It’s wildfire season in much of America, and the West Coast is getting hit particularly hard this summer. In Washington State, the town of Chelan—home of Lake Chelan, a popular vacation destination about three hours north of Seattle—has been in the local and national news this week as residents and vacationers are being evacuated and […]
It’s a photographer’s worst nightmare—that camera you invested so much money and care into is missing. Gone. And not only the expensive equipment, but also the precious photos that you’re never getting back. That’s what happened to California-based photographer Kelly Donohue two years ago, and she never expected to see her Canon again: In 2013, […]
This video definitely opens the debate of whether or not flying drones in public places is a good idea after all. While it’s really hard to ignore the fact that these flying machines capture really wonderful pictures, it’s also true that they can be a real nuisance. After all, not everyone at the controls is […]
Typically we don’t get to see the other side of the moon because it’s locked into our tides and does not rotate away. From Earth we have a limited view and the moon shows us the same face every night, but NASA’s camera on the Deep Space Climate Observatory satellite captured images of the dark side […]
A whopping 18,000 photographers submitted their photos to the 2015 National Geographic Traveler Photo Contest, and the judges had to narrow the competition down to just ten prize winners. The coveted first prize went to Mexican photographer Anuar Patjane for his underwater photo of a humpback whale and her calf: “Diving with a humpback whale […]
It’s a childhood rite of passage: getting your school photo taken. You have to sit just so, offer a fake smile (hoping you don’t have a goofy look on your face), and wait in dread for the prints or your yearbook to come out. It can be a pretty miserable experience. But a third grader […]
If world-renowned animal photographer Mitsuaki Iwago was needing any help getting into the purrfect mood while shooting his favorite subject matter—cats—he didn’t have far to look. Within moments of their greeting, this tiny ginger stray made himself quite comfortable: Iwago was shooting for World Cats Travelogue on Okinawa Island when little ginger made himself more […]
Sometimes, even when you plan ahead and try to get everything right a photo turns out wrong. Even if it’s a tiny detail, a tiny flash of light you couldn’t have predicted, it’s enough to make you want to turn back time and do it all over again. Other times, all your timing fails spectacularly […]
Surrealist photographer Ronen Goldman recreates his dreams through the magic of photography. For seven years, Goldman has been documenting his dreams and transforming the concepts into real life for his photo project, “The Surrealist Pillow.” First writing down his dreams so he doesn’t forget them, the Israeli artist may then spend months recreating them, but […]
Without getting into war and politics and everything that is horrible, here are 65 military photos that were taken at just the right moment, showing triumph, power, and some really cool Top Gun style aerial acrobatics: These images are a round-up of the some of the most incredible military photos found online. While some portray […]
