Google Photos: How to download or export your images and videos

Google Photos: How to download or export your images and videos

From June 1 onward, any new images and videos that are uploaded to Google Photos will count toward a user’s storage limit. As a result, some people may actually consider that to be the date to switch to another photo storage service. Learn how to download or export your files to other services if you would like to make the jump.

Capture fireworks with your phone: Here’s how you do it right!

Capture fireworks with your phone: Here’s how you do it right!

To capture fireworks “properly”, one would normally require a large, capable camera and a whole lot of photography knowledge, right? Not really! You can also snap great-looking photos of fireworks with your everyday smartphone. Of course, this will require having the right settings and knowing a few tricks, letting you capture some beautiful-looking photos of New Year’s Eve with your handset.

Maria Stalin-Andriasova and Guillermo Esparza’s Artistic Archives Are Permanently Stored and Archived At Stephen A. Schwarzman New York Public Library

Maria Stalin-Andriasova and Guillermo Esparza’s Artistic Archives Are Permanently Stored and Archived At Stephen A. Schwarzman New York Public Library

Maria Stalin-Andriasova and Guillermo Esparza’s Artistic Archives Are Permanently Stored and Archived By The Miriam And Ira D.

Camera brand Olympus has a whole new name and look

Camera brand Olympus has a whole new name and look

Post Views: 53 Olympus’ long and storied history of making cameras came to an end late last year when its imaging division was sold off to Japan Industrial Partners and rebranded as OM Digital Solutions. This new company has just unveiled an incredibly over-the-top website to announce that going forward, all “interchangeable lens cameras and…

iPhones can take 4 kinds of Live Photos. Here’s how to use all of them.

iPhones can take 4 kinds of Live Photos. Here’s how to use all of them.

Post Views: 64 Maybe you love Apple’s Live Photos and use this three-second video format to create lasting memories of your aesthetic life. Or maybe you only use them by accident to create some of the most awkward selfies imaginable. Whatever the case, you should know that there are actually four types of these “living”…

This camera is as small as a grain of sand—but it still takes great pictures

This camera is as small as a grain of sand—but it still takes great pictures

Post Views: 72 Designed by a team of researchers from Princeton University and the University of Washington, the new system is detailed in a paper published last week in the peer-reviewed journal Nature Communications. It replaces the complex and bulky compound lens found in most cameras. With a metasurface that’s just 0.5mm wide, the camera…

The unofficial list of the world’s most colorful places

The unofficial list of the world’s most colorful places

Post Views: 106 This “study” was done by the strangest group imaginable: the mortgage comparison team at Uswitch. I can only speculate that it was some kind of Friday afternoon marketing Hail Mary—but however they managed to convince management to sign off on it, we’re writing about it. The study used a “seed list” of…

17 images to count down to the James Webb Space Telescope launch

17 images to count down to the James Webb Space Telescope launch

Post Views: 98 When the US, Europe, and Canada first unveiled the plans for the James Webb Space Telescope in 1997, it sounded like a pitch from an overambitious science student. The contraption would have to schlep a 26-foot-wide mirror across the solar system, while keeping its cool around the radioactive sun. But to build…

Film photography is expensive, but these tips can make it cheaper

Film photography is expensive, but these tips can make it cheaper

Post Views: 70 My beloved HP5+ is hardly the least-expensive film on the market. I also like Ilford’s Kentmere 100. At ~$70.00 for a 100-foot roll, it costs just 11 cents per shot. Freestyle’s Arista EDU film costs $51.99 per 100-foot roll—just 8 cents per exposure. Bulk rolling has advantages beyond costs savings. Chief among…