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International Earth & Sky Photo Contest Winners Announced

Aaron Lindberg — Fri, 17 May 2013 20:57:40 +0000

Winners of the 4th International Earth and Sky Photo Contest, hosted by The World at Night (TWAN), were announced this week with some awe inspiring photographs.

TWAN is an international effort to photograph nightscape and time-lapse videos of the world’s landmarks. According to TWAN’s website “The contest was founded by TWAN and Dark Skies Awareness project in 2008 as a regional [more]

Incredible Photograph Of Lightning Striking The Grand Canyon

Aaron Lindberg — Tue, 14 May 2013 00:51:24 +0000

In this amazing split second moment of time, Travis Roe captured a bolt of lighting striking the South Rim of the Grand Canyon.

The once in a lifetime photograph was shot last year but recently surfaced after Roe submitted the image to the U.S. Department of the Interior. [more]

Hilarious New Animal Species Created in Photoshop

David Strauss — Fri, 10 May 2013 17:04:26 +0000

Thanks to redditor Gypp and his amazing sense of humor and creativity in photoshop, the world now has an abundant new array of animals to appreciate. How would you like a Guinea Lion or a Purilla to be roaming in your neighborhood? Which one would you keep as a pet?

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Recreating An Iconic Hollywood Image Using Modern Gear

Lauren Jonas — Wed, 08 May 2013 16:37:13 +0000

Guest Writer and photographer Phillip Schmidli wanted to harken back to memories of the movie ET with this stellar shot of the moon. To do so, he placed a model in front of the full moon and shot with a telephoto to recreate that famous scene from the classic film. [more]

Personal Project to POYi: Bob Croslin’s “Grounded”

Joseph Gamble — Tue, 07 May 2013 14:18:01 +0000

You submit your assignment images each year as a staff photojournalist at a major newspaper and never place in the prestigious Picture of the Year International competition. Then, years later as a freelance photographer, you win first place for a body of work that was undertaken solely as a personal venture. This is the story of Bob Croslin’s self-assigned “Grounded,” a portrait project of injured birds undergoing rehabilitation at a sanctuary in western Florida. [more]

“The Quest For Inspiration” Documents Landscape Photographer’s Journey

Mike Wilkinson — Mon, 06 May 2013 20:29:50 +0000

Seven months ago I shared the trailer for a documentary about French Landscape Photographer Alexandre Deschaumes, as he creates stunning landscape images all over the world. His travels have taken him to Patagonia, Iceland, Austria, and more, while the time he spends in nature is the time where he seems to get the most creative. The hour long documentary is finally available (for a small fee.) [more]

Beautifully Frozen Ocean Waves

Aaron Lindberg — Mon, 06 May 2013 14:33:11 +0000

Pierre Carreau shot at high speeds to freeze the moving ocean waves, creating sculpturesque photographs of natures powerful movements.

Carreau works intensively on his project “AquaViva”, a study of wave shapes. ”I like the fact that this energy comes from far away to be revealed on our beaches.” His facination with the waves started at a young age. [more]

Astrophotography Can Show You Places You Can Only Dream Of

Noam Galai — Thu, 02 May 2013 22:07:20 +0000

Astrophotography is one of the most interesting types of photography, but it is also one of the rarest ones. Shooting galaxies, stars and planets is among the the hardest forms of photography, and in order to do it you need to get the right equipment, and also the knowledge and techniques. [more]

IBM Research Makes World’s Smallest Movie By Moving Atoms

Jaron Schneider — Wed, 01 May 2013 14:31:51 +0000

This is the kind of story that just boggles my mind. IBM just released a Guinness World Record-setting movie called “A Boy and His Atom,” made by moving atoms using an IBM-invented scanning tunneling microscope. It weighs two tons, operates at a temperature of negative 268 degrees Celsius and magnifies the atomic surface over 100 million times. IBM researchers used the microscope to control a super-sharp needle along a copper surface to “feel” atoms. [more]

Get A Free Lesson In Timelapse From Vincent Laforet

Mike Wilkinson — Mon, 29 Apr 2013 16:18:47 +0000

DSLR Video pioneer Vincent Laforet partnered with Canon to create a 4 part instructional video series where he shares many great tips for getting started with shooting timelapse sequences. He takes viewers with him on a shoot in Bryce Canyon and explains his setup, and also goes in to detail on: finding a subject matter, lens selection, how to calculate properly to get enough frames, using intervalometers, and so much more. This is loaded with tons of great tips, a must watch if you do any timelapse work. [more]