Los Angeles-based photographer and retoucher Julia Kuzmenko McKim just released this 1-minute time-lapse video showing how she retouched a beauty portrait from a recent photo shoot. The skin, makeup, and red glitter made for “a very messy concoction,” McKim... more
Corel has released a new brush plugin for PhotoShop called ParticleShop. It uses Corel's Painter Particle brush technology to create photo-realistic effects like smoke, dust, fabric, fire, hair, lighting and fur. These effects are added to photos using brush strokes. Read more
If you’d like to try your hand at capturing a shooting star on camera, tonight would be a good night to do so. This year’s Perseid meteor shower is peaking, so you may be able to see up to 100 meteors zip across the sky every hour (about 1.5 per minute).
For an even tougher challenge, you can try capturing multiple shooting stars on camera and then stacking them into one surreal photo… like what photographer David Kingham... more
Before you head out for your next vacation, you may want to consider what your photos on Flickr reveal about your travel plans. A new study published in the Royal Society Open Science journal used machine learning algorithms to model the mobility of individuals... more
Pedro Berg Johnsen of Norway has an unusual hobby: in his spare time, he combines portraits of celebrities to create real-looking photos of people that don’t actually exist. For example, the portrait above was created by blending the heads and faces of singer Taylor Swift and actress... more
Join us in Seattle and online for PIX 2015, a live-streamed expo, conference and interactive photo playground! On October 6th and 7th we'll be hosting two days of talks, hands-on photo activities, demos and inspiration for your photography at the Seattle Center, home of the Space Needle. Read more
My name is Kristjan Jrv. I’m a 17-year-old photographer from Estonia, and today I’ll be sharing about how I recently created a surreal photo titled “Miseducated.”
Here’s the concept for the photo I originally had:
When Prince Charles and Lady Diana Spencer got married on July 29th, 1981, an estimated 750 million people around the world tuned in to watch, making it one of the most-viewed weddings in history. Now previously unseen photos from that wedding day have emerged, and they’re set to fetch a pretty penny at auction.
A collection of 14 candid shots by official photographer Lord Patrick Lichfield have turned up in... more
We've condensed everything you need to know about the Sony RX100 IV into less than the length of a pop record. Having shot, tested and lived with the little Sony for more than a month, we've summed up the findings of our review in video form. Is it worth the extra cash over the Mark III? Come join us in sunny Seattle as we look at the pros and cons of Sony's capable but pricey super-compact. Read... more
