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A nice picture of a tasty salad has hundreds of thousands of "repins" but no byline Google is already trying to pick the best photos in your Google+ account using science, so it should be no surprise that researchers are also trying to pin down exactly what makes an image successful on Pinterest. In fact, they've gone so far as to pick an image that represents the "perfect" Pinterest photo. Unfortunately, even with all the stories it's generating, no one seems to be too concerned with who actually shot the photo. Photo by: Popular Photography Magazine Editor Pinterest Salads read moreread more     show less

To celebrate his new book, Smith gave a lecture on some of his tools of the trade Photographer Brian Smith has built himself a reputation as one of the foremost celebrity portrait photographers currently working (not to mention netting himself a Pulitzer Prise along the way). With a new book out he took to the B&H Event Space to give a talk on his work. Photo by: Popular Photography Magazine Editor smith book read moreread more     show less

Google Glass is getting some new features, but also putting the kibosh on certain functions The ongoing saga of Google Glass continues unabated as the new device garners new features, criticisms, and starts to more strictly police what it can and can't do. Photo by: Popular Photography Magazine Editor google glass read moreread more     show less

Shooting your self-portrait from a monopod at a high angle might make your photo look better, but it'll make you look like a fool At some point in the mid-2000s, the confluence of cheap digital cameras and the nascent world of social networking sites meant that a lot of people were trying to figure out how to take self-portraits. Alongside the still widely used "bathroom mirror with flash" technique, the world discovered the "MySpace Angle" — images taken from a high angle could hide a myriad of flaws. So why not use a special stick to take the image from even higher? Photo by: Popular Photography Magazine Editor self-shot stick read moreread more     show less

We don't usually do deals posts, but there are enough going on that you might like to take a look We try and avoid deals posts because they're pretty frequently nothing special — but right now, a number of major camera companies are offering some substantial savings. So we figured you might like to have a look. As always, it doesn't hurt to double check how much of a discount these deals really are. If you think it might not be that much of a bargain, tools like CamelCamelCamel can tell you the price history of the item. Photo by: Popular Photography Magazine Editor amazon deals read moreread more     show less

The new app will be free, and a significant improvement over the current one VSCO has made a name for itself through Lightroom film packs, plugins, and a critically lauded iPhone app. Now, the VSCO Cam iPhone app is set for a mammoth overhaul, which will not only make it free, but apparently be a major advancement over the previous version. Photo by: Popular Photography Magazine Editor vsco cam read moreread more     show less

It's like rock and roll photography camp UPDATE: There is some discussion about the topic over on the band's Facebook page due to concerns like the ones expressed by many of us. Check it out here. Photo by: Popular Photography Magazine Editor Warped Tour Photography Camp A shot of one of my favorite bands, The Bouncing Souls, on assignment for Blender magazine during Warped Tour 2006. read moreread more     show less

The popular iPhone lens system now has its own special app The Olloclip is an extremely popular 3-in-1 lens clip for the iPhone that gives you fisheye, wide-angle, and macro all in one little device. And now the folks behind Olloclip have announced a freebie companion app for iOS. While most of what it offers are standard camera app features, there is one new tool that sounds interesting. Photo by: Popular Photography Magazine Editor olloclip app read moreread more     show less

Now with Facebook integration, gradients, and more Less than nine months after the announcement of ACDSee 15, ACD Systems has announced ACDSee 16, the newest iteration of its popular photo management and editing software. Photo by: Popular Photography Magazine Editor acdsee 16 read moreread more     show less

The partnership between the two companies could mean new glass for Sony In September of 2012, Sony officially pumped $645 million into ailing Olympus, forming an alliance between the two companies. This saw Sony gain a seat on Olympus' board, and gain some substantial inroads into Olympus' successful medical imaging division. But it looks like Sony shooters may soon be reaping the benefit of this alliance in another way: it looks like Olympus might be making lenses for Sony. Photo by: Popular Photography Magazine Editor olympus headquarters read moreread more     show less