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National Geographic photographer Cory Richards was recently shooting at Franz Josef Land in the Russian Arctic, just 560 miles from the North Pole, when he was charged by a polar bear that spotted him in the distance. You can see footage of the scary encounter in the 2-minute video above.

"The Irrational Fear of Nothing" is a new short film by director Paul Trillo. It follows a paranoid, neurotic man named Terry as he wanders about on the streets of Manhattan. "Past memories and his irrational inner thoughts soon plague his every move," the synopsis says. "By channeling a form of mental time travel, he attempts to overcome these past anxieties." …

Recently I've been trying to get better at bracketing, where you take overexposed and underexposed photos and then merge them together. It can create a very neat effect when done correctly. It can also be abused, as many photographers tend to do, which results in unrealistic looking photography.

Want the benefits of cloud photo storage combined with the simplicity and security of having possession of the physical hard drive? A new gadget called Monument aims to deliver just that. It's the world's first desktop device that uses artificial intelligence to provide a "personal cloud" that you can use to backup your photos and access them from anywhere.

Taiwanese model Heidi Yeh was 2 years into her career when she signed on for an advertising photo shoot for a plastic surgery clinic. What she didn't know at the time was that the resulting photo would damage her life and ruin her career.

Beachgoers in Argentina sparked outrage around the world last week after purportedly killing an at-risk baby dolphin by passing it around for photos. Now a similar video has emerged from Palm Beach, Florida, and this one is sparking new debate.

Want to teach your dog a new trick? Try training it to do studio photography. That's what a few dogs over in Japan were taught to do recently. You can see the results in the 3.5-minute video above, titled "PhoDOGrapher."

The Chinese electronics company OPPO yesterday announced that they've developed the world's first sensor-based image stabilizer for smartphones. The SmartSensor, as the technology is called, is also the world's smallest image stabilizer across all devices.

Here's a short video clip showing a Formula 1 photographer doing a brief photo shoot with a car and driver during recent pre-season testing. We see how a backdrop is quickly wheeled into and out of the scene for just a few moments of shooting (and before the photographer gets a little scare from the driver).

Leica wants a piece of the smartphone photography boom. The iconic German camera company and Chinese telecom giant Huawei announced today that they're teaming up in a long-term technology partnership to reinvent smartphone photography. The goal is a "visual world renaissance," the companies say.

One of the exciting new trends in smartphone photography is the emergence of the dual camera. LG just launched it in the new G5, and Apple will reportedly include it in the upcoming iPhone 7.

In a surprise decision in the US court system, a federal judge ruled last Friday that photographing and filming police officers isn't always protected by the First Amendment.

Film’s not dead, we know that. I love the nostalgia of instant film. The look of surprise when you can give a physical photo to your subject. The stories of photos the way they were when we were young. The way people over a certain age shake it while it develops.

Tether Tools today unveiled a new product for photographers called the Case Relay. The company says it's the world's first system that lets you provide uninterruptible power for a DSLR or mirrorless camera using any standard 5V USB battery pack or a wall outlet.

In order to tell you this crazy story, we have to go back to May 2015. As you may have read, my brand new $1,600 L lens fell to the ground after I got it out of my backpack. The glass didn’t have any scratches, however, the focus was completely broken and all photos turned out blurry. Although it was a huge shock at first, I wanted to turn this moment around and “develop the negatives”. I quickly fell in love with this broken look and created a set about broken characters with a broken …

During the Oscars this weekend, the website hosting service Squarespace will be airing a new commercial featuring photographer David Guttenfelder. Above is the extended 60-second version of the 30-second ad that will air on Sunday. "Why do I do what I do? So everyone can see what I've seen," the photographer says.

There's a good chance you've never heard of photographer Jake Olson before, but many people are learning of that name this week. He's a self-proclaimed "famous" American photographer who's now at the center of major controversy in the photography world.

On a May evening in 2005, a group of us were spending time in my parents’ garage. We’d just graduated from high school days earlier and didn’t know what to do with ourselves. One of many boring nights spent pissing the time away, high on the excitement of graduation and fear of the future; I’m quite sure I’d have forgotten all about that night if it wasn’t for the noise we heard in the driveway.

Want to learn the basics of photography for free from the comfort of your own home? There are many ways to do so these days, but a new one you might want to check out is Photoskop.

An iconic shipwrecked fishing boat in Point Reyes, California, was severely damaged by a fire yesterday, and it may have been caused by a photographer's long-exposure light-painting photo involving sparks from burning steel wool.

Australia is home to some of the most extensive areas of subtropical rainforest in the world. These protected environments are often the highlight of many international visitors who travel thousands of kilometers to experience the unique flora and fauna. The best part about these geological wonders is that there’s always something new to discover and they make ultimate subjects for nature photographers.

Here's a recent episode from the Science Channel's show How It's Made that shows how modern camera tripods are manufactured. We get a tour of a Manfrotto tripod factory, starting from when aluminum tubes are sliced to specific lengths by precise machines and up through when tubes are joined through custom housings by hand.

This surreal photo-manipulation is titled "A Dream," and it was created using a single photograph that was edited in Photoshop. In this post I'll provide a step-by-step walkthrough of how it was made to show you how you can make a similar image yourself.

Sigma today dropped a surprise bomb on the camera industry by announcing a pair of formidable mirrorless cameras. While the DP Quattro packed Sigma's Foveon sensors, the fixed lenses and unwieldy designs weren't popular among photographers.

Last week we shared some stunning photos of "Firefall," the phenomenon that occurs in Yosemite during the last 2 weeks of February each year, when the Sun lines up just perfectly with Horsetail Fall on El Capitan to make it look like glowing lava.

One of the highly touted features in Canon's new 80D DSLR is the Dual Pixel autofocus system, which uses ever pixel on the CMOS sensor for phase-detect AF.

The Canon PowerShot SX50 HS features a 50x optical zoom lens, the equivalent of a 24-1200mm in 35mm terms. Combined with its 4x digital zoom, the camera has a reach of 200x. The video above is a mind-bending demonstration of how powerful a 200x zoom is. It was filmed by YouTuber TheSleeb during a trip through Bilbao, Spain.

Sigma today announced a new groundbreaking 50-100mm f/1.8 DC HSM Art APS-C lens, the first telephoto zoom lens with a constant f/1.8 aperture. The company also unveiled a 30mm f/1.4 DC DN Contemporary mirrorless lens, the first affordable f/1.4 for that segment.

Nikon just announced a completely new line of premium compact cameras. The DL series (the DL stands for "Digital Lens") is geared toward serious photographers and packs powerful 1-inch sensors into cameras of different focal lengths. The series launches with the DL18-50 f/1.8-2.8, DL24-85 f/1.8-2.8, and DL24-500 f/2.8-5.6.

Swedish photographer Mattias Burling recently decided to experiment with shooting 4K video with his Microsoft Lumia 950 smartphone... through his collection of Nikon SLR lenses. Using an old 35mm adapter, Burling put together a rig that lets him shoot with a Nikkor 25mm f/1.4, 50mm f/1.4, and 17-35mm f/2.8.

Zacharie Turgeon is a photographer based in Gatineau, Quebec, Canada. While he normally shoots with a digital camera, Turgeon decided at the last minute to take his Canon 35mm film SLR on a recent trip to Asia. It turned out to be the best decision he made.

In this post I'll be sharing the best one light portrait setup I've ever used. I'll come clean right off the bat here and say that I stumbled across this little super easy lighting technique more by luck than skill.

Cambits is a new modular camera being developed by scientists over in Columbia Engineering’s Computer Vision Laboratory. It's a set of colorful plastic blocks that can be assembled into a custom camera of your choice.

Warning: this is a rant. This one just left me shaking my head. Sure, there are probably times when you think the words “Photography Experience Not Required” might be completely applicable or acceptable. But how about in a job listing for a camera store?

Samsung today announced a new virtual reality camera called the Samsung Gear 360. It's a ball-shaped camera that lets anyone easily capture 360-degree photos and videos.

This is the cheapest yet most effective photography hack I can think of. Step one: get disc reflector. Step two: cut lens-sized hole in said reflector. Step three: profit.

Tamron today announced a new accessory that helps photographers apply firmware updates and custom settings to Tamron lenses. It's called the Tamron TAP-in Console.

Tamron today announced a new 85mm f/1.8 VC lens, the world's first fast-aperture telephoto lens with Vibration Compensation (VC), and a 90mm f/2.8 macro lens.

Adobe today launched Lightroom on Android 2.0, the world's first end-to-end RAW mobile photography solution. It's an app that lets you shoot, edit, and share RAW/DNG photos using an Android smartphone.

There are a number of video and computer games out there that feature photography as a prominent in-game element. "Firewatch" takes the idea a step further.

If you are willing to get up early or stay up super late, Milky Way season is back in North America! Above is a shot I made on February 14th, 2016, in Sedona, Arizona. This image was taken at 5:45 AM, just prior to sunrise. Something I tried for the first time with this photo is taking 10 consecutive shots of the sky at a higher ISO (5000) and shorter shutter speed (15s), and then stacking the photos, which gives you awesome pinpoint stars with minimal noise.

Someone Photoshopped Ronda Rousey's arm without her knowing, and the mixed martial arts star is publicly apologizing for the picture.

I was internalizing a dialogue I had the other day after seeing a mistake someone made on how they presented their thoughts and the reaction it received, when I realized that what I was actually doing was telling myself what I wish I knew early on in my career. It encompassed some mistakes along the way, and some key points that I feel some people may benefit from reading.

Gulf Photo Plus 2016 just wrapped up in Dubai this week, and this year's event featured another ShootOut, which pitted 2 well-known photographers against each other on stage to see who could create the best shot of the same subject.

My name is Aram Pan, and I'm a photographer documenting North Korea through 360° panoramas, photos and videos. I’d like to share with everyone my experience with what I call “copyright infringement abuse.” …

World Press Photo yesterday announced the winners of its 2016 contest, honoring the best news photos captured in 2015. Above is a breakdown of the cameras that were used by the photographers who were honored by photojournalism's biggest prize.

The Southern California-based startup company Aurora Aperture has just announced a new variable neutral density filter called the PowerXND 2000. With a range of 4 to 11 stops, the filter is the world's most powerful, according to the company.

"Normal" stock photos often feature scenes and situations that would be incredibly strange if you ever saw them actually happening in real life. DigitalRev made this humorous 3-minute video that reveals what's actually happening in those generic stock shots of business people, doctors, and scientists.