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  • Photographer Builds His Own Tethering App to Solve Subscription Fatigue Kate Garibaldi
    For more than a decade, commercial photographer and retoucher John Barnard has worked across high-end campaigns for brands including Nike, Apple, Restoration Hardware, and Pottery Barn. But after 15 years in the industry, what ultimately pushed him to build his own software wasn’t a creative breakthrough or a business pivot. It was a broken tethering connection on set. [Read More]
     

Photographer Builds His Own Tethering App to Solve Subscription Fatigue

1 May 2026 at 18:41

A computer screen displays photography software with a medium format camera as the subject. The interface shows camera controls, settings, and a filmstrip of preview images at the bottom.

For more than a decade, commercial photographer and retoucher John Barnard has worked across high-end campaigns for brands including Nike, Apple, Restoration Hardware, and Pottery Barn. But after 15 years in the industry, what ultimately pushed him to build his own software wasn’t a creative breakthrough or a business pivot. It was a broken tethering connection on set.

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Big Discounts on Every Kind of Camera Bag for Photographers

1 May 2026 at 16:49

A collage of five different camera bags and cases, including backpacks, messenger bags, a hard case, and an open padded bag with adjustable compartments, displayed against a blurred, colorful background.

Spring often brings a shift in how photographers move. There's more travel, more location work, and a renewed focus on portability. With that comes the need for camera bags that match different shooting styles, whether that’s lightweight everyday carry or fully protected transport for larger, pricier kits.

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  • Photographers and Scientists Partner to Solve the Riddle of the Ghost Orchid Kate Garibaldi
    A new documentary follows photographers and scientists deep into Florida’s most remote swamps in search of answers to one of botany’s most enduring questions: what pollinates the elusive ghost orchid. Long considered one of North America’s rarest and least understood flowers, the species has resisted decades of study, with its reproduction largely undocumented in the wild. [Read More]
     

Photographers and Scientists Partner to Solve the Riddle of the Ghost Orchid

30 April 2026 at 21:14

A moth hovers near white flowers against a black background. Large white text reads “CHASING GHOSTS.”.

A new documentary follows photographers and scientists deep into Florida’s most remote swamps in search of answers to one of botany’s most enduring questions: what pollinates the elusive ghost orchid. Long considered one of North America’s rarest and least understood flowers, the species has resisted decades of study, with its reproduction largely undocumented in the wild.

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