Chase Melvin is a writer and native New Yorker. He graduated from LIU Brooklyn where he spent 3 years as the News and Photo Editor of the Seawanhaka Press newspaper before spending time as a Web-based technology writer for Newsday.
On April 8, astronaut Steven Swanson made history by becoming the first person to post on Instagram, from outer space. That photo? A selfie, naturally.
Lytro, creators of the upcoming Illum light-field camera, launched the complementary Lytro Photo Adventure, which will send winners to Iceland to work a private shoot with photographer Chris Burkard.
Snapseed may not be coming to your desktop, but Google+ Photos brings you similar non-destructive, selective editing tools with a variety of nifty effects.
Nest Labs, a division of Google, has an interest in moving into home security by buying Dropcam, a home monitoring service that streams video via Wi-Fi
The iOgrapher video rig from Photojojo provides iPad users with a new way to capture video using various lenses or microphones, or attaching it to a tripod.
AppCam Inventor Jürgen Habenstein claims that the new Leica T's touchscreen operating system is similar to his own, which he allegedly pitched to Leica.
NASA utilizes a laser instrument to transmit the first HD video from space, while astronaut Reid Wiseman becomes the first to capture a Vine from space.
Adobe Camera Raw 8.5 plug-in adds support for 6 new cameras. The update also includes new lens profiles, bug fixes, and extra features for Photoshop CC.
Artist Jonathan Keats began a photo project using pinhole cameras to capture 100-year exposures of Berlin. The images will be exhibited 100 years later.
Bunny Yeager, a pin-up model turned highly influential photographer, passed away at age 85. Yeager gained notoriety for her iconic shots of Bettie Page.
An Iranian court order adds Instagram to a growing list of banned social media apps, which includes Facebook, Twitter and YouTube, due to "privacy issues."
Dropbox adds to its list of acquired photo apps with the purchase of Bubbli, a 3D imaging app that creates 360-degree panoramic photos called "bubbles."