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Honor Roll: NASA's Photographers of the Year

NASA   Friday July 22, 2022

NASA has announced the winners of its fourth annual Photographer of the Year awards, which features images created by its own photographers. Photographer Norah Moran took top honors in the documentation division for a fascinating view of two NASA testers working through lunar field geology tasks at night at the Johnson Space Center Rock Yard. Also among the winners: a selfie made inside the F-15 Eagle N897NA fighter aircraft with an iPhone 11 Pro. Go to CNET for the announcement.   Read the full Story >>

Tech News: The Yuneec rH850 RTK Hexacopter Has Up to 65 Minutes of Flight Time

DP Review   Friday July 22, 2022

Drone manufacturer Yuneec’s newly announced hexacopter drone, the H850-RTK, can be outfitted with an array of cameras and accessories and can stay in the air up to 65 minutes. Yuneec also introduced a T-1 smart controller, equipped with a 7-inch display, notes DP Review. Several cameras work with the H850, including the E90x, which boasts a 20MP 1-inch CMOS sensor, the E30Zx, with up to 30X optical zoom, and the E20TVx radiometric thermal imager, which contains a visual light sensor.   Read the full Story >>

What We Learned This Week: Lourdes Grobet, Photographer of Mexican Wrestlers, Dies at 81

By David Schonauer   Friday July 22, 2022

Lourdes Grobet, who portrayed the intimacy of the men and women of Mexican wrestling, died on July 15, reported Hot Movies News this week. She was 81. Grobet, noted Slam Wrestling, was "perhaps the greatest lucha libre photographer" of all time. "[H]er camera was able to catch the lucha stars away from the ring, maybe in their kitchen, or with their kids, all while …   Read the full Story >>

Insight: Where to Focus Put Your Focal Point

Katelyn James   Thursday July 21, 2022

“A common theme of questions I see in my inbox are from people asking about focus and specifically focal points. This seems to be an area of confusion for a lot of people!” notes photographer and YouTuber Katelyn James. Her new tutorial takes what she calls a practical approach to figuring where you should be placing your focus point when shooting “to ensure tack sharp images every time.”   Read the full Story >>

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