Artist Michael Ranger recently had the idea of "unwrapping" the reflection seen in the visor of NASA astronaut Buzz Aldrin in an iconic photo captured by Neil Armstrong during the Apollo 11 mission. The result is an image that reveals what Aldrin saw the moment the photo was snapped.
Australian photographer Donald Yip went out into the desert on a clear night, found an abandoned bus, and captured this remarkable "halo" photo using drone light painting.
A Yosemite National Park ranger has shared a heartbreaking photo and story about discovering yet another bear struck and killed by a driver in the park.
Photographer Noah Kalina is famous for his everyday project for which he has captured a selfie a day since the year 2000. 21 years in, Kalina has released this new video titled "7777 Days" that shows himself aging 21 years in the span of 2 minutes.
A photographer was on a whale-watching trip when he unexpectedly captured incredible photos of a large humpback whale exploding out of the water right next to an unsuspecting fisherman on his boat.
Yongnuo is reportedly taking the wraps off its latest attempt at an Android-based Micro Four Thirds mirrorless camera. It's called the YN455.
A US intelligence agency is being mocked on social media for obviously "Photoshopping" the cover photo of its latest annual demographic report, which presents "efforts addressing diversity and inclusion."
It's often said that "the best camera is the one that's with you," but one college photography instructor doesn't seem to agree: she has banned the students in her course from using kit lenses.
Photographer Timothy Boomer captures beautiful macro photographs of plant galls, which are growths that form in response to some outside stimulus. For his work, Boomer focuses on growths caused by the tiny gall wasp.
Photographer Reuben Wu has released the final chapter of his groundbreaking Lux Noctis project, which involves lighting large-scale landscapes with drone-mounted lights. Titled "An Electric Storm," the digital artwork has an incredible physical installation that combines a print with AR light projection.
An underwater gas leak in the Gulf of Mexico led to viral imagery this week of the sea on fire. The mind-boggling shots show firefighting vessels spraying water to put out the sea.
If you have a giant pile of LEGO bricks and are in need of ideas on what to build, Brickit is an amazing app that was made just for you. It uses a powerful AI camera to rapidly scan your LEGO bricks and then suggest fun little projects you can build with what you have.
After over half a century as a privately-held business, the Swedish lighting company Profoto went public today, listing its shares on the Nasdaq Stockholm stock exchange. As a public company, Profoto is now required to publicly disclose its financial performance for the first time.
This photograph by wildlife photographer Mohan Thomas contains two leopards. The mother leopard is easy to see, but can you find her cub looking into the camera?
After the Fagradalsfjall volcano eruption began in March 2021, photographer Jan Erik Waider traveled to the Nátthagi valley in Iceland and captured beautifully abstract photos of lava flowing and cooling.
Here's a neat passage-of-time video that offers an inside look at a mother bird building a home inside a new birdhouse. It goes from empty nest to the first egg in the span of less than 8 minutes.
For Father's Day this year, Dakota Deady surprised his father, Jones, with found footage of Jones' father who died when Jones was just a toddler. Jones had never seen anything but a single photograph.
Haifa, Israel-based aerial photographer Lior Patel shot this mesmerizing timelapse video showing a bird's-eye view of sheep being herded in his country. From this perspective, the flock looks almost fluid-like, flowing through the green pastures, through gates, and around objects.
If you've been using your personal Venmo account to receive payments for your goods or services, you've been violating the apps policies. That'll soon change, though: Venmo will soon allow personal accounts to do business... for a fee.
Iranian photographer and camera tinkerer Alireza Rostami has created a new homemade wrist camera that operates in a neat way: two 35mm film cassettes are attached to the strap under the wrist, and 35mm film travels through the camera inside the straps.
The Tour de France was thrown into chaos on Saturday after a careless fan posing for the camera with a cardboard sign caused the entire peloton to crash at the world's most prestigious bicycle race.
German freelance photographer Samuel Lintaro Hopf made thus humorous 8-minute video that features a whole bunch of things you may hear coming out of a Leica photographer's mouth.
Premise is a micro gig worker app with photography as a core task, paying users around the world to complete simple assignments for small payments. What those users don't know, however, is that they may essentially be unwitting spies for the US military or other governments and entities.
Instagram is now rolling out the ability to post photos from a desktop web browser. This is a huge milestone, as it's the first time the popular photo-sharing service has officially allowed posting from outside of mobile devices.
GoPro has announced Open GoPro, a new open API initiative that allows third-party developers to integrate the HERO9 Black action camera into their projects.
Mount St. Helens's famous eruption in 1980 was the deadliest and costliest volcanic event in the history of the United States. In 2004, a new dome-building eruption began that lasted 4 years, and a camera was pointed at the volcano to capture the growth as a timelapse.
Photographer Mitch Dobrowner's work is what you get when you combine storm chasing photography with fine art photography. His awe-inspiring black-and-white photos show dramatic storms over sweeping landscapes.
Throughout photography history, determined, creative, and brave photographers have gone to extreme lengths to capture the perfect shot. Here's a curious photo from the 1890s that shows a crazy tripod setup used by wildlife photography pioneers in the 1890s.
A new mother in the UK has started a public campaign to outlaw nonconsensual breastfeeding photos in public places after she says she was photographed by a "creepy" man while nursing her baby.
For its latest prank, the popular YouTube channel HowAboutBeirut came up with a clever and humorous way to use stealthily-captured photos and rapidly-made prints. This 3-minute video is titled, "Surprising Humans with Their Pictures."
Located east of the Horn of Africa, Socotra was famously described by English anthropologist George Wynn Brereton Huntingford in 1980 as "the most alien-looking place on Earth." Photographer Daniel Kordan visited the island and captured the otherworldly beauty of the landscapes, from the dragon blood trees to the white sand dunes.
Every police officer in a crowd-control unit in Portland has resigned from the squad after one of its members was indicted on an assault charge for "excessive and unlawful" force against an activist photographer.
The 2021 US Open golf championship kicks off today, and if you pay attention to the broadcast, you may notice a neat new camera technology that has been deployed. This year, the sixth hole at Torrey Pines features an array of 88 cameras to capture the players' swings in Matrix-style "bullet time."
Photographer Eric Smith was photographing a whale migration last year when he captured this humorous photo showing a sneaky whale popping up right next to a group of unsuspecting whale watchers.
This may sound like something straight out of a sci-fi movie, but Canon has rolled out new AI cameras that use "smile recognition" technology to ensure that only happy employees are allowed into its offices.
President Biden met with King Philippe of Belgium at the Royal Palace in Brussels yesterday, and security personnel in the area were spotted carrying crazy-looking anti-drone weaponry to prevent everything from aerial photos to high-tech assassination attempts.
You never know when one of your photos may catch the eye of one of the largest companies in the world, but social media services these days help bridge the gap between photographers and brands. That's how one amateur photographer recently caught Google's eye with a snapshot of a seagull eating a fry.
When nature photographer Donny Moore went out to shoot an annual bird migration last month, his camera unexpectedly failed during the outing. To "bring some levity" to the sad situation and to make the most of his time in nature, Moore decided to start sketching instead with his kids' art supplies.
Adobe has announced that it will be pulling the plug on Photoshop Mix and Photoshop Fix, two stripped-down photo-editing apps for mobile devices that Adobe offered until "full" Photoshop was released for the iPad.
When Germany was hit by a second wave of COVID-19 and subsequent restrictions in late 2020, photographer and artist Jörg Gläscher decided to do a photo project in a forest that reflected what the world was going through.
Sports photographers and videographers usually work stealthily in the background, documenting athletes without distracting from the competition, but one cameraman in China stole the show after he outran the sprinters in a 100m race.
Photographer Zev Hoover was shooting the solar eclipse early this morning when a bird happened to fly through the frame. He then decided to create this unusual image showing the trail of the dark silhouetted bird against the partial annular eclipse.
An Ohio wedding photographer recently found herself working the "best maternity session ever" when one of the couple's horses decided to join in on the shoot, smile for the camera, and crack everyone up.
Photographer Tony Austin was at the tail-end of a 3-hour nature walk recently when a murder of crows landed nearby. When one of the crows started "acting strangely," Austin began photographing it.
Storm-chasing (and wedding) photographer Mike Olbinski was hunting for crazy weather phenomena to capture at sunset early this month when he was treated to a stunning sight: a quadruple microburst in which four columns of hail and rain were being dumped onto the landscape below.
An Indonesian photographer has captured a remarkable photo of a meteor falling "into" a volcano, and the resulting shot looks like there's a green beam of light shooting up from the crater.
"Playing With Time" is a new mind-blowing 1.5-minute video by Macro Room in which a man bends time and space in slow motion. It was created entirely with a high-speed camera with clever planning and editing.
A photographer has filed a lawsuit against Capcom, accusing the Japanese video game giant of infringing her copyright by using her photos extensively in its best-selling video games.
Summer is just around the corner in the United States, and national parks are getting ready for an influx of visitors. As a helpful PSA, the National Park Service just released this humorous "Wildlife Petting Chart" showing where tourists and photographers can safely pet large wild animals.
If you're a fan of mind-bending puzzle games like Portal, you may want to keep your eye on Viewfinder, an in-development game that revolves around a Polaroid camera that shoots reality-altering photos.