best camera | Chase Jarvis

Dec 18

New Terms of Use for Instagram: Users React with Outrage

ANOTHER UPDATE 12/19: today Instagram did a much better job in the media explaining their position - specifically around not "selling" your images as in "here ya go company X, use this in your next billboard". As an artist & entrepreneur, having been involved in IP licensing all my professional career and navigated these waters before...as such I think I understand their challenge better than most. The legalese required around IP creators (in this case... read more ›

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Aug 21

Spilling the Beans on Twit Photo with Leo Laporte + Catherine Hall

In a jet-lagged haze working abroad last week one of those reminder alarms hit my computer desktop while I was buried in some email that said, "Twit Photo 1pm". After a moment of confusion, I realized it was a leftover reminder from a year ago when I was interviewed by Leo Laporte and Catherine Hall as a part of their popular web photography show, Twit Photo. I meant to share it way back... read more ›

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May 24

Breaking News: Facebook Launches Photo App

Facebook dropped a photo app today that will definitely turn a few heads. The app is chock-full of the features iPhone photographers want: You can crop, rotate and add filters to any picture in your camera roll in app. If your Facebook use is all about photos this app could replace the regular Facebook app. It offers a “news feed” that exclusively shows pictures as its home page. Screen shots below. What do you guys... read more ›

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Apr 15

Everything Is Going To Be Alright

Whether your pictures look like you want them to or not. Whether you're getting hired or not. Whether you're in a creative boom or a bust, everything is going to be alright. Happy Friday. Here's a ticket to a great weekend.

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Jan 24

Win A MacBook For a Snapshot: The Best Camera Challenge

Hi friends. I’ve ranted for years how mobile phone photography changed my outlook on a bunch of things...creativity born from constraints, the immediacy of the moment, digital sharing, the democratization of creativity, and on and on. As you may know, the ideals and the principle that ‘the best camera is the one that’s with you’ certainly captured my attention, led to my app, a book, a community, etc But here’s a question: have YOU actually... read more ›

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