Protip: Pick an Unusual Vantage Point
Phaidon Press has released another one minute tip by photojournalist …
Phaidon Press has released another one minute tip by photojournalist …
This amazing image might look like a computer generated graphic, but it’s actually …
Nikon says the megapixel race ended years ago, but its upcoming camera is …
Cinematographer Chris Bryan used a Phantom HD Gold camera in a custom underwater …
Fox News is reporting that HP is in talks with potential buyers of …
Want a pair of mittens that don’t interfere with your love for photography? If you know how to knit, …
The RoundFlash is a new ring flash adapter that's lightweight and collapsible. Setting it up from its collapsed state is similar to setting up a tent: simply take the rods and stick them into the holes to expand the adapter.
Jake Adelstein at the Japanese Subculture Research Center has written up an interesting …
Japan's Ministry of Defense has unveiled an amazing "Spherical Flying Machine": a 42-inch remote controlled ball that can zip around in any direction at ~37mph. Built using off-the-shelf parts for about $1,400, in Internet is abuzz over the potential applications, which include military reconnaissance and search-and-rescue operations. What we're most interested in, however, is the device's potential as an aerial camera for things like sports photography and combat photojournalism.
Update: Apparently this isn’t something ordinary photographers need to worry about. See below. The Washington Post …
Renowned photojournalist Steve McCurry, the man behind “ …
Everybody Street is an upcoming documentary film about New York City street photographers (e.g. Bruce Gilden and Joel Meyerowitz) who have taken some of the most iconic images of the past century. Created by photographer Cheryl Dunn, the film was originally a 36-minute short film, but is being expanded into a feature length movie.
A major craze in camera-related novelty items started early last year when Canon lens mugs took the …
Artist Alexandre Farto has an interesting method of 'printing' large scale portrait photographs onto walls. Instead of using paint, he scratches paint away. Starting with a guide painted onto the wall using a stencil, Farto carefully scratches and chips paint and plaster away from walls using a jackhammer, pick, hammer, and his hands. His giant photos can be seen on abandoned buildings in cities around the world, including Moscow, London, and NYC.
Olympus Chairman and President Tsuyoshi Kikukawa resigned today under pressure from the company’s ongoing financial scandal. The …
Earlier this month we shared a hugely popular post on transferring a photo onto a block of …
Brazilian gadget site ZTOP recently attended a press event during which Fujifilm showed …
'Moneyface' is a photo fad involving folded money and hybrid faces. Simply fold a banknote containing a portrait in half and combine it with a human subject.
Photographer Samuel Cockedey spent a year photographing the …
Here’s a photograph by the The Bangkok Post showing Sony’s sensor manufacturing plant …
Here’s an interesting factoid: to make the Star Wars scenes containing AT-AT walkers …
Engadget has published a lengthy review on the Pentax Q that …
One of the big things GoPro has going for it is viral marketing: people — including the world’s best …
Update: We've removed this image to avoid fringing on the copyright held by Magnum Photos. Click the image below to see the original side-by-side comparison.
Still think Adobe's Image Deblurring technology is fake? Check out this before-and-after comparison showing what the feature does to one of the most famous camera-shake photos in history: Robert Capa's D-Day photograph of an American soldier landing on Omaha Beach.
For Halloween this year, photographer Tyler Card decided to made a giant Nikon DSLR costume. Not just any DSLR costume, mind you, but a fully functional one. The camera actually takes pictures when the shutter release button is pressed, and the photograph is displayed on the giant LCD screen on the back. The built-in flash also works, and the camera is even capable of triggering Alienbees strobes.
If you have some translucent film canisters lying around, you can turn them into DIY glow sticks for …
Here’s the current state of imagery: still cameras can shoot HD video, video cameras can capture high quality stills, …
Photography enthusiast and retired physicist Milo Shott of Oxford, England has found a way use his love for cameras to raise boatloads of money for the poverty-fighting charity Oxfam: camera repair. 11 years ago, Shott noticed some workers at an Oxfam store throwing out an old piece of camera equipment. After saving it from the trash, he fixed it up and helped the store sell it for £270.
Step into the Foto Henny Hoogeveen Leica store in Lisse, the Netherlands, and you'll be greeted by a giant stainless steel Leica camera that weighs a whopping 350kg (~772lb). The sculpture was crafted by Chinese artist Liao Yibai, and there are only three of them in existence. Besides the one found in the shop, the other two are owned by Leica itself and a distributor. The camera isn't based on any one model, but is instead a hodgepodge of features found on the M6, M7, and M9.
Canon’s new 1D X is an impressive fusion of the old 1D and 1Ds lines, boasting state …