How to shoot super detailed macro photographs with the help of an Arduino and a bunch of LEDs

John Aldred

This is one of those topics that can become extremely complicated very quickly, but if you have a love of macro photography and a passion for electronics, this could be just the project to get you fired up. Using a process called “Reflectance Transformation Imaging” (RTI), whereby light is studied hitting the surface of an object […]

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The ugly side of wildlife photography

Ananda Banerjee

Wildlife and their habitat are facing a new threat—from unethical practices deployed by a new breed of nature photographers. An exponential surge in the popularity of nature photography is unknowingly altering species behaviour and creating habitat disturbances. Take the following instances. At the beginning of this year, a video in which a tiger was seen […]

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How a photo shoot happens on the streets of NYC from start to finish

John Aldred

Watch and learn as fashion photographer Alexi Lubomirski takes us on a journey from concept to completion of a photo shoot on the streets of New York City. While the video does build on the foundation of a magazine shoot, almost all of the tips and suggestions mentioned can apply to pretty much any session you might shoot, […]

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This incredible YouTube channel tells the history of and reviews old film cameras

Gannon Burgett

Like many photographers, I’m a connoisseur of old, analogue cameras. Sure, many of them don’t work and others can’t be shot due to the film stock no longer being produced, but there are a dozen or so that I continually cycle through when I go on a random film spree. Something I haven’t yet done […]

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Impossible Project Unveils the I-1 Instant Camera

Eric Reagan

Impossible Project just announced its very first camera, the I-1, which uses Polaroid 600 film. Impossible Project is currently the only manufacturer of Polaroid 600-type film and there hasn’t been a new 600-type camera released in years. The I-1 steps up the capabilities of what we’re accustomed to having in instant film cameras like those […]

Meet Facebook’s futuristic-looking 360º virtual reality camera

Gannon Burgett

Some might pass virtual reality off as nothing more than a fad, much like 3D televisions that left the world almost as quickly as they came into it, but the reality is, it’s here to stay. Nokia, Lytro, Google and Facebook have all dipped their toes into the metaphorical pool, and with the amount of […]

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Meet Facebook’s futuristic-looking 360º virtual reality camera

Gannon Burgett

Some might pass virtual reality off as nothing more than a fad, much like 3D televisions that left the world almost as quickly as they came into it, but the reality is, it’s here to stay. Nokia, Lytro, Google and Facebook have all dipped their toes into the metaphorical pool, and with the amount of […]

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Photographer of the Day: Darko Sikman “Oona”

Kevin Ames

Category: Fashion Photograph: “Oona” by Darko Sikman Fashion doesn’t have to be ordinary as Darko Sikman shows us in his photograph “Oona.” A distressed wall that could a set from Pygmalion is the background for a the model who is dressed as a bedraggled waif from London in the early 1900’s. The styling is impeccable…