Retoucher Pratik Naik and his co-workers at Infinite Tools have released a fun (and free) little side-project that you might want to get in on. It's called the "Infinite Jokes Panel" and it's a Photoshop add-on that will read you jokes, puns, and condescending statements about your photo editing abilities while you work.
Conservation photographer and wildlife tracker Jeff Wirth was reviewing the photos on a camera trap he had set up when he was surprised with this unexpected shot: an unknown man who had spotted the camera and decided to strike a pose.
*Checks calendar* ... Nope, it's not April 1st. There really is a "Potato Photographer of the Year 2020" contest, judged by the likes of Martin Parr, and they really did just reveal the winners of the contest earlier this week.
A nursing home in England has come up with a fun and clever way to lift its residents' spirits during the COVID-19 pandemic. They've been taking turns recreating the photos found on iconic album covers.
Professional photographer and YouTube Jessica Kobeissi recently decided to take on some of the viral "DIY photography hacks" that she's seen online, and see if they work as expected... or at all. As you might imagine, for the most part, the answer is "not really." But it makes fur a fun video actually investigating these hacks.
What if the gangsters in crime movies battled it out with cameras instead of guns? That's the premise of this new 5.5-minute parody short film titled "Camera Wars."
There's a beautiful million-dollar house for sale in the forested town of Felton, California, that's attracting a huge amount of attention for an unusual reason: its real estate photography features bigfoot.
During our COVID-19 shelter in place lockdown, I took portraits of my son's outfits that he would put together for homeschool.
The comic (or is it sadistic...) minds over at DPReview TV have put together a lens cleaning guide that somehow manages to be three things at once: informative, comical, and extremely painful to watch.
A wedding photographer is being roundly praised on social media after digitally dying the dress worn by the bride's new mother-in-law. Apparently the groom's mother wore a white gown, and the bride was having none of it.
Photography duo Alex and Chelsea Workman recently embarked on a fun little portrait project that pokes fun at the occasional absurdity of remote work. They call the series #COVIDwear: Business on the top. Quarantine on the bottom.
North Carolina-based filmmaker Jeff Hartman of Rapid Motion Camera has put together a funny, oddly touching little short film that stars... his automotive camera crane. It's the story of how this expensive bit of technology is trying to 'reinvent' itself so it doesn't get sold during these tough times.
Like many others, Swiss photographer and director Nicola Tröhler has had all of his jobs cancelled due to COVID-19. So, since he can't go out and take any photos, he decided to tap the public domain libraries in Switzerland and the US and work on his animation skills instead.
Italian photographer Danilo D'Auria has created a humorous series of self-portraits that seeks to capture the "solidarity, fear, and sometimes even madness" that he's seen from his follow Italians as they've all been forced to stay indoors.
We've seen a lot of creative self-portrait ideas come across our inbox over the past several weeks, but none are quite as fun as this "punch portrait" tutorial by photographer and YouTuber Mike Smith.
Weird lens aficionado Mathieu Stern has created the rarest of camera lenses with the most precious of materials (in the ongoing pandemic): a roll of toilet paper.
Photographers are finding all kinds of ways to keep their skills sharp while on lockdown during the coronavirus pandemic. For UK-based wedding photographer Chris Wallace of Carpe Diem Photography, that meant setting up and shooting a wedding at home... with LEGO.
If you're feeling down and need a smile, check out this 1-minute video of a fox stealing a phone from a human and running away with it.
In a (mostly) loving parody created for April Fools' Day, photographer Vanessa Joy has put together a hilarious impersonation of Jared Polin—AKA Fro Knows Photo—by creating her own version of a "Photo News Fix" video... complete with fake fro.
There are many ways to deal with the isolation and anxiety of social distancing and quarantine, but coming up with hilarious photo recreations of the old masterpieces might be our favorite so far.
Australian comedian Lewis Spears is known in his home country for fake stories to news outlets. Last year, Spears traveled to Los Angeles and pretended to be a famous photographer at a popular photo spot. He managed to fool not only aspiring Instagram stars but a national media outlet crew as well.
YouTuber Gerald Undone has created a lighthearted "stay-at-home workout tutorial" for photographers who are self-isolating, doing their part to help slow the spread novel coronavirus. The video features a bunch of photographers and videographers you'll recognize as it tries to provide a little bit of comic relief ... and help you get swole.
Photographer Michael Comeau over at OnPortraits has put together a cheeky tutorial that pokes fun at how almost every portrait editing tutorial (his included) tends to feature pretty girls as the models. So he created one using "Grumpy Old Men" instead.
Portrait and fashion photographer Jessica Kobeissi recently decided to host what we'll playfully call "the ultimate portrait shootout" on her YouTube channel. The contestants? Herself—a professional photographer—and an 8th grader named Hudson.
A researcher on Christmas Island—an Australian Territory in the Indian Ocean—is losing thousands of dollars worth of camera gear to theft and vandalism. But it's not humans that are to blame, her gear is being stolen and destroyed by the aptly named 'Robber Crab,' the world's largest arthropod.
I think that one of the hardest elements to incorporate in a street photograph is humor. Unlike other themes in street photography, I think that naturally occurring “funny” scenes are harder to stumble across, as they often involve a lot of interpretation and may involve playing with elements in the composition rather than being able to rely on finding a scene that is funny “as it is.”
A clip from season three of Amazon's show The Grand Tour is making the rounds among photographers today, and for good reason. In just 2 minutes of comedy, the show managed to capture three of the main photographer "types" you're likely to run into in the real world.
During a post-debate interview with Democratic hopeful Elizabeth Warren on MSNBC on Wednesday night, a photojournalist in the center of the shot couldn't help but crack up when Chris Matthews asked about one particular comment she made on stage.
Someone at ABC is taking a lot of heat for the editing in a recent episode of the popular TV show "The Bachelor." During a Cosmo magazine shoot that was filmed for the show, editors tried to "extend" the revealing bikinis worn by two of the contestants, and the results look like they were done with MS Paint.
Photographer Ryan Mense put together a completely (purposely) ridiculous video "exposing" Canon for making the new 1D X Mark III ... too good. How so? Well, it turns out that, at full speed, it'll only take 8 hours 40 minutes and 48 seconds of continuous use to "kill" the Canon 1D X Mark III's shutter.