It’s almost like time-travel. Photos from the past have the ability to offer a glimpse of what life was like in another time, another place. Precursors to film photography were being experimented with as early as the 1790s, and ever since then, we’ve had visual records of life — both candid and posed, from everyday […]
You’ve likely seen Dorothea Lange’s most well-known portrait, “The Migrant Mother.” It has become a visual symbol of America’s Great Depression and the plight of farmers-turned-migrant workers fleeing the devastating drought conditions—known as the Dust Bowl—in the country’s Great Plains region. It’s a photograph that almost never came to be. Lange was driving alone in rural […]
Cats and the Internet go together like… well, LOLcats and cheezburgers. We of the online era love pictures of our feline friends (often accompanied by a charmingly misspelled caption). But is it really possible that someone has finally found the “Cutest Kitten in the World”? Apparently so, and that man is Ben Torode. Based in […]
Ever wondered how those magical little boxes we call cameras actually work? In the following short and humorous overview, British TV personality James May gives us a glimpse into the inner workings of digital cameras: On a basic level, digital cameras work much like their film predecessors—light is focused through a lens and controlled by a […]
Themed weddings: they can be epic, they can be cheesy, but they’re always entertaining, especially when the photographer gets in on the fun. And one photographer of a Lord of the Rings-themed ceremony just happened to find the perfect prop for that requisite wedding rings shot: The groom explained that the photo was a spur-of-the-moment flash of genius on the photographer’s […]
Are you planning on buying a waterproof digital camera? There are three major things that you should consider: features, budget, size, and weight. 1. Camera Features Housing. Housing ensures that your camera is fully sealed so water can’t get in. The type of housing varies from one camera model to the next. For example, a […]
Quitting your day job, slinging a camera around your neck, and jetting off to travel the world and take beautiful pictures seems like the stuff bestselling memoirs and National Geographic documentaries are made of. But for Raf Horemans, that’s just everyday life. A little less than a year ago, Horemans left behind his life in […]
You’ve just bought your first digital camera and have never owned a camera before — not even film. You open the box, take out the manual, and there is nothing in there that tells you how to take photos. Just about the workings of the camera. You want to take beautiful photos. So where do you go […]
The photograph known as “The Pale Blue Dot” (seen below the video) is an image taken in 1990 by the Voyager 1 space probe. Taken from an unfathomable distance of six billion kilometers (or 3.7 billion miles) in space, the photo depicts Earth as a tiny, pale blue dot surrounded by vast darkness. According to NASA, Earth […]
Wedding photographer Jacki Bruniquel recently had a close call while shooting a wedding held at South Africa’s Netherwood Estate. As the father of the bride walked his daughter down the aisle, Bruniquel leaned in over the groom’s shoulder to capture the moment. Soon a warm glow started to spread through her curly hair–she had stepped too […]
