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Angelina Jolie poses covered in bees to honor bees and women beekeepers

May 21, 2021 by Dunja Djudjic 1 Comment
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Angelina Jolie recently joined forces with National geographic to draw attention to bee conservation and support women beekeepers. For this occasion, the famous actress and humanitarian posed with her face and torso covered in bees and without a protective suit. NatGeo shared a video of Jolie as she was being photographed, and it’s amazing how calm she was. In fact, she was so calm that none of the bees stung her.

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Follow these tips to take NatGeo worthy portraits

Jun 25, 2020 by Dunja Djudjic Add Comment
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We all know that striking portraits require more than good lighting and an interesting face you’ll photograph. You want to add life and soul of the person that you’re photographing. Marc Silber of Advancing Your Photography spoke to National Geographic photographer Bob Holmes about this topic. In this short video chat, Bob analyzes some of his own images and gives you plenty of tips for raising your own portraits on a higher level.

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Watch as NatGeo photographer gets jumped by a giant tiger-lion mix

Dec 31, 2019 by Dunja Djudjic Add Comment
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Watch as NatGeo photographer gets jumped by a giant tiger-lion mix

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NatGeo photographer’s hard drives with rare animal photos stolen at airport in Bali

Dec 30, 2019 by Dunja Djudjic 1 Comment
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National Geographic Photographer and speaker Joel Sartore recently had his luggage stolen at an airport in Bali. He’d spent three weeks photographing some of the world’s rarest animals, And sadly, among other things, his stolen bag contained hard drives with all photos from the trip.

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Barbie is now a photojournalist, and she works for National Geographic

Oct 21, 2019 by Dunja Djudjic 7 Comments
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If you want to inspire your little one to get interested in photography, you may consider this new Barbie: a National Geographic photojournalist. In collaboration with NatGeo, Mattel has introduced a series of career dolls, and this one will certainly thrill the photographer and the inner kid in all of us.

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National Geographic closes “Your Shot” website and switches focus to Instagram

Sep 6, 2019 by Dunja Djudjic 25 Comments
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According to a recent report, the latest Disney layoffs would impact National Geographic, considering that it was acquired by Disney earlier this year. And it seems to be true – NatGeo has issued the official announcement that it’s closing the Your Shot platform.

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This is the disturbing story behind the iconic “Afghan Girl” photo

Mar 1, 2019 by Dunja Djudjic 18 Comments
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Although it sparked some controversy, Steve McCurry’s “Afghan Girl” is an iconic image that has influenced and inspired many people. Tony Northup wanted to talk about how this image inspired him, but then he learned the story behind it – and it wasn’t pretty. The truth behind how this legendary photo was taken is sad and disturbing, and Tony shares it in this video.

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National Geographic admits they went “too far” linking a starving polar bear video with climate change

Jul 31, 2018 by Dunja Djudjic Add Comment
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Perhaps you remember the heart-wrenching video of a starving polar bear taken by National geographic Paul Nicklen in December 2017. He and Cristina Mittermeier photographed and filmed the poor animal on the Baffin Islands in Canada, and at the time related the bear’s condition with global warming. However, in a recent article, Mittermeier admits that National Geographic “went too far” connecting climate change with the particular starving polar bear.

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Nat Geo takes a look at the cameras that changed wildlife photography

Jul 3, 2018 by John Aldred 4 Comments
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Wildlife photography and filming has come an extremely long way in the last few decades. This is thanks in large part to organisations like the BBC and National Geographic. The development of cameras and ingenuity of their teams has allowed them to see things that were never before possible, and they continue this trend today.

National Geographic recently posted an article and video on their website covering some of their photographic inventions since founding the Remote Imaging Lab in National Geographic’s Washington, D.C. headquarters.

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National Geographic used a “stock” image and it’s amazing

May 18, 2018 by Allen Murabayashi 5 Comments
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As a kid who grew up with a shelf filled with yellow spines, I can attest to the rhythm and general predictability of a National Geographic cover. With few exceptions (most notably those holographic covers from the 1980s), cover photography from the 1970s, 80s and 90s followed a familiar pattern of a far away place, strange creature, or “exotic” face in saturated color. We were armchair explorers living vicariously through the eyes of those famous photographers – Indiana Joneses with a camera.

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