A magical photograph of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle beaming at each other under an umbrella has been going viral over the past few days after the couple's first appearance together in public after they stepped back as senior members of the Royal Family (popularly called "Megxit"). Now the photographer behind the shot is sharing details of how it was made.
Brazilian photographer Rodrigo Kunstmann's life changed this week after a newborn portrait he captured went viral. The portrait of newborn Isabela Pereira de Jesus scowling during her delivery has become an instant meme as she stares daggers at the man who brought her into this world.
@influencersinthewild is a new Instagram account that has rocketed to over 1.6 million followers in its first month by sharing stealthily-captured videos of Instagram "influencers" going to strange and/or extreme lengths to capture the perfect photo.
Karen X. Cheng made this 1-minute video that shows 5 creative camera shots filmmakers can do on a tiny budget. All you need is a little creativity.
As bushfires consume nearly 20 million acres in Australia, killing 24 people and an estimated one billion animals, it seems somewhat trivial to contemplate which image will end up defining and representing this apocalyptic event – especially considering the dry season will continue for a few more months. The scope of the fires has been difficult to comprehend, and indeed, the world largely ignored the first two months of the conflagration.
After the Seattle Sounders professional soccer team won the 2019 MLS Cup on November 10th, local photographer Chris Fabregas shot a photo of downtown Seattle as the city was celebrating. He then had a brilliant idea: he would send prints to Sounders players as a gift.
Dutch wildlife photographer Dick van Duijn recently spent a day waiting in a hide in a forest in The Netherlands from sunrise to sunset. His patience paid off, and he managed to capture a viral photo of a squirrel leaping through the air over water with a walnut in its mouth.
In April of 2018, a team of scientists made an imaging breakthrough that allowed them to capture this incredible video of an immune cell moving through the tissues of a zebra fish's inner ear, picking up sugar particles as it goes along.
On Wednesday, President Trump spoke briefly to the media about the ongoing impeachment inquiry hearings on Capitol Hill while leaving the White House for Texas. Getty Images photographer Mark Wilson was in attendance, and he managed to capture a photo of Trump's notes that instantly went viral around the world.
Photographer and extremely popular Instagrammer Jordi Koalitic—whose work we shared with you a couple of weeks ago—has released a behind-the-scenes video sharing some of the clever photography tricks that have helped him "go viral" online.
A woman in Mexico is thanking her lucky stars this week after she survived an 80-foot fall from a 6th-floor balcony while posing for "extreme yoga" photos.
If your Instagram feed has been filling up with text posts about a new "rule" that will soon allow Instagram to use your content in unprecedented and nefarious ways, don't sweat it: Instagram has confirmed that the viral meme is exactly as fake as it looks.
A crazy video from 2016 is making the rounds again today after photographers started sharing it on social media. The video, which was captured three years ago off the coast of Mexico, shows the crazy moment when a Great White shark accidentally breached a diving cage... while the diver/photographer was still inside.
Those "food styling hacks" videos that go viral online every few months might not be entirely truthful—in fact, they're often entirely misleading. Which is why professional food photographer Scott Choucino put together this video reacting to/debunking some of the most common hacks he's seen online.
You might be able to fool the Internet, but as one Florida woman found out the hard way, you'd better hope your sister isn't around when you're doing it. Your little lie might just go viral.
While traveling through the streets of New York City, filmmaker Glen Vivaris pulled out his smartphone and shot footage at 960 frames per second out the car window. He then created this 2-minute video that makes the New Yorkers on sidewalks look like they're frozen in time.
Check out this photo. Although it may look like a color picture upon first glance (and even more so if you squint or view it from a distance), it's actually a black-and-white photo with thin color grid lines overlaid on it to trick your brain into filling in the missing color.
A Texas-based wedding photographer is making waves online after speaking out against a wedding guest who ruined an important photo by sticking her iPhone into the aisle at the ceremony.
A construction guy named Omar in Austin, Texas, became an "Instagram influencer" recently after attracting hundreds of thousands of followers to his @justaconstructionguy account with just a handful of photos. But it turns out the guy was a carefully crafted persona designed to help a small coffee shop sell coffee.
Photographer and actor Josell Mariano recently had a friend ask him to babysit her beloved cat, Jade. He decided to use his time with the blue tabby cat to do a photoshoot.
Pepperdine sports law professor Alicia Jessop was visiting Maine from California recently when she stopped by a popular tourist destination for a lobster roll. When she held out the roll to take a picture of it, a seagull swooped in at the exact moment Jessop pressed the shutter.
After a child is born, that newborn baby generally becomes the center of everyone's attention. One photographer recently captured an often-overlooked moment of a mom post-birth, and her photo and the accompanying message are going viral, reaching millions around the world.
A chimpanzee is making headlines this week for its unusual hobby: it enjoys scrolling through Instagram and browsing photos, and it's quite skilled at doing so.
Want to see how cameras automatically adjust shutter speed to compensate for changing light conditions? A simple experiment with a ruler can help you visualize it in an interesting and unusual way.
The Hungarian government has launched a public campaign to encourage couples to have more children. What's humorous is the choice of stock photo: whoever was responsible for the giant billboards chose the same couple that appears in the well-known "Distracted Boyfriend" photo meme.
A prominent Houston socialite is the subject of a viral video this week after she was filmed losing her cool over a baby's first birthday photo shoot on public property.
Photographer Jason Weingart shot this beautiful composite photo of the super blood wolf moon total lunar eclipse on January 20th and 21st. The image features six stages of the moon that night as it rose from the horizon and became totally eclipsed.
A photographer over in Asia is attracting a great deal of attention online after he was spotted shooting birds with his mirrorless camera mounted on a rifle-style stock.
If you're easily grossed out, you might want to close this story now. It's about one of the most viral and popular street photos that was shared on the Internet this month, and it's definitely an... unusual one.
There are action shots in movies, and then there's this video that will give you sweaty palms. A camera mounted on a hang glider captured what happened when a man suddenly realized that his safety harness wasn't attached to the glider. It was a 2-minute-long white-knuckle ride 4,000 feet in the air.
An old wedding advice article has resurfaced, gone viral, and riled up a lot of photographers and non-photographers alike.
Live side views of sprinters are usually shot using remote cameras on rails. But if you have a cameraman that's as fit and fast as the athletes themselves, you can ditch the high-tech equipment and use just a gimbal stabilizer instead.
One of the most viral photos of 2017 was the "Distracted Boyfriend" stock photo that has widely been used as an Internet meme. Photographer Dylan Maithonis faithfully recreated that famous photo using LEGO.
A university student named Amish recently learned one of the basic truths of photography (and life): you generally get what you pay for.
Filmmaker Taiyo Masuda was kayaking with his friend Kyle Mulinder when he captured an unusual wildlife encounter on camera: a seal swam right up to Mulinder and slapped him viciously in the face with a large octopus.
Storm chasing photographer Jason Weingart shot a series of time-lapse photos of a tornado forming in Kansas back in 2016. Afterward, he selected eight of the frames and created this composite photo titled "Evolution of a Tornado."
A volunteer at a rally for President Donald Trump reached out his arm last night to block a photojournalist's camera as he tried to photograph a protester. Another photographer caught the move on camera, and today that photo-blocking volunteer has unintentionally become a viral news story.
Texas A&M student Makenzie Noland is graduating from college soon, so she decided to pose for a graduation photo shoot with her cap, stole, and... a giant alligator.
A dog named Bonnie is a star on the Internet this week after an action camera clip she shot went viral.
One of the most talked about photos in the ongoing immigration debate has been Getty Images photographer John Moore's iconic photo of a 2-year-old Honduran girl crying at the feet of her mother and a border patrol agent. It has become a symbol in the debate over family separations, but it has now come to light that the girl was never separated from her mother.