Inspiration

    The Northern Lights look even more magical from the air

    Feb 8, 2017 John Aldred

    If you thought the views of the Northern Lights looked good from the ground, wait until you see them from the air. This footage captured…

    Don’t get screwed: the emergency kit every photographer and videographer should have

    Feb 8, 2017 Dunja Đuđić

    What are the vital parts of gear you always carry with you to shoots? The essentials should include more than just camera gear to get you…

    Professor turns the entire classroom into camera obscura

    Feb 8, 2017 Dunja Đuđić

    When you’re a teacher, all the knowledge you have is not of too much use if you’re not creative. Mark Zimmerman, an associate professor at…

    This hack lets you shoot the Hyperlapse app at 1080p (+3 more hacks)

    Feb 7, 2017 John Aldred

    I love hyperlapses, and I was really into the Hyperlapse app for iOS when Instagram first released it. But, it always annoyed me that it…

    Is Instagram repeating its own mistakes and moving towards its end?

    Feb 7, 2017 Dunja Đuđić

    Have you ever heard of an app called Burbn? It has nothing to do with real bourbon, but it used to be the name of…

    Taking selfies before it was cool: these may be the first selfies ever made

    Feb 7, 2017 Dunja Đuđić

    Selfies are a 21st-century thing, right? Well, they certainly got popular in the 2000s, but the first selfies were taken way back. Before it was…

    3 tips to find portrait locations in the most unlikely of places

    Feb 6, 2017 John Aldred

    For me, finding portrait locations is fairly easy. But most of my shoots are in rural locations and I am able to pick locations well in…

    This Indian “Photographer Prince” made his harem pose for photos over 150 years ago

    Feb 6, 2017 John Aldred

    As the Maharaja of Jaipur, Ram Singh II was famous for many things. It was during his reign that slavery, infanticide and other cruel customs…

    Photographer creates surreal moody art with only stock photos

    Feb 5, 2017 Clinton lofthouse

    Recently I got involved in the old debate on using stock images in personal art. The outrage of not taking the images in a composite…

    This artist combines shadows and doodles to make incredibly fun photos

    Feb 5, 2017 Dunja Đuđić

    Photography wouldn’t be possible without light, and where there is light – there are shadows. Creative Belgian artist Vincent Bal chases shadows and turns them…