If you have never seen the first version of Photoshop — Photoshop 1.0 — in action, then this video by CreativeLive of Photoshop experts and professional photographers using the original software will make you glad you aren’t editing in the original program. Photoshop was created by Thomas and John Knoll in 1988 and released in […]
Archives for February 2016
Gone Too Soon: Magnum Photographer Peter Marlow Loses Battle to Cancer
After losing a painful battle to bone marrow cancer, Magnum photographer Peter Marlow died yesterday at the age of 64. Marlow, known for his color work and opening Magnum Photo’s London office, was a prolific photographer whose work in portraiture and conceptual photography was second to none. Marlow got his start as a photojournalist for […]
Warren Richardson Wins 2015 World Press Photo of The Year
Warren Richardson has just won the World Press Photo of the Year 2015 award with his haunting photograph of a man passing a baby under barbed wire on the Serbian/Hungarian border during last year’s refugee crisis. The crisis saw thousands of refugees and displaced people flood into Europe to escape the war and turmoil still […]
What is The Best Way to Store Photos?
I often wonder about the life of photographs when file formats and containers change, computers degenerate and fail over time, external hard drives crash, and memory cards fail — it makes me want to discover the best way to store photos so they’re safe for the future. Digital photographs to me seem like vaporware that […]
“Seeing Through Photographs”: A MoMA Free Class on Photography
Finding meaning in your own photography is something I’ve prattled on about for the past year, and now there’s a MoMA free (Museum of Modern Art) online course called “Seeing Through Photographs” on Coursera that continues with this motif. If you are interested in finding out more on my thoughts on how to photography with […]
You Can Now Switch Between Multiple Instagram Accounts
Instagram, the wildly popular photo-sharing app, recently added a new feature that lets you switch between your multiple Instagram accounts. The new feature will work great for photographers that need to run multiple photography pages without having to sign in and out of different accounts. But hey, it’s even great for people who want to […]
10 Most Inspiring YouTube Photography Channels
Sometimes when looking for inspiration, I search YouTube to find great photography channels. There are literally thousands of videos on YouTube dedicated to photography, such as how-to’s and tutorials on Photoshop to exposure basics, and tons of other tips, but among them are some hidden gems made by really talented photographers. These content creators continually […]
Top 10 Best Travel Cameras of 2016
When I think of having a camera to take everywhere, my iPhone is my first thought, but I realize as a photographer I really want one of the best travel cameras instead. How many times have you been out and about and you see something that you wish you had a better camera to take […]
Learn How To Make Cinemagraphs With This Amazing Infographic
If you ever wanted to learn how to make cinemagraphs this infographic from the good folks over at Katchup will tell you exactly what you need. If you’re unaware of what a cinemagraph is, it’s a still image with a subtle motion loop within, i.e., an image with a moving video loop of some sort […]