Category: Inspiration

4K video shows steel wool spitting out embers as it’s spun around in extreme slow motion

Gannon Burgett

Lighting steel wool on fire and spinning it around on a string is a common technique to get incredible looking spirals and orbs in long-exposure photographs. What isn’t so common is to film in extremely slow motion what this technique looks like. But, thanks to the The Slow Mo Guys, we now get to see […]

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Joe McNally offers an insightful behind the scenes look at a garage photo shoot

John Aldred

Joe McNally is one of the photographers I first started stalking following when I decided to start shooting portraits, and his books, The Hot Shoe Diaries & The Moment it Clicks, are two that will ever remain on my shelf. Year after year, for several decades now, Joe has continued to inspire and educate photographers all over […]

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Oregon Zoo’s 46-year-old chimpanzee Chloe has some fun with GoPro

Gannon Burgett

We’ve had enough of this monkey business regarding who owns what photos when a primate presses the shutter. It’s time for a much more fun news piece on monkeys and photography. Specifically, we’re talking about Chloe, a 46-year-old chimpanzee at the Oregon Zoo who became a filmmaker for the day when she was given a […]

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This photographer takes on subzero temps and violent wind to shoot arctic foxes

Gannon Burgett

What are you willing to endure to capture the shot of a lifetime? Well, if you’re anything like photographer Joshua Holko, it’s just another day in the office when you are stuck in a foxhole shooting in subzero temperature for ten days. To promote his upcoming Arctic Fox Project, Holko shared a behind the scenes […]

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Photographer blends reality with CG to produce amazing surreal landscapes

John Aldred

We’ve all had that feeling of being in a beautiful or dramatic landscape, wanting to capture it, and then found it was missing just a little something once we got it home and saw the images big on the computer screen. German architectural photographer, Andreas Levers has also felt that on occasion and decided to do something […]

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How I took these gorgeous photos of girls playing soccer

Keydrin Franklin

After being dissatisfied with their team soccer photos, a good friend of mine asked if I could take some action shots of her two daughters playing the sport. I wanted to create an “out of the box” image that really showed their skills and passion for soccer. I consulted with another very good friend of […]

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Offbeat with Joel Robison

Doug Daulton

It’s not every day that person’s work transports one to another time or place. Rarer still is the photo that makes one feel like they are peeking in on another, magical world; so it is with the photography of Joel Robison. I discovered Joel’s work a few years ago on Instagram and I’ve been an […]

These pseudo-still life photos will make you feel incredibly anxious

Gannon Burgett

Tension can be a difficult concept to capture in photographs. It’s not impossible though, as photographer Aaron Tilley and Director Kyle Bean show in their latest project IN ANXIOUS ANTICIPATION for Kinfolk Magazine’s Adrenaline Issue. Created to highlight the release of adrenaline when you’re expecting something, even if it never happens, the photo series shows […]

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Photographers – Don’t Wait For Permission

scottbourne

I was talking with a young photographer who I admire the other day, and I advised her to be bold – to move forward – and to do it now. Don’t wait for permission from someone else to take the next step in your career because permission is rarely given. If you wait on permission […]