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They say to always shoot for the moon—but in photography, when you fail, you don’t land amongst the stars. Your moon just looks like an overexposed lightbulb. If you want to up your moon game as a photographer, there’s no better tutorial than this one: Host Tony Northrup starts off with a Canon 18–135 lens and his […]
There are many types of photography, some types not as glamorous as other types. I could use up a couple paragraphs just listing them all but since there only a couple that interest me, I won’t. Let me tell you just about the type I enjoy the most: “personal photography.” It sounds like I just […]
Since we’ve just passed the holidays—the time of the year when we usually spend lots of time with our loves ones—we thought we’d highlight some photos of beautiful families in the animal world. This is what we found: Show us your own animal family photos in a comment below. Also, take a look at the […]
From the same daredevil company that brought you that ridiculous stratospheric freefall (that’s Red Bull, for those unaware) comes this 45-second behind-the-scenes glimpse at how skydivers snap perfectly composed shots, despite plummeting swiftly from an airplane toward certain death: Red Bull has teamed up with Wolfgang Lienbacher to create this seemingly simple three-step process to show amateurs how it’s done. Lienbacher starts […]
Stockholm’s Royal Dramatic Theatre is the scene of this Christmas-styled photo shoot by photographer Klara G. The 100-year-old theater is hallowed ground for performing artists. Designed in white marble and detailed in pure gold, it can give you goosebumps. Klara G’s subjects are the nine actors playing the Ekdahl family in Fanny and Alexander, a […]
The future is now, folks. On Monday, December 21, 2015, SpaceX launched the Falcon 9 rocket—carrying 11 satellites—from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida. It successfully deployed the satellites and returned back to land for a vertical landing, making history—and some pretty impressive photographs: “With this mission, SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket will deliver 11 […]
A difficult client is an inevitable reality that all pro photographers have to deal with at least once in their career. It takes more than just average photography skills to come through unscathed from an experience like that. But what if that difficult client is Lord Darth Vader himself?: How do you appease someone like […]
In recent years, photography has been one of the recepients of all the latest technology. It’s benefited from larger sensors, more sensitive cameras in low light, better lenses… you name it! The following clip comes from AscTec and they showcase their latest technology: light painting with drones, a unique form of astrophotography and long exposure […]
Have you ever wondered what the process is behind classic film? How does exposing light to a thin slice of coated silver bromide create replicas of what’s in front of the lens, and how did digital technology mimic that? For all those answers and a head-spinning amount more, check out this quick 10-minute video lecture on the […]
At some point, most photographers are faced with the difficult choice between trespassing into a restricted area to take an amazing photograph or respecting those boundaries by trying to gain entry through legitimate means or moving on. In this short film from the The New York Times, urban photographer Victor G. Thomas explains why he views “Do Not Enter” signs as green lights for exploration: UrbExing is the […]
