‘The Invite’ Director Olivia Wilde Takes a Tour of Kodak’s 35mm Film Lab

With Christopher Nolan’s The Odyssey causing a lot of commotion at the box office, there’s another movie that was also shot on film that’s currently playing in theaters.

Admittedly, The Invite , starring Seth Rogen, Penelope Cruz, and Edward Norton, was shot on 35mm, not the enormous 70mm that Nolan uses in his telling of Homer’s Odyssey .

And the two films couldn’t be more different: while the tale of Odysseus and his 10-year journey

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Peak Design’s New Field Bracket Reinvents the L-Bracket for Modern Photographers

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Peak Design has unveiled Field Bracket , a brand-new, modular L-bracket system that promises to overcome the compromises of traditional L-brackets.

As Peak Design explains, L-brackets have long been a valuable piece of kit for photographers, enabling them to very quickly swap between landscape and portrait orientation shooting on a tripod. Rather than needing to move the entire tripod head from one orientation to the other, which often means moving multiple parts and occasionally precarious balancing acts on uneven terrain, an L-bracket supports

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iPhone Camera App Pearla Gets New Name and First-of-its-Kind 14-bit RAW Photo and Video Capture

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Professional iPhone camera app, Pearla, has a new, huge update. Pearla Verana IV, as it’s officially known, adds a wide array of new features, including PearlaRAW, the “first and only” way to internally capture 14-bit RAW stills and video on iPhone without any external storage. Plus there’s a new professional editing app, Revela , and a simple camera app, Joya.

The new Pearla Verana app name reflects a broader change for the studio behind it. Developer Guy Cassidy

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Pearla Revela Is a Node-Based RAW Photo and Video Editing Platform for iPhone, iPad, and Mac

A tablet, laptop, and smartphone display the same photo editing software with color grading tools and an image of a person on a dock by a lake, set against an orange, smoky background.

Alongside the new, vastly improved Pearla Verana IV iPhone camera app , newly formed company Pearla Mostra also unveiled Pearla Revela, a non-destructive node-graph editor for photos and videos on iPhone, iPad, and Mac.

Pearla Revela supports organization and RAW processing functionality, color editing, compositing, search, and multi-output delivery. As Pearla Mostra notes, it is the first professional photo and video workspace for the Apple ecosystem that runs entirely the same across iPhone, iPad, and Mac. No version is cut

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Topps to Release One-of-a-Kind Card Featuring Iconic Photo of Lionel Messi and Baby Lamine Yamal

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Topps will release the trading card of Lionel Messi and a six-month-old Lamine Yamal later this year. | Image via X/Topps

Topps has announced plans to release a collectible trading card with the now-famous photo of Lionel Messi with future soccer star Lamine Yamal as a baby.

The extraordinary photograph , which shows Messi bathing a six-month-old Yamal as part of a charity photoshoot in 2007, has taken on a remarkable significance almost two decades later. At the time, Messi


Photographer Sues Coffee Shop for Using Cartoon Version of Her Image on Cups

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A coffee shop is facing a lawsuit for allegedly using a photographer’s image of a protestor (left) in a cartoon (right) on its marketing products, including cups and bags | Images via court documents

A photographer has filed a lawsuit against a coffee shop for allegedly using a cartoon version of her image of a protester on its cups and bags without consent.

Professional photographer Sharon Rose Vanygriff Christenson has sued Cache Coffee and More, which is based in Logan, Utah, for copyright infringement over the use of her


Companies Selling DJI Products in Disguise Facing FCC Ban

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The Xtra Muse 2 Pro is nearly identical to the DJI Osmo Pocket 4.

The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) is seeking to ban products made by companies it suspects of passing off DJI devices as another brand.

The decision to retroactively ban the gadgets that have already been approved comes barely a week after the FCC issued $25,000 fines to eight companies for failing to respond to inquiries about their operations.

The Verge reports that the FCC voted to give itself power to retroactively ban gadgets in October and


Tourists Risk Their Lives On Yellowstone’s Grand Parismatic Spring for Photos

Two tourists have provoked outrage after walking out onto the colorful Grand Prismatic Spring in Yellowstone National Park — seeking a photo.

The two women ignored the warning signs and danger of death to walk on the hot spring. As well as risking their lives, they would have also caused damage to the microbial mats that give the spring its rainbow color palette.

Tanya Saueressig witnessed the pair walking on the deadly hot spring at around 7 P.M. on Sunday. From her position on the Grand Prismatic boardwalk, she couldn’


Nat Geo’s ‘Pompeii: Out of Time’ Combines Cinematic Filmmaking, History, and Tom Hiddleston

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National Geographic ‘s new three-part docudrama series, Pompeii: Out of Time , combines Tom Hiddleston’s charming presentation skills, cinematic filmmaking, and a passion for history to tell the story of Pompeii’s final hours before it was decimated by the volcanic eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 A.D.

Pompeii has maintained a hold over people for nearly 2,000 years. Nearly 2.5 million people visit the UNESCO World Heritage Site every year, exploring the remarkably well-preserved remains

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Neewer’s Bright F700U OLED Monitor Earned a Place in My Camera Bag

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Field monitors have long been considered an essential tool for videographers, but they’re becoming increasingly useful for photographers as well. For this hands-on showcase, I spent time using the Neewer F700U during both photography and video sessions to see whether adding an external monitor to my kit would genuinely improve my workflow or simply become another accessory to carry.

The Neewer F700U is built around a 7-inch OLED touchscreen with a Full HD (1920 × 108

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