What did you want to be when you were a kid? A firefighter? Scientist? President of the United States? A new photo project, “When I Grow Up,” tackles that very question—by letting kids bring their dreams to life: The project was shot by Georgia-based photographer Brandon Cawood, whose sister Malisa Cawood, a fifth-grade teacher, signed on to have […]
If you grew up in the ’80s, your concept of “cool” may still be hazy purple skies, lighting bolts, and clean red convertibles. The Mazda Miata in this photo isn’t from the ’80s, but the photo itself sure is: Reddit user xHaZxMaTx snapped this with a Canon 7D and 28mm f/1.8 lens. It’s a composite of four long-exposure […]
Drones are expensive, but balloons are cheap. That’s the moral of this video by BBC Earth Unplugged: if you don’t have a professional-grade drone, all you need are some balloons, a helium tank, some fishing wire, and a wide-open field: The camera itself—a smartphone—is strapped into the cut-off top of a two-liter plastic bottle. That way, if the […]
With autumn in full bloom, now is the perfect time to go out and capture those fall colors. In this video, we see it’s possible to capture a diverse range of shots—in just 15 minutes: The video comes from Gavin Hoey, whose goal is to shoot exclusively with an Olympus OMD E-M5 Mark II and Olympus Zuiko Digital ED 12-40mm f/2.8 […]
If you live near Southern California, you might have seen a blazing flash of light on the night of Saturday, November 7. You would have been forgiven for thinking it was a UFO—in reality, it was a U.S. navy missile test, and it made certain photographers very lucky that night. For instance, this already-beautiful timelapse […]
When it comes to lighting, you’ve got to be creative. Sometimes a single light will be all you have, but you know there’s a better shot if you could only manipulate that light differently. In this video, Daniel Norton shows us how to turn a reflector into a main light source, completely changing the type of image […]
Have you ever looked closely at a mushroom? If you haven’t before, you will after seeing this remarkable album of brightly colored fungi: The sense of magical wonderment we get at seeing such vibrant colors in the middle of a forest are spectacular. For Training on Macro Photography: This guide covers everything you need to get started […]
Here’s a new Instagram filter idea for you: water droplets tinting only part of the image. That’s allegedly what happened to one photographer when a water droplet splattered on her camera lens, right at the moment she snapped this photo of a sunset in Hawaii:
What makes a great photographer? Technical know-how, sure. Good equipment helps. Even a degree in the arts could give you a leg-up. But nothing compares to certain intrinsic qualities—sociability, courage, patience—that every pro photographer has: Over the years, Digital Rev TV has dared numerous professional photographers to take on what they call the “cheap camera challenge,” in […]
Looking for a fun activity this weekend? Gather together some simple materials and make yourself a pinhole camera—a simple camera with no lens and only a single, fixed aperture: The video above comes from Tony and Chelsea Northrup, and shows how making a pinhole camera will barely cost you anything more than a few hours. You just […]
