Spotlight

While the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) is the focus of most space-related headlines lately, Hubble is still hard at work and recently captured this stunning star cluster photo.

An astrophotographer has taken a 107-hour long exposure of the Helix planetary nebula known as the Eye of God. Officially dubbed “NGC 7293,” the nebula is a nearby cloud of gas and dust located in the constellation Aquarius.

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).

A photographer has used his 3D printer to create an impressive 900mm reflector telescope that is so simple to put together that "it’s like assembling furniture from IKEA."

An EPFL lab is preparing to digitize The Panorama of the Battle of Murten, a 100 by 10-meter painting created in 1893 by Louis Braun, in an undertaking that will yield one of the largest digital images ever made.

National Geographic photographer Joel Sartore recently shared a hilarious story of how a chimpanzee took one look at his makeshift studio and destroyed it in seconds.

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.

Photo editor Mandy Helwege has made $100,000 so far this year Photoshopping pictures of dogs next to their younger selves.

Photographer Steve Birnbaum has been recreating music history by photographing images of musicians and bands in the exact location where they were originally photographed. The project started in 2010, and since then, he has covered 500 to 600 locations shooting from 100 to 150 days in a year.

Two photographers risked freezing cold waters to explore a former Soviet labor camp in Estonia that's now partially submerged in a lake.

Photographer Ronny Tertnes uses ultra high-speed photography to capture remarkable liquid sculptures that appear to come to life.

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."

A massive swarm of jellyfish has appeared near the city of Haifa, located in northern Israel. In footage shared by Israel's Nature and Parks Authority, the sea appears inundated with the creatures.

July 20, International Moon Day, marked the 53rd anniversary of the Apollo 11 Moon landing. To celebrate, NASA released a video that revisits the mission's landing point on the Moon to reveal the astronaut's tracks are still there after all this time.

The humorous pet photography competition, the Comedy Pet Photo Awards 2022, has announced this year's finalists, all of which will compete for cash prizes later this fall.

A local San Diego newspaper photographer has donated his entire collection of photographs taken during his career to a local university library. Dan Rios studied photography at a local community college, before working at the Escondido Advocate and the North County Times newspapers from 1968 to 2001.

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.

Famed Latin American photographer Lourdes Grobet has passed away at age 81. Grobet is perhaps best known for her iconic images capturing the culture of “Lucha libre Mexicana” or Mexican professional wrestling.

Photographer Jenny Stevens captured a pair of adolescent brown bears brawling with each other as they vie for the attention of a nearby female.

Photographer Elke Vogelsang, also known as “Wieselblitz,” is best known for her photo projects with canines, but she is currently capturing the essence and allure of the other popular pet: felines.

Red Bull Flugtag, a wacky event that asks contestants to build their own human-powered flying machines and jump into the air, made its return to the United States this past weekend as contestants lept into Lake Michigan from Milwaukee’s Veterans Park.

Australian photographer Dean Sewell spent 15 months in Russia after the breakup of the former USSR. When Russia invaded Ukraine, he was suddenly reminded that he still had more than two dozen undeveloped B&W film rolls from 1996 to 1997.

Horseshoe crabs are ancient invertebrates that have existed along the ocean floor unchanged for some 450 million years. They survived the asteroid that killed the dinosaurs, but surviving humans is proving more challenging.

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.

The supermoon lit up the skies this week, peaking on Wednesday when it appeared 30% bigger and brighter than usual.

Wildlife photographer Hardik Shelat waited eight hours for a "dream" photograph of a mighty lion drinking from a watering hole.

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.

There are many passionate and talented photographers who wonder whether they should quit their full-time job to pursue photography professionally. Sapna Reddy is a photographer who proves you don't need to -- she has dual careers as both a full-time physician as well as a professional landscape photographer.

NASA has announced the winners of its fourth annual Photographer of the Year awards, with the images revealing intriguing behind-the-scenes photos from its most ambitious research projects.

Last week, NASA shared a photo captured by the James Webb Space Telescope's guidance camera that, while imperfect, is the deepest image ever captured of the universe so far.

On Halloween, October 31st, 1985, photographer Jeannette Montgomery Barron toted her trusty Hasselblad and tripod and arrived for a portrait session in downtown New York. Her subject was famous photographer and artist Cindy Sherman.

Barbara Iweins cataloged everything that she owns by photographing all 12,795 items in her house.

Tintype Photographic Studio, Silver and Cedar, has exploded in popularity over the last three years, largely thanks to an enthralled TikTok audience.

Joshua Coogler uses a Laowa 25mm Ultra Macro lens to capture sinister close-up pictures of ants.

The world's first 4K camera built into a centrifuge shows what foods and other substances look like as they are separated at 2,500 times the gravity of Earth.

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.