DIYPhotography Friday July 1, 2022
If you photograph plants with your iPhone, why not also learn what they are? You don’t even need a third-party app; instead, you can use a feature called Visual Look Up, which was introduced last year along with iOS 15. “When you open a photo in the Photos app, look for the blue ‘i’ icon underneath. If it has a little sparkly ring around it, then you can look up more information about the subject of your photo. Tap the ‘i’ icon, click ‘Look Up,’ and you’ll immediately get some info about the plant in your shot,” notes DIY Photography. Read the full Story >>
National Press Photographers Association Friday July 1, 2022
Photographers can now search claims filed with the electronic Copyright Claims Board (CCB) and in some cases can already access the content of the claim, reports the National Press Photographers Association. So far, 10 cases have been posted from six different claimants. You can also take a look at the opt-out form and see a list of various documents that have been filed. The new CCB allows creators to avoid federal court and seek damages up to $30,000 in a less costly and complicated process. Read the full Story >>
DP Review Friday July 1, 2022
The ability to reconstruct a series of still photos into a 3D model 'has long been a holy grail unifying computer vision and computer graphics,” says David Luebke, vice president of graphics research at NVIDIA. Now, reports DP Review, NVIDIA researchers have achieved that goal by a creating a tool called NVIDIA 3D MoMa, which, adds PetaPixel, works through what is known as inverse rendering—a technique that can reconstruct a series of still photos into a 3D model of an object or a scene. Read the full Story >>
ROHINGYATOGRAPHER Friday July 1, 2022
A virtual exhibition by ethnic Rohingya photographers now on view looks at life inside Kutupalong, the world’s largest refugee camp, in southern Bangladesh. “Anra Rohingya” (“We Are Rohingya”) focuses on the subject of identity and features the work of 11 photographers from Rohingyatographer, a magazine produced by a team based in the refugee camp. The mostly Muslim Rohingya, who were forced to flee Myanmar five years ago, have been called “the most persecuted minority in the world” by the UN, notes Al Jazeera. Read the full Story >>
