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Surreal Icelandic landscape wins 2023 Epson International Pano Awards
Oct 4, 2023
Dunja Đuđić Kalinin
The winners of the 2023 Epson International Pano Awards have been announced. And just as always, we have ahead of us a remarkable collection of panoramic images from all over the world! This year’s overall winner is José D. Riquelme from Spain. His surreal Icelandic landscape landed him the first place as Open Photographer of the Year, and he has also secured the top spot in the Nature/Landscape category with three of his photos.
2023 Siena International Photo Awards winner shows the pain and meaninglessness of war
Oct 4, 2023
Dunja Đuđić Kalinin
When I think of the Siena International Photo Awards, I think of photos that make a tear glow in the corner of my eye. The…
Why and how to use photography to document your personal life
Oct 4, 2023
Dunja Đuđić Kalinin
If you’re a professional photographer, maybe you don’t feel like bringing your camera into your personal life all that much. Or you’re experiencing a creative…
Shooting long exposures on film with minimal gear
Oct 4, 2023
Chris Kuhn
With many things in life, simpler is usually better. Not over-complicating a thing can usually return an increased sense of enjoyment. This includes photography. For…
55 Years Old and Still Looking Good: How Barbie Has Changed Throughout the Years
Oct 4, 2023
Udi Tirosh
Barbie was first introduced to the world in 1959 by American toy manufacturer Mattel. Over the past five decades, she’s gone through subtle changes, specifically…
NASA’s Perseverance rover captures video of 1.2 miles tall dust devil on Mars
Oct 3, 2023
Dunja Đuđić Kalinin
On August 30, 2023, NASA’s Perseverance rover captured the fascinating sight of a Martian dust devil. The video, taken by the rover’s Navcam, provides a…
This is what happened after a roll of film was X-rayed 19 times
Oct 3, 2023
Alex Baker
There’s an ongoing debate about whether airport security X-ray scanners can actually harm your rolls of film. Some people believe it’s essential to hand-check film…
AI strikes again: Image of shirtless man kicking an alligator fools the internet
Oct 3, 2023
Dunja Đuđić Kalinin
As AI image generators become more advanced, it becomes increasingly difficult to tell AI from real images. So, it’s no wonder that yet another AI creation has been fooling people over the past few days. The image is downright bizarre, showing a half-naked man kicking an alligator in the face. It spread like wildfire, with some folks turning it into a meme and some wondering – is this thing real?
Which lens is better for location portraits: Wide angle or telephoto?
Oct 2, 2023
Alex Baker
Do you ever struggle to know what gear to pack for a shoot? If you’re like me, you probably over-pack ‘just in case,’ and then…
OpenAI lets artists opt out of AI training data – but there’s a catch
Oct 2, 2023
Dunja Đuđić Kalinin
Many artists have complained about tech giants using their work to train AI models. Some, including writer George R. R. Martin, have even filed lawsuits against OpenAI, Stability AI, and other companies for using their work for these purposes without permission. OpenAI is now offering a chance to artists to remove their creative works from being used in the training data of DALL-E 3, the company’s newest image generator. But there’s a catch: the process is so detailed, complicated, and time-consuming, that artists have called it “enraging.”