Photographer Marks Winter Solstice With Stunning Solar Halo
A photographer captured this beautiful solar halo to mark the winter solstice; the shortest day of the year in the Northern Hemisphere.
Rare Photo Captures Noctilucent Clouds and Aurora Borealis Together
Astrophotographer Göran Strand captured not one, but two rare celestial phenomenons in the same image yesterday.
How a Wildlife Photographer Rescued Four Baby Red Squirrels
Wildlife photographer Dani Connor was photographing red squirrels in Sweden last year when she discovered four baby orphaned squirrels. In this beautiful 30-minute short film she made, titled The Squirrels & Me, Connor shares how she rescued the baby squirrels and then befriended a family of them.
Distracted Boyfriend Photo Meme is Sexist, Sweden’s Ad Regulator Rules
The widely-shared Distracted Boyfriend photo meme has been ruled to be sexist by Sweden's advertising regulator.
World’s First Hasselblad Store to Open in Stockholm
The world's first Hasselblad-branded photography store will be opening in Stockholm, Sweden, on June 30th, 2017. The new retail location is being launched in partnership with Fotografiska.
Adobe Hikes Creative Cloud Prices in the UK, Cites Wild Exchange Rates
Photographers in the UK will soon be paying significantly steeper prices to use Photoshop, Lightroom, and other apps in Adobe's Creative Cloud. Adobe is the latest company to raise prices for customers in the UK, blaming its move on "recent changes in exchange rates."
Sweden Bans Flying Camera Drones in Public Places
In a huge blow to the aerial photography and camera drone industry in Sweden, the country's highest court has ruled that it is illegal to fly camera drones in public places because they qualify as surveillance cameras.
Rare Photos Take Us Inside Facebook’s Futuristic Arctic Data Center
Back in 2013, Facebook opened its first data center outside the United States. Located in Luleå, Sweden, the 900,000-square-foot complex -- about the size of 11 football fields -- looks like something out of a science fiction film. New photos now offer a rare look inside.
Video: Photographing the ‘Most Beautiful Subway System in the World’
St. Petersburg-born photographer Alexander Dragunov has found his niche in the photography world, photographing the surreal, beautiful -- and often empty -- subway stations of Sweden’s capital in a project titled Stockholm Metro.
Oftentimes looking like something straight out of a sci-fi film, these caves-turned transportation hubs create mind-bending compositions when lack of commuters and symmetry gets involved.
Time-Lapse Captured with Solar Telescope Shows a Sunset in Magnificent Detail
Swedish astrophotographer Göran Strand uploaded a time-lapse to YouTube today that is anything but your run-of-the-mill sunset lapse. For one, he's waited almost a full year to shoot this footage. For another, it was shot using a solar telescope, and so magnificently captures the sun in striking detail as it dips below the silhouette of the foreground landscape.
Alexia Sinclair’s Breathtaking Photo Shoot in a 350-Year-Old Frozen Castle
Photographer Alexia Sinclair recently completed one of the most beautiful and challenging photo shoots we've ever run across. The resulting collection, A Frozen Tale, is both a magical visual journey and a testament to the iron will and determination of one of the world's premier fine art photographers.
Time-Lapse Captures Astonishingly Bright Aurora Borealis Over Sweden
In Sweden's Abisko National Park, 2014 has been something of a God-send for time-lapse photographers. In the first 32 nights of the year, the so-called 'polar spirits' have come out to dance 29 times! But even that couldn't have prepared photographer Chad Blakley for the spectacular light show he captured on February 1st.
Photoshop Fail Leaves Girl with an Extra Eye in Official Class Portrait
A Swedish photography company called Skolfoto Norden received some embarrassing press this week after a girl discovered that she had three eyes in the official class portrait it shot.
Nikon Selling Limited Edition Set of Three f/1.4 Lenses
A special limited edition set of three Nikon f/1.4 lenses is being sold …