Posts by Author: Gannon Burgett
Gannon Burgett is a communications professional with over a decade of experience in content strategy, editing, marketing, multimedia content creation. He’s photographed and written content seen across hundreds of millions of pageviews. In addition to his communications work for various entities and publications, Gannon also runs his multimedia marketing agency, Ekleptik Media, where he brings his expertise as a full-stack creator to help develop and execute data-driven content strategies.
His writing, photos, and videos have appeared in USA Today, Car and Driver, Road & Track, Autoweek, Popular Mechanics, TechCrunch, Gizmodo, Digital Trends, DPReview, PetaPixel, Imaging Resource, Lifewire, Yahoo News, Detroit Free Press, Lansing State Journal, and more.
This incredible hyper-lapse gives us a ‘Taste of Vienna’
Mar 11, 2016
Gannon Burgett
I’ve come across hundreds, if not thousands, of hyper-lapses since the trend took off a few years ago. But non has captured my eyes (and…
Clever practical effects make for reality-bending photos from a magician’s smartphone
Mar 10, 2016
Gannon Burgett
In the words of Terry Pratchett, ‘It’s still magic even if you know how it’s done.’ That’s good to know, because for a recent assignment…
How to reduce noise in an image without losing detail
Mar 10, 2016
Gannon Burgett
With each passing year, cameras are getting better and better at keeping digital noise to a minimum. Despite this, there are still times when you…
Get ready: Next year’s total solar eclipse will be the first to cover the entire continental U.S. in 38 years
Mar 10, 2016
Gannon Burgett
Next year year, the moon will once again pass in front of the sun. This time though, the moon will be casting its shadow across…
How to create a sunset effect in Photoshop
Mar 9, 2016
Gannon Burgett
Sometimes it can be hard enough to time the perfect golden hour portrait. What can be even more challenging is to perfectly capture the sun…
Oregon Zoo’s 46-year-old chimpanzee Chloe has some fun with GoPro
Mar 8, 2016
Gannon Burgett
We’ve had enough of this monkey business regarding who owns what photos when a primate presses the shutter. It’s time for a much more fun…
DJI Inspire drone gets absolutely crushed at sea by airborne jet ski
Mar 8, 2016
Gannon Burgett
Drones are becoming more affordable with each new generation, but not for one second does that mean they’re cheap. And that’s precisely what makes watching…
4K video shows steel wool spitting out embers as it’s spun around in extreme slow motion
Mar 8, 2016
Gannon Burgett
Lighting steel wool on fire and spinning it around on a string is a common technique to get incredible looking spirals and orbs in long-exposure…
This photographer takes on subzero temps and violent wind to shoot arctic foxes
Mar 7, 2016
Gannon Burgett
What are you willing to endure to capture the shot of a lifetime? Well, if you’re anything like photographer Joshua Holko, it’s just another day…
Profoto unveils collapsable beauty dish that won’t hog up space in your camera bag
Mar 7, 2016
Gannon Burgett
36 years ago, Profoto released a lighting accessory they called the Softlight Reflector. Today, we call this creation a beauty dish, thanks to its unique…