Step aside awesome Microsoft Surface Studio commercial, this new paint ad is officially the coolest use of robotic filming techniques and practical effects we have ever seen. As you watch this video, keep in mind: none of this is CGI.
By now, you're familiar with Apple's "Shot on iPhone" ads: giant billboards and posters showing off high quality photos taken with Apple's latest smartphone. But for their latest version of the campaign, Apple upped the ante, showing off the iPhone 7's low light chops with a series of nighttime images.
If you're into photography enough that your feed gets filled with a bit of camera porn from time to time, you're likely to have seen the $55 8x telephoto lens for cellphones being sold by The Outdoor Spirit.
When Filmakademie student Eugen Merher created his Adidas spec ad "Break Free," he knew he had something special on his hands. Unfortunately, Adidas' communications department never got back to him; now they get to watch his beautifully-crafted ad take off without them.
Selfie sticks are SOOO last year. If you want to be on the cutting edge of selfie technology, you really need to get your hands on the 'world's first selfie bottle'—a camera invention by none other than Coca-Cola.
The release of Microsoft's Surface Studio desktop made a big splash with the photo community, not least of all because of the stunning launch video Microsoft used to announce the innovative computer. A video that was filmed, it turns out, by an incredible robot arm thingy.
If you want a neat example of creativity in action, look no further than photographer Andrew Tihi's recent portrait adventure. Watch as he uses a backlit bus stop advertisement to help him capture a glowing portrait against a white backdrop.
The folks at Breed fashion photography school recently set up an interesting (and very educational) challenge for themselves: recreate a beauty shot of actress Kristen Stewart that was captured by famed fashion photographer Mario Testino for this year's Chanel ad campaign.
Want to upgrade your photography workstation? You can do so in 3 easy steps. Simply (1) create a 21:9 photograph, (2) upload that photo to your social networking page, and (3) visit this competition website and get a new creator workstation worth $10,000.
If you often take pictures with a "small-capacity" 16GB iPhone, one thing you may often experience is the dreaded popup that tells you you've run out of storage space. It's particularly painful when the popup appears while you're trying to capture a special moment. This 1-minute ad shows that Google feels your pain.
There's something incredibly touching about a photograph of a mother-to-be cradling her belly and gazing sweetly at her unborn child. Unfortunately, thanks to these beer ads, you're never going to be able to look at those photos the same way again.
Well... this is awkward. No seriously, this is REALLY awkward. In addition to the usual feature promos Adobe releases when Photoshop is updated, Adobe also released a NSFW-ish sex-hotline spoof called 1-900-U-UPDATE.com this morning.
Making food look appealing on camera is no easy task. For still photos, food photographers use all kinds of tricks and non-food products to make food look beautiful and tasty. Similar hacks exist for capturing food on video. In its new ad above, Carl's Jr. decided to go the easy route instead of using those techniques.
How far is too far when it comes to advertising photography? Calvin Klein has a risqué reputation of flirting with the border between acceptable and inappropriate, but one of their recent underwear ads may have crossed that line.
Can Apple make you cry and want to call your mom in 30 seconds? They're gonna try. In the latest addition to the Cupertino brand's famous 'Shot on iPhone' campaign, Apple has put together a touching montage of photos and videos or real moms that might just put your tear ducts to work.
Like many photographers, Matias Posti of Posti Photography sends out a mailer to clients and prospective each year. This year, his creative "No More Selfies" ads caught our eye.
What would your camera be like as a person? That's the question Sony Thailand tries to answer in this strange and humorous 3-minute advertisement that was published earlier this month.
Gap is apologizing this week after a photo in its new Gap Kids ad campaign sparked controversy for a "racially insensitive" pose. The photo shows a white child model resting her arm on a black child's head.
Brazilian soccer legend Pelé, widely considered the best player ever, has filed a $30 million lawsuit against Samsung. He claims that the company used a photo of someone who looks like him for an advertisement.
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.
Nikon sure has a strange way of marketing its brand: one of its newest advertisements features a Fujifilm camera...
During the Oscars this weekend, the website hosting service Squarespace will be airing a new commercial featuring photographer …
Reporters Without Borders just released this new video, titled "War Reporters," as part of a new campaign to raise awareness and support for conflict photographers.
"Without independent reporters, war would just be a nice show," the video says. "Support those that risk their lives to bring us the truth."
Here’s a touching 45-second video by ifolor, a photo printing company based in …
Requests for free spec work is a big problem for photographers, who lose out when clients demand free photos in exchange for "vague to nonexistent compensation." To show how ridiculous the idea of spec work is, Toronto agency Zulu Alpha Kilo had a guy approach people in other businesses with requests for free spec work to sample their products and services before actually committing to paying. A barista, chef, personal trainer, and architect all responded with indignation; watch their reactions in the 2.5-minute video above.
New York-based stop-motion artist Adam Pesapane, who goes by PES, has earned a great deal of attention over the past few years for his remarkable animations that are made with creativity, hard work, and still photographs from DSLRs. His viral shorts include "Fresh Guacamole," "Western Spagetti,", and "Submarine Sandwich" (his projects often involve ordinary things getting turned into food).
Honda recently enlisted Pesapane's services to create the ad above, titled "Paper." It runs just 2 minutes, but it took 4 months of work to create!
Over in Japan, the electronics chain Yodobashi Camera places these creative ads on the sides of buses that turn the rear wheel into a lens for a giant camera. Kevin Warnecke spotted this one in Kyoto, Japan.
Cinematographer Abraham Joffe of Untitled Film Works made this 3-minute short film for …
Conflict photographer David Guttenfelder has spent 20 years photographing war overseas, but for his latest assignment, he was asked to point his camera at a different kind of war that's raging here at home: veterans committing suicide.
Here’s a new 1-minute commercial that’s one part poignant and one part humor, going to great lengths to preach …