April 1, 2010
‘Terrorist’ photographer forces police retraining
Thames Valley Police has been forced to retrain its officers on the correct use of anti-terrorism powers after a photographer was wrongly suspected of being a terrorist.
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April 1, 2010
Tennis Girl photographer dies after cancer battle
The photographer behind the famous 'Tennis Girl' photo of the 1970s has died.
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April 1, 2010
Photographers: 4am ‘perfect time to grab your camera’
Photographers around the globe are being invited to take a photograph of their local landscape in the early hours of Sunday 4 April.
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March 31, 2010
Boots crackdown on ‘professional’ photos – what’s the law? (update 5.25pm)
Boots will continue to quiz customers about the origin of ‘professional’-looking photographs despite earlier admitting that it was ‘over-cautious’ when staff refused to print pictures taken by a photography student.
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March 31, 2010
Boots admits photo copyright blunder
Staff at Boots refused to print a customer’s photos because they wrongly suspected they were professional shots illegally downloaded from the internet.
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March 31, 2010
Photographers share trade secrets online
Photographers and videographers are set to share their techniques in a series of free online training sessions.
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March 31, 2010
Amateur Photographer’s most popular web stories: March 2010
Here are ten of the most popular stories on the Amateur Photographer website in March...
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March 30, 2010
Photographer told to remove child photos from YouTube
The sensitivity surrounding photographs of children has forced organisers of a public arts event to review its rules.
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March 30, 2010
Delayed Canon DSLR factory up and running
A new Canon DSLR factory, the construction of which was delayed by the global recession, has opened.
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March 30, 2010
Cameras made from cans to photograph sun
Pinhole cameras made from empty cans have been handed out to hundreds of people in a project to record the movement of the sun over the next three months.
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March 30, 2010
Leica USA: Only 5% of sales are ‘film’ cameras
Demand for film cameras has plummeted with analogue models accounting for less than 5% of Leica sales in America. But film cameras are still relevant to a 'new generation of photographers', according to the boss…
