You probably know the story by now: Sal Cincotta, owner of the site Behind the Shutter (link is external) and its associated ShutterFest conference, entered and won his own photography competition. Not surprisingly, many people are upset about this, and have said so on the internet. Cincotta wrote a lengthy post on Facebook defending his actions, stressing that the judging was fair. Still: he entered and won his own photo competition. It... more (link is external)
On April 26th, NASA’s Cassini spacecraft took its long-awaited first dive in between Saturn’s rings, bringing it closer to the planet than ever before. And if you were on the spacecraft looking at Saturn’s north pole with your own eyes as it flew by, this is what you would have seen.
I recently had a few prints made from some medium format negatives. The prints are for a specific purpose so I wanted them to be of the highest quality possible, this meant taking them to a local specialist where the film was scanned with a... more (link is external)
Here’s an interesting effect you can create entirely in-camera: photograph a backlit keyboard in the dark using a long exposure while moving your camera around.
A Corsair Vengeance K95 keyboard, which has backlit keys.
Ive never entered a photo contest. In part because I have a fear of not winning and confronting my own mediocrity. But mostly because I have never viewed photography as sport.
Of course, artistic competition exists in all genres from synchronized swimming to classical piano, and photography is no exception.... more (link is external)
Is it copyright infringement if someone embeds your tweeted photo into a news article? One UK photographer says “yes,” and he’s taking news company Sky News to court over it in a case photographers should be watching closely.
Photographer Genna Martin on assignment for Seattle PI.
Columbia Journalism Review recently surveyed a group of photojournalists on their favorite publications to work with based on several criteria, including arguably the biggest one pay. As a result, they've published an article revealing the day rates (link is external) for some top publications as well as some insight into other... more (link is external)
