DIYPhotography Thursday December 11, 2025
Now available, the Antigravity A1 8K 360 Drone introduces a new way to create and experience aerial content, notes DYI Photography, by combining immersive 360° video capture “with a VR-like piloting experience, all in one system designed for both beginners and pros.” At the heart of the A1 is its dual-lens 360° camera system, powered by Insta360’s image stitching algorithms. It captures full 8K video from every angle, removing the drone from the shot entirely. The included Vision FPV goggles take immersion to the next level with head tracking, adds DIYP. Read the full Story >>
Associated Press Thursday December 11, 2025
“Years come and go, sometimes before we even realize that time has passed. Events blur and run together. The news is overwhelming, and even those who follow it closely can feel a sense of unremitting vertigo. Such is 21st-century life on a connected and chaotic planet.” So notes Associated Press by way of introducing its top 100 photos of 2025. Among the selected: Ethan Swope’s shot of the Palisades Fire ravaging a neighborhood amid high winds in the Pacific Palisades neighborhood of Los Angeles on Jan. 7, 2025.
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PetaPixel Thursday December 11, 2025
A national Canadian magazine has apologized to a photographer after drawing her images when she declined to license them, notes PetaPixel. Jackie Dives was approached by Maclean’s magazine to use some of her photographs for a 2024 article that was being written about drug supply in Vancouver. Dives went to ask the people in her photos whether they consented and one of the two people said no. “I went back to Maclean’s and I said, ‘Hey, I’m so sorry, I don’t have permission from the people in the photographs to license these to you’,” Dives tells the CBC. Months later, Dives learned the mag had turned her photos into illustrations. Read the full Story >>
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David Schonauer Thursday December 11, 2025
"There was a time when a third of the American public eagerly awaited the weekly delivery of LIFE Magazine," notes New York City's Staley-Wise Gallery, which spotlights the work of the magazine's
phenomenal roster of photographers with the exhibition "Looking at LIFE," opening today and running through Feb. 7, 2026. Launched by publisher Henry Luce on Nov. 3, 1936 as a weekly, LIFE was … Read the full Story >>
