Institute of Mass Information Wednesday May 31, 2023
Ukrainian photographer Denis Krivoy has been killed in fighting there, reports the Institute of Mass Information (IMI), a non-profit group of Ukrainian and other journalists. Krivoy, a nature photographer whose work had been previously published in National Geographic, decided to fight for his homeland after Russia’s invasion last year. His wife Halyna Volhina also reported Krivoy’s death on Instagram, noting that he died in the city of Bakhmut, “trying to save his wounded comrades.” See also: PetaPixel. Read the full Story >>
By David Schonauer Tuesday May 30, 2023
Last month, the Supreme Court handed down a highly anticipated ruling in the legal battle between the Andy Warhol Foundation and photographer Lynn Goldsmith. The majority opinion found in favor of
Goldsmith, holding that the Warhol Foundation infringed on her copyright when it licensed Warhol's silkscreen portrait of the musician Prince to Conde Nast in 2016. Warhol's artwork had been based on
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Adorama Tuesday May 30, 2023
Sometimes what you really want is a flash that’s small in size and light in weight—and that sounds exactly like a Speedlight, notes Adorama in a new video. Photographer Gavin Hoey uses two Flashpoint Speedlights and a lightweight Glow softbox to create three looks that make use of beauty lighting in different ways—no need for a large and weighty studio flash. He starts with the classic beauty light combo of an elevated flash with a reflector below.
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Laughing Squid Tuesday May 30, 2023
A video maker known as Lotrfan has created what he calls the world’s first talking timelapse, notes Laughing Squid. Shot over most of a year, the video shows him speaking a sentence while his hair grows longer. A clever bit of digital and software manipulation allowed him to carry a single message through all of the frames. At the end of his YouTube video, he explains how he made the talking timelapse, adds PetaPixel: “I took a photo of myself every day for 285 days and lined them up with a pre-existing video of me talking.”
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