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A Canada woman came across a photo of her mother mourning at one of the memorials for Indigenous children in the country. Discovering that the photo is sold and licensed through Getty Images, the woman raised concern and is even thinking of taking legal action. Back in May, the remains of 215 Indigenous children were discovered at a former residential school in British Columbia. Last month, 751 unmarked graves were discovered in Saskatchewan....

Famous World War II photographer, Tony Vaccaro, has successfully beaten the coronavirus. The virus has a high mortality rate for the elderly, but Vaccaro got out of this battle as a winner at the age of 97. [Warning: the video above contains graphic images, viewer discretion is advised] The photographer lives in Queens with his family. With over 335,000 cases confirmed at the time of writing this, New York is the most severely affected city in the USA....

Photographing a meteor shower is more like photographing a time-lapse than traditional still photos. You can never anticipate where or when a meteor is going to streak across the sky. In order to catch them, you have to set up and take as many photos as you can throughout the night with a wide angle lens on the camera. If you leave the camera in the same position, you can use the resulting images for a short time-lapse clip in addition to the still images you can capture....

Do you have to get closer to your subject? Or should you get further away? If you go by Robert Capa’s famous quote, you already have the answer: “If your pictures aren’t good enough, you’re not close enough.” I do agree that getting closer often improves your street photos. If you don’t care about the scenery at all, it’s a pretty great rule of thumb. However, if you love a bit more context, then a bit more distance truly improves the shot....

If you’re new to couple portraits, you probably know that it could be a bit tricky. It’s not always easy to get them relaxed and feel comfortable in front of the camera. Rachel and Daniel from Mango Street will give you some quick tips how to take and more natural-looking portraits of couples. In their short and sweet video tutorial, they suggest some pretty awesome techniques with just the right amount of quirkiness....