British photographer Brock Elbank has a series of portraits titled How Do You C Me Now? that features people with Congenital Melanocytic Naevus, an extremely rare birthmark that can cover up to 80% of the body.
Want to get creative with shooting portraits using just your smartphone? Apple made this 3-minute video with advice and inspiration for shooting iPhone portraits from award-winning Magnum photographer Christopher Anderson.
Sony today announced two major telephoto lenses for its full-frame FE lens lineup: the 200-600mm f/5.6-6.3 G OSS super-telephoto zoom and the 600mm f/4 G super-telephoto prime.
Pepperdine sports law professor Alicia Jessop was visiting Maine from California recently when she stopped by a popular tourist destination for a lobster roll. When she held out the roll to take a picture of it, a seagull swooped in at the exact moment Jessop pressed the shutter.
Grown is a new photo series by Hamburg, Germany-based photographer Sebastian Baumann that "examines the border between childhood and adulthood -- if there is any."
Fujifilm's black-and-white film is coming back from the dead. The company just announced a brand new film stock called Neopan 100 Acros II that promises "unsurpassed image quality" and "world-class fine grain."
African Geographic has announced that photographer who recently won its 2019 Photographer of the Year award has been disqualified due to photo-manipulation.
After a child is born, that newborn baby generally becomes the center of everyone's attention. One photographer recently captured an often-overlooked moment of a mom post-birth, and her photo and the accompanying message are going viral, reaching millions around the world.
Drones these days often feature mechanical gimbals to stabilize their cameras while in flight. But long before consumer drones exploded onto the scene, birds were already taking to the skies with impressive built-in image stabilization.
Earlier this year, photographer Danielle Reeder of Somerset, UK, launched an experimental photo project called The Traveling Dress Collective. The idea was to pass one dress around between photographers based around the UK to see the diversity of the resulting portraits.
Astronauts have dazzled the world in recent years with photos and videos shot from the International Space Station. If you've always dreamed of visiting the ISS and shooting from low Earth orbit yourself, there will soon be a way -- you'll just need very deep pockets.
If you ever need to set your camera down temporarily, make sure you choose a safe place with as little gravitational potential energy as possible. It seems one photographer learned this lesson the hard way and paid a dear price.
Brendan Barry is a UK-based large format photographer who has a curious passion for creating working cameras out of the most random everyday objects you could think of. ILFORD featured his work earlier this year, and here's a look at some of his cameras and the photos they shoot.
Sony is expected to announce two telephoto lenses on Monday, and one of them will reportedly be the most expensive E-mount lens ever made with a price tag of around $14,000.
Jamey Price is a freelance motorsport photographer based in Charlotte, North Carolina, but he shoots way more than cars racing. Here's a 6-minute video in which Price takes us behind-the-scenes of shooting a steeplechase horse race at Queen's Cup in Charlotte.
Photographers have been speaking out in recent years about getting asked to do work for little or no money. A new research study is now suggesting that one of the reasons photographers get lowballed is because they love their jobs.
Love photographing plants and animals in the great outdoors? Seek is a new app you may want to download if you use an iPhone. It's like a Shazam for nature: the app can help identify the things you photograph using the power of image recognition.
Facebook has agreed to rethink its stance on nudity following an outcry from photographers who have been protesting the social network's banning of artistic nudity in photographs.
How do you think your perception of color stacks up against the general public? If you're a photographer, have your eyes been trained to perceive color better than the average person? Here's a short and sweet test that can help you find out.
Light-painting photographer Jason Page and the team of ambassadors at Light Painting Brushes were recently invited to a music festival to capture creative light-painting portraits of the celebrity musicians performing over the weekend.
If you're a photographer who often hikes in the great outdoors, the mapping service FATMAP has added a new feature that you may find useful. It's called the Travel Distance layer, and it shows on a 3D map exactly where you'll be able to hike to in any given amount of time.
The Taiwanese lens maker Machang Optics has announced the Kamlan 50mm f/1.1 Mark II lens, a followup to the popular first version of the lens that provided photographers with an affordable option for achieving an ultra shallow depth of field and beautiful bokeh.
Profoto today announced the new B10 Plus, a "slightly bigger brother" to the B10 that doubles the power to 500Ws from 250Ws while only adding about 25% to the price.
The Nik Collection very much back from the dead. DxO just announced the release of Nik Collection 2, a major update to the popular plugin suite for Photoshop, Lightroom Classic, and Photoshop Elements.
Las Vegas-based photographer and rock climber Luke Rasmussen (AKA PhLuke) visited Looking Glass Rock outside Moab, Utah, and shot this beautiful long-exposure photo of himself climbing up and rappelling down the rock while wearing colorful LED lights.
The 2019 Apple Worldwide Developers Conference kicked off in San Jose yesterday, and Apple made several major announcements (including the new Mac Pro and 6K display) during the keynote presentation. One of the unveilings was for iOS 13, and a number of big improvements are coming to the iPhone's Camera and Photos apps.
Pillars of Creation is a famous photo of the Eagle Nebula captured by NASA's Hubble Space Telescope. Photographer Andrew McCarthy recently captured his own version of the photo from his own backyard in Sacramento, California.
Apple has unveiled the new Pro Display XDR. Measuring 32 inches and boasting 6K resolution, the screen is the largest Retina display ever made.
Apple has announced its latest completely redesigned Mac Pro, a new beast of a machine that should satisfy creatives after years of grumbling over the "garbage can" model. The new refresh is a throwback to the iconic line's "cheese grater" days.
Instagram photographer and influencer Alexander Tikhomirov has sparked outrage after posting a smug photo of himself next to a car he got stuck in a protected geothermal area of Iceland.
The Christian satire news outlet The Babylon Bee is reporting that Canon has begun including a "professional photographer" certificate with all its cameras that cost $599 and up.
There was a lighthearted moment during President Trump's visit with the Royal Family in the UK today. As he and Prince Charles walked into Clarence House, one of the photographers in attendance accidentally dropped their Gary Fong Lightsphere flash diffuser onto the ground in front of the two.
The famous canals of Venice, Italy, are usually photographed with the hustle and bustle of tourists and boats. French photographer Thibaud Poirier decided to visit them in the quiet of the night and shoot beautiful photos showing a different side of the city.
To avoid the dreaded "camera notch" interrupting smartphone screens, some manufacturers have begun introducing pop-up or flip-up selfie cameras. But, thankfully, the future looks like it will be more elegant with the introduction of cameras hidden under the displays themselves.
The US State Department is now requiring that virtually everyone applying for US visas submit their social media usernames, including those for the photo-sharing services Instagram and Flickr.
ESA astronaut Alexander Gerst shot this photo from the International Space Station showing what a sunset on Earth looks like from high above in space.
This is bizarre. A Sony FE 200-600mm f/5.6-6.3 G OSS lens just popped up in an online auction. Problem is, the lens doesn't officially exist yet.
Panasonic has announced an upcoming "Upgrade Firmware Key DMW-SFU2" for the LUMIX S1 full-frame mirrorless camera that will add a number of advanced video features that will make the S1 more suitable for pro-level filmmaking.
Want to plant a tree fit for a photographer? Check out the Rising Sun Redbud. At certain times of the year, its leaves look like a bokeh explosion.
Panasonic has announced the new LUMIX S1H full-frame mirrorless camera, the third L-mount camera after the S1 and S1R announced back in February 2019. The S1H is the world's first digital interchangeable lens camera to offer 6K/24p video recording.
Singer Rob Halford of the famous English heavy metal band Judas Priest is making headlines after he was caught on camera kicking a phone out of a fan's hands in the middle of a song.
If you're zoomed into a photo in Photoshop, popular ways to move around include holding the spacebar (and then clicking and dragging) or clicking inside the Navigator panel. But there's a lesser-known trick that's just as handy, and the Photoshop Training Channel explains how it works in this 2-minute video.
IKEA United Emirates has launched a clever new marketing campaign called the "Real Life Series." Each picture is a famous room from a popular TV show recreated entirely using IKEA furniture and products.
The outdoor apparel company The North Face is getting slammed today after it boasted of sneaking product placement photos into Wikipedia articles in order to show up as top results in Google Images search results.
Wildlife photographers Chris Bray and his wife, Jess, were leading a photo tour of Antarctica and South Georgia when the duo had a warm and fuzzy encounter with a curious (and huge) baby elephant seal. This 1-minute video shows "the hazards of being a wildlife photographer."
There was a curious rumor floating around this month suggesting that Ricoh may soon lose the right to use the Pentax brand name after the licensing agreement expires. Ricoh has now debunked that rumor.
If you've been eyeing a Sony mirrorless camera, now may be the time to pull the trigger. Sony just announced a major summer sale in which the prices of many popular camera models have been slashed by up to $1,000. These are the lowest prices ever recorded.
Yongnuo has quietly launched a new affordable autofocusing Canon EF to Sony E lens adapter. It's called the EF-E II.
Want to "turn a circular lens filter on and off" without having to screw and unscrew it from your lens? The new Alter RFS (Rapid Filter System) is a family of adapters that helps you do that. They're touted as the "first hinged lens filter adapters."
As Canon turns its attention to growing its mirrorless camera market share, the company is reportedly sunsetting some of its popular DSLR lines such as the high-megapixel 5DS and 5DS R. And the latest word is that the popular 7D line has also come to an abrupt end.