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30 Things You Never Want to Hear from a Client

"We love your style! So we're going to hire you to do something completely different!" If that sentence makes you laugh, then the 30 statements in this post are going to hit home.

This Texas Town Erected a Selfie Statue

Over in Sugar Land, Texas, a town of about 83,000 people, there's a strange new piece of public art that has the world talking. Sitting right outside the city hall building is a new bronze statue of two girls taking a selfie.

Photo Studio Documents Some of their Funniest Stand-In Test Shots

Photography studio Bruton Stroube works with huge brands to create beautiful images, but not every step of the process is so glamorous. In a new Instagram series they call "Test Shot Tuesday," they're sharing some of the fun and ridiculous stand-in shots they capture on their way to a final image.

Game of Thrones Intro Remade Using Macro Mold Timelapses

Timelapse title credits for television shows are getting to be pretty common, but this one definitely stands out. One creative YouTuber recreated the Game of Thrones intro credits using some really stunning macro mold time-lapses.

Instagram Star Accidentally Posts Paid Sponsor Instructions in Caption

Ever wonder how sponsored posts on Instagram work? Reality TV personality Scott Disick's recent Instagram goof up will give you some idea. Instead of posting a surreptitious post with the hashtag #ad hidden somewhere to his 16 million+ followers, he accidentally posted his sponsor's instructions in the photo caption.

Wedding Photographer Falls Into Frozen Lake… Keeps On Shooting

This is some serious dedication. When wedding and adventure sports photographer Nathan Welton fell through the ice and into a frozen lake while shooting a wedding ceremony in Colorado, he didn't stop or let his assistants take over. Nope... he just kept on shooting.

Photographer at Building Demolition Gets Photobombed by Bus

Photographer Garry Cornes of Glasgow, Scotland, attended the demolition of a 24-story building this past Sunday. After joining the crowd there and setting up his camera on the other side of the street, Cornes had his view ruined at the worst possible time when a bus rolled in to photobomb his shot.

Video: The 100MP Phase One ALPA is a $56K… Royal Pain to Use

Despite rumors that Sony might release "the first mirrorless medium format camera," there is actually a medium format mirrorless camera already in existence. But you may not want to pick up the 100MP Phase One ALPA; it turns out it's a royal pain to actually... you know... use.

Romantic Engagement Shoot Photobombed by LARPers

Nothing like a bit of surprise weaponry and armor to transform a romantic photoshoot into something else entirely. That's what happened to Alex of Alexandria Photography when, in the middle of a romantic engagement shoot, she and her clients were photobombed by an enthusiastic group of LARPers!

43 Amateurish Tips for Shooting Better Images

Get to know people, forget the rules, don't read books on composition, embrace imperfection, print your photos, and more... Here are 43 amateurish tips for capturing better images.

Instagram Went Down for 15 Minutes and People Freaked Out

When your photo sharing app is used by hundreds of millions of users around the world, there are a lot of sad and angry people when your service goes down. Instagram crashed for about 15 minutes yesterday -- coincidentally April Fools' Day -- and people freaked out.

If Other Professions Were Treated Like Photography…

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?