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A Week-ish in Photography

Some photography related stories from around the globe that caught my eye:

Vincent LaForet's Air

Vincent LaForet is a Pulitzer winning photography and has influenced the lives of many photographers around the world.  His latest project is called Air; he gets into a helicopter at dusk, goes up, keeps going up and comes back with some amazing images!

He has recently shot London and created some jaw-dropping images.  Belowis a video from the London shoot.  The full photographs can be seen in this post..... If you have a super-large monitor, then you are in for a real treat!

Our flight over London, May 2015 took in some of the most iconic sites of the city. We were lucky to have great weather and visibility from 6000ft on this 2 hour flight over the city.

Lily Camera

Most people will be aware of the drone cameras, like the DJI Phantom.  Well, there's a new drone on the market and it is called Lily.  What makes this drone different is that you do not need to need a radio controller for Lily.  You simply wear a GPS tracker and the drone will follow you.  There are different settings you can choose, like have the drone follow you around, do a loop, hover and follow, take slow-mo video, etc.  These can be controlled from the tracker.  Check out the amazing video and wait to see what happens when the guy throws Lily into a river!

Lily is the world's first throw-and-shoot camera. It lets anyone create cinematic footage previously reserved for professional filmmakers. Lily is waterproof, ultra-portable, and shoots stunning HD pictures and videos. Pre-order now at https://www.lily.camera/

It does not ship until next February but if you order now, then it could be yours for around £325 (half of what the price will be at launch), which in drone prices, is a steal!  Check out more features on the Lily Website.

Douglass Sonders

Douglass Sonders is an american commercial photographer.  He recently wrote a post on Fstoppers about a campaign he shot for owners of Jaguar and Land Rover (Tata Motors).  On the webpage there's a lovely animation of the retouching that they did.  I guarantee you will watch it many times looking for changes they made!