Sports as Art: Photographing Athletes is Different from Sports Photography
Much to the surprise of many, photographing athletes doesn’t always mean you are a sports photographer. Truthfully, I don’t know much about sports at all.
Much to the surprise of many, photographing athletes doesn’t always mean you are a sports photographer. Truthfully, I don’t know much about sports at all.
Flying a drone into a waterfall would be a disaster for most pilots. Yet, for a professional drone pilot and YouTuber Instagrammer who goes by the handle Blastr, it’s a common occurrence and one that yields fantastic results.
Being a photographer, I often get questions from friends or acquaintances about various photography-related subjects. I also often get given old cameras and miscellaneous bits of equipment because -- "George is into photography, he’ll do something with this.”
The resurgence of interest in film photography is astonishing. Newcomers revel in the challenge of having only a limited number of photos per roll. They enjoy the suspense of waiting a lengthy period for the film to be processed before they see whether their photos have turned out.
A Daily Cloud is an ongoing art project by illustrator Chris Judge whose creative approach fuses sketches and photography.
When Stan Maupin retired and picked up his DSLR to shoot the hummingbirds in his backyard, he was "dared" to recreate Christian Spencer's gorgeous prism photos.
Here’s a question that I’ve asked myself many times over the past few years: does it make sense to travel abroad to take photos?
As summer wraps up in the Northern Hemisphere, why not take a trip to Iceland to watch Arctic foxes cruise the coastline before winter sets in? Donal Boyd’s latest installment of “In the Field with Donal Boyd" sees the photographer venture to Hornstrandir Nature Reserve in Iceland to capture arctic foxes.
Back in 2012, photographer Clare Gibson wanted to expand her photography hobby from being a weekend endeavor to a daily routine so decided to follow Dewitt Jones's photo-a-day project.
Anurag Gawande waited nine hours in the jungle until late evening to capture a rare black leopard.
These incredible photos, captured on a large format camera, shine a light on the decay and dereliction of movie theaters in the United States.
A stark photo of life and death has won the Australian Geographic Nature Photographer of the Year competition for 2022.
Photographers in Tennessee who want a shoot with "Italy vibes" have a difficult task. But one creative wedding photographer managed to pull it off by going to an Olive Garden.
A nostalgic graphic designer spent four years drawing 1,000 photo film boxes to reproduce the lost 35mm containers of history.
Two astrophotographers, Andrew McCarthy and Connor Matherne, took almost a full year to create a spectacularly detailed and colorful image of the Moon.
A photo of a "zombie" fungus that killed a fly and then erupted from its body has won the BMC Ecology and Evolution image competition 2022.
Photographer Marcella Pace has captured the many color shades of the sun and put them together in one image to conceptualize infinity.
Benjamin Dome did not have much hope he would ever see his grandfather’s film camera again after it was stolen in Ethiopia three years ago.
Of all the arts available to mankind, my heart belongs to music. Perhaps it’s a sentiment that doesn’t serve my self-interest much, as my only achievements in the arts have come through photography.
Talented astrophotographer Andrew McCarthy has posted a wonderous 145-megapixel image of the sun he captured with a specially modified telescope.
Supermoons have been plentiful recently, but this month's Sturgeon Moon is the final one of the year and photographers will have to wait 12 months for the next one.
Most portrait photographers are familiar with the Brenizer Method for creating massive "bokehramas," but photographer Steven Schultz takes things a step further by using an entire roll of 120 film to create a single portrait.
What is the most common compositional rule in photography? Most likely your answer is the rule of thirds. Undoubtedly, this is a very powerful technique to compose an appealing photograph, but is it the only way? Of course not.
No Ordinary Life is a film that explores the work of women photojournalists who put themselves in perilous situations to document conflict.
The Hamdan bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum International Photography Award (HIPA) Nature competition has announced its winners with British photographer Henley Spiers taking home the coveted grand prize of $120,000.
An extremely rare type of bear only found in a small area of British Columbia, Canada, was captured by lucky photographer Jenny Stevens.
Astrophotographer Göran Strand captured not one, but two rare celestial phenomenons in the same image yesterday.
The One Eyeland Photography Awards has unveiled its 2021 winners, handing out a cash prize of $5,000 to Eldon Lau who won Professional Photographer of the Year.
In these brief but incredible videos, award-winning cinematographer Claudio Miranda discusses behind-the-scenes footage, logistics, and shares stories from the set of the 2022 blockbuster Top Gun: Maverick.
Photojournalist Jonathan Rivas was documenting the devastating McKinney Fire in California when a puppy emerged from the ashes and ran up to Rivas -- ecstatic that it had found a human.
Acclaimed landscape and timelapse photographer Michael Shainblum has shared an informative guide that explains how he uses long exposures to capture his incredible fog photos.
Photo Cascadia, a group of seven photographers focused on capturing striking landscapes, has curated the collective's 200 best photos featuring Washington state's natural beauty and compiled them in a print book.
The winners of the fourth annual Minimalist Photography Awards have been announced, and continue to back up the idea that less can sometimes be more.
I thought I'd have a bit of fun when out shooting the street, so I started naming my street compositions according to winning hands when playing cards. So from a truly exceptional hand (a brilliant composition filled with complexity) to the simplest card (a simple snapshot of a straightforward subject).
Wildlife and landscape photographer Jeroen Van Nieuwenhove traveled to a remote area of Iceland in the hopes of finding and photographing arctic fox cubs which are known to leave their dens around this time of the year.
During his trip to Mumbai, India, London-based photographer Jon Enoch captured eye-catching portraits of local candy floss retailers posing in the middle of the night.
Two photographers risked freezing cold waters to explore a former Soviet labor camp in Estonia that's now partially submerged in a lake.
Living on a farm, photographer Kate Kirkwood became accepted by two herds of cows grazing nearby. While getting to know the inquisitive but gentle animals, Kirkwood captured a unique series of bovine abstracts she calls "Cowspines."
Kate Woodman has mastered taking exceptionally creative images in small, mundane spaces and teaches others how to do the same. What started out as a necessity has now become an art form.
The first time photographers come across the expression "f/8 and be there," many questions cross their minds -- what exactly does this phrase mean? What is its relevance to photography? Why was this phrase put together in the first place?
As part of an ongoing Historical Photography Series, science-based photographer and YouTuber, Michael "The Maven" Andrew has released a video detailing 50 facts about the planning and execution of the Apollo 11 Lunar mission and subsequent photo shoot.
Co-editors Steven Friendman and Olaf Sztaba created Elements, an online publication for the finest timeless landscape photography shot by amateurs and seasoned professionals alike.
There are lots of misconceptions about street photography made by people starting out or itching to try this ultimately most challenging (unless you want to take boring photos), most rewarding, and most accessible of photographic genres.
Visual artist and photographer Felicia Simion found a trip to Iceland and a self-portrait project were exactly what she needed to reconnect with nature and feel alive once again.
Australian aerial photographer Brad Walls has captured a visually compelling photo series that turns a squash court into geometric art from the perspective of his drone.
Retired professional dancer Rachel Neville did not let her career-ending injury slow her down, and founded a successful photography business by using her industry experience and teaching skills to create dynamic and powerful shots of dancers.
For photographer David Joseph, all it takes to capture stunning macro shots of insects and plants is his smartphone and a mobile macro lens.
Sports photographer Ilanna Barkusky started her colorful and geometrical aerial sports court series by chance after receiving a full drone pilot's license and flying over areas she hadn't been able to shoot before.
The Royal Observatory Greenwich's annual Astronomy Photographer of the Year 2022 competition has revealed this year's shortlisted photos from all over the globe.
Photographer Taylor Jackson shares an intimate behind-the-scenes video with wedding photographer Sam Hurd where he breaks down everything from his personal morning routines to on-site best practices for nailing every shot.
