digital disruption
Missing Links & Unfinished Thoughts: False Prophets and Useful Tools
More gems from the published archive, looking at the problem with media innovation, and the first real meme…
engaged journalism
When journalists go wil… uh, solo (and other useful links)
Entrepreneurial journalism, growing subs and the GoPro surprise: 6 useful links
computational photography
Removing the water from underwater photos
Computational photography raises some fascinating questions about what is real.
unsplash
Making a (small) splash on Unsplash
An image created in under a minute is racking up the downloads on Unsplash
photography
Non-binary stock photography
Vice's Broadly brand has release some free stock photography featuring trans and non-binary folk.
Five Up: some reading to start your day
Five good reads to kick off your week.
photos
Apple ending its photo printing service on 30th September
It looks like Apple is killing its venerable photo and photobook printing service this autumn.
design
Instagram has birthed a clichéd "authentic" visual style all its own
The Guardian recently published an astonishingly predictable rant about Instagram [https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2018/jan/17/instagrammers-travel-sri-lanka-tourists-peachy-backsides-social-media-obsessed] from Rhiannon Lucy Cosslett. The young fogey “oh, social media is ruining the world” tone of this article is almost unbearable. Dig through it, though, and there’s some potentially interesting
photography
What makes a photographer?
[via [PetaPixel](https://petapixel.com/2017/06/17/what-makes-a-photographer/)]
cameras
The iPhone rules Flickr - and is pushing other cameras into niches
Flickr has published its annual round-up of the most-used cameras [http://blog.flickr.net/2016/12/06/smartphones-dominate-flickr-in-2016-apple-leads/] . Guess which one wins? Apple, of course, is a proxy for “iPhone” here. The iPhone is the biggest camera brand on Flickr by a significant margin. And I bet you it would
cameras
A macro lens with a built in light? Sign me up
This either awesome [http://www.canon.co.uk/about_us/press_centre/press_releases/consumer_news/cameras_accessories/first_af_lens_macro_lite.aspx] – or a complete gimmick… (Apologies for the cheese, but kudos to the fictional couple for keeping a camera for so long. Very sustainable…) The EF-M 28mm
iPad
Using an iPad to prepare photos for the web
Using an iPad to prepare photos for the web [http://www.imore.com/why-i-prefer-ipad-pro-my-mac-importing-and-editing-photos] This article has me rethinking one of my core reasons for not using my iPad for more blogging: > I’ve pretty much stopped importing and editing images on my Mac. Though I didn’t expect