How do you capture a photo of a wild, people-averse, flighty great white shark in the murky green waters off of Cape Cod? If you’re NatGeo photographer Brian Skerry, you pull... more
Animator Drew Christie of Whidbey Island, Washington, was recently commissioned by the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art to create a set of animated short films that tell the story of famous... more
KitSplit is a peer-to-peer rental network for camera gear and is best described as the 'AirBnB' of the camera world. Photographers who need equipment at a specific location are put in touch with owners who are willing to rent their gear out, while KitSplit takes care of vetting, insurance and the logistics. The company was founded about a year ago in New York by photographers who were unhappy with equipment rental options and by now has approximately 5000... more
Want to shoot off-road racing from a creative perspective under a vehicle flying through the air? You should probably get permission to deploy some remote cameras. You probably shouldn’t crouch in a dip on the track and wait for racers to whiz past above your head.
But that’s exactly what one smartphone-wielding racing fan did, as seen in this short video... more
If you’ve bought any photos from the “Spaghetti” or “Apples” photo agencies through Facebook lately, watch out. Getty Images is after you. The photo agency is suing a man who allegedly sold thousands of stolen “Spaghetti” (an alias for Getty) images through a Facebook group.
The stock photography giant last week filed a lawsuit agains an Ohio man by the name of Walter A. Kowalczuk, who they allege illegally downloaded... more
At Apple's Worldwide Developer's Conference 2016, software maker Serif demonstrated an early build preview of its Affinity Photo for iPad software. Affinity Photo is a Photoshop alternative currently available for macOS with, as previously announced, a Windows version in the pipeline. This newly demonstrated version of Affinity Photo is designed specifically for the iPad, and brings with it the same... more
Want to learn an advanced yet easy technique for reducing noise more intelligently in Photoshop? Blake Rudis of f64 Academy made this fantastic 8-minute tutorial on how you can target shadows for noise reduction using... more
Pretty much any photographer will be familiar with GAS: gear acquisition syndrome. As much as I hate to admit it, when Im holding a new lens or camera body I cant help but feel an exciting feeling.
After this sensation has passed though, I quickly try to see that piece of equipment for what it is: a tool to realizing my vision. And... more
Flickr generated a lot of bad feelings back in March 2016 by making its Auto-Uploadr app a Pro-only feature. If you’re not Pro but would still like the convenience of automatically uploading new photos, you can build a custom gadget that does it for you.
