Heartwarming Moment King’s Guard Breaks Protocol to Pose for Photo
A member of the King's Guard in London has won praise and touched hearts after moving to pose in a photo with a boy who has Down syndrome.
Woman Posing for Photo is Screamed at by the King’s Guard
A member of the King's Guard in London screamed at a tourist after she got too close to him while trying to take a photo.
Tourist Ignores Warnings, Falls Into Volcano While Taking a Selfie
An American tourist has been rescued after falling into the crater of an active volcano trying to take a selfie. The tourist had taken a closed-off path up the face of Mount Vesuvius, in Italy, and had climbed down into the crater in a bid to recover his mobile phone which he had dropped.
Texas Tourist Arrested After Crashing a Drone into the World Trade Center
A Texas tourist was arrested after he accidentally crashed a drone into 7 World Trade Center, which triggered a massive city and federal law enforcement response.
Tourist Posing for Photo Gets Blasted Off Rock by Huge Crashing Wave
A tourist visiting Bali just received a scare while posing for a photo at a popular spot known as "Devil’s Tears." While standing on the edge of a cliff, a gigantic wave crashed against the rock and blasted the woman off her feet. The frightening incident was captured in a video that's now going viral in China.
Woman Attacked by Crocodile While Trying to Take a Photo With It
Here's a solid photo tip: never take a picture that involves someone squatting right next to a wild crocodile. A French woman was injured in Thailand yesterday after she tried to pose for a snapshot next to a large croc.
Photographer Tells Off Tourists Ruining Everyone’s Photos in Hawaii
Thomas Heaton became everyone's hero recently when he decided to tell off some inconsiderate tourists ruining everybody's view of a lava flow in Hawaii's Volcanoes National Park.
How to Turn a Boring Vacation Photo Into Something Awesome
It's summertime and everyone is on the move all across the globe. One thing we want to hang on to is our vacation photos. They're what we share with all our friends on social media and the one thing we hold on to for the rest of our lives. Here is how I took a boring vacation photo and turned it into a unique and memorable image.
Man Arrested for Flying Drone Over Colosseum, Could Face $100K+ Fine
A French tourist was arrested in Rome last week when he tried to fly his camera drone over the iconic Colosseum to capture some aerial footage. According to Italian law, he could now face fines of up to 113,000 Euro ($127K USD).
How Much Do YOU Need to Earn to Do Photography Full Time?
How much would you need to earn to make photography a full-time job? On a recent visit to India, I was strolling through Mumbai's colonial-era neighborhoods when I was approached by a young man with a Nikon DSLR and a backpack. He offered to take my photo against the backdrop of two of the city's landmarks, the Taj Hotel and the Gateway of India.
Instant prints were available, and examples in a clear plastic file were offered for inspection.
Vandalism or Public Service? New Project Aims to Eliminate Crappy Tourist Photos
If the major photography awards had a "service to mankind" category, the front-runner at this point would have to be #noshittyphotos, an inventive new project that aims to eliminate lousy vacation photos by telling tourists exactly where to stand to get a good shot of major attractions.
Fixed Camera Stands Help Tourists Snap Photos of Themselves
Having to ask someone to take your or your group's picture can be an awkward experience for everyone involved (including the photographer). And although there are apps that will re-insert the photographer digitally, an ingenious little addition to the tourist island of Enoshima takes a significantly more "analog" approach at fixing the problem.
North Korea From a Passing Train
An American tourist traveling from Beijing, China to Pyongyang, North Korea pointed his camera out the train window to …
Ghostly Reflection Self-Portraits Shot While Traveling Alone
While visiting New York City by himself, Serbia-based art director Marko Savic came up with an interesting way of creating "tourist" photos with himself in the frame. Instead of setting the timer on his camera, asking passers-by for help, or photographing his reflection, he decided to shoot self-portraits by illuminating his face and photographing it in various reflections.
Toy Camera Modded with Figurines to Add Tourist Silhouettes to Photos
San Francisco-based photographer Ian Tuttle came up with this funky way of …
Tourist Photographs of Famous Locations Combined into Surreal Images
For her series entitled "Photo Opportunities", photographer Corinne Vionnet gathered hundreds of photographs taken by tourists at famous locations and combined them by layering them together, creating surreal views of places we've all seen before in photographs.
Giant Camera Overlooking the Pacific Ocean in San Francisco
If you're ever in beautiful San Francisco, you might want to pay a visit to the giant camera obscura, a room sized "camera" built in 1946 and based on a 15th century design by Leonardo da Vinci. It's designed to look like someone left a giant 35mm there with its lens pointed to the sky.