Photography News

A while back we shared the world’s smallest tintypes, created with a tiny modified camera. Now here’s a look at the opposite end of the spectrum: the world’s largest tintypes, shot using a colossal 8×8-foot camera...

Twitter announced a big change today that may help it become a much stronger player in the photo-sharing space: the company will no longer be counting photos toward the 140-character limits for Tweets. The change will be...

Your sports team wins. The confetti drops. And suddenly, the video quality falls apart. Why? Interframe compression, bitrate and unnecessary green screen effects. Watch as Tom Scott delves into the intriguing issue

Okay Google, eject the camera. Five little words followed by a small ‘pop’ from the prototype phone sitting on the table in front of him, and Google’s Rafa Camargo made the the crowd at the Google I/O developer con...

Color is one of the fundamental aspects of branding, and most major companies in the world of photography are known for using key colors in their branding. Canon has its distinctive red, an extremely popular color that�...

Photographer Chia Joel (AKA idroneman) is capturing Singapore from a different vantage point. Using a DJI Phantom 3, he shoots captivating abstract aerial images that look straight down onto “the most expensive city in...

Brian May, guitarist with the band Queen and a stereo photography enthusiast, has launched a kit that allows users to view 3D stereo pairs and virtual reality content on a smartphone for just £25 (approx. US $37). The O...

Here’s a humorous video that’s making the rounds online: a guy named Mikey Grande (mikeygrande on Snapchat) visited a department store, snapped photos of various faces he found on display, applied Snapchat filters to...

Professional photographer Thomas Leuthard shares 23 street photography tips you can use on your next outing

In this tutorial, I’ll show you how you can remove harsh highlights in portraits without affecting the shadow detail in minutes. There are some occasions where the lighting in a shot is a little harsh in certain areas....

Photo moderation at Facebook found itself at the center of a controversy (yet again) this past weekend after the social network banned an ad photo of a plus-sized model, saying it depicts the human body, “in an undesir...

The Canon EOS 80D is a 24MP APS-C format enthusiast DSLR, with a strong stills and video feature set. When the opportunity presented itself to build a traditional Greenland-style skin-on-frame kayak with craftsman and fr...

Police in Canada are using a super-telephoto camera setup to spot distracted drivers from afar and capture evidence of their misbehavior. The kit consists of a DSLR, 50mm lens, and a spotting scope. CBC News reports that...

When I started photography nine years ago, I didn't have a problem going out and finding inspiration. Everything was so new and, subsequently, there seemed to be no end to the ideas I felt I could produce. Looking back, ...

On Friday, I lost my $2,800 Apple MacBook Pro by following standard TSA security protocols at Los Angeles International Airport (LAX). I look back on the series of events that led to the lost computer with incredulity, a...

Sony’s Xperia X smartphone features a 23-megapixel camera and the company’s SteadyShot image stabilization technology. To show how effective it is at reducing or removing “shaky cam” effects, Sony just published ...

If the fixed focal length of your GoPro Hero camera just ain’t cutting it for you creatively, Lensbaby has something to show you. Meet the Lensbaby Circular 180+: a waterproof 185° fisheye lens that pops right onto yo...

Here’s a short and sweet 4-minute video that’s packed with 23 different “ninja tips” that can help you in your street photography (or your next photo walk). COOPH followed photographer Thomas Leuthard around the ...

The Hydraulic Press Channel is a staple of many people’s online video diet. Every few days another gadget, foodstuff, or toy gets crushed on video while millions watch on, and this week it was time to surrender a few �...

I was at John Wayne Airport on Friday morning before the sun rose, heading to a training event in Colorado. Whenever I travel by air and I'm waiting in the airport, my mind takes me back to an article that ran in a photo...

Olympus wants to shake up the action cam market, and they think the Stylus Tough TG-Tracker is the way to do it. And given how rugged and well-equipped the cam is right out of the box, the TG-Tracker may just be impressi...

Olympus has updated its tough camera lineup with the Stylus Tough TG-Tracker, a rugged action-cam that specializes in tracking location, temperature, altitude and more. The TG-Tracker takes 8MP stills with a 1/2.3" sens...