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Welcome to the Shirk Report where you will find 25 funny images, 10 interesting articles and 5 entertaining videos from the last 7 days of sifting. Most images found on Reddit; articles from Twitter, RSS and email; video...

If you ever hand your phone over to family and friends with hesitance, afraid they might swipe over one photo too far when you're trying to show them a few photos, Microsoft Research's new app Xim might just save you fro...

The Maersk Triple E is the largest ship ever built by mankind and is operated by the largest container shipping company in the world. Back in 2011, Maersk signed a contract with Daewoo Shipbuilding in South Korea to have...

Photograph by Lacey Fire Department   Firefighters from the Lacey, Washington Fire Department recently responded to a call about a burning mobile home. The crew quickly extinguished the fire and noticed a family of pet ...

While taking the first of three scheduled spacewalks aboard the International Space Station this month, the Expedition 41 team decided to make the most of their 6 hour and 13 minute spacewalk by taking some incredible ph...

At the Adobe MAX 2014 conference this past week, Adobe showed off some of the crazy technology current brewing in the company’s labs. Two of them offer a glimpse at what may soon be available to photographers in Photos...

We’ve shared in the past how a broken lens can be used for “freelensing,” or taking tilt-shift-esque photographs. Photographer and lens hacker Witono Halim did this by buying a broken 50mm f/1.8 online for $25, saw...

The FlashDisc by Fstoppers is a portable softbox that can fit into your pocket when its not in use, thanks to a design that allows it to fold up in a manner similar to portable light reflectors. It allows photographers t...

Why clients don't call back, how to get paid what you're worth, and more helpful tips.

Update: Canon tells us that “The “Director” spot bears no relation to the individual profiled in this story.” Canon’s big “See Impossible” marketing push has received quite a bit of mockery from the creativ...

Blackmagic Design has released an update to Blackmagic Camera, bringing in-camera formatting to the Blackmagic Cinema Camera and the Blackmagic Pocket Cinema Camera (pictured).

  This sketch sums up something that has happened to all of us. Watch as Keegan and Jordan misunderstand the tone of each other’s text messages while trying to make plans. *warning: profanity    

Sigma has posted a firmware update for its USB dock.

Intelligent Imaging Solutions have released piccure+, billed as “a revolution in computational photography.”

  The Utah Jazz signed 5-year-old, free-agent guard JP Gibson to a one-day contract earlier this week and he did not disappoint. During the team’s annual preseason intrasquad scrimmage, Gibson took an inbound pass and...

Nearly $2 million in cameras and production equipment were stolen from three Fremont, California businesses over the weekend. Thieves broke into the offices of Black Magic Design, Mac House Productions, and Core Microsys...

We've teamed up with Vanguard to give away an Alta Pro AB100 tripod!

What better time to take photos than during the Golden Hour?

HTC has announced its first dedicated digital camera, called RE.

We're testing the Olympus 40-150mm f2.8 PRO at New York Comic Con. Here are some of our first images.

Cinamatic, Hipstamatic's iOS app for capturing short video clips, has been updated to implement manual control over focus, exposure, white balance, shutter speed and ISO. This has been made possible by changes to the cam...

The team over at DigitalRev is always thinking of new and interesting ideas. And their latest is an intriguing little camera exchange and review they’ve aptly titled 'Camera Swap.' The idea behind the ambitious endeavo...