Category: Inspiration

Get Up To $100,000 Per Year Doing Ansel Adams’ Job For The National Park Service

Liron Samuels

If you thought that film is dead and that there’s no money to be made in nature photography, you’d better think again. 74 years after the National Park Service commissioned the great Ansel Adams to document the National Parks, the NPS is looking for a full-time photographer to perform a similar job, and is offering […]

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Incredible time-lapse captures supercells, tornados and double rainbows as they form across the Great Plains

Gannon Burgett

Nicolaus Wegner is back at it again. One year after sharing the epic Stormscapes 2, he’s released Stormscapes 3, the third iteration of his incredible storm-chasing time-lapse series. And this year, he’s upped the ante. In the six minute video, Wegner shares his run-ins with nighttime mesoscale convective systems, double rainbows, crepuscular rays and even […]

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“Lost in Wonder” Hides Body Painted Models in Modern Wonder’s Plain Sight

Udi Tirosh

Somethings the things that elude us are the things that are right under our nose. Say a naked model. Artist Trina Merry (previously) examined how modern selfie-stick culture impacts the great wonders of the world. Her way to do so was to place a naked yet body painted model against Wonders of the Modern world and camouflage them to […]

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“Photography Is 1000 Little Decisions, Take The Time To Make The Right Decisions”

Udi Tirosh

If you get stressed when you walk into the studio, or especially if you are taking your first studio steps, here is an inspiring message from David Turner, a Hallmark Institute of Photography’s resident. David says that those photos that seem so perfect and magical are not created as whole. They are an outcome of many, many small […]

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This BTS video is a zoo: Photographing 12,000 species for National Geographic is no easy task

Gannon Burgett

Photo shoots are stressful enough when you’re dealing with even a handful of human subjects. Could you imagine if you had to shoot over 12,000 animals? Well, this endeavor is a reality for photographer Joel Sartore, who was commissioned by National Geographic to capture Photo Ark, a series of portraits that show off the world’s […]

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Amazing Mirror’s Edge Fun Film Shows How Far You Can Get On Passion

Udi Tirosh

Fan films are hard to produce, especially if they are on a high standard and even more so if they are using zero budget. We have seen a cool Game Of Thrones fan movie two years ago, and now the anticipated game Mirror’s Edge gets a fan treatment from Paul Hillier. Mirror’s Edge is a futuristic game that […]

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A behind the scenes look at TIME Magazine’s Star Wars cover shoot

Gannon Burgett

Marco Grob might be scared of robots, but when the TIME Magazine contract photographer was asked to shoot the cast of the new Star Wars movie, he wasn’t going to let a little fear get in the way of work. In this behind the scenes video, TIME gives us an inside look at how Grob […]

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Photo of the Day: Christmas Family Photo

erikathornes

Category: Family Photograph: Christmas Family Photo–  Jeremy W Cox Setup: Composite shot with individual shots of figurines, head shots and background. Key light above subject slightly to the right (variable distance based on subject size) with Lumiquest Softbox Ltp or Softbox III depending on subject size. Fill light with Westcott umbrella bounced off white ceiling. Accent light from back left. […]

Why Photographers Use Medium Format Cameras

Gannon Burgett

For most photographers, medium format is overkill–the equivalent of driving a tank to pick up a gallon of milk. But, there’s no denying that medium format systems have their place in the market, particularly for photographers who need the absolute best image quality with zero compromises. To explain the differences between medium format and smaller […]

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Photo of the Day: A New Hierarchy

Mark Morrow

Category: Architecture Photograph: A New Hierarchy – One World Observatory – New York, NY by Michael Muraz. Originally shared on the Photofocus Flickr community, right here. To learn how your work can be featured on the site, please read this article.   This Post Sponsored by: Perfectly Clear for Photoshop or Lightroom is all about saving you […]