Daryl Aiden Yow is a Singapore-based photographer and social media influencer who has over 100,000 followers on Instagram. He’s at the center of controversy today after it was found that many of his Instagram photos were actually uncredited images shot by others.
Mothership. SG first reported on Yow’s questionable practices, writing tongue-in-cheek that the photographer’s photos […]. petapixel.com
Instagram experience major user backlash after it abandoned its reverse chronological feed back in 2016, and many users these days are still wishing for its return. If you’re one of them, here’s an interesting factoid that may change your mind: the chronological feed was making users miss 50% of their friends’ posts. The Downside of […] petapixel.com »
2018-06-05 18:26
I spent many years to take photos of street people. I want to show these people to street again. I didn't want an exhibition on an art galery. boredpanda.com »
2018-06-01 14:23
What does Paris look like when seen through the eyes and lenses of thousands of unrelated photographers? That’s what researcher and artist Moritz Stefaner explores in Multiplicity, a mesmerizing new art installation that’s on display in France’s capital. petapixel.com »
2018-05-07 18:30
Instagram is now rolling out a new “Recommended Posts” feature widely to its users. It suggests photos and videos for you directly in your feed from people you don’t follow. Instead, the suggested content will be based on what people you follow have liked. petapixel.com »
2017-12-28 20:54
Apple has officially joined Instagram. The tech giant has always been conspicuously silent on social media, but as the iPhone becomes an increasingly powerful and popular tool for capturing high-quality photos and videos, Apple finally caved and joined Instagram to share some of its favorite #ShotoniPhone creations. dpreview.com »
2017-08-07 18:42
My name is Max Dubler, and I am a professional photographer who has been working full time in downhill skateboarding for the last several years. I am a well-known person within this little niche: I started an influential website with my friends, was on staff for the only downhill magazine since its first issue, have […] petapixel.com »
2017-07-13 18:47
Here’s something that may make you laugh out loud… or feel creeped out. WeirdBox. tv is a new interactive video website that takes your personal Instagram photos and uses them for a humorous short film. petapixel.com »
2017-06-26 18:08
When Facebook took over Instagram, it was clear it would adopt the same changes seen in Facebook news feeds that are known so well. Algorithms push certain stories higher in feeds, rather than displaying them in chronological order. petapixel.com »
2017-06-14 23:13
Sherpa is a free iOS app that turns top geotagged Instagram photos in to a travel guide and location scouting tool. The app, which is available for free on Apple’s App Store, curates geotagged images and presents them in the form of a visual travel guide, with location data added from other services like Foursquare […] petapixel.com »
2017-06-09 19:00
In a bid to become accessible to more people around the world and (hopefully) hit that 1 billion user mark by the end of 2017, Instagram recently added the ability to share photos, like, comment, explore, and more all from your smartphone’s Web browser. petapixel.com »
2017-05-09 18:44
Heads up: you can now upload photos to Instagram from a desktop browser… using a special, unofficial trick. In this step-by-step tutorial, I’ll show you how it’s done. Since Instagram was first released, it has only allowed users to create new posts using the official Instagram app. There are some options for posting images using […] petapixel.com »
2017-05-06 21:08
Instagram made a major announcement yesterday. In an attempt to ‘foster a safer, kinder community,’ the app will begin blurring content that it considers ‘sensitive,’ warning users and requiring that you click through to actually see the image. petapixel.com »
2017-03-24 18:49
A Thai flight attendant who was popular on Instagram has deleted her entire account after it was discovered that many of her personal photos were actually faked by inserting herself into stolen background photos. petapixel.com »
2017-01-02 22:39
Social Media Week reports that Instagram is currently experimenting with “shoppable photos” hoping to make a stronger push towards e-commerce for the app. Currently a limited number of iOS users are testing out the ability to tap on photos that provide info and links about the items pictured. thephoblographer.com »
2016-11-07 17:12
25-year-old French socialite Louise Delage has amassed some 44,000 followers and over 50,000 likes on Instagram in the last 2 months. An impressive feat by social media standards… except that she’s not a real person. petapixel.com »
2016-10-04 02:21
In case photography isn't expensive enough, professionals in the San Francisco area are hiring security for their shoots thanks to the city's camera theft epidemic. [Read More]
As you know, there has sadly been a raft of camera thefts in San Francisco of late, putting a spotlight on places you might want to think twice about hauling expensive camera gear with you the next time you visit. [Read More]
This may be the modern-day equivalent of a stagecoach robbery: a pair of photographers were just brazenly robbed while they were sitting in traffic in San Francisco. Robbers smashed their rear window and stole a bag filled with $7,000 in gear, and it was all caught on camera.
If you’re feeling down and need a smile, check out this 1-minute video of a fox stealing a phone from a human and running away with it. The video was shared yesterday by Mikayla Raines, founder of SaveAFox Rescue, a Minnesota-based non-profit that’s decided to saving foxes from sickness, injury, abandonment, and fur farms. Raines […]
“American Chopper” star Paul Teutul has lost a copyright infringement lawsuit and is being ordered by a judge to pay the photographer over a quarter of a million dollars for using photos without permission.
A California man was testing the new camera he received on Christmas Day when a robber snatched the camera, jumped into his car. The victim tried to hold onto the car in an attempt to get the camera back and suffered a major head injury in the incident. NBC4 Palm Springs reports that 29-year-old Robbie […]
A popular camera store in the UK was targeted this week by burglars who made off with over $200,000 in Leica cameras and lenses. Ffordes in the North of Scotland says that it was broken into in the early hours on Wednesday morning.