Head in a cloud. It’s the final line in the chorus of The Paper Kites’ new single “Young.” And it’s also the way viewers feel as they watch the song’s music video—a stop motion masterpiece created by Oh Yeah Wow that combines over 4,000 headshots of 350 different models. As the video rapidly shifts between […]
When Pelle Cass was first called a “trick photographer,” he balked at the label because it seemed to stretch too far away from his noble intentions to accentuate reality with his single frame timelapse photographs—to capture hundreds of those fleeting, lesser-photographed moments of mundane living and combine them all together into one off-kilter scene. “I […]
As skeptics by nature, many times we refuse to believe something until we’ve seen it. This tendency creates numerous societal problems, but it also gives visual art forms like photography the power and potency to cause social change. Shannon Johnstone, a professor and photographer from North Carolina, seeks to do just that through her current […]
In the digital age, anyone with a smartphone or a mediocre DSLR can take a decent picture—even striking images with lovely composition, content, and exposure. It seems that everyone is a photographer these days, and the ever-increasing number of photographers producing competitive content leaves many photographers wondering how in the world they could ever set […]
Jordan Matter’s love affair with photography began when he became captivated by the beauty of the view from a mountain peak. But he quickly realized that he didn’t have the photography skills or equipment to realize his vision for the shot. Soon afterward, he bought a DSLR and took a photography course. “I saw my […]
Next time the circumstances require you to stare through your lens for hours or to return to a site day after day until you finally get the perfect photograph, remember that oftentimes even National Geographic photographers don’t get the shot the first time around… or the second… or the third… Steve Winter, a seasoned National […]
Dave, a seasoned cameraman, has always been searching for the Holy Grail of photography—“that steady shot, that really stable picture.” When he’s not shooting, Dave is holed away in his man cave, inventing creative rigs aimed at stabilizing photographs and video footage. Dave’s football helmet DSLR clearly puts the GoPro to shame, and yet he’s […]
At weddings, no guest is perhaps more valued than the photographer. Charged with capturing priceless, fleeting moments of a once-in-a-lifetime event, wedding photographers had better deliver. In Little Falls, New Jersey, however, one wedding photographer has proven to be interested in only one thing: money. Operating under the alias Michael Distasio, a photographer named Michael […]
The most visited city in South America and home to famous landmarks such as the glowing “Christ the Redeemer” statue atop Corcovado Mountain and the Maracanã football stadium, Rio de Janeiro is widely known as the “Cidade Maravilhosa,” or the “Marvelous City.” This is the city of vibrant Carnaval, of samba and bossa nova, lined […]
The stuff of dreams, weddings are usually filled with great love and emotion, and many a photographer finds immense satisfaction capturing those special moments of smitten couples, proud parents, and weepy relatives and friends. Weddings create moments where the world seems right again, with everyone united under the same banner to celebrate the newlyweds. However, […]
