“Shoot Portraits, Not People” – a provocative project that brings guns and cameras together

Dunja Djudjic

In this hectic and violent world, photographers use the term “shooting” for totally different purposes. Jason Siegel is a photographer who combines the two meanings in a controversial and thought-provoking project called “Shoot Portraits, Not People”. This is his first non-photography based art project. In order to make it, he used photographic equipment built into […]

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Lily Robotics sued by San Francisco district attorney’s office

Dunja Djudjic

We’re still in shock after hearing that Lily Robotics is shutting down, but apparently this isn’t all. The crash of the Lily Drone is even worse than we imagined. They are also facing a lawsuit by San Francisco district attorney’s office for false advertising and unfair business practices. And apparently, their promotional video was not […]

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Photography Isn’t a Contest: why You Should Stay Away from Photography Contests

Eric Kim

I wanted to write to you about photography contests — why I generally recommend staying away from them. First of all, if you enter your photo into a contest, you suddenly become a slave to the opinions of others. The most important person to please in your photography is yourself. Not judges. Not random people […]

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Nikon D5600 Released in the US

Eric Reagan

The Nikon D5600 is making its way to the US after it was previously launched in Europe and Asia back in 2016. The D5600 adds Nikon’s SnapBridge tech, which uses Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) to create an “always on” connection with a compatible smart device to facilitate quick and easy sharing of images. For the rest […]

Photographer of the Day: Ryu Voelkel

Vanelli

Category: Sports Photograph: “Grenoble v Nancy” by Ryu Voelkel Ryu Voelkel captured a great action moment. The use of a telephoto lens helped him isolate the action and only include what we need to see. Originally shared with the Photofocus Flickr community right here. To learn how your work can be featured on the Photofocus, please…

This photographer takes photos of flowers and plants using UV-induced visible fluorescence, and the results are beautiful

Dunja Djudjic

I love photos of plants, flowers and nature. After seeing (and taking) my fair share of these, I started to believe it’s not easy to make them interesting and eye catching. And it’s been a while since I last saw a set of flower images that kept me staring at them with amazement. But then […]

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Lighting 103: Introduction

David Hobby

Abstract: Our flashes are calibrated to produce white light. But in the real world, white light is a rarity.

Sara Lando (your mollusk portraitist from Lighting 102) gives a thumbs up while spending a week assisting for photographer Gregory Heisler (seen squinting through camera).

She was assisting Greg for a week of shooting and teaching at Gulf Photo Plus in Dubai. Sara learned a ton of stuff, duly reported on in a three-part series that to this day remains one of the most popular pieces ever written on this site.

Many of the things she learned while following Greg around had little to do with photography: his work ethic, thought process, etc. (Seriously, read the series.) But the week also changed the way Sara thought about light, her most important takeaway being this:

“White light is a lie.”
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Watch: How to build the ultimate selfie stick

Dunja Djudjic

Selfie sticks are so 2014. And because of this, Ted Forbes has created the ultimate selfie stick for all the super-narcissistic souls out there. He named it Stork Mach 1, and it’s made for taking photos, video and live-streaming. In light or dark, in any climate, you can point that camera towards you and click. Now […]

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This stunning video captures all four seasons through microscopes and macro lenses

John Aldred

The team at Beauty of Science see the world a little differently to most of us. While we’re far too busy looking with our eyes, they’re seeing through microscopes and macro lenses. So many things happen on the small scale that we simply can’t see. Things we’d never even know about unless we went specifically looking for […]

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