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In this first installment of the timelapse photography project known as TimeLAX, the iVideoMaking studio has released a four-and-a-half minute video that shows the bright lights, fast cars, and busy people of metropolitan Los Angeles. The complete series will be the result of photo shoots taken at more than 200 locations in the Greater Los […]
You may have heard about the resurgence in wet plate photography that has been happening lately. Many have started using this old style of photographing to change the landscape of the digital dominated world. But perhaps no one has taken on this technique with more passion than Ian Ruhter who converted an old ice-cream style […]
Vivian Maier was a private person. She lied about her name, she locked her doors. She never showed her photographs to anyone. Shortly before her death in 2009, when Chicago historian John Maloof uncovered over 100,000 of her negatives and rolls of undeveloped film at a local auction, her name quickly discovered the fame and […]
Using photography to convey a message or tell a story is one of the primary goals we strive to accomplish. Being able to do so is a skill that is not always as easy as it seems. Too often we find our photographs look contrived or far from the target of what we are attempting […]
Ever try to stitch six photos together to make a panorama? How about 52,000? That’s what photographers in London did recently to create the world’s largest panoramic photograph. The photos were taken from the BT Tower, a communications building that was designed to sway as little as possible in the wind. On the 29th floor, […]
What is Bokeh? How do you pronounce it? Sound it out and you will likely not get it correct. Here is a very short and cute video on how NOT to say “Bokeh,” followed up by the correct pronunciation: Simply enough, if you are not familiar, Bokeh means fuzzy or out of focus. It is an […]
This timelapse in motion, also known as a hyperlapse, features panoramic views of both iconic architecture and everyday life in the historic Austrian city of Vienna. Shot during 14 days spread out over three months, photographers Peter Jablonowski, Fabian Orner, and Thomas Poecksteiner spent nearly 100 hours of post-processing and editing to craft the video […]
If you’re the typical digital photographer, you have to wonder if there is a faster way to learn how to use your camera. The owner’s manual is written by a technical writer often not a practicing photographer. Follow these step-by-step, using your manual as a guide and you should be taking pictures in no time.
Becoming a photojournalist may have its perks, but the form of employment is increasingly becoming a high risk endeavor. With suicide bombing, information technology breaches, and various other hostile situations on the rise, The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) has compiled and illustrated a security guide to support newcomers and seasoned professionals who are considering or are […]
Many of us have heard of tintype photography, but few probably actually know the process or have ever seen it. In this video, photographer Mark Zimmerman straps a GoPro to his head and goes about making a wet plate collodion photograph on aluminum. Zimmerman goes through the whole process from preparing, to shooting, to developing: […]
