View Magazine is a nicely put-together coffee table ebook for the iPad or iPhone that contains photos that are interesting and certainly not run-of-the-mill sunsets and flowers. A variety of photographers have combined to submit some of their favorite...
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Flickr's one of the elder statesmen of the online photo sharing world, but in recent years its UI has grown a bit long in the tooth when compared to the eye candy provided by other kids on the social sharing block. That's all changed as of today, as...
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A Guest Post by Lynsey Peterson. Nothing freaks me out like props. Every time I see a picture of flower girls holding an empty frame that is outlining a bride and groom kissing in the distance, I die a little inside. Whenever I am subjected to a...
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Flickr received significant updates today, with the Yahoo-owned (and killed) property announcing that it will offer users 1 terabyte of free storage, enable full-resolution sharing across its website and applications, and release new applications for...
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Want to learn about prioritizing, using a rad iPod playlist as your DJ, how to prepare for too much ceremony crying, and how to trade for a day-of coordinator? This wedding is your primer! Plus, you get to bask in the glow of the sunset-drenched photos...
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Taking pictures in museums may violate copyright, but the practice is becoming integral to art appreciation: As a culture, we increasingly communicate in images. Twenty years ago, a museumgoer might have discussed an interesting work of art with friends...
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In an 1858 issue of the Atlantic Monthly, Cambridge-born author and philosopher Oliver Wendell Holmes wrote that the Massachusetts State House was the "Hub of the Solar System,” a mantle that eventually expanded to the more familiar "Hub of...
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The first few days of the Cannes Film Festival have been marked by surprises -- whether in the shifting national identity of movies, or peace-making efforts between towering directors -- and parties that defy the rain.
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“Three years ago, Arne Svenson, a photographer living in lower Manhattan, inherited a CT-501 500-mm. Nikon telephoto lens from a bird-watching friend,” writes Raffi Khatchadourian in this week’s New Yorker. “The lens was perfect for shooting...
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In case you missed my first (and I thought only!) entry in the hair drama journal, click here for some background. Long story short: Mr. B made it clear to me that he does not want my hair fully up,…
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Getting fired is scary. Having no money is scary. I've been fired many times. Sometimes I've been a bad employee. Sometimes I've had a boss. Either way, terror would strike in the middle of the night. I would pace at three in the morning. “I’m...
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Mobile phone photography has come a long way since the first grainy iPhone shots started a phenomenon. [Read more] ...
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Weddings are a team sport. They require all the main player to reach a level of synchronicity and synergy that professional sports teams strive for through grueling hours of practice, practice, practice. And when you’re on a budget, a good...
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Three years ago, Arne Svenson, a photographer living in lower Manhattan, inherited a CT-501 500-mm. Nikon telephoto lens from a bird-watching friend. The lens was perfect for shooting faraway egrets or sanderlings, but Svenson, who favored still-lifes,...
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What's luxury to you? Is it a couture Chanel gown? A shiny car with a roaring engine? Perhaps, it's a night of organic wine, artisanal pizza, and a bottomless well of on-demand British sitcoms. However specific you want to get, we always define luxury...
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Anyone who has picked up a camera has heard of the “magic hour.” It’s that perfect, golden light that appears an hour after sunrise and an hour before sunset that landscape photographers, in particular, fall over themselves to use to capture...
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Combining a quick-release plate made from aerospace grade aluminum and a sturdy flip-up accessory loop, the Fusion Plate is designed to allow photographers to quickly and easily switch between a shoulder strap and tripod... Continue Reading Fusion Plate...
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I would like to take some photographs of spiral staircases. I'm looking to capture the basic construction of the object from its components, rather than any particular aesthetic beauty. Simpler would be better, and emphasizing the engineering over the...
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Much like the CFDA/Vogue Fashion Fund, the talent contest aims to help young photographers break into the business. Continue reading...Follow WWD on Twitter or become a fan on Facebook....
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With the many thousands of photos that were generously shared with us for our 2013 Best of the Best Engagement Photo Contest, and only 50 spaces to fill, there are so many that we love and think deserve Honorable Mention. These hilarious engagement photos...
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Yahoo unveiled some big changes to Flickr on Monday, both in terms of features and overall design. One of those changes is that free users are no longer limited to a certain number of photos; instead, everyone gets 1TB of space for their full-resolution...
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I’m watching the Rockies game, and they are broadcasting from a new restaurant that occupies the space of the original Coors Field press box. When the Rockies built the stadium, they needed a big pressbox. In the mid 1990s, there was a bigger press...
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"New York City police officers arrested a woman who was video recording them from a public sidewalk as they conducted some type of 'vehicle safety checkpoint.'" ...
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During the past two and half years photographer/director Eric Minh Swenson has created over 200 short documentaries about Southern California artists, as well as assembling thousands of images which record art events--installations, openings, art walks,...
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Yahoo, in an attempt to make its photo-hosting service Flickr relevant again, decided to offer 1TB of free space to all users. The downside? Everyone who doesn't pay $50 per year gets ads.Read more... ...
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Admittedly, I’m partial to Randy Halverson’s night sky photography from South Dakota. Having grown up in neighboring North Dakota myself, Halverson’s images bring back memories of the dark skies that grace the northern plains. But this one is just...
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With her haunting voice looped in a wordless glossolalia over pianos, keyboards, and other instruments, Julianna Barwick makes music like no other artist working today. She’s as winning as she is distinctive, judging by the rave reviews she received...
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After languishing for years as a neglected acquisition, Flickr has finally been given the jumpstart it so desperately needed and deserved. As of right now, not only to you get a free terabyte of storage and extremely high res photo uploads, you get it...
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Mikki, a chimpanzee from the Moscow Circus, is renowned for his Polaroid photography ...
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59 marvelous photographs taken between 1903 and 1920 by Frédéric Boissonnas (1858-1946), a franco-Swiss photographer who loved Greece. This is him being hauled up to the Meteora monastery in a net. Boissonnas was also a mountaineer and was the first...
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Walk into any run-of-the-mill electronics store to outfit your DSLR or mirrorless camera with a bag, and you'll be met with a whole lot of drab nylon options. Put down the bulky cases covered with inexplicable plastic clips and opt for one of these chic...
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Mixed materials.
Digital Photography
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The founder so believes in his company model, he says there's no limit to what it can do.Like many entrepreneurs, Jon Oringer, founder and CEO of Shutterstock, became a businessman out of necessity. He began his professional life in math and computer...
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UK space businesses set sights on £1bn orders as Major Tim becomes first British astronaut chosen to visit ISSThere is the urge to explore the endless heavens, there are the mysteries of the starry cosmos to solve, but above all there is the faltering...
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Marni launched a new photography book,”Marni Uomo,” for Fall Winter 2013. Carolina Castiglioni, head of special projects for the fashion house partners up with art director, Dean Langley and photographer, Clare Shilland, to create a narrative piece...
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So-called "ag gag" laws unconstitutionally target farm whistleblowers. Two recent decisions have dealt a serious blow to these laws.
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The Riversharks will be home for the next 8 days during the Phillies’ road trip, so if you want to see some live baseball, hit up Campbell’s Field. Like I said last week, I love that park. A bit of advice though: if you are going to catch a night...
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Just noticing that he was bothered by my presence and my camera felt like a small victory in front of a man who made life and death decisions over an entire country.
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Whether or not these photos instantly trigger flashbacks of your repressed, guilt-ridden Catholic youth, there’s something about Billie Mandle’s Reconciliation that’s both sad and quite lovely. Hoping to capture the “relationship between the...
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Spanning multiple "Zelda" titles, The Zelda Project is a group based out of L.A. who are into making Link and Zelda as real as possible through cosplay, photography, and ultimately, film. From their Deviantart page: The Zelda Project is a Los Angeles,...
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Atlanta retailer Wish has produced a nice editorial for the latest goods from New York brand SSUR. T-shirts and caps from the SSUR Spring/Summer 2013 Collection are being highlighted in the lifestyle photography. You can purchase the collection now here.…SSUR...
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Little girls and linen sundresses are a sure sign that Summer's arrived. But what if you could actually make your little one's sweet dress yourself? And what if you could make it out of a beautiful tea towel you found at your favorite home store - or...
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Pharmakon at Drone Activity in Progress (more by PSquared Photography) Pharmakon's tour schedule has increased a bit recently, including adding a string of dates with Swans (!), though not at the NYC appearance. However, Pharmakon is scheduled to play...
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Canadian photojournalist – Ted Grant – is quoted as saying: “When you photograph people in color, you photograph their clothes. But when you photograph people in Black and white, you photograph their souls!” This quote often comes to mind when...
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I’ll admit it, I had a pre-existing prejudice against Las Vegas. It was cemented by the reputation the city had built for itself, branding itself as a perpetual bachelor party that catered to those interested in gambling and indulging in extreme,...
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And that was it; both men were dead in less than a minute.
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Last week I was asked at a conference to reflect upon the future of digital and among other things I made a reflection that seemed to resonate with those gathered. It was: Don’t throw out the baby with the bathwater. As online publishers we see a steady...
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“We use images like a weapon to fight for social causes,” says a man in the trailer for INSIDE OUT: The People’s Art Project, a new documentary that airs on HBO tonight. The doc tells the story of JR’s INSIDE OUT, a global art project in which...
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You may know by now that I have a special place in my heart for sharks ever since my husband survived a sneak attack by one of their kind. Aaron and I even included sharks in our wedding. But Sara and Frank (pictured above in that daring shark rescue)...
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Former army helicopter pilot will blast off on Soyuz rocket from Baikonur cosmodrome in Kazakhstan in 2015Britain's first official astronaut has spoken of his delight at being selected for a lengthy mission aboard the International Space Station.Major...
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