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.
A recent patent hints at a Sony light-field camera, similar to the Lytro Illum. Another rumor suggests 4K video capability could be featured in the Canon 5D Mark IV camera.
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.
Ansel Adams is among the most celebrated photographers and nature conversationists, and Revival Auction Company plans to sell his famed Arca-Swiss 4x5 View Camera on July 9, 2014.
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.
From the creators of cloud storage service StreamNation comes Shutter, a camera app with infinite cloud storage for the Apple iPhone. The easy-to-use app includes management features for organizing your photos and undo delete.
Photographer Matthew Cetta is using Kickstarter to help fund "Flim," a chemically-treated film that produces unique, psychedelic images when used with a 35mm analog camera.
