It begins in a specific place, and on a specific date: a country auction. March 26th. While I’m holding up a camera and looking for my one daily photograph, an Amish man swings the mirror he’s offering up to the highest bidder and briefly —for no more than a second— shows me… myself. And there it was: suddenly, I was Narcissus on the plains.
The camera market is a bastion of high tech as manufacturers constantly innovate to create market-leading products. Not only that, they appear to invest increasing amounts of money into research and development in order to stay relevant as the smartphone onslaught continues unabated. Or do they?
Skylum Software has added several powerful extensions to the already impressive Luminar Neo application including Upscale AI, Focus Stacking, HDR Merge, Noiseless, and Supersharp AI, bringing the currently available total for the application to seven. These new tools give creatives an impressive amount of control over their images, expanding the current functionality of the photo editing program to a full-blown "suite".
William Anders' Earthrise and Joe Rosenthal's Raising The Flag on Iwo Jima are some of the most recognizable photos of all time. But few people know what cameras were used to take these iconic images.
Some Google Pixel 7 owners have been reporting the glass covering the rear cameras has unexpectedly shattered.
A photographer has become a TikTok star educating the internet on how to spot if a celebrity image is Photoshopped.
A photographer built a DIY medium format camera from an Epson flatbed scanner and shot a 514-megapixel picture with it.
Most photographers shoot digital because of the speed it offers and the very low cost. Travis Cobb photographs with film exactly because it is slow and expensive.
A virtual photographer has built an online following thanks to his stunning video game captures.
A photographer had to wait two years for the temperature to drop to well below freezing to capture spectacular macro shots of soap bubbles freezing.
More than 100 renowned photographers are making their images available in the Vital Impacts Winter Collection sale to raise money to support international conservation efforts.
NASA has released a Martian weather report complete with photos taken of the Red Planet's icy landscape.
2022 has brought a deadly snowstorm across parts of North America, leaving at least 62 dead. 100 years ago, in 1922, another terrible blizzard ravaged the United States.
If you work with stock photos, you might already be aware of Unsplash, one of the largest and most popular sources of free online images. For those of you who are unfamiliar with the service, this explainer will walk you through what exactly Unsplash is and how it works.
A photographer has become an online sensation taking pictures with expired film and unusual vintage cameras.
As working professional photographers, most of the images we make are captured using digital cameras, so it is likely that only the absolute tiniest fraction of the images we take ever make it to physical print. This is fine for images of our lunch or of the concert we’re about to go see, but for the important moments we manage to capture, there should be something more.
A photographer who has shot news photos for the past 30 years started using a drone to capture stories from a fresh perspective.
Scientists have recorded penguins examining themselves in a mirror while displaying signs of self-awareness.
A photographer has given free funeral portraits to nearly 3,000 elderly people in China's rural areas.
A team of photographers built a super fast f/0.3 29mm lens from a Leitz projector lens to shoot a beautiful short film.
A drone photographer captured footage of a tiger shark swimming next to a father and his two young children -- who had no idea that the dangerous creature was lurking close by.
The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) blasted off into space on December 25, 2021. Since then readers have been treated to a series of stunning images of the cosmos.
I have been doing photography for a little over six years, and during and before this time I have hired many photographers for marketing, advertising and events. I have done this as a lead editor of a high-gloss fashion, real estate, and product magazine line, as part of marketing teams, and as a freelance writer throughout my career. I thought I would share some tips on what someone like me looks for when hiring photographers.
TikTok has been banned from all devices owned and managed by the U.S. House of Representatives.
Last week, Twitter announced that they were adding view counts to tweets on Twitter. I thought I’d use the announcement to very unscientifically compare the number of views one of my photos received on Twitter vs. Flickr.
Frustrated with limitations on what you can do with your photos? Mylio Photos makes it possible.
A tourist fell to his death after reportedly leaning out to take a selfie of a moving train in Thailand.
A cricketer was knocked to the ground by a Spidercam during a live game in a nasty incident that could have seen him seriously injured.
Streetlights have been turning purple across North America, confusing citizens and sparking concerned calls to authorities. However, for photographer Selina Roman, it's been a boon.
Viral face-swap app Reface has launched an artificially intelligent (AI) tool that transforms the subject of a selfie into a different character.
Joel Sartore has been photographing the National Geographic Photo Ark since 2006. He has traveled to zoos, aquariums, and wildlife sanctuaries on every continent except Antarctica to encourage action through education, save wildlife by promoting conservation, and create a photo archive of global animal diversity.
The Royal Meteorological Society, which runs the Weather Photographer of the Year competition, has posed an intriguing question: Can artificial intelligence (AI) win a photography competition?
A man has taken a selfie every day for 15 years and the result is an astounding age-progression video.
TikTok users are charging couples to shoot their wedding on a phone so they can post on social media immediately, instead of waiting weeks for a professional wedding photographer to deliver their photos.
A cinematographer assigned to capture Civil War cannons firing projectiles used a Phantom TMX 7510 to record at 105,000 frames per second (FPS).
TikTok has admitted that it used its app to spy on American reporters to track down their sources -- as the video-sharing platform faces a potential ban in the U.S.
A Ring doorbell has captured the moment a moose sheds both its antlers, a "one in a million" occurrence.
Getty Images, the world's best-known photo agency, has handpicked its most exciting pictures from this year's World Cup in Qatar with the photographers sharing the stories behind them.
I guess I'm the sucker that keeps a lot of the digital photography software companies in business. In order to "stay current" in my recommendations, I have to keep looking at new versions of software products, and that requires a near endless tithing that's getting old.
Picsart has announced a new AI selfie generator allowing users to create personalized avatars of themselves.
In April 1995, my uncle secured a lucrative job in Saudi Arabia. He and my aunt left their home in suburban Sydney and relocated to a western compound (a residential gated community for ex-pats) in Jeddah. My aunt shares stories of life under Saudi’s strict laws and how she craved her western freedoms. One such freedom was the celebration of Christmas.
Since the advancements made with mirrorless camera systems and their digital viewfinders, cameras with optical viewfinders have become somewhat rare, with hybrid viewfinders being even harder to find. This is why Getschmann decided to dive into his physics and engineering background to build one from scratch for his smartphone camera.
Federal agents staged an elaborate fake murder photograph to catch a man who they suspected of plotting to kill two business associates to avoid millions of pounds in debt.
An incredible stop-motion video showing leaves transitioning from summer to fall has been released by a talented photographer.
If you’re looking to make your photography stand out it’s time to get creative with light. The longer I’ve been a photographer, the more I’ve come to appreciate good light. Good light makes my job so much easier, but interesting light makes my job more creative.
As the penny drops with photographers and artists alike that their images have been used to train AI image generators on a monumental scale — the backlash is growing stronger.
Luminar Neo has a new extension available just in time to add something special to your holiday photos. The Magic Light Extension, may not be as big, flashing, and extensive as some of the others available within the system, but what it does bring is a lot of fun and adds a little (or a lot) extra sparkle to your shots.
A photographer's creative series called Dancers at Home explores their grace and skill, even as they perform mundane domestic tasks.
Canine photography game, Pupperazzi is coming to Nintendo Switch in early 2023.
A doorbell camera captured the moment a huge meteor hurtled over Alaska, lighting up the night sky.