Festival Organisers Blow Millions On Instagram Posts And Marketing Leaving No Budget For The Festival Itself

When you’re organising a festival, or any kind of event, really, you need to advertise. But one month before the Fyre Festival in the Bahamas was due to happen, organise realised they’d spent almost all their funds. They reportedly spent millions of dollars on celebrity guests, private planes and yachts to promote this luxury event. And a big chunk of it went on Instagram, including $250,000 for a single post on Kendal Jenner’s stream....

February 11, 2023 · 3 min · 613 words · Garrett Duran

Five Big Lessons I Learned From My Failed Attempt To Shoot The Comet Neowise

Like probably every photographer out there, I was determined to see and shoot the comet NEOWISE. I’m not very skilled at astrophotography, but come on – this is something you see once in a million years (or 6,800, to be exact). So, I set out to find the best observation spot, find the comet, and shoot it. Did I succeed? Nope. But did I love every minute of this adventure? Hell yes!...

February 11, 2023 · 6 min · 1098 words · Timothy Bailey

Five Tips For Shooting Light And Airy High Key Minimalist Newborn Photography

That title is a mouthful, but I didn’t know how to better describe the style. Over the years, I’ve been refining and perfecting my newborn photo technique to get the specific light and airy high-key look I want. It’s important to know that I specialize in in-home lifestyle newborn photography, so my technique below is specific to that. While every home I visit is different, and some are more challenging than others, these strategies below have given me the best and most consistent results....

February 11, 2023 · 6 min · 1129 words · Amy Quinn

Fujifilm Officially Launches Instax Square Sq6 Their First Fully Analog Camera For Square Film

Photos of Fujifilm Instax Square SQ6 leaked a couple of days ago, showing that Fujifilm’s new instant camera looks a lot like Instagram logo. This camera for the new generation of film shooters is now officially launched, ready for preorders and retailing at $130. Let’s take a look at the specs. You may remember (or own) a Fujifilm Instax Square SQ10, which is an analog-digital hybrid. However, the new SQ6 is fully analog, meaning that there’s no digital sensor involved when capturing a photo....

February 11, 2023 · 2 min · 301 words · Rachel Wilkerson

German Researchers Develop A Sensor That S Near Impossible To Blow Highlights With

Researchers at the Institut für Mikroelektronik Stuttgart in Germany, have developed an image sensor that makes it virtually impossible to blow your highlights. It uses “self-resetting pixels” which when they get saturated don’t clip. It simply starts counting over, keeping track of the number of times it’s started over. Traditional CMOS sensors essentially have a finite range of exposure they’re able to record for each colour channel of each pixel, which is stored as an integer....

February 11, 2023 · 2 min · 337 words · Amanda Bell
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