Apollo astronauts were darn good photographers

What do the names Walter Schirra, Walter Cunningham or Donn Eisele mean to you? Do you see them only as the astronauts from the Apollo 7 mission, or there’s something else? Other than being heroes and the makers of history – they also made great photos, some of which became iconic. Dutch designer Simon Phillipson issued a […]

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Vimeo finally adds support for 360° videos up to 8K and a marketplace to sell your content

Yes, that’s right. Vimeo now finally supports 360° videos. Although YouTube has supported 360° videos for a while, many have criticised the low quality and high compression often shown. Even when uploading 4K 360° video to YouTube, the already degraded image loses so much more as a result. Facebook’s 360° video suffers from even higher […]

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This photographer creates unearthly images using camera movement and rotation

I think all of us experimented with camera movement when we got our first camera. But British photographer Simon Painter raised this little game on a new level. He moves and rotates the camera while shooting to create fantastic photographic art. He is fascinated by light, texture, and movement, and his photos are very atmospheric. […]

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Photographer of the Day: John Atkins

Category: Wildlife Photographer: John Atkins “Goldfinch 26/02/17 ( 2 )” Creating photos of small birds can be a challenge, and to create such a stunning capture as this is no small thing. John Atkins, our Photographer of the Day, did a wonderful job of filling the frame, nailing focus, and creating a very pleasing composition with…

This bookstore matches book covers with customers’ faces in a fun photo series

Books are awesome, and so is photography – and an indie bookstore from France found an awesome way to bring these two together. Librairie Mollat‘s staff express their creativity in a fun way and take photos of their customers paired with book covers. This technique is known from before, but the photos on Mollat’s Instagram […]

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Portrait Tip: Double Check, Let Her Rip

You know how it is: you’ve got a great looking subject in front of you and you’re nervous to miss a shot so you start shooting and shooting and clicking and clicking and you capture the great expressions. But, when you review your images, you realize that you didn’t capture the great exposure. Don’t Catch…

Photographers mourn over the collapse of Malta’s famous Azure Window

World-famous Azure Window in Malta is no more. After heavy storms, the limestone arch collapsed into the sea and vanished completely. Photographers who took their photos are glad they did it while it was still there, and the rest of us are regretting not having a chance to take our own. One of the most […]

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Get creative with your portraits using a piece of silver window screen mesh

A few days ago, we showed you Cheesycam’s tutorial on making large frames for gels or diffusion with screen door kits. Well, those kits often come with some mesh.  Mesh which may now be laying around in your garage doing not much at all. Now, thanks to photographer Mark Wallace, we have a photography related use […]

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