Back in 2014, time-lapse photographer Julian Tryba released a “layer-lapse” of Boston that showed different times of day in different parts of each frame. That video went viral and received over a million views. Now Tryba is back with another layer-lapse, this time of New York City in the 3-minute ...
Read More »Photo Shoot Raises Awareness of Toxic Laundry Water
Benjamin Von Wong, a viral photographer turned environmentalist, has released a new project to raise awareness about “toxic laundry” that is full of plastic. An estimated 94% of American tap water contains invisible plastic fibers, and Von Wong felt compelled to do something about it. “By 2025, the world’s synthetic fiber ...
Read More »How Ultra High Speed Cameras Shoot Up to 25,000,000 FPS
Tracking and panning a camera in time with a tank shell seems impossible given that the shell travels at over 1,500 meters per second. Yet, somehow, there are videos showing just that floating around the Internet. Here’s a 7-minute video from Curious Droid that lifts the veil of mystery on ultra high-speed ...
Read More »The Photo Lessons I Learned from Getting Stuck in NYC for 2 Weeks
Let’s be honest: how can one be stuck in NYC? NYC was supposed to be a four- or five-day stop for my project Around the world in 80 followers, but it worked out quite differently. With this project, I aim to travel the world by staying on couches of followers ...
Read More »This Photographer Hiked 14 Hours for Epic Wedding Photos at Trolltunga
Trolltunga, or “Troll Tongue,” is a famous rock formation in Norway that’s used often for breathtaking photos. Photographer Priscila Valentina was recently asked by a couple to shoot wedding photos at the cliff. After the ridiculous challenge of hauling her photo gear to the spot, Valentina managed to capture a ...
Read More »Nighttime Photos of Tokyo Under the Glow of Neon Lights
German-French graphic designer Matthieu Bühler has been shooting gorgeous nighttime photos of Tokyo, Japan, focusing his attention on the illumination created by all the different neon lights found across the city. His series is titled “Neon Dreams.” Most of the photos are shot with a Canon 6D and Canon 40mm ...
Read More »Creating a Surreal Photo of a Man on a Ladder Crossing Water and Sky
Erik Johansson is a Swedish photographer who creates surreal scenes with his camera and Photoshop. His latest work is titled All Above the Sky. It shows a man climbing a ladder and poking his head above the sky, only to find himself looking up out of the waters nearby. Above is ...
Read More »How I Accidentally Became a Marriage Proposal Photographer
Being at the right place at the right time sometimes results in the unexpected. That’s exactly what happened to me on November 7th, 2017, when my wife and I were waiting to photograph the sunset at Lookout Mountains’ Sunset Rock while returning home from a West Virginia photo adventure. I ...
Read More »This Cinematic Short Film Was Shot Entirely on the iPhone X
Want to see the video capabilities of the iPhone X? Here’s a beautiful 3-minute cinematic short film about a French pastry chef. Everything you see was shot entirely with the iPhone X. Titled “Made in Paris,” the film was shot by photographer Ryan Earl and filmmaker Nick Arcivos of AmnesiArt. ...
Read More »How to Shoot Double Exposure Concert Photography
I recently shot a series of double exposure photos of the band Don’t Know How But They Found Me at The Knitting Factory, and they’ve received a great response. So, I thought it would be worth explaining how I took them! If you also have a Nikon D750 or similar ...
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