Photoshop’s Content Aware Fill tool is very impressive; but the new Content Aware Move tool is just ridiculous. You can now take part of an image, and move it in the frame with just one tool. Watch the video to see how easy it is to recompose your image with Photoshop CS6.

Mel Gibson was outside of a resturant with his friend when a freelance photographer ran up and start to take photos of Mel. Mel’s friend jumped in and tried to trip the photographer. Funny part is, the photographer stumbled but didn’t fall, and Mel’s friend ended up on his butt. The police did show up later, but no crime report has been filed.

(via TMZ)

Join us for this behind the scenes interview with David Hobby,when we caught up with him on his FlashBus Tour with fellow master of light, Joe McNally.They were stopping off near Silber Studios on their 29 city, 6 week tour to teach America how to see the light!

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Photographer Ken Rockwell joins Marc Silber again to talk about how he captured his award winning shot “Mono Lake Under Pinatubian Light,” which refers to the special quality of light that happened after Mount Pinatubo erupted in the Philippines in 1991. The ash entered the upper atmosphere and for months we had very weird light, especially after sunset. This image was made about 15 minutes after sunset, in fact all the other photographers had left by then. Ken said “always look where other aren’t!”
Ken tells how he captured this photo, using a camera that was out of repair, but knew how to compensate for its errors and still come away with an outstanding image!

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Facebook is always changing the profile layout, whether we like it or not. On the previous profile we had the series of five photos which we made into “cover photos” with various apps to give our profile a unique look.

Now with the Facebook Timeline cover photo, you can get even more creative, especially because the profile picture goes right into the cover photo. Having the cover photo and the profile picture, go together can work wonders for a unique profile.

It’s pretty simple really, you could even just create a speech bubble with a quote in the timeline cover photo, and make your profile picture you with looking at the speech bubble or something of the sort. Get creative and share your creations with us! If you have any questions, leave them in the comments below!

Singapore-based design agency One Paradox came up with this nifty idea for a promotional handbag for the Canon 500D DSLR. The camera strap handles make it the perfect bag for any photographers’ trip to the grocery store.

(via PetaPixel via Behance via Wanken via Photojojo)

A couple of weeks back I received an email from a travel magazine with a proposal along the lines of this :

“For an article I’m writing, I am in need of a few great illustrative photos and found your photo on flickr. Could I add this photo to the article? You keep of course all the rights receive a photo or website credit. Please let me know if you like this idea.”

Needless to say, I didn’t like the idea at all. I did offer a license to use the image but apparently there was no budget for photography in the magazine. I get these sorts of emails quite regularly and I wonder what is it about this profession that emboldens people to ask for free work? The answer is obvious and is tied in with the decline of stock sales over recent years. Of course this is an issue that has been covered many times over in magazines and blogs however I would like to offer my perspective on the matter.

Firstly, I certainly do not blame magazines for trying to score freebies. Why pay top dollar for photographs when you can get them for a pittance or even better free of charge? Yes I can blame saturation of the market, amateur photographers willing to give away stuff for free and the rise of microstock. Can the situation be reversed by crusading against the factors that lead to the decline of the industry? Too late. However this latest request was a good time to reflect on how I feel about giving away free images.

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NeverWet is a new product from Ross Technology Corp. which makes almost any surface water proof. It is a silicon based spray on coating which comes out next year. Take a look at the videos and see how well it works. Just imagine spraying your camera gear and being able to take your DSLR underwater without a housing.

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At the University of Lincoln in the United Kingdom  there is an exhibit in which people can come in and navigate through several different gigapixel images using Microsoft’s Kinect system.