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Is It More Important to Be a Good Photographer or Businessperson?
Featured image: 123RF Cross-posted from petapixel.com [by Brenda Bergreen] One vital data point that you may not have considered when you started off on your photography journey is that success might not come down to how good of a photographer you are. The most...

Weekend Reading 1.5.2023
by Frank Rocco | Weekend Reading
Interesting/useful/fun stories to check out over the weekend (Warning: Highly Bookmarkable). A weekly roundup of links curated by Frank Rocco. (Image: Carlos Alejandro) AI Fashion Design Assistant Makes Its Debut With Human Collaborators On Runway See the Chilling...

Shooting News from the Sky: A Drone Photographer’s Unique Perspective
Featured image: The Jacobite Steam Train crosses the Glenfinnan Viaduct in Scotland. Otherwise known as “Harry Potter’s Railway,” the viaduct appeared in three of the movies, October 18, 2022 | Chris Gorman / Big Ladder Cross-posted from petapixel.com [by Matt...

Weekend Reading 12.29.2022
by Frank Rocco | Weekend Reading
Interesting/useful/fun stories to check out over the weekend (Warning: Highly Bookmarkable). A weekly roundup of links curated by Frank Rocco. (Image: Rita Nannini) 9 breakthroughs this year that gave us hope for the future Person Explains How They Keep Interrupting...

Can AI Win a Photography Competition? Take the Turing Test
Featured images courtesy of the Royal Meteorological Society AI image, left, real award-winning photo, right. Cross-posted from petapixel.com [by Matt Growcoot] The Royal Meteorological Society, which runs the Weather Photographer of the Year competition, has posed...

Photographer Wins $1.2 Million After Company Used His Pigeon Photo
Header photo licensed via Depositphotos Cross-posted from petapixel.com [by Pesala Bandara] A company has been told to pay a photographer $1.2 million after it used his photo of a pigeon for over a decade without compensating him for it. On Wednesday, a federal jury...