Apollo 8 was the first manned mission to leave Earth’s orbit, orbit the Moon, and return to Earth. Since it wasn’t a moon landing, though, it tends to not be as celebrated as other manned moon missions. But the photo known as Earthrise was captured during this mission on December 24th, 1968, becoming an iconic piece of history. This 6-minute video from... more
The US Copyright Office has just announced new rules regarding the group registration of photographs. One of the biggest changes is the fact that only 750 unpublished photos can be registered at a time with each claim, when previously there was no limit. For photographers who regularly register extremely large batches of unpublished photos, copyright registration will soon be much more expensive.
Photographers in the USA wishing to register groups of images for copyright protection will find the process much simpler and easier starting on February 20th.
According to the US Copyright Office, modernized practices will let people register either published or unpublished work via a new on-line application system (no more paper applications...) that will allow you to... more
Dustin Dolby, the photographer behind the workphlo YouTube channel, is great at breaking down product photography into the simplest possible bits. By using Photoshop to mask together multiple exposures, he's able to capture professional looking product photos using extremely minimal gear.
In his latest episode, he shows how a single speedlight and some... more
The Droste effect is when a photo recursively appears within itself — the photo within the photo within the photo, “tunneling” forever. Here’s a 12-minute video by photographer and retoucher... more
An application for macOS 10.10+ called Preset Brewery makes it possible to convert Lightroom presets into Camera Raw presets for use in Photoshop by simply dragging and dropping themit really doesn't get any simpler than that.
Preset Brewery was recently updated to version 1.1, which adds support for exporting the presets directly into Camera Raw so that they're immediately available; however, the option remains... more
Vanity Fair just unveiled its latest Hollywood issue, which features a cover photo of 12 Hollywood stars captured by photographer Annie Leibovitz. But... more
Wondering what all those abbreviations mean in the names of Nikon lenses? My Nikon Lifemade this 5-minute video that shows you what all of the different elements of Nikkor lenses do... more
