Photography News

As promised in the last sunset lighting tip post, a second quick hack for dusk/lit portraiture. This one involves helping your camera's chip see a contrasty scene more like the way our eye sees it.

A pair of giant hands appear to hold up this bridge in Vietnam above the clouds

The New York Daily News slashed its editorial staff in half this week, and among the casualties of the layoffs was the entire team of photographers. The paper, which called itself “New York’s Picture Newspaper” for...

Often it is the backstory and the small stories behind a set of pictures that brings it all together. I posted the above picture back in 2011, photographed on film and included in a set of photos from an abandoned dye-wo...

Vancouver-based camera harness manufacturer Cotton Carrier has launched a Kickstarter campaign to crowdfund a new chest-style camera mounting system called SKOUT. The design, which looks like a lightweight version of Cot...

@insta_repeat is a new Instagram account that reveals the “visual sameness” of photos being posted to Instagram. Each collage shows photos by unrelated photographers that look remarkably similar. The account’s bio ...

People ask me all the time how I get my night shots with the stars, so I made a video on the subject. Here are my 7 tips for crushing night photography. Tip #1: Get away from the city. The less light pollution the better...

After seeing photographer Skyler Burt’s experiments with lighting food photos using a cheap work light, photographer Jessica Kobeissi recently purchased that same $20 light from Home Depot for an experimental portrait ...

Phil Torres, host of The Jungle Diaries, captured this fascinating footage of butterflies in the Amazon drinking the salty tears of a turtle

I do a lot of automotive lifestyle personal projects that I use for self-promotion and am constantly on the hunt for new ideas. A friend of mine recently turned me on to Turo, an app for peer-to-peer car rentals. In the ...

Not so long ago, the news of Fujifilm killing off its famed Acros 100 black and white film sent many of us scrambling for available stocks. The emulsion in 35mm and 120 formats will be officially discontinued in October ...

The Leica SL 75mm F2 was launched alongside the SL 90mm F2 earlier this year, and the pair of lenses share identical dimensions. The 75mm F2 is ever-so-slightly cheaper than its 90mm counterpart, but still impressively s...

The Panasonic Lumix FT7 is a new flagship tough camera that is waterproof down to a depth of 31 meters / 102 feet. This 24 megapixel rugged compact is the first ever tough camera to feature an electronic viewfinder, and ...

Pinhole photography is as simple and basic as it gets when it comes to creating images, but that doesn't mean you won't be able to make impressive work out of it. In fact, photographer and camera maker Sergey Lebedev pro...

Nikon has announced the development of a next-generation full-frame (Nikon FX-format) mirrorless camera and NIKKOR lenses featuring a new mount which "will enable a new dimension in optical performance". Additionally, an...

DJI has welcomed proposals from the UK Government to address concerns about irresponsible drone use and encourage wider use of drones to benefit society and the UK economy.

YouTube channel 'Polyphonic' takes an in-depth look at what makes Jimi Hendrix such an iconic guitarist

We're very well aware of the fact that 35mm full frame lenses have improved significantly over the years. In fact, 35mm lenses can be used pretty commonly for portraits at this point. If you think about this, then medium...