In a broad and shocking move, the Chicago-based newspaper conglomerate Sun-Times Media Group laid off every one of their staff photographers and photojournalists this week, laying the path for their new reliance on freelance contractors and smartphone snaps to make the news. This applies to dozens of Illinois newspapers that fall under the Chicago Sun-Times […]
Since 2008, the Vietnamese city of DaNang has held a springtime international fireworks competition, wherein countries from all around the world curate elaborate displays of brilliant blasts and sparkling explosions. This video, created by UK travel photographer Rob Whitworth, gives those of us who weren’t lucky enough to attend the event a joyous insight into […]
The plight of foster children is a heart-wrenching one, and one that photographer Rob Woodcox takes very much to heart. In this video from Jakob Skogheim, Woodcox strives to capture those feelings through the power of photographic images. Using shards of glass, he photographs his model among shredded and fractured light being shot in hundreds […]
There has been a very real struggle in recent years between the two dominant methods of photography: digital or film? Pixels or grain? Lightroom or the darkroom? In all the hubub, it’s very easy to lose sight of what photography is at its most basic—the capturing of light to create an image, and the many, […]
Many people might know James Cameron only as the lauded director of Titanic, Avatar, and the Terminator movies, but his otherworldly adventures aren’t confined to the silver screen. He was recently awarded the Explorer’s Club Medal for his work on the oceanic submersible which allowed him to dive to the “Challenger Deep” – the deepest […]
If you’ve ever tried to photograph a shiny object, you know how reflections can throw a wrench into your shoot. Likewise, if you’ve ever shot anything larger than a small group of people, you’re probably familiar with the challenges of illuminating wide, often multi-faceted areas. If you combine these two situations, you might start to […]
Fourteen years after Oklahoma suffered the most violent tornado ever recorded in the United States, residents once again had their lives carried away on the winds of a relentless and destructive twister. This CBS News video clip interviews Nate Billings, a staff photographer for The Oklahoman newspaper who captured some poignant images at ground zero […]
There’s nothing like getting advice from a pro photographer; they often have an interesting way of putting things into perspective. In this interview with Marc Silber, sports photographer extraordinaire Chase Jarvis gives his take on creativity and how to become a better photographer: His major theme? Just shoot. Don’t think about it – don’t worry […]
Most studio photography is done on relatively small scales. A person or an object is lit, usually with between one and three lights that cover the breadth of the subject. Shooting something large is an entirely different story. There isn’t a soft box large enough to cover the size of legendary photographer Joe McNally’s (unpublished) […]
We’ve discussed the concept of light painting before, but this video taken at the Orlando Watersports Complex brings the practice to a whole new level. Instead of premeditated shapes and patterns being drawn onto the image, photographer Patrick Rochon (in a project sponsored by Red Bull) attaches strip lights onto wakeboards and has athletes perform […]
