February 2011

Pete Eckert didn't start out too seriously in photography. Trained in sculpture and industrial design, he was working as a carpenter when one day a doctor diagnosed him with retinitis pigmentosa, a genetic eye condition that leads to permanent blindness. He eventually discovered photography and has been doing amazing work since. The beautifully made video above sheds light on how he goes about creating art despite his visual impairment.

I had some stuff lying around as well as saw some parts as I was out and thought this would be fun to make. I have around $20 invested in parts. On eBay I saw ring lights for anywhere around $40 on up, so this will save you money and it was fun to make.

We don’t post deals here very often, but when really good ones pop up we do (e.g.

Here’s a behind-the-scenes look at how Annie Leibovitz went about shooting Kirsten Dunst …

Canon is on a tear today with its announcements. In addition to new Rebel cameras and …

The Micro Four Thirds system is apparently headed somewhere big, as more and more lens companies are joining in …

In addition to two new entry-level DSLRs, Canon is also releasing two new entry-level flash units, the …

We’ve featured a Brownie camera clock in the past, but that one was a custom-made gift. Minnesota-based …

Canon has just announced two new Rebel DSLRs, the Rebel T3 (aka 1100D) and the Rebel T3i (aka 600D).

Even if you know how to operate your SLR camera and external shoe-mount flashes, you might not have any …

Landscape and architectural photographer David Kaplan captured this stunning photograph of the Moon …

Here’s a cool and creative video that will only take 6 seconds of your time. Photographs from 3 different …

Update: This giveaway is now over. The winner was randomly selected and can be found below. If you’ve always …

A new limited edition Pentax K-r has emerged to steal the award for “ugliest looking DSLR” from the …

If you use the LCD on your DSLR for shooting images or video, you probably know how much of …

Elizabeth Clark, an industrial design student at the California College of the Arts, was given the assignment of designing …

Patryk Kizny created this short HDR time-lapse film titled "The Chapel" that explores the inside of a Protestant chapel located in Zeliszów, Poland built in 1797. The HDR imagery gives the video a eerily beautiful surreal look that makes the video look like it came from a video game.

If you're not content with having a massive telephoto lens for your DSLR camera, you can get one for your cell phone as well! The Conice Zoom Lens is a 6x lens for the iPhone, Samsung Galaxy S, or Sony Xperia 10 that makes your phone look absolutely ridiculous.

You can now visit some of the most famous art museums in the world the same way you visit streets in the Street View of Google Maps. Art Project is a new Google website that uses Street View technology to make 17 top museums accessible to people who might not otherwise visit them.

Flickr user Chris Devers recently found that one of his photographs had been used by The Gap as a design for children's clothes (here and here). The photo itself was published under a Creative Commons license requiring attribution, non-commercial use, and no derivative works -- usage conditions that were completely ignored.

Here’s a nifty behind-the-scenes video tutorial by photographer Jay P. Morgan that shows …

If you’re in need of a creative idea for a portrait of your family, check out this one by …

This DIY viewfinder was created using LEGO bricks and components from a …

When Mirco Wilhelm tried to log into his Flickr account yesterday, he was surprised to find that his 5-year-old Pro account with roughly 4,000 photographs had completely vanished. It then dawned on him that only a week earlier he had reported another account for posting stolen photographs.

Beth Blafka (known as bethtastic on Etsy) makes hand casted resin bangles that …

Ever wish you could take shallow depth of field photos on your iPhone that look like they were taken with a DSLR and large aperture lens? With an app called SynthCam you can. You simply aim the camera at a foreground object, press Record, and then slowly move the phone around a little while keeping it aimed at the subject. The app will then create a "synthetic aperture photograph" that blurs the background while keeping the subject you locked onto in focus.

Sony has just announced two new 16.2-megapixel cameras that pack a lot of zoom into compact bodies. The DSC-HX100V …

Ann Arbor-based physician and photography-enthusiast Stephen Rosenblum was visiting the Breckenridge International Snow …

Davy and Kristin McGuire created a magical …