Photography News/Blog

We bring you the latest news and blogs about everything photography. Dive into the latest insider news, the latest rumors and fads happening around the photography world. keep an eye open as we even bring you blog posts directly from professional photographers.

Last Photograph of Billy the Kid Sells for $2.3 Million

A photograph of Wild West outlaw Billy the Kid has sold for a king's ransom at auction. Energy tycoon William Koch purchased the above portrait of William Bonney -- the only one known in existence -- for $2.3 million, almost 5 times the expected amount. Koch, billionaire founder and president of the energy development

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Capturing the Best Light and How to Advance your Photography

Capturing the Best Light Florian Shulz is an outstanding nature and wildlife photographer. He has mastered his craft and he knows the key to capturing the best light. What follows is an excerpt from our interview, but be sure to watch it too. Marc asked him for his tips for getting stunning wildlife images, to

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Final Cut Pro X Sizzle, Fizzles, What Conan’s Editors Say

We're revising our review, after trying to work with it, the first hitch? You can't edit your FCP 7 projects, you have to start them from scratch. That was a deal killer for us. Then we found this rave recommendation from Conan O'Brien's editors. Back to the drawing board for Apple. See Conan's Video

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Mysterious Nazi Photographer Identified With Help From Blog Readers

The photo album of German photographer Franz Krieger. Photo courtesy of the New York Times Less than 24 hours. That's how long it took readers to help identify the mysterious photographer of a recently discovered photo book containing never-before-seen images of Nazi leader Adolf Hitler. Lens, the New York Times' photography blog,

Tags: Franz Krieger, nazi photography, New York Times, photography, photography mysteries, war photography|

Couple in Vancouver Riot Kissing Photo Revealed

Photo by Rich Lam When the Vancouver Canucks lost the NHL Stanley Cup, the team's city burst into chaos. Cars were flipped over and burned, shops were looted and riot police shuffled through the streets with clubs. And Scott Jones and Alex Thomas were at the center of it all. The couple has

Tags: kissing photo, memes, photojournalism, riot kiss, Vancouver, Vancouver kiss photo, viral images|

How to take Photographs of Light Drawings

How To Draw With Light You’ve probably seen a picture like the one above before. Some people call it light graffiti, you may call it; drawing with light or light painting. Light drawing is extremely fun for anyone. All you need is some patience. In order to draw with light you will need the following:

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Make your Photographs Pop With Angles

Make your Photographs Pop With Angles 7th Grade Geometry © Marc Silber 1964 Framing is the most basic of tools for composing a photograph, or for that matter in any visual art. You are looking at life through your camera and select out the rectangle (or square) that you want your viewer to see. Remember that framing can include the angle you choose in order to tell your story, this

Tags: framing, photography tips, use of angles|

Russia’s Vladimir Putin Hires Fashion Model to be Personal Photographer

Vladimir Putin in one of his more professional poses. Being the head of an international superpower has to be a stressful job, but at least you get to surround yourself with pretty faces if you want. Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin is being forced to explain why he's hired a former lingerie

Tags: news photography, official state photography, photography, portraits, Putin, Russia|

Gabrielle Giffords Photographer P.K. Weiss Talks About New Images

Rep. Gabrielle Giffords with her mother, Gloria. Photo by P.K. Weiss Representative Gabrielle Giffords has only just begun her long journey back from a terrible brain injury. Yet if the recently released photos of her smiling and talking are any indication, Giffords' recovery is well on its way. Photographs of the Arizona

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How to Take Your Photography to the Next Level this Summer

Click the Lens to join AYP Club How about and easy and fun way to take your photography to the next level this summer? One way is to shoot things that you probably wouldn't on your own, making you reach as a photographer. On our own, many of us have found that we've taken just to dang many of the same type

Tags: "marc silber" photography "photography tips" "photo blog" "ansel adams", photo-dojo|

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