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It’s on! This is the mothership of information for the next three days of LIVE broadcasting from the Capitol Hill Block Party. Check for updates to find out when we’re broadcasting private performances, main stage concerts and intimate interviews. The action from the cjLIVE lounge is going to...

If you regularly send emails containing links to your photographs, perhaps you’ve wondered whether the recipients actually viewed your images like they say they did. Was It Viewed? is a website that helps you easily make your links trackable. Simply provide the link and your email address for...

Unlike the fabulously rich, those living at or under the poverty line in countries around the world have to make tough choices regarding what they eat on a daily basis. “The Poverty Line” is an ongoing project by photographer Stefen Chow and economist Lin Hui-Yi that shows how much food people...

When people think of models they typically think of people like Natasha Poly. Even with her “missing arm” on this month’s Vogue Russia, she still fits the stereotype: stunning, skinny and tall. But those aren’t the kinds of models UGLY MODELS Modeling Agency is interested in. No, according to...

A Guest Post By Kav Dadfar from Dadfar Photography It?s almost as if Venice was built to be photographed and there?s no better time than the Venice Carnival. Follow these 6 simple tips and you?ll end up with some fantastic shots. 1. Pre-visualise your shot Being able to compose your shot in...

There’s a question floating around the internet regarding the August cover of the magazine Vogue in Russia. Because of either a poor angle on the shot or an unfortunate Photoshop mishap, model Natasha Poly looks as if one of her hands doesn’t come attached to the rest of her. Some maintain that...

YouTube just announced a useful new feature: an easy face blur option. The announcement says the feature is aimed for news and human rights agencies to protect privacy and identities especially if posting images of activists who may need to remain anonymous or if minors are present in the videos...

Professor and self-proclaimed cyborg Steve Mann created an eye and memory-aid device he calls the EyeTap Digital Glass. The EyeTap, worn by Mann above on the left, is a wearable device that is similar to Google Eye, pictured right, but he’s been making them at home since the 1980s. The goal of...

Over the past month there has been a back and forth going on in the background of the photographic community between writers/photographers Joerg Colberg and Edward Rozzo. The discussion — which has turned into a fascinating debate on the static present and uncertain future of contemporary...

There’s a crazy storm hovering over New York City, and a few hours ago ex-NFL player Dhani Jones shot this epic Instagram photograph of it from 10,000 on a Delta airlines flight. It’s crazy how the downpour is so concentrated that it looks like a giant tornado tearing through the city. (via...

PIX magazine is a newly launched digital magazine that has women photographers in mind. But the writers at Jezebel — and at least one female photojournalist who wrote in with a tip about the magazine — are a bit miffed over the content, which they say is “full of lady stereotypes”. Here are a...

The Rokinon 14mm f2.8 is the same lens as the Samyang, Bower and Pro Optic 14mm f2.8 and is currently the cheapest way to get into the ultra-wide lens game for Canon and Nikon cameras.  The kind folks at B&H Photo lent me this lens for a couple of weeks to make some evaluations and I’ll be...

It may not have been the best day to release a new compact camera, given that Panasonic announced five of them (if you count superzooms), but Samsung powered through anyway, unveiling its new addition to the compact world: the stylish looking MV900F. Unlike most of the compacts we’ve seen coming...

Want to learn more about your Canon DSLR without leaving the comfort of its LCD screen? Canon has a series of “on-camera tutorials” that you can load and watch on most of its latest DSLR models. The video tutorials, which cover everything from AF modes to multiple exposure shooting, are meant to...

According to the New York Times, the Sony RX100 is the best compact camera that has ever been made.  Strong praise that I have heard from several people now.  B&H now has the camera in stock. Support the site If you enjoyed reading this post and found it helpful, please consider supporting...

Photographer Dallas Nagata White shot this ridiculously awesome photograph while visiting a Kilauea lava flow. She writes, She has some more info about the making of here. Image credit: Photograph by Dallas Nagata White and used with permission

Rich Kids of Instagram is a website that collects Instagram photographs taken by young people who “have more money than you”. It’s a filtered look into the lives of people who zip around in private jets and received Porches as presents.

Time-lapse photography has become more and more popular in recent months, and even though you can find cheap intervalometer solutions to take care of the basic triggering of your camera, there really isn’t anything outside of the DIY category that will allow you to add smooth motion to your...

Canon is reportedly working on a followup to its popular 50mm f/1.4 lens. Canon Rumors reports that it has received tips on the lens being tested in the wild and published on some equipment price lists. Unlike the reasonable ~$370 price tag found on the current version, this new lens will...

It looks like the massive Panasonic leak we reported on yesterday was like garden vs fire hose when you compare it to the announcement spree that the company went on today. In addition to the the Lumix DMC-G5 mirrorless camera that we had the most details on yesterday, Panasonic also announced...