For the second time in five months, Canon has increased the prices of its EF and RF-mount lenses, reports DIY Photography. Most of the lenses have seen a $100 or $200 increase, but the price hike goes up to $1,000. Increases announced last September were blamed on the pandemic-induced chip shortage, notes DIYP. Read the full Story >>
What kind of nature photos do viewers respond to? For insights, you might look to the Wildlife Photographer of the Year’s People’s Choice Awards for 2021. More than 31,800 wildlife and nature enthusiasts voted for Italian photographer Cristiano Vendramin’s shot of a frozen lake—an evocative scene replete with the reflection of willow branches above the water's icy surface, notes CNN. “I hope that my photography will encourage people to understand that the beauty of nature,” says Vendramin. Read the full Story >>
The NFT marketplace is rife with people buying their own NFTs in order to drive up prices, according to a report released this week by blockchain data firm Chainalysis. Known as “wash trading,” the act of buying and selling a security in order to fool the market was once commonplace on Wall Street and has been illegal for nearly a century. But the vast, unregulated NFT marketplace has shown to be a golden opportunity for scammers, notes Engadget. Read the full Story >>
Our world changes, and so do our fairy tales. Growing up in the suburbs of Toronto, photographer Petra Collins didn't encounter the kinds of fairy tales most of us know. Her mother, who'd fled Soviet-ruled Hungary, didn't allow her to watch Disney movies or conventional cartoons. Instead, she took in Hungarian folktales made in the 1970s, "They were so psychedelic, violent, but also beautiful," … Read the full Story >>
