Category: Inspiration

This couple travels the world apart – but their photos bring them together

Dunja Djudjic

We recently shared a story about a couple of photographers who travel the world together with their home being wherever they are. But another couple has their photos inspired by traveling, only they do it in a completely different way. They don’t meet during the travels, but their photos do! And when they are stitched […]

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Zoom vs. prime lenses – breaking the two most common misconceptions

Dunja Djudjic

In addition to “analog vs. digital”, there’s another everlasting argument between photographers: zoom vs. prime lenses. Many people choose one side and categorize themselves either as “zoom shooters” or as “prime shooters”. Yet, there are those who don’t pick sides, but use both types equally. There are some common claims about prime lenses, and “prime shooters” usually […]

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Adobe presents a concept of intelligent, voice-controlled photo editing assistant

Dunja Djudjic

Have you ever thought what it would be like to use an app like Siri, but for photo editing? Judging from Adobe’s latest video, this might become reality. They are exploring what an intelligent digital assistant for photo editing might look like, and they presented their idea in this short video. The concept combines the […]

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Look at the world through the eyes of photographers with no permanent home

Dunja Djudjic

Do you like traveling and taking travel photos? I know I do. But Elia and Naomi Locardi bring travel photography to a new level. They are travelers, artists and photographers who chose an interesting path. They are not just travelers, they are nomads, and they call themselves location-independent. In other words, they don’t have a single location […]

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Watch how technology changes: Kodak’s vintage commercial shows their innovation from the ’60s – the Flashcube

Dunja Djudjic

Apart from new digital solutions in photo and video technology, it seems that this year the analog and “back to the roots” approach caused the most reactions. After CES 2017, we’re left with many news and impressions. With all the innovations, it’s still something vintage that made the most of us thrilled. It’s launching something […]

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The world’s largest wet plate camera captures heart warming personal stories

Dunja Djudjic

After building his amazing truck camera, Ian Ruhter went traveling across the US, taking huge wet plate photos. During the filming of a documentary about the residents in Slab City, Ian was attempting to make the world’s largest ambrotype. Actor Gary Oldman joined Ian on set and documented his process, as a colleague and a […]

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Portrait Photography: can you capture what lies behind the social mask?

Enzo dal Verme

I focus my lens not on the forms but on the life that animates them. That’s what attracts me. If this triggers something in you, read on. On December 20, 2011, exactly five years ago, I shot the first picture of my lucky series “Portraits In Silence”. At the time, I wasn’t completely aware of […]

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3 Instagram styling tips to stop your photos from sucking

John Aldred

The Instagram struggle is real. Everybody wants more followers, more likes, more comments. People post every day, but see very little response. Why is that? Well, there are many reasons, but one of them could be the images themselves. Many images that work fine on a monitor or printed out often scale down well to […]

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Photographer recreates famous TV show scenes with model toy cars

John Aldred

For those of us who grew up in the 80s, scenes like those above were pretty common to our TV screens. The Dukes of Hazzard, The A-Team, Knight Rider, and countless other shows would deliver us 30 minute chunks of the most amazing vehicular acrobatics we’d ever seen. These days, it would probably done with CGI, […]

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All you need to know about social media for photographers and marketing your photography business

Dunja Djudjic

Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, Pinterest… When you start thinking about social networks, your head starts to spin. There are so many of them, and it’s not easy to decide which ones you should use as a photographer. Using them all takes a lot of time. It’s sometimes hard to distinguish what makes the use for business […]

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