Legendary writer and actor John Cleese is known more for his sense of humor than almost any other attribute. But as he demonstrates brilliantly in the above video, he also has an inspirational outlook and deep interest in the subject of creativity.

Spanish creative agency Lola recently started a moving 3D printer project titled Touchable Memories. The goal: to let those who are blind or nearly blind 'see' some of their most cherished photographs once more.

A single pixel color digital camera sounds an awful lot like a camera that captures a single bright red, green or blue dot, but when scientist Ben Greer set out to build his own single pixel camera, that's not what he was creating at all.

No, by moving a little autmatic arm in front of the sensor, scanning the scene multiple times, and then getting into a bit of math, he built something that can take actual pictures.

All too often, people ask me to put my camera down and join the party. I get that stink eye on many occasions when I plop myself in the corner of a campsite, drag my cooler within reaching distance, and point my camera towards the night sky. Friends wouldn’t notice at first, but then start to realize that they were missing someone around the fire ring. “Where did Nick go?” I could hear people snarkily asking, like I was off doing something more interesting than they were.

The world of photography has lost an icon. Press agency Phaidon is reporting that, after a long battle with cancer, Magnum photographer René Burri passed away earlier today at the age of 81.

If you've been considering buying an IR remote for your DSLR and you own an Android phone, you might want to hold off and try this free app first. Called ShutterBOT, it turns many of the most popular IR-equipped Android phones into DSLR IR remotes that will work with most of the DSLRs out there.

When Swiss designer couple Erica and Hannes were asked by their friends to babysit 6-month-old Alex for a full day and night, they were given an 'extensive briefing' about how they should handle things should anything go wrong.

Little did Alex's parents know just how dangerous this 24 hours would turn out to be! Fortunately, Erica and Hannes sent them hourly updates to show them.

In what is, to our knowledge, Canon's third patent of the type, the Japanese camera giant has drawn up yet another lens that features a liquid lens element in between all the glass.

If you love fine art photography, or are a big fan of Alexia Sinclair's work, this is definitely not a video for you. After exhibiting her wonderful "A Frozen Tale" series, the Skoklosters slott museum did what every museum has to do after exhibiting limited edition prints: they hacked them to pieces.

The difference here is that Skoklosters slott attached a camera onto the saw so you could see the horror for yourself.

The Study of Pose is an upcoming book by photographer Steven Sebring and supermodel Coco Rocha, who's well known for her ability to "freestyle" various poses in rapid succession (some people call her the "Queen of Pose"). The book is packed with 1,000 different black-and-white poses by Rocha displayed on over 2,000 pages and serves as something of an encyclopedia of poses.

The Fraenkel Gallery in San Francisco recently shared this interview with photographer Nicholas Nixon about his well known project The Brown Sisters.

Since 1975, Nixon has been shooting a portrait of four sisters once a year, every year. This year saw the creation of the fortieth portrait in the series.

In the future, "Auto" may be an option for choosing between JPEG and RAW on Canon DSLRs. A recently published patent reveals that the company has tinkered with the idea of a feature that could automatically choose which photos to save in RAW and which ones to save as JPEG only.

UK-based photographer Bertil Nilsson's project "Intersections" is a blend of two photographic subjects: urban landscapes and dance.

While not all of our photographs end up being printed and framed, it helps to possess the knowledge of what it takes to properly hang them when they are. Here to help is this handy, not-so-little infographic that runs through a number of situations that you might come across when looking to adorn your wall with a photograph.

Casio's new EXILIM EX-FR10 action camera, first unveiled about a month ago, is a unique device with a modular form-factor that’s sure to turn heads.

Last week we shared an example of beauty retouching that was done by hand in the early 1900s. If you're wondering how this type of retouching was done, check out the contraption above.

It's called the Adams Retouching Machine, and was created to aid negative retouchers in doing manual edits more quickly and cleanly.

Looking to change the game in terms of portable battery packs is a new product called the ChargeAll Portable Power Outlet. The self-proclaimed ‘worlds smallest portable power outlet,’ it manages to pack a standard 120V wall outlet into the device alongside the more standard USB option.

While diving for a catch at the back of end zone during today's game against Kansas State, Oklahoma wide receiver Sterling Shepard landed on something not-so-soft, but oh-so-very-expensive on the sideline: what looks to be a Canon 1DX attached to either a 400mm f/2.8L or a 500mm f/4L.

Shepard, we're happy to report, is okay. The lens... she's gone.

When Geneva-based photographer Alex Teuscher found himself in New York City for 10 days this last April, he tried to capture some of the most iconic, tourist-packed locations on the globe from a new angle. It's a testament to his skill as a photographer that he succeeded to such a great extent.

The resulting shots have been compiled into a series he's calling "New York City: Above as Below," and consist of a mix of street (below) and architectural (above) photography that's best described as 'moody.'

If we asked you to name the ultimate fisheye lens, the comments would probably fill up with many gear suggestions. Some, like this rare Nikon 6mm lens that pops up for sale occasionally, would probably be named more than once, but there's one suggestion you probably wouldn't make: a floating sphere of water.

That, however, is ISS astronaut Reid Wiseman's entry for the Ultimate Fisheye Lens.

Camera collectors, unfold your wallets... it's time for another installment of "cool rare things currently on eBay." Except in this case 'rare' can be replaced with 'unique,' as in these cameras are supposedly one-of-a-kind.

In its quest to continue resuscitating Flickr, Yahoo! has finally responded to popular demands and released its first official Flickr for iPad app -- a release that coincides very well with Apple's decision to make the iPad a more capable (if still embarrassing to use) camera.

We've seen and shared some pretty great time-lapses. From last week's unique 'layer lapse,' to the 'flow-motion' hyperlapse of Pyongyang in August, standing out in the genre has become a matter of doing something new and unique... something that will earn you headline words like 'breathtaking' and 'jaw-dropping.'

But the team at Fourth Dimension Video took a very different approach with their latest landscape time-lapse. Shot this last June at Scotland's Isle of Skye, it's done entirely in black and white.

To celebrate its 20th birthday, Old Navy has created what it's calling a #Selfiebration machine. What is a Selfiebration machine you ask? Why, it’s a 15 foot contraption that turns Twitter selfies into ephemeral pieces of balloon art, à la halftone stylization.

During her time in Malaysia, roughly 3,500 miles away from her home in Iran, photographer Nafise Motlaq was troubled by the way people would talk about her country's culture. Partially perpetuated by the media, she saw people making judgements without any first-hand knowledge of the country's actual culture.

It was this frustration with misrepresentation that, once she was home, inspired Motlaq to pick up her camera and begin an intimate series of photographs exploring the father-daughter relationship in Iran.

Have you ever wondered what a multi-decade time-lapse of your living room would look like? Well, we don’t exactly have one to share with you, but what we do have is this clever advertisement from Dutch company Philips that tries to imagine what that might be like.

There are some things in this world that are impossible to photograph without the willingness to make a little sacrifice and step out of your comfort zone. Such was the case with photographer Philip Lee Harvey, who took it upon himself to photograph what is referred to by some as the ‘world’s most dangerous church.’

Portable, bright, waterproof and rugged, the [qudos] Action light is an interesting addition to the lighting world that wants to open up a new world of nighttime action cam footage.

Astronomers can wait decades to see or capture what Ben Lewis photographed by accident while shooting a time-lapse Ashton-Wildwood County Park, Iowa very early this morning. Called a 'bolide fireball,' what you see in the short time-lapse above is an exceptionally bright meteorite that explodes in a bright flash at its end, leaving behind this strange bright puff of red smoke.

The film 'Afterglow' by Sweetgrass Productions doesn't even officially release until October 19th, and yet it's already being hailed as "one of the most cinematically profound ski movies ever made." The three-minute teaser above gives you an idea of why.

Want to see an early example of beauty retouching in photography? Here's one. The side-by-side images above from the early 1930s show what a glamour portrait looked like before and after manual 'Photoshopping.'

There are a few ways to deliver images to your clients: on a DVD, on a flash-drive, or through a custom online gallery. The first two ways are the most interesting to me, since they let you creatively wrap up the contents with your logo, add custom-made photo albums, “thank you” cards and a lot of other nice things that will leave a positive impression with the client. This shows that you care about your clients as well as your reputation.

If you’re looking for a good way to deliver your photos to the clients, in today’s showcase I bring together 20 fantastic packaging and presentation ideas for you.

Sony today announced the new IMX224MQV 1/3-inch 1.27MP CMOS sensor, which is said to have the world’s highest level of sensitivity for any sensor in its class. But before you get excited about that night vision point-and-shoot you've been wanting, you should know something: it was designed specifically for use in automobile cameras.

Three time Pulitzer Prize-winning Washington Post photojournalist Michel du Cille was saddened to find out yesterday that Syracuse University decided to 'uninvite' him from a workshop because he was in Liberia covering the Ebola epidemic 21 days ago.

He calls the response 'alarmist,' while Syracuse argues that their first responsibility is to protect their students.

If you just got your hands on a brand new Nikon D810, or maybe took advantage of the price drops on used D800/e models, DxOMark's newly updated list of the top lenses for these high-res DSLRs could come in very handy.

Unless you’ve been living under a rock, you will have noticed that the internet is a-flood with time-lapses and hyper-lapses made using Instagram’s new (inventively named) Hyperlapse.

There are plenty of resources out there for the best digital cameras you can get for under *insert dollar amount here*, but what if you're looking to invest in a good old fashioned film camera?

Not to worry, we've got you covered -- or rather, Bellamy Hunt from JapanCameraHunter has you covered -- with this list of the top 5 film camera and lens combos you can get for under $1,000 USD.

Fotodiox has unveiled a new product that could instill much more confidence in Sony E-mount camera owners. It's a full metal mounting ring called the "TOUGH E-Mount," and it's meant to replace the plastic/metal hybrid ring that comes standard on all E-mount cameras.

Today Apple unveiled the iPad Air 2: a super-thin followup to its super-thin predecessor that packs quite a punch. But, beyond the new A8X chip, faster WiFi/Cellular and TouchID sensor, the most interesting upgrade was actually the camera, which had remained largely unchanged for a solid two years.

Apple today announced its latest version of the iMac all-in-one desktop computer -- one that some serious specs for photographers. It features what the company is calling "the world's highest resolution display". It's a Retina 5K display measuring 5120x2880 pixels. That's 14.7 million pixels packed into a 27-inch screen.

High-end video camera manufacturers are continuing to engineer innovative products that may one day change the way photographers take photographs, particularly in portrait, fashion and glamour circles.

It’s a challenging and tough sell, and not without a few obvious problems.

The "Aposematic Jacket" is not your average piece of men's apparel. For one thing, it's covered with camera lenses, front and back. The garment is designed to protect you on the streets by repelling would-be attackers and helping you photograph them if they get too close for comfort.

Red Giant Software has unveiled their latest piece of programming built for videographers of all kinds. It’s called Offload, and it offers a dead simple way to securely and simultaneously transfer and backup your footage from your camera to your computer.

If you were like many kids, you probably spent much of your childhood in a hybrid world where reality and imagination fused into an indistinguishable whole. Magical creatures walked the streets, everyday-objects transformed into priceless relics and your favorite movie characters walked down the street opposite you.

For photographer Thomas Dagg, this meant one thing and one thing only: Star Wars. And so for his recent series by the same name, he recreated this imaginary world by creatively inserting Star Wars characters and objects into the real world around him.

Update: It looks like the original download links are now defunct. They appear to be redirecting visitors to a deal a day website. Apologies.

After officially ending its run last year, the PDF photography magazine PhotographyBB has reopened its archives by popular demand. Created and edited by Dave Seeram, PhotographyBB published over 50 editions over the course of its four-year existence, and now you can download every single one of them for free.

If you’ve been craving the ability to go from 50mm to 1000mm all in one lens, Canon has just what you’re looking for. Announced earlier today, the CINE-SERVO 50–1000mm T5.0–8.9 Ultra-Telephoto Zoom lens is being labeled 'world's longest 4K ultra-telephoto zoom lens for large-format single-sensor cameras," and it comes with a price tag that's as impressive as its zoom range.

In case you didn't know, there's an Apple event going on right now, and although hardware (new iPads and such) is the focus, it began with some iOS 8.1 news that's relevant to iPhone photographers.

Renowned photography cooperative Magnum Photos has announced that they are currently working with Carnival Films -- the same group that created the hit show Downton Abbey -- on a television drama series that depicts the lives and work of the photographers who started the cooperative back in 1947.

If you've been looking to migrate your Aperture library over to Lightroom ever since the official announcement of Aperture's demise, you've had to be content with manually doing it or using one of the unofficial tools that had already been released. But that is no longer the case.

Earlier today, Adobe officially released its own tool: a free Lightroom plugin that will allow you to import your entire Aperture (or iPhoto) library, metadata and all, quickly and easily.

If you or the environments you tend to shoot in are extremely tough on your SD cards, and you've not yet been able to find a line that can stand up to the beatings you give it, then you might want to check out the new BLACK line of SD cards from Delkin.

Labeled the 'world's most rugged' photography SD memory cards, Delkin claims the BLACK line is waterproof, dustproof, extreme temperature resistant and 'virtually unbreakable.'