The headline “Amazon Patents White-Background Photography” is all over the Internet, with people exasperated that a decades-old technique could become the subject matter of a patent in 2014.

Want to take a photo against a white background? Beware, Amazon now owns the PATENT for the process. The U.S Trademark and Patent Office awarded the patent in March ...

Taking photos of people or products against a clean white background is perhaps one of the most common studio photography techniques in use — and an essential skill for any studio photographer ...