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Cityscape Photography Techniques from a Helicopter

Cityscape Photography Techniques from a Helicopter

What would you say to an offer to fly thousands of feet above your city and shoot photos under the setting sun? Did I mention you would also be wielding a 200-400mm lens? Wait until you see this video. Patrick Hall from Fstoppers chartered a Robinson R44 four seater single engine helicopter from Wings Air. With […]

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How to Use a Wide Angle Lens for Outdoor Portraits

How to Use a Wide Angle Lens for Outdoor Portraits

When it comes to portrait photography, wide angle lenses aren’t the natural choice. Longer, faster lenses are preferred by portrait photographers for their suppressed distortion and soft bokeh. Wide angle lenses, to be fair to them, can also be very useful when it comes to shooting portraits. They offer a sense of place that’s often missing with telephoto […]

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Interesting Photo of the Day: Piper the Airport Guard Dog

Interesting Photo of the Day: Piper the Airport Guard Dog

Remember when we got you to concede that a tiny garden vole was probably a better photographer than you? Well, here’s another photograph to keep you humble. We’re pretty sure that this airport guard dog named Piper is cooler than all humans ever: K-9 Piper is a 7 year-old border collie. Wearing full protective gear, Piper works at […]

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Photography Perspectives in the Pacific Northwest

Photography Perspectives in the Pacific Northwest

Known for its rainy weather and fog, the United States’ Pacific Northwest doesn’t always present the most optimal climate conditions for photographers to explore and document its many natural areas. However, the rewards of shooting the region’s towering old-growth forests and picturesque mountain ranges outweigh physical comfort for adventure and lifestyle photographers like Dylan Furst. In the following short […]

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How to Make Your Own Ringlight

How to Make Your Own Ringlight

DIY photography tools are always great, because they can save you a ton of money and you can use them to actually see if it’s the type of accessory you buy on an impulse, or if it’s actually going to be a vital part of your camera kit. Along these lines, here’s the Angry Photographer […]

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Photographer Creates Surreal Underwater Portraits of a Model Swimming with Sharks

Photographer Creates Surreal Underwater Portraits of a Model Swimming with Sharks

Photographer Benjamin Von Wong is well known for creating incredibly surreal portraits. From medieval maternity shoots to superheroes teetering on skyscraper ledges, Von Wong’s imagination and knack for technical problem solving make him a potent storyteller. His most recent project, “Shark Shepherd,” started with a simple idea: put a model in a beautiful white dress and photograph her in […]

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How to Pose Bridesmaids for Wedding Photos

How to Pose Bridesmaids for Wedding Photos

Photographing groomsmen can be a tough gig, but bridesmaids and brides can sometimes present even more of a challenge. Ladies’ dresses and hairstyles are often restrictive and fragile, ruling out “active” poses like jumps. It can be difficult to encourage bridesmaids to demonstrate their affection for one another without making them cry and smear their makeup. And on top of that, you […]

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How to Take Great Portraits With an iPhone

How to Take Great Portraits With an iPhone

It’s largely been accepted that smartphone cameras are nothing to scoff at. In fact, when you’re traveling, they might just be the best gear you can carry: inconspicuous, lightweight and pocket-sized. And if you ever wanted to do more than take simple landscape and street shots with your phone, portraiture may be the next big step. Here’s […]

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Timelapse Photographer Accidentally Films a Meteoroid Exploding

Timelapse Photographer Accidentally Films a Meteoroid Exploding

On December 12, 2015, astrophotographer Nao Tharp braved the cold and set up his gear in Red Rock Canyon State Park to shoot a 4K timelapse sequence of the Geminid Meteor Shower. During filming, however,  he was suddenly surprised to see “a bright spark [that] illuminated the entire rim of eroded sandstone canyon, followed by [an] orange fume […]

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These Polar Bears Are Dead Set on Destroying BBC’s Spy Cameras

These Polar Bears Are Dead Set on Destroying BBC’s Spy Cameras

Known primarily by their snow white fur and for their expert hunting and swimming skills, polar bears are still a mystery to biologists in many ways. The extreme conditions of wild polar bears’ native climate, as well as the fact that the bears are usually moving from island to island, make it difficult for researchers to get close enough […]

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