It's hard for clients to understand why photographers charge so much for photos. So if you find yourself in the same situation as Ian Spanier—who was hired for a shoot with no money for an assistant—you too can build this impressive looking backpack studio flash rig. Read More >
Actually, I can answer that for you: no. But, do you want a camera on your phone that can churn out 16-megapixel images? Perhaps! Good news, then, because OmniVision has just announced new high-resolution image sensors for mobile devices that can shoot 4K video. Read More >
If you were lucky enough to live in Asia or the western United States or anywhere in between, you would've been graced with the clear sight of what looked like a ring of fire in the sky. Or more specifically, an annular eclipse. Here are the best pictures we've seen. Read More >
Featured comment by Darrell Jones:
"The Annihilation of the Human species sure, but there are much nicer and more intelligent creatures that don't deserve to die for your whims." More »
It seems like England's Olympic athletes aren't the only ones interested in setting world records this summer. Photographer Clare Newton has just been awarded a Guinness World Record for the world's longest photo that measures over a kilometre (over 0.62 miles) in length. Read More >
These gross distortions of cheek, lip, and nose look can top the most hilarious images ever made with any Facetime warp effect—and these are real. Read More >
Light painting is one of those magical photography techniques that never gets old. Batman logos! Fancy effects! And even... dresses? Mmhmm. Atton Conrad, an advertising and art photographer, used light painting to dress his beautiful models to make them look even more gorgeous. Read More >
Featured comment by irononreverse:
""Plus I’ve just read the Photographer took the photos remotely. Sounds like an artist rather than a perve"
He used a remote to take the photos be..." More »
Web startups are made out of two things: people and code. The people make the code, and the code makes the people rich. Code is like a poem; it has to follow certain structural requirements, and yet out of that structure can come art. But code is art that does something. It is the assembly of something brand new from nothing but an idea. Read More >
Chances are you've got a digital camera of some sort in your pocket or bag, but you've never given too much thought how it really works. Pictures go on computer, not film. Right, well, here's a simple and straightforward explanation of how that happens, exactly. Read More >
Last week, along with a cool-but-crazy monochrome-only digital camera, Leica announced that it was launching a a special edition of its M9 with fashion label Hermès. It will cost an eye-watering £15,500—and this video goes some way to explaining that price. Read More >
Featured comment by snapper.fishes:
"So it's expensive not because the inside bits are made from high quality material that delivers excellent photographs, but because the outside bits (t..." More »
Taking pictures of wildlife in its natural environment is one thing, but trying to capture the perfect frame of a wild raptor in the confines of a photo studio is an exercise in precision. Read More >
Featured comment by SonicScot:
"It's a little more difficult if you use manual focus/aperture lens like I do. http://www.flickr.com/photos/gazsus/7171810676/in/set-72157626528814679/" More »
In this video Darius Groza takes advantage of tourists taking forced-perspective photos of themselves propping up the Leaning Tower of Pisa by running up and giving them high fives when they're not looking: Brilliant. Read More >
Everyone's still trying to figure out what we'll do with Google Glasses—24/7 Hangout? Add a +1 to having sex with your wife? Look like a fashion victim? At least now we know they can take a decent picture. Read More >
Featured comment by flynndean:
""The bits of footage, well, kinda looks like ass. There is no getting by the fact that a fisheye of this size and focal length is going to produce a l..." More »
After being purchased by the photo-hosting site Shutterfly for $23.8m (£14.7m) last month, one-time giant Kodak will take its Kodak Gallery offline for good, July 2. Users of the image-hosting service were notified today by email, along with a request to please notify Kodak no later than May 28 if they wish to have their photos migrated over to Shutterfly's servers. Read More >