DIYPhotography Friday October 18, 2024
Launched in 2018 as a beta service offering just over 16,000 sounds, the BBC Sound Effects collection has been expanded to some 33,000 files, which are now available to download for free. All sound effects are available in WAV format and ready to drop into your projects. The files have been released under a RemArc license, meaning they can be used for research and education, as well as personal projects, completely free. “Research” does not include AI training or data mining, which still requires a license, notes DIY Photography.
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British Journal of Photography Friday October 18, 2024
For many photographers, having a second job is an essential. Retouching, lecturing and studio assisting are all popular, but for Joanne Coates, the side hustle has always been a little different. She milks cows—a job, notes the British Journal of Photography, that is entirely apt for the Durham and Yorkshire-based photographer, whose work explores rural experiences through the lenses of class and gender. In her latest body of work, “Middle of Somewhere,” she turns her attention to the Orkney Islands and Yorkshire Dales.
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THE VERGE Friday October 18, 2024
DJI’s newly announced $1,099 Air 3S drone builds on predecessor Air 3 in a few notable ways, including better image quality—especially in low light, notes The Verge. A suite of sensors enable nightscape obstacle sensing, including front-facing LiDAR, downward infrared time-of-flight sensors, and a total of six vision sensors. There’s a dual-camera system, with a primary 24mm camera that can shoot 4K/60fps HDR and 4K/120fps video, and an improved 50-megapixel, 1-inch sensor.
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David Schonauer Friday October 18, 2024
On Oct. 12, deputies with the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department were dispatched to a popular hiking trail in the San Gabriel Mountains near Los Angeles, where they discovered Paul Lowe, a
celebrated British photojournalist who had been stabbed to death. His 19-year-old son, Emir Lowe, was later arrested and charged with one count of murder. Lowe was a visiting professor in the
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