AI or a Composite? An Award-Winning Owl ‘Photo’ Ruffled a Lot of Feathers
Yet another photo contest has attracted significant attention in the online photography community for all the wrong reasons. The winning photo in the National Wildlife Federation's (NWF) recent Garden for Wildlife Photo Contest was disqualified following public outcry. However, the NWF and photographers disagree on why the winning photo violated competition rules.
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Photographer’s Epic Journey to Capture Stunning Image of Rare Lightning Sprite
A photographer has revealed the journey he went on to capture an incredible photo of a rare form of lightning sprites.
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Ohio Sues 22-Year-Old Wedding Photographer Accused of Not Delivering Images
A 22-year-old wedding photographer has been sued by the state of Ohio following numerous complaints from couples who paid for photos but never received them.
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Major Lawsuit Claims Mark Zuckerberg ‘Personally Authorized’ Use of Copyrighted Works for AI
Five publishing houses and a best-selling novelist have filed a lawsuit alleging that Meta illegally used millions of copyrighted works to train its AI language system Llama, and Mark Zuckerberg "personally authorized" the company's copyright infringement.
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Two Photographers are in Court Over Images of Miniature Figurines on Fruit
Two photographers are facing off in court over their images showing two miniature golfers playing on the surface of a papaya fruit.
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AI-Driven Volatility Continues to Increase OWC Storage Prices
Last week, news started floating around about an impending price hike for OWC storage products, with Japanese outlet DCWatch reporting increases of over 30 percent domestically. Fortunately, most of the price increases in the U.S. are much smaller than that, but photographers are understandably on edge given the widespread inflation in the storage market.
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Photographer’s Images of Route 66 Released on USPS Stamps
A photographer who has driven Route 66 over 40 times has had eight of his photos printed on United States Postal Service (USPS) stamps.
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Images, Not Chatbots, Drive Downloads for AI Apps
The still image is incredibly powerful; photographers know this better than anyone. And even in AI, it is the picture side of the product that is turbo-charging their gigantic businesses, according to a new report.
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Italian Prime Minister Shares Deepfake Nude Photo of Herself to Warn About AI Misuse
Giorgia Meloni, the Prime Minister of Italy, has shared an AI-generated photo of herself in a state of undress as a warning about deepfake photos.
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The History of Autofocus: From Rangefinders to AI Subject Recognition
Autofocus is one of the great invisible revolutions in photography. When it works well, it disappears. A photographer raises the camera, half-presses the shutter, sees a box snap to an eye, a bird, a car, or a face, and the lens silently moves to the right position.
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