Photographers can learn about composition from movies and TV shows, and a Twitter account Comp Cam: Geometric is a wonderful example of this. They have recently released Geometric Shots: a searchable database of composition breakdowns from movies and TV shows. You’ll love it if you like exploring composition, no matter if you are a photographer, videographer, or just a fan of movies and TV series. Comp Cam: Geometric takes frames from popular TV shows and movies and represents their composition using simple lines....

Stock photo platform Getty Images has sued Stability AI, the maker of AI image generator Stable Diffusion. Getty alleges that the tech company unlawfully scraped millions of copyrighted images that Getty owns or represents. As they reportedly never asked for permission to do so, Getty claims that Stability AI benefited commercially, while harming the artists whose work it used to train its AI. In a statement issued on Tuesday, Getty writes that it filed the lawsuit against Stability AI in the High Court of Justice in London....

The position of light in relation with your subject can significantly affect the atmosphere of your shots. Depending on where you place the lighting, you can completely change the mood of the scene. In this video, Mark Wallace of Adorama teaches you the basics and gives you a quick preview of how the placement of light affects your portraits. If you’re new to portrait photography, you’ll find this especially useful....

We know that you are constantly hitting refresh to see if the new Sony a6400 has been announced yet. It has! Here is the executive brief, but hit the jump for the full scope: World’s Fastest (i) 0.02 seconds (ii) AF acquisition speed plus 425 phase-detection and contrast-detection AF points covering approximately 84% of the image areaAdvanced Real-time Eye AFNew Real-time Tracking for object tracking24.2MP(iii) APS-C Exmor™ CMOS image sensor and latest-generation BIONZ X™ image processor180-degree fully tiltable LCD touch screen for self-recordingHigh-speed continuous shooting at up to 11 fps(iv) mechanical shutter / 8 fps(iv) silent shooting with continuous AF/AE trackingHigh-resolution 4K(vi) movie recording with full pixel readout and no pixel binning, plus advanced AF speed and stabilityInterval recording for time-lapse videos...

“Playing with fire” denotes something dangerous and with a possible negative outcome. But in photography, playing with fire can be exactly the opposite. If you do it right, it can lead to fantastic and creative images. Photographer ‎Zach Smidt gave us an excellent example of this. His image named The Ritual is playing with fire at its best. Zach shared his image with us, along with the details of making – from the preparation to the editing process....