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Commercial photographers will need a $400 permit to shoot in Metro Vancouver regional parks

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Starting in 2025, commercial photographers will need an annual permit costing $400 to take photos in a Metro Vancouver regional park.

The Metro Vancouver Regional District, which manages 138 square kilometers of land in 23 parks, says it is introducing the permits in a bid to keep the areas pristine and protect wildlife.

The district has begun testing the permit system at Langley’s Campbell Valley Regional Park. A permit is currently free, but photographers will have to start paying for it starting in January 2024.

Jeremy Plotkin, supervisor of visitor services for Metro Vancouver parks, says the new permitting system is an important step to protect the environment.

“Staff have observed some photographers … going off trails, harassing wildlife, disturbing the public with their props, blocking some of the trails,” Plotkin said.

Jeremy Plotkin, the supervisor of visitor services for Metro Vancouver parks, says the permit program is needed to protect the environment. (Jeremy Plotkin/Facebook)

He said staff have reported that commercial photographers placed semi-permanent setups at “desirable locations and scheduled clients on a rotating basis.”

The program is being introduced at Campbell Valley Regional Park due to a number of complaints received by staff, says Plotkin, although the exact

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World Photography Day: what is it, and why is it today?

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Every year, on August 19, we observe World Photography Day – a globally recognized celebration of the photograph and its history. What actually is World Photography Day, though, and why does it take place on this particular date?

This is the date that recognizes the invention of the Daguerrotype, a process that was devised by the French artist and photographer, Louis-Jacques-Mandé Daguerre in 1837. His idea was then effectively sold to the French Academy of Sciences, which gifted the process to the world on 19 August 1839.

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The idea to recognize World Photography Day as we know it now didn’t take hold until 1991 – and for that, we can thank respected Indian photographer OP Sharma.

“The idea came to me in 1988 when, over and over again, in various publications that documented the history of photography, I came across this date: 19 August 1839,” he told Harmony – Celebrate Age magazines. “It was recorded as the date on which the then French government announced the invention of the Daguerreotype process of photography as a ‘free gift to the world’.

“I proposed the idea to several masters and photographers

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30 Photos You Won’t See In The News…

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Traveling in Afghanistan as a Tourist
Badakhshan, Afghanistan

I spent 2-weeks exploring the remote mountains of Afghanistan on a backpacking trip. Not your typical vacation destination, but one of my favorite travel experiences to date. Here’s a glimpse of the beauty of Afghanistan.

UPDATE: I’m saddened and disgusted with the current situation in Afghanistan, and afraid for my Afghan friends who are still stuck there. If you would like to help, check out the following links:

What comes to mind when you think about Afghanistan? War? Terrorism? Osama Bin Laden? The Taliban? Poppy fields? The Burqa?

While much of Afghanistan is still dangerous — there’s also incredible beauty, hospitality and kindness that doesn’t get reported on there.

It’s far too easy to vilify or write-off an entire nation when you don’t have to look those people in the eyes. People with the same hopes and dreams as you — to simply survive, find happiness and provide for their families.

I was able to experience the positive side of Afghanistan and its wonderful people, up close and personal, during my trip in the summer of 2016 as an American tourist. It’s since become my most memorable travel adventure to date.

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Barrie photo radar cameras up and running in various locations

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The City of Barrie reminds motorists to resist the urge to put the pedal to the metal to avoid a ticket with its new speed cameras up and running.

The city’s photo radar system has been operational for over a month to help determine speeding in two community safety zones, including Big Bay Point Road near Willow Landing and Saint Michael the Archangel Catholic elementary schools and at Anne Street North near Portage View Public School and École secondaire catholique Nouvelle-Alliance.

Next month, the radar cameras will be moved to new locations deemed problem areas for motorists exceeding the speed limits.

Motorists can expect photo radar to be in place in February at Essa Road near Timothy Christian School and at Ardagh Road near Heritage Baptist Church.

The City says the automated speed enforcement cameras are “just as accurate as detecting speed as traditional speed measurement devices used by police.”

A ticket will be mailed to the vehicle’s registered owner when it’s captured speeding over the posted limit within 30 days of the violation.

“Fines are based on how much the driver was exceeding the speed limit, in accordance with the Highway Traffic Act. Fines are doubled in community safety

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7 Iconic Photos From the Vietnam War Era

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Many of the reporters and photographers who covered the conflict in Vietnam came from a new generation of journalists. Coverage of earlier wars was heavily influenced by the government, says Susan Moeller, a journalism professor and author of Shooting War: Photography and the American Experience of Combatbut in Vietnam, the journalistic mission was different.

“There was no longer that expectation that they should speak the government’s line,” says Moeller. “In Vietnam, journalists saw their remit as calling into question some of the statements and assertions of the White House and Pentagon.”

Stark photographs of dying soldiers and wounded civilians provided a striking counter-narrative to official reports that America was winning the war in Vietnam. As the conflict dragged on and the death toll of American soldiers mounted, these iconic images added fuel to the growing anti-war movement and shook the halls of power.

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1. Buddhist Monk Self-Immolates

Thich Quang Duc, a Buddhist monk, makes the ultimate protest in Saigon by self-immolation on June 11, 1963.

On June 11, 1963, a Buddhist monk named Thich Quang Duc sat calmly in a busy intersection near Siagon’s Presidential Palace as a fellow monk doused him

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The Real Story Behind the ‘Migrant Mother’ in the Great Depression-Era Photo

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It’s one of the most iconic photos in American history. A woman in ragged clothing holds a baby as two more children huddle close, hiding their faces behind her shoulders. The mother squints into the distance, one hand lifted to her mouth and anxiety etched deep in the lines on her face.

From the moment it first appeared in the pages of a San Francisco newspaper in March 1936, the image known as “Migrant Mother” came to symbolize the hunger, poverty and hopelessness endured by so many Americans during the Great Depression. The photographer Dorothea Lange had taken the shot, along with a series of others, days earlier in a camp of migrant farm workers in Nipomo, California.

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Lange was working for the federal government’s Resettlement Administration—later the Farm Security Administration (FSA)—the New Deal-era agency created to help struggling farm workers. She and other FSA photographers would take nearly 80,000 photographs for the organization between 1935 to 1944, helping wake up many Americans to the desperate plight of thousands of people displaced from the drought-ravaged region known as the Dust Bowl.

How the Photo Was Taken

“I saw and approached the hungry

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Canon’s first AI-powered camera? The R5 Mark II just got MORE exciting

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The Canon EOS R5 Mark II could be the manufacturer’s first AI-powered camera, with claims that it “will sport the first ever AI features.”

Expectations are certainly high for the successor to the Canon EOS R5, which was one of the company’s most successful products ever (and, in my opinion, the best Canon camera ever made).

In the four years since the original camera was launched, there has been an endless amount of rumors about its replacement. Previously these had taken the usual form – such as more megapixels, with a recent report being that the Canon EOS R5 Mark II will have a 60MP sensor with multiple resolutions (much like the Leica Q3).

The latest chatter is that the Mark II will keep the same 45MP resolution, with my personal belief being that it will feature a brand new stacked sensor – possibly Canon’s intriguing triple-layer design – to facilitate even faster readout speed.

What will truly set it apart, however, is the addition of AI features – specifically relating to autofocus. “There will also be new ‘AI’ autofocus features appearing in the EOS R5 Mark II for the first time,” reports Canon Rumors, although it wasn’t able to

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Researchers Have Finally Identified the Mystery Man on a Led Zeppelin Album Cover | SmartNews

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An original Victorian-era photograph of the “stick man” featured on the cover of Led Zeppelin IV
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A researcher in England has uncovered a copy of the original photograph featured on the cover of Led Zeppelin IV —and revealed the identity of its subject.

Released in 1971, the iconic album featured mega-hits like “Stairway to Heaven.” But it’s also famous for its curious cover, which doesn’t include text identifying the band name or the album title.

Instead, it shows a framed photograph of a man hanging against a backdrop of peeling floral wallpaper. The man uses a stick for a cane and carries a bundle of long twigs strapped to his back. Led Zeppelin fans have come to know him as the “stick man.” Some have even argued it was a painting rather than a photograph.

The album cover of Led Zeppelin IV

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The photo’s origin and the man’s identity have long been a mystery. As the story goes, Robert Plant, Led Zeppelin’s lead singer, was rummaging through an antique shop near guitarist Jimmy Page’s house in Berkshire, England, when he came across the photograph, per BBC News’ Sophie Parker.

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The State of News Photography: The Lives and Livelihoods of Photojournalists in the Digital Age

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DOI: 10.60625/risj-hjmq-sh17

The work practices of professional photojournalists are currently undergoing rapid changes in the digital era.

New technologies, platforms and methods of visual storytelling are exerting a range of pressures and influences that require photojournalists to adapt and respond in different ways. The changes provoke a number of questions that are critical to the future of professional photojournalism: What are the new risks being faced by photojournalists? How are the transformations in the media economy affecting photojournalists’ employment? What does this mean for image quality? How do photojournalists think about the manipulation of images or the staging of events? Given the rise of citizen journalism, digital technology and social media, will there even be professional photojournalists in the future?

This report presents results and analysis from the first international study into the current state and future of professional photojournalism. The results indicate a high degree of risk is experienced among professional photographers with a very strong correlation to the country in which they are based. The research analyzes data taken from 1,500 professional photojournalists from more than 100 countries and is a partnership between the University of Oxford’s Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism, the University of Stirling’s

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