Announced last week, Apple’s new iPhone 7 Plus claims to pack the world’s most advanced smartphone camera — a dual camera system that can zoom optically and simulate depth of field. Now the first real-world iPhone 7 Plus photos have emerged: they were shot this past weekend at an NFL Sunday Night game and at the US Open.
If you think a 50mm f/1.2 lens that captures sharp portraits with gorgeous bokeh is hundreds or even thousands of dollars away, think again. If you’re willing to get creative, you can have one for just 20 bucks.
Facebook’s auto-generated photo slideshows aren’t always the best at nailing the mood of photos. Case in point: after Josh Gibson got into a serious freeway car accident, Facebook suggested sharing the above “chipper” video with friends and family.
Clapham Common Tube station in London is looking very feline today. After a very successful tongue-in-cheek Kickstarter campaign, the so-called Citizens Advertising Takeover Service (CATS) has managed to replace 68 advertisements in the station with … cat photos.
As camera sensors get more powerful, third party lens manufacturers are scrambling to prove they’re ready to handle whatever resolution your camera can throw at them. Case in point: say hello to Samyang’s first ‘Premium’ lens lineup.
Apple just announced the next version of its OS X operating system at its Worldwide Developers Conference this morning. The successor of Yosemite will be OS X El Capitan, version 10.11. The update will be focused on user experience and performance.
Among the many new features is a big performance boost that should improve Adobe’s Creative Cloud software.
Three weeks ago, photographer Lorenzo Montezemolo hiked up Mount Tamalpais in Marin County, California, in the middle of the night. After waiting around for the weather, he captured this amazing 3-minute long-exposure photo of fog flowing like a river over the valley under a full moon.
In another fascinating peek into the life and work of the great Ansel Adams, Marc Silber takes us into the legend’s home where we get to see some of his old cameras, hear about his week-long Yosemite workshops, and find out about the commercial work he did to “pay the bills” in the early years.
In the moments after the September 11, 2001, attacks, Associated Press photojournalist Richard Drew shot a haunting photo of a man falling from the World Trade Center. In the new 4-minute video above by TIME, Drew shares the story behind that famous and controversial photo.
Want to upgrade your photography workstation? You can do so in 3 easy steps. Simply (1) create a 21:9 photograph, (2) upload that photo to your social networking page, and (3) visit this competition website and get a new creator workstation worth $10,000.
Getty Images has filed their official response to Carol Highsmith’s highly-publicized $1 Billion copyright claim against the company. And the gist of the response is, in essence, “no take backsies.”
What’s the difference between a 60-inch octabox, a 38-inch octabox, and an 18-inch octabox? Besides the obvious—size and portability—they actually create a noticeably different quality of light. How different? This short comparison video shows you.
Canon’s soon-to-be-announced EOS M5 mirrorless camera was outed a few days ago through a couple of heavily Photoshop-filtered images. Today a complete set of product photos and specs were leaked.
Here’s an amazing short film titled “The Old New World” by photographer and animator Alexey Zakharov of Moscow, Russia. Zakharov found old photos of US cities from the early 1900s and brought them to life.
Donato Di Camillo’s “how I got into photography” story is different. You won’t hear it’s like at the camera store check out counter, and we can pretty much guarantee it’s nothing like yours. That’s because Di Camillo developed his passion for photography behind bars.
Syrian photographer, journalist, and activist Shamel Al-Ahmad knew well the risk he was taking staying in Aleppo, documenting the atrocities being perpetrated on his city. He says as much in this, his last letter, published by Humans of Aleppo after Al-Ahmad was killed.
As with most creatives, when I have a concept in mind it will distract and consume me until it becomes a reality. I wanted to create a conceptual self-portrait that was dreamlike, surreal, and relevant to an inner conflict in my life.
GoPro will be announcing its new Karma camera drone on September 19th, and the company has been sharing video teasers to drum up excitement for the unveiling. The latest teaser, the 45-second clip above, is titled “Karma is Close.”
So this was the first sunset I captured in 2012. It cost me $6,612 to take this photo.
SLO is a new 35mm camera that’s a bit different from most cameras out there. Every single part in the working camera — even the lens — was created using a 3D printer.