If I were to say ‘facial recognition software’ to you, you’d be forgiven for immediately thinking about social media companies, governments keeping tabs on their citizens, and general Big-Brother-esque scenarios. But this is a story of a slightly more unusual use of the AI: counting not sheep, but puffins. The Isle of May is a small island situated in the Firth of Forth Estuary on the East coast of Scotland. It is tiny, only about a mile long by less than half a mile wide....

During the last 3-4 years, Samsung has really geared itself up and become one of the best, if not the best, brands to provide regular security and firmware updates. The company has always been one of the first smartphone brands to provide the latest security updates for its devices. If you look back in time, this was not the case. As of now, all the carriers have pushed the new security update for the Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 3....

It feels strange to be watching a COOPH video that actually has a presenter talking to the camera, but that’s exactly what we have here. COOPH approached London-based street photographer Alan Schaller. You might remember Alan from one of SmugMug films’ features last year. This time around, he’s offering up seven tips for shooting more effective black and white street photography. 1. Go out and limit yourself to just shooting black and white on purpose 1....

It’s 2018 and it blows my mind that we still have to choose between using a smartphone camera and a real camera. Why hasn’t a single camera manufacturer added mobile data and standard smartphone apps to a real camera? Why hasn’t a single smartphone manufacturer made a smartphone with a real camera attached to it? How hard can this possibly be? In this article, I will outline what I want in a smartphone/camera hybrid and why I think it would be an instant success....

How long have you argued the pros and cons of putting a watermark on your photographs? The arguments are strong for both sides, or at least they were. Until recently, that is. WatermarkRemover.io is a powerful AI-run software that allegedly can remove almost any watermark from an image in seconds. The watermark removal tool is run by Pixelbin.io and is entirely free to use. This could set some consumer photographers on edge who rely on watermarks to deter image theft when sending galleries to clients to proof....