Unless you’ve been living under a rock, you’ve probably seen the insane footage of professional surfer, Mick Fanning’s recent encounter with a great white shark. The encounter occurred during the finals of the J-Bay Open, a surf competition that takes place in South Africa. While waiting for his next wave, Fanning had an unwelcome visit [...]
Drunken friends: We’ve all had at least one, but chances are not all of us have had ones that lost our quad copters on neighbors’ roofs. That is not the case for Harrison Howe who’s roommate drunkenly lost his Syma X5Con an inaccessible roof down the street. Without being able to actually get onto the [...]
If you’re looking to upgrade from your kit lens the 24-70 f/2.8 lens is a common choice. It’s got a good range zoom and wide largest aperture of f/2.8 for the entire range. But which one to choose? Brand name or third party?
In this video Matthew Gore does a really comprehensive lens comparison between the brand name Canon brand name version, and the Tamron third party one. He... more
As photographer Aaron Draper believes, photography of homeless individuals is quickly become a clich. “Far too often, photographers who are searching for urban wildlife stalk the homeless. Unfortunately, this does nothing to increase our understanding of their lives or situations; it just shows how we are elevated and photographing them from a place of privilege.” [...]
We’ve seen it take on a blizzard and underwater scenes, but New Zealand-based photographer Tom Mackintoshdecided to turn Lightroom’s new dehaze featuretoward the night sky, with some incredible results. As Tom describes, this images hurried and born out of a random curiosity. Armed with a Canon 5D Mk III and aTamron SP 24-70mm f/2.8, Tom [...]
I dislike people who define the undefinable. No, there is no singularly “best” flavor of ice cream;it is impossible to prove that Concierto de Aranjuez is the most inspiring piece of music ever written (although it is!); andbeauty simply cannot summed up in a 10-point, bulleted list. Thisis the fundamental message of Carey Fruth’s [...]
They always say, shoot what you love and it will come through in your photography. Looking through the images from Andrew Fladeboe’s portfolio, one would be hard pressed to prove otherwise. The United States based photographer has been travelling the world photographing working dogs for several years. The project has brought Fladeboe to theNetherlands, Scotland, [...]
The grass is always greener on the other side of the fence. There are always more interesting photography subjects somewhere else other than the place we live. Or are there?
Now is your chance to make photos from ordinary things you find in and around your own house and neighborhood.
If you’ve never heard of the method being used before, attaching your camera to a kite may sound kind of sketchy at first, but the aerial photography technique has actually been around since the late 1800’s. In 1912, a french inventor by the name of Pierre Picavet invented thePicavet suspension, which allowed photographers to mount [...]
As photographers we like to get out and travel to find unique and interesting things to photograph. But there are photographic subjects everywhere – all you need to do is look around and get creative.
Here are some photos of every day, ordinary objects – where the photographers have gotten creative with lighting, cropping, and composition. Take note – you can do this too!
