In a world where digital trumps analog, there are still those of us out there that still love photographic prints. I remember being a kid in the 80s and my dad using a Polaroid instant camera. I always thought it was so cool because we didn’t have to take a roll of film to be […]
Archives for September 2015
How NASA Uses Photoshop to See the Unseen
Ever wonder how the Hubble Telescope captures such vivid images like the one above, or how the Mars Rover creates panoramas? Well, you can probably guess it is all done in Adobe Photoshop, but how they do it is the amazing part. If you check out the the Adobe blog today you will find a […]
Most Influential Photography News From Fourth Week of September
Some pretty cool things went down in the photography world this week. From a stock photo that has made a photographer over $900,000 to a copyright battle on who owns the rights to a monkey selfie, this week had plenty of interesting news. Whether you’re a news junkie, technophile, love everything photographic, or just in […]
Shooting Aurora Borealis at ISO 4,000,000 With Canon ME20F-SH
Canon ME20F-SH Captures the Beauty of The Northern Lights When I first read the specs of the multi-purpose Canon ME20F-SH camera, a full-HD Full-Frame CMOS sensor with a light sensitivity of over 4,000,000 ISO, I wondered who the camera was for. With a suggested price tag of $30,000, the ME20F-SH is targeted at surveillance and […]
The Beginners Guide to Photography [Infographic]
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Check out The Beginners Guide to Photography, one of the best, and most informative infographics I’ve seen!
Most Influential Photography News From Third Week of September
Just in Case You Missed It This week was a doozie, and a lot went down in the photo realm. From untraditional Ansel Adams’ work to a camera that won’t allow you to shoot an image at a place that has been photographed too death (Eiffel Tower), there is plenty to catch up on. Whether […]
Pale Blue Dot: One of The Greatest Photographs Ever Taken
One of the greatest images ever taken wasn’t captured by a photographer physically, but rather a spacecraft — Voyager 1. On February 14, 1990, at a distance of about 3.7 billion miles from Earth, Voyager 1 captured the Pale Blue Dot, an image of Earth less than a pixel in size from outside our solar […]
Most Influential Photography News From the Second Week of September
I’ve scoured the internets in order to find you the most interesting and compelling photography-related articles of the week. Whether you’re a news junkie, technophile, love everything photographic, or just want to know what you might have missed, I compiled a list of the biggest photo news for the second week of September 2015. A […]
From Objective to Subjective: National Geographic Moves Toward Profit
Yesterday’s news that National Geographic magazine has been purchased by 21st Century Fox is a blow to objective journalism and the photographic essays of important and unheard stories from around the world. The dwindling world of free press has been alive and well for decades, but a few hold outs like the National Geographic Society […]
The Tree That Bears Fruit: The Strikingly Beautiful Macro Photography of Anna Agoston
‘The Digital Edward Weston’ was what first thought that crossed my mind as I looked through Anna Agoston’s work, but I soon realized it wasn’t mimicry, in fact it was a modern ode to the beautiful simplicity and intricacy his work first showed us. Anna’s macro close-ups of living plants reveal an intricate world the […]