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Moving photos of the world’s last Northern White white rhino and her keeper win 2022 Travel Photographer of the Year

Travel Photographer of the Year (TPOTY) is one of those contests that takes you on a journey around the globe without you leaving your chair. The 2022 results have been announced, and like every year, it’s treated us with a selection of marvelous photos from all over the world.

This year’s winning photos show an extraordinary companionship between one of the world’s last two remaining Northern White rhinos and her keeper. And other than these moving portraits, TPOTY brings us many more stunning images, so let’s enjoy them together.

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This creative director harnessed AI to create these incredible woodland creature composite photos

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AI is definitely a buzzword at the moment, some days, it feels like I can’t move without hearing about it. Most of those discussions are scare-mongering and a little bit threatening for the creative industries. But what if, for once, we took a different stance? Instead of looking at what AI imaging tools could destroy, what if we looked at what they could create instead?

That’s exactly what Creative Director Rob Brooks did recently. Brooks will happily admit that he fell down the Midjourney rabbit hole recently and, just like Alice, ended up on a fantastical creative journey himself. Brooks created a series of images using both digital photography of his twin sons and woodland fantasy beasts that he created with AI. DIYP was lucky enough to chat with Rob about how he created the images and his thoughts in general on the future regarding AI and the creative industries.

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Creative burnout: What is it and how to get past it

As humans we always have a desire to do more, be better, and move faster. That doesn’t mean we always do, but the desire is there. When you are in the groove, you can push out new work, create, and make at hyper speed. When we do hit that stride, it feels amazing. Until suddenly it doesn’t. That’s because you can only sustain that kind of pace for so long without balance.

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Camera bodies looking like movies – How many can you guess?

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It is extremely rare to see a camera that is not black. And square. I think that, except for kids’ cameras and a few experiments in the early ages of digital photography, it’s quite a boring landscape. What if, though… what if… We asked famous film directors to create cameras based on their visual film vision.

I thought that it was an experiment worth having, and I asked MidJourney to create some cameras for me based on famous movies. For fun, I am going to number the camera photos and only give the solution at the end. Let us know in the comments with how many movie styles you guessed.

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This is how far I got in four years of astrophotography

Little over four years ago, I had a thought that would change my life forever. Little did I know then, but this thought would be the catalyst for me to discover my true purpose in life. As the days, months, and years passed by, the more I began to realize that this little sidling of thought was my destiny all along. I couldn’t shake off the feeling that something big was about to happen, and I was right.

In just a little over four years, I transformed from an astrophotography noob to a refined, award-winning craftsman. Join me on my journey as I uncover how one simple idea led me to find my true calling.

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Five quick tips for winter landscape photography

Whether you like winter or not, you can’t deny that snowy landscapes are among the most photogenic sights in the world. Snow is a real treat for every landscape photographer, but it comes with its challenges and special requirements if you plan to go out and shoot.

In this video, Toma Bonciu gives you five quick tips to remember if you’re heading out to shoot in the snow. So, before you get dressed and pack your gear, check them out and keep them in mind.

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Five best and worst things about being a wedding photographer

So, you’re thinking of becoming a professional wedding photographer? Turning your passion into your career is equally an exciting and difficult decision, and like most things in life, it has both good and bad sides.

In this video from Adorama, you’ll hear more about it from an established wedding photographer. Pye Jirsa takes you through five pros and five cons of being a wedding photographer, and hopefully, it will help you make the decision whether this is a path for you or not.

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Gorgeous new Hubble photo shows two young stars in the Orion Nebula

Even though James Webb stole the show, Hubble’s still up and running and still treating us with marvelous photos. It recently took an absolutely gorgeous image inside the Orion Nebula, detecting two young stars that are quite unsteady in temperament… Almost like human teenagers.

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Artist creates AI “time machine” to take hilarious selfies “in the past”

AI has been used for all sorts of different art projects so far, but we have never seen an AI time machine. Well, not until now. An anonymous artist has created one using AI technology and paired it with lots of knowledge, effort, and time to create amusing selfies “from the past.” His imaginary persona is called “Stelfie the Time Traveler,” and the artist shared with DIYP a bit about his process and about Stelfie himself.

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I asked A.I to write a PRD for the perfect mirrorless camera

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As A.I. is getting stronger and more potent, I wanted to see if it is capable of writing a Product Requirement Document (PRD) for the perfect mirrorless camera. Getting a good PRD for a new product is at the heart of camera brands’ work. You can think about it as an effort to decipher the needs of the market and then to bring a product that will meet those needs.

If the PRD is bad, no good camera will come out of it. Of course, a good PRD does not provide a guarantee to a good product, it can still fail on R&D, Manufacturing, Marketing, Supply chain issues and a million other things. But a good PRD is the foundation on which a camera is built. And if the foundation sucks, no amount of R&D, logistics or marketing can turn it into a good camera.

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