If you tend to spend too much time on Instagram, the app itself is now going to prompt you to take a break. Yes, I know how it sounds: even Instagram wants you to stop scrolling through Instagram so much. This feature was initially announced in October after Facebook whistleblower Frances Hagen revealed some sensitive and concerning information about the company. At the time, Facebook Vice President Nick Clegg said that Instagram would get the “Take a break” feature, but there was no word on when it would get implemented....

It’s been said for years that CG is coming to take away jobs from photographers and in some respects, that may be true. We know that companies like Ikea use almost exclusively CG imagery in their catalogues now instead of actual photographs of the products. But this is nothing new. Back in 2014, 75% of their “photography” was CG. With many photographers around the world unable to work in 2020, though, CG imagery has seen a fairly solid uptick, which would probably go a large way to explaining why stock photography company, Shutterstock has purchased Turbosquid, the world’s largest 3D model marketplace, for a whopping $75,000,000....

A few days ago, I saw sad news on my Facebook feed: Kenny Rogers had passed away. Most of us know him as a legendary country music singer, and you may wonder what this news has to do with photography. Well, as I recently found out: Kenny Rogers was also a fantastic photographer. Kenny Rogers was born on 21 August 1938 in Houston, Texas. As I believe we all know, he was famous for his career in country music, but he also played in several movies....

In this age of the fight against plastic, cardboard has become a common construction material again. Coffee places the world over have switched out to cardboard straws, Google Cardboard remains one of the most popular VR “headsets” for your phone, and now Kodak is using cardboard to make their new Mobile Film Scanner. “Scanning” film with a phone or digital camera is not a new idea, but it typically comes at a heavy expense....

The stupidity of people who want to get attention on social media constantly evolves, and it has just reached a new level. One Instagram user made his dog stand on the edge of a boiling hot spring in Yellowstone National Park only to show off some photos and videos. He filmed himself and his dog with a drone, and the dog was running around off leash, dangerously near the hot thermal pools....