October 2011

Brussels-based jewelry designer Clement Marquaire creates one-of-a-kind earrings using old 35mm film. A …

Some Atlanta-based photographer posted a humorous Craigslist ad on Monday highlighting the fact that people often assume that photographers will be happy to do work for free.

In this social media age, companies are constantly dreaming up all kinds of random ideas for demonstrating the benefits of their products, and hoping that the videos will go viral (an example would be this bulletproof glass CEO that literally stood behind his product).

If you’ve been wishing for an interchangeable lens version of the popular Fujifilm …

Here's an amazingly cute idea for baby portraits: dress them up as adults while they're sleeping. Photographer Handri Karya and ad agency Grey Group made these photographs as part of an ad campaign for Indonesian mattress company Comforta.

A photographer was recently reunited with his lost photographs after another photographer happened to stumble upon them at a flea market. Photographer-turned-filmmaker Alexi Tan lost his entire photographic archive some time ago while shooting his first feature film in China. He had accidentally let his credit card expire, leading his New York-based storage company to auction off his archive.

Last year, Apple purchased Swedish facial recognition firm Polar Rose for $22 million, and yesterday's iPhone 4S announcement revealed that the technology is now baked into iOS and is touted as one of big new camera features. The iPhone is now a compact camera and mobile computer that can detect -- and possibly recognize -- faces.

As you might know, different copies of the same lens can vary in quality, and some people go as …

Here’s a fascinating video in which Italian photographer Ruben Salvadori demonstrates how dishonest …

Nice Photography Magazine editor Zeke Kamm has come up with a new product called "The Nice Clip" that acts as both a universal clip for lens caps, and also a cord catcher to keep your desk organized. The clip uses a strong 3M VHB adhesive to stick to your lens cap, which can then be clipped to your camera strap, belt, bag, etc... Attach the clip to the side of your desk, and it can help you keep your cables from falling to the floor when they're not plugged in.

A couple days ago 60 Minutes aired a piece on Alex Honnold, a climber who scales insane cliffs with only a pair of climbing shoes and some chalk. To capture footage of Honnold doing a death-defying climb, they attached GoPro cameras to various points on the cliff and had photographers hanging nearby with Canon 5D Mark II DSLRs. The result is an amazing glimpse into an activity that only a handful of people on earth would even think about attempting.

If printing your film photos with the usual chemicals isn't old school enough for your taste, you should try your hand at making a salt print.

Focus stacking is a technique for creating photos with a large depth of …

Apple has just announced its new iPhone 4S, and the new camera found on the phone is pretty impressive.

Instagram released a new update today in response to user complaints regarding the …

Having cameras passed from person to person around the world isn’t a new idea, but …

"Men-ups!" is a humorous project by photographer Rion Sabean featuring men doing pin-up-style poses. It's interesting how much more absurd some poses instantly look when they're being done by men.

If for some reason you hate both buttons and touchscreens, then Rotor is …

“What Light” is an incredible stop-motion video that features sunlight dancing around a bedroom. It might look like it …

If you thought the megapixel wars were dying down, think again: the upcoming Nikon D800 is rumored to shoot …

Here’s an interesting piece of photographic and optical trivia: did you know that the word “ …

Adobe has announced a new Android app called Photoshop Touch for tablet owners. Rather than provide a full suite of image editing features, the app appears to be more geared towards minor edits, effects, and sharing. It'll be released in the near future for Android at a price of $10, and an iOS version is on the way as well.

You don't need an instant film camera to shoot instant film photos: Flickr user Angex Lin shot the above photograph using an old-school Rolleiflex twin-lens reflex camera loaded with Fujifilm Instax Mini instant film.

Here’s a breathtaking time-lapse video showing the northern lights over Finland. It was created using DSLRs by …

Camera startup Lytro made a splash back in June when it announced that it was working on a revolutionary new light-field camera geared towards consumers. Rather than capture traditional 2D images, the new camera will record information about the scene's light field, allowing photographers to do things such as refocus a shot after it is made or display any photo in 3D. The camera is scheduled to be announced within the next few months.

Back in 2003, Canon published a tutorial on how to carve a Canon 1D mockup out of balsa wood.

Back in July, we reported that Hoya had agreed to sell the Pentax camera business to Ricoh …

Designer Miha Feuš doesn’t think the user interfaces on low-end compact cameras are …

CNN recently published a pop-quiz with 10 photos and a simple question: was …

Here’s an inspiring and educational video in which Marc Silber sits down to …

Canon once sold these telephoto lens keychain flashlights in its online store for …

Here’s a quick tutorial in which photographer Lee Morris shows how you can …

The popular deal-a-day website Woot made this fun behind-the-scenes video showing how the site’s product photographs are made.

Like many electronic devices, cameras often come with certain cables that are neither necessary enough to be used often …

Samsung made this creative paper camera ad a couple years ago to promote its WB500 compact camera. The magical …