A trio of scientists from MIT's Media Lab decided to get creative for Halloween ... and just maybe scare the pants off of you. So if you're wondering how Kermit turned into undead Kermit, meet the aptly-named 'Nightmare Machine.'
Photographer Manuel Ortiz went out and did something many of us have been considering a lot lately: he bought himself a cheap, vintage Soviet lens. And now, we get to join him to see how this awesome old portrait lens performs when it's attached to the very modern Sony A7R II.
The FAA's lithium ion battery regulations can be a real pain to deal with for photographers, but there's a good reason the agency is worried about that battery—be it in your drone, your DSLR, or your Galaxy Note 7. It can cause some serious damage, as NASA found out back in June.
Remember #TheDress? It's the viral Internet photo from early 2015 that divided public opinion: some people thought it was a photo of a black and blue dress, and some people thought it was a white and gold dress. Now there's a new viral image that has people talking. It's called #TheLegs.
Only a month and a half after Instagram got rid of its photo maps, an iOS app calling itself the "Instagram for maps" is generating some buzz. It's called Streetography, and it offers you a refreshing new way to explore the world ... in pictures, of course!
"When you run into a black metal band in the woods during your Engagement Session," writes photographer Janet Wheeland, "you ask them to join in!!" And that's exactly what she did, striking viral gold in the process.
There's hopelessness in Dondi Tawatao's eyes. The photographer, once a feature photographer in Manila, now spends his nights photographing corpses—documenting the victims of Filipino President Rodrigo Duerte's ruthless drug war.
These water glass photos are not created in Photoshop. In fact, all photographer Alexandre Watanabe needed to shoot these striking shots was water, two colored plastic sheets, and a little bit of refraction.
Not sure what style of photography is right for you? No worries. Photographer Blake Andrews put together a fun, tongue-in-cheek flowchart that'll help you figure it out.
Shooting a panoramic timelapse sounds simple enough: just sync two cameras and start shooting, right? Not quite. In fact, the photographer who shot this amazing 10K by 4K panoramic timelapse of LA calls it the most challenging project he's ever worked on.
Wedding photographers these days often find themselves competing with guests who spend the whole ceremony shooting photos with smartphones, DSLRs, and even tablets. The short film above, titled "Unplugged," is a parody that shows why couples are sometimes choosing to have an "unplugged" wedding free of these distractions.
We first spotted the Chronos 1.4 homebrew high-speed camera back in September. Now, we get our first real look at this powerful labor of engineering love, which is being hailed as a game-changer for slow motion videography.
Getting a camera back in good condition after it's been stolen always makes for a "feel-good" story, but this particular tale goes above and beyond. Vietnam veteran Leon Hembree was reunited with his Canon 8mm camera a full 50 years after it was swiped from his bag in Vietnam.
Thanks to Toy Story, I'm still convinced my old toys come to life when I leave the room. But photographer Guillaume Chevalier of Guic Photographies isn't waiting to find out, he's creating this reality for himself in a fun and whimsical photo series.
If you're going to photograph the Porche 918 Spider—a 1 million dollar hybrid named one of Top Gear's "greatest hypercars in the world" in 2015—you'd better bring an equally impressive image sensor. That's why automotive photographer Alex Bernstein came prepared with a PhaseOne IQ3 100MP medium format monster.
There's a crazy new lens in development for you Micro Four Thirds users. It's called the Entaniya 250 Fisheye MFT, and it boasts an insane 250° field of view. You read that right, this thing can see behind itself...
Photographer Seth Casteel made his viral name by photographing dogs and puppies, dogs and puppies underwater to be exact. But for his latest project, Pounce, he's ventured over to the dark side ... where they are kittens.
Josh Rossi isn't just a talented commercial photographer, he's an awesome dad, too. When his 3-year-old Nellee shared her dream of becoming Wonder Woman, he pulled out all the stops, dropping $1,500 on a custom Wonder Woman costume and creating a killer photo shoot.
On-location backup is critical... and often a pain in the butt. If you're not carrying your laptop with you, backing up your files is a crap shoot; if you are, it's cumbersome and time-consuming. That's where the portable, powerful Flash Porter comes in.
If you're hungry for new ways to proclaim your love of Leica's iconic red dot, you're in luck. Leica has teamed up with ONA Bags to create six different luxury camera bags that are both stylish and red dot approved.
Back in November of 2015, filmmaker Daniel Riley created what he dubbed "the world's brightest flashlight": a 1000W LED panel that pumped out an insane 90000 lumens of light. This week, he took his invention to the skies.
We're just one day away from the official release of the DJI Mavic Pro and just over a week away from the GoPro Karma release. But if you're still having trouble deciding between the two foldable drones, this infographic might help.
Chris Hughes' recent trip to Cuba was supposed to be yet another fun travel experience where he could see the local culture and capture some cool drone footage. But thanks to that drone, he instead spent 13 days in solitary confinement in a Cuban jail.
Wedding photographer Leslie Hollingsworth captured this comical photo of the wedding party's reaction as a car nearly took her out. In case you've ever wondered, this is what it looks like when a car almost kills you in the middle of a group photo.
Google's Android Experiments platform is all about wacky ideas, and the company's own experimental app Sprayscape is nothing if not wacky. Using your smartphone's camera and gyroscope, the app lets you paint 'perfectly imperfect' VR-ish 360° photos.
Walt Disney reportedly smoked three packs a day, so how come it's so difficult to find a photo of Walt smoking when you're walking around Disneyland or digging through the Disney Archives? The answer is simple: all of the cigarettes have been Photoshopped out.
This is one of the best "Internet saves the day" stories we've run across. When a filmmaker in North Carolina took his drone out to survey the damage done by Hurricane Matthew, he inadvertently helped rescue a man and his elderly dog who were trapped in a flooded house.
Over in Peoria, Illinois, a box of nearly 200 glass negatives from the late 1800s and early 1900s has been found in the corner of the attic in a condemned house.
At the end of October, for the first time in history, you'll have the chance to own one of Ansel Adams' 4x5 view cameras for yourself. Heritage Auctions has gotten their hands on an Arca-Swiss 4x5 inch view camera used by Ansel in the 60s, and on October 27th it goes up on the auction block.
Official Lone Star State Photographer Wyman Meinzer is a Texas legend. A world-class hunter, trapper, marksman, outdoor pioneer, and photographer, he's the ultimate outdoorsman and quintessential Texan.
Let's be honest, the best part of High School Chemistry was definitely setting stuff on fire, which is probably why we enjoyed the latest "Beauty of Science" video so much. Following up on his stunning Crystalization timelapse, Yan Liang decided to capture combustion next.
This 1-minute video was captured by a road-tripping group of friends who stuck a GoPro out a car window while driving down a road in Vermont. It's also a video that accidentally captures how one of the kids lost his dad's $1,000 DSLR.
Australian photographer Beau Pilgrim got the surprise of a lifetime recently when an adult humpback whale breached right in front of him, landing just a couple of meters away from the swimming photographer. Fortunately for us, he captured the incredible moment on video.
After almost six years and a nearly 1 billion dollar acquisition, Instagram HQ has finally relocated to a space that was designed to reflect the sensibility and soul of the photo sharing app itself.
Photographer Taylor Jackson—whose more serious videos we've featured here and here—had to know he was stirring up trouble when he created this satirical short video. If you're a RAW photo fanatic/purist who can't take a joke, skip this one, it'll just make that vein in your forehead pop...
This is a story about my photography portfolio that went missing for 30 years. I made this collection of photographs while working as a photographer at the Goldstream Gazette, a weekly newspaper on Vancouver Island from 1976 to 1978.
This historic photograph was captured in 1861, on a day when the United States teetered on the brink of Civil War and Abraham Lincoln was being sworn in as the country's 16th president. And yesterday, one of the few prints of the photo in existence sold for a whopping $27,500.
The Slow Mo Guys have captured some amazing things for their YouTube channel—including this amazing footage of glass shattering at 340,000fps—but their latest creation might be our favorite yet. Click play to see a firecracker explode underwater at a mind-bending 120,000fps.
Being an Army Photographer means multitasking in the most stressful and dangerous of circumstances: swapping between camera and rifle while taking fire. In this video, British Army Photographer Rupert Frere gives us a POV glimpse at what this is actually like in real life.
Here's a video that's going viral on the Web right now: Korean YouTuber MichealHrd shared this short video showing the power of a 200x camera zoom. You can zoom in on an airplane cruising by overhead and read the name of the airline on the side.
The folks at crowdsourced camera gear statistics website Explorecams have released a new infographic that reveals the most commonly used camera and lens combinations used to capture over 11.5 million photos they've analyzed online.
It's one of the more shocking pieces of advertising photography ever created. These photos, created by non-profit advertising agency SERVE back in 2007, have resurfaced a few times over the years, each time proving to be a powerful tool in the battle against teen pregnancy.
Not even Leica is sure what the Leicina VC is. Is it a directors viewfinder? A call back to the Leicina Super 8 cameras of old? A gimbal? The answer seems to be (D) All of the above... sort of.
Magnum photographer Elliott Erwitt is one of the most iconic shooters still alive today, and he's got a few profound phrases about the art of photography for you in the debut episode of TIME's web series "First Take."
A quick peek at the EXIF data of most photos you find online these days will reveal not only what (mostly) smartphone they were taken with, it will also reveal the exact GPS coordinates where that photo was taken. That's how one researcher built the "Accidental Geography" map.
Part Parkour athlete and part cameraman, we already introduced you to the so-called "Gimbalninja"'s skills last year. Now, watch as he helps capture a Nike ad by pulling some free-running stunts and filming at the same time.
The best Urbex photographers in Europe—13 young shooters from the cities of Berlin, Amsterdam, Vienna, Prague and Bratislava—are the subject of the latest documentary generating some hype in the photo world. It's called Run The World, and its first trailer is dripping with a devil-may-care attitude.
What would you do if you were stranded in the wild with nothing but your camera gear? Could you fashion tools for yourself to stay alive? That's what Chris Niccolls of TCSTV explores in this unusual 14-minute video.
A National Park remote camera has captured a picture-perfect shot of a mountain lion at night with the city lights of Los Angeles as the backdrop.
Photographer Mark Laita has a mention in Wikipedia for a wild and unusual reason: he was bitten by a black mamba (one of the world's deadliest snakes), survived, and found that he had accidentally captured the bite on camera.
