Swiss freeskier and filmmaker Nicolas Vuignier captured the worlds imagination back in February with his iPhone-swinging bullet-time idea. Now he's back again with another creative effort: turning the sky into a giant canvas by covering extreme skiers with black pigment.
Here's a creative time-lapse of London by the filmmaker Matel. It combines day and night views of the city in each frame as a diptych.
With years of experience, I have learned how to handle most daily situations encountered as a photographer. With the emergence of social media, people can be very picky about photos and privacy. I understand.
Here's a sweet camera deal that's currently available: the reputable eBay store robertsdigital is selling a nice kit with the original Olympus OM-D EM-5 camera. At $700, with what's included, you're essentially getting an EM-5 thrown in for free.
During the Great Depression in the US, the government had a role in creating the "golden age of American photography" by paying some of the best photographers to document the country. While many iconic shots emerged, other shots that weren't as good were "killed"... with a hole punch.
Companies like Facebook and Instagram have turned photo sharing into an industry dominated by smartphones and "Likes." Nikon's new DSLR ad campaign pushes back against this exploding culture.
Lens flare was once considered a problem in filmmaking and something that should be prevented with well designed lenses and special coatings, but now it's something that's embraced and seemingly in every movie that hits the silver screen. How and why did this change happen?
A lot of professional photographers have a growing frustration about losing jobs to part-time "photographers" doing horrible work for $30, or having clients tell them that another "photographer" will do the same job for $25. So, I got to thinking: what if other professions were treated like photography?
It is often stated that, for photography, it is vital to use color management within your workflow, so that you can ensure accurate colors for your work.
Floating acrylic frames are an elegant way to display your photos on walls, but commercial solutions can be pricey. Here's a 1.5-minute tutorial video by A Beautiful Mess on how you can go a cheaper do-it-yourself route for the same result.
How long does it take a person to learn photography? Can -- or should -- you make the jump from newbie to working professional professional in a heartbeat? That's the question discussed in this insightful video by photographer Mike Browne.
Episode 59 of the PetaPixel Photography Podcast.
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Just a few days after launching a notifications feature to its Web interface, Instagram has made yet another addition: an explore tab.
If you need a dose of inspiration and wonder, check out this 10-minute video by TED about the life and work of ocean conservation photographer Thomas Peschak.
Here it is... our first look at how Nikon's new flagship D5 performs at high sensitivities up to its maximum ISO of 3,276,800.
Here's a 4-minute video that discusses why it's important to show your work as a photographer and put it out there for the world to see rather than wait until it's "perfect" before presenting your art.
If you often work with very large layered files in Photoshop, you may have found that saving those files can take a while. Here's some good news: if you're short on time but rich on storage space, you can change a setting to make those PSD files save up to 20x faster.
Here's a short and humorous sketch that pokes fun at how hard it can be to satisfy the wishes of clients as a portrait photographer.
My name is Ross Harvey, and I'm an international destination wedding photographer based in the UK. I just back from two weeks shooting street photography in Cuba, and it was a wonderful experience that I'd like to share with you.
The ongoing refugee crisis has been the focus of many photographers' works in recent times. German photographer Kevin McElvaney show the story from a different perspective: through the eyes of the migrants themselves.
Photographer Adam Nawrot wanted to chase light full time, so he bought an old NYPD surveillance van for $2,500 and turned it into his mobile home and editing studio.
Your display profile may be wrong. How is that for a bold statement! But it may very well be true, even if you do it regularly on schedule. Display calibration and profiling is a must for all digital photographers.
Food photographers have all kinds of tricks they use to make food -- or what appears to be food -- look appealing on camera. Those tricks are revealed in a new photo project titled Faking It.
Dawidi of Widicam.net created this beautiful time-lapse video by taking a single photo of each day's sunrise for 365 days.
Whoa. Google just announced that it's making its Nik Collection of desktop photo editing software 100% free.
One of the big things that inspires me in photography, life, and technology is the ability to “democratize”, to add “access”, and to make things affordable to the masses.
Dear Chris Hughes, thanks for sharing your beautiful photos and your experiences during a clash in the West Bank. The Israel-Palestine conflict is very controversial and often ends in simplified debates wherein the actions of the Palestinians are condemned and the Israelis defended, or vice versa.
If you want to be inspired by a photographer who left a great job to pursue their passion for photography, look no further than photographer Michael O'Neal.
Staging scenes is considered a big no-no in photojournalism, but that's what one award-winning photojournalist was apparently caught doing at a memorial after the Brussels terrorist attacks.
Recently, a friend told me of a photographer for whom he wanted to work. The seasoned fine art photographer, in his 50s, took a look at my friend’s 5x7 prints, taken on an assortment of digital and analog cameras, and said "These are not photos. Wait here."