Photography News

Chinese flash manufacturer Venus Optics has launched a double headed macro flash unit, claiming that it has the highest guide number in the world for such a device. The Kuangren Macro Twin Flash KX-800 uses a pair of fla...

LaCie has introduced a new Rugged Thunderbolt external drive, updating its lineup with a 1TB SSD. This is double the previous Rugged drive's 500GB capacity, and is coupled with a rugged external housing able to withsta...

Apps like VSCO Cam may not have the enormous social network that Instagram boasts, but they offer powerful photo editing features that Instagram has historically lacked. After launching five new filters for its service a...

The other day I was speaking with a friend and he was lamenting about having to deal with 2 minutes of aimless introduction at the start every review. “There’s always something” he said. He now skips the beginning ...

Photographer Brooks Sterling shoots surfers with an old Nikonos camera known for its tough weather sealing.

After months of teasing and beta testing, Apple has just officially launched Photos for OS X to the general public. This is the single app that replaces both iPhoto and Aperture as Apple’s photo management software. It...

  Watch this guy play a game of hide and seek with a hummingbird in his backyard. Don’t forget to turn HD on for sharper video quality :)    

  No this is not an April Fools joke. These two-dimensional, cartoon-like bags are 100% real and are available in a variety of colors and styles. The bags are the brainchild of Chay Su and Rika Lin, two designers from T...

I'm always on the lookout for potential subjects. Approaching them is something that I've actually gotten better at, despite the video evidence below to the contrary. When I was in college working for Student Media I hat...

Chinese drone maker DJI has just announced the latest version of its most popular drone line: the Phantom 3. The new camera drone offers professional-grade flight and imaging performance at consumer-level prices. With th...

Photographer Victoria Will captured portraits of celebrities at this year’s Sundance Film Festival. Instead of using her DSLR, however, Will decided to pick up an old Graflex Super D camera and create aluminum tintype ...

Please allow me to introduce myself: I’m Pat Pope and I’m addicted to reading negative comments and abuse hurled at me on the Internet. For the sake of my own sanity, this is me going cold turkey. Last week I made th...

The Polaroid Collection that Julian Jacobi owns is the envy of many a camera collector. At the moment, he's got 48 in his possession.

  Artist Julien Knez created a series of nine retro VHS covers for modern television shows and movies including Breaking Bad, Game of Thrones and Guardians of the Galaxy. The covers, which were actually printed and plac...

Today Canon released the XC10, a camera that for all practical purposes is equal part a stills and a video camera. It promises to deliver not only both types of media, but an appropriate user experience for either type ...

word.camera is a curious new website that can magically transform a photograph into words, sentences, and paragraphs that describe what’s seen in your image. The site was developed and launched by Ross Goodwin, a photo...

Actor TOMMY_XPENSIVE created this clever short Vine about people who don’t start eating a meal before snapping a compulsory photo of their food. “It’s like the modern version of saying grace,” says one commenter ...

Russian photographer Alexey Trofimov calls Lake Baikal “the gem that does not need to be cut.” It’s the oldest, largest, deepest, and clearest freshwater lake in the world. Every winter, as temperatures plummet to ...

Venus Optics has announced the Kuangren Macro Twin Flash KX-800, billed as the world's most powerful macro twin flash with flexible arms.

The Snapzoom is a pretty weird device that enhances the zoom of your phone by connecting it to binoculars.

Canon has just officially announced its new 4K camera that has been rumored for some time. The new Canon XC10 is a digital camcorder that’s designed for both 4K video recording and 12-megapixel still photographs. While...

  A group of friends use a giant zorb to recreate the famous Indiana Jones boulder scene from Raiders of the Lost Ark.