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Many space and photography enthusiasts have taken images from the International Space Station files to create some rather stunning timelapse videos of earth and space. But the video we see below, created with images from the Messenger spacecraft, gives viewers a unique view of planet earth. As Messenger left the atmosphere on its way to […]
The business of photography is something you really need to approach based on an honest assessment of your abilities, strengths, and interests. From there, you can see if there’s any kind of market for your planned products or services, and do some proof of concept research to ensure those markets will indeed pay you for […]
Wildlife photographers have always been fascinated by lions. Equally (and understandably), they have also been afraid of them. Lions have never been fond of people roaming about in their territory. Perhaps they’re just camera shy, but in any case, photographing lions has always been a big challenge. Photographers want to get great photos without disturbing […]
Luke Shepard traveled throughout 21 European countries, including 36 cities, to capture timelapse images of European architecture in a nighttime environment. After three months of travel and time spent editing over 20,000 images, Shepard released his hyperlapse short entitled Nightvision, in which he showcases 27 timelapse sequences of the 47 he captured during his trip through […]
School photography is a growing niche. The Western culture has started the trend of taking model-like photo shoots with all the glitz and glamour. Photographers have found this niche very rewarding, as there are thousands of children finishing their schooling every year. In many cities, large and small franchise studios have a monopoly on public […]
From June 29th through September 29th, the Corcoran Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C. is showing the exhibit, War Photography: Images of Armed Conflict and Its Aftermath. The gallery contains over 200 photographs from dozens of photojournalists and covers wars from 1846 to 2012. In this video, ReasonTV interviews photojournalist Michael Kamber at the exhibit […]
For architectural photographer Carlos Ayesta, dangling from skyscrapers hundreds of feet above urban cityscapes is all in a day’s work. Ayesta shoots highly unique architectural photographs using a climbing technique called abseiling, or rappelling, which is a controlled descent down a rock wall—or, in this case, the side of a skyscraper. From this angle, Ayesta […]
Photo shoots are time consuming undertakings. There are lights to set up, angles to figure out, assistants to organize—not to mention all the small details that need to be sorted out. In Kai’s latest challenge, he asks photographer Chow Kar Hoo to conduct a professional style shoot in just five minutes. In that short window of time, […]
Shooting a music video in a day is already a challenge in itself even if you have a cinematographer like Joel Kesler on your team. To make matters even more complicated, Montreal-based photographer Benjamin Von Wong also had to shoot the cover artwork on the same day. See how Von Wong Kesler, and their talented team managed to […]
For Mark Kologi, selling orphaned personal photos at Los Angeles’ Melrose Trading Post is more than a business or a hobby—it’s art. “It’s this tide of humanity that’s just flooded my life,” Kologi says, and this wave sweeps into the souls of all who stop to sift through photos. In this short, poignant documentary by […]
