings, yet they don’t really seem to like wedding photographers. After they advised the brides not to feed their photographers, now they have another “ingenious” piece of advice. They say you should hire a professional photographer, but they consider pros only those who use Nikon or Canon. And only full frame cameras come into consideration! Earlier this year, Vogue shocked us by advising couples not to hire wedding photographers....

Browser-based image editor Photopea has released the 5.2 update. This free editor is often referred to as a “Photoshop clone,” and it really does a pretty good job. But now it gets even better, adding color space support, CMYK mode, noise reduction, and more new options. First of all, Photopea now can detect a color space inside a file (PSD, JPG, PNG, and more) and it renders it correctly. “That space is maintained during the editing, and it is saved with an image (PSD, or embedded in JPG, PNG, …),” Photopea’s blog reads....