Bright-eyed and bushy-tailed, red foxes are idealized for their sly intelligence and thievery, and due to their amazing speed and lovely crimson fur, they are coveted for sport and fashion alike. We know all about their mischief-making, how they have a penchant for stealing chickens, and how they sometimes befriend coon hounds and break our […]
Nakameguro may generally be a quiet residential district in Tokyo, Japan, but when the 800 cherry trees that line the district’s concrete canal, Meguro River, bloom in early April, the blossoms understandably attract hoards of admiring locals and tourists. Even better: for the Nakameguro Sakura Festival, locals light the trees in the evenings, creating a truly magical flower tunnel. […]
Imagine that you’re clinging to a rock wall by only your fingertips hundreds of feet above the earth. You have been climbing for hours and now you can see the top, a multitude of feelings and thoughts racing through you. There’s frustration, joy, exhilaration, exhaustion. Fear—that the rope will break, that the next handhold will break […]
Most photographers aren’t fortunate enough to have a permanent studio setting where they can spend time developing a personalized lighting setup that provides them with a consistent body of work. Rather, most professionals travel to photo shoots and have to work with the light and backgrounds that are available on site. This can be especially challenging for natural light photographers, who […]
It’s that timeless question among photographers: how much photo-editing is too much? Some argue that photographs should only be “tweaked” by post-processing software so as to remain as true to reality as possible, while others maintain that anything goes as long as it looks good. This lovely portrait of a woman with striking blue eyes […]
Photographer Jeffrey Salter loves two things: his motorcycle and photography. Why? Because both activities cause him to experience wind-in-his-hair freedom. Photography, in particular, gives Salter the opportunity to relate to many different types of people and to creatively express his soul and the souls of his subjects in new and compelling ways—but for a vast majority of professional […]
It’s no secret that traditional agriculture has long been dying out in the United States, replaced by factory farms and microwave dinners. The Great American Frontier is disappearing, and that’s why Tyler Stableford‘s photography project on farmers and ranchers in western Colorado is so important: “The Farmers” started out as a simple vision for a fine art […]
Photographer Sacha Goldberger doesn’t always shoot portraits of beloved film characters. But when he does, he makes them look like they’re from the 16th century: In this portrait project, which is called “Super Flemish,” Goldberger had several main goals. The first was to find a unique way to portray superheroes, supervillains, and other famous film icons […]
You’ve probably wondered what everyday actions might look like as seen through a thermal camera—and even if you haven’t, we know you’re definitely wondering now. Thanks to BuzzFeedBlue and a thermal imaging company called FLIR, that dream can totally come true. But before you click “play” on the video below, here’s a warning: the video depicts […]
Digital photography has done us all a great disservice. Yes, digital has certainly made the craft more accessible to artists of all experience levels and it has birthed technological advancements that the old masters probably never even dreamed of—but it has also arguably made photography too “easy.” We don’t have to try as hard to make […]
