Creativity
Challenging reductive stereotypes of rural Appalachian life
In the coal-mining towns of southeastern Ohio, nestled in the Appalachian mountains, photographer...
Photojournalism
Inauguration Day: 10 Photojournalists Covering This Year’s Historic Event
All eyes will be on America for the presidential inauguration day on January 20, 2021, and one of...
Video/Cinematography
How “Cherry” Cinematographer Newton Thomas Sigel Crafted Six Different Cinema Styles for One Film
From falling in love and fighting a war to plunging into the depths of addiction and robbing a...
Photoshop
How to Use Adobe Photoshop and Color Theory To Set the Mood of Your Images
There aren’t many elements of photography to be passionate about, though two that rule...
Documentary
The Very First Photograph of a US Presidential Inauguration
The first known photograph of a United States presidential inauguration was taken on March 4,...
Cameras & Lenses
Nikon to Focus on Mirrorless as It Anticipates Historic $720M Loss
Nikon’s worrisome financial situation has cascaded as a result of the deflated camera market...
Off-Camera Flash
Why Salads and CEOs Are Photographed the Exact Same Way
Pick up a magazine or fall down Instagram's rabbit hole and you're likely to come across at least one photograph lit up by an unnaturally bright flash - a flash that floods the space, evenly illuminating every detail in vivid color.
Newspapers
25 guidelines for journalists to safely cover unrest
A mob that laid siege to the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6 quickly identified the journalists assigned to...
Personal Advancement
100 Interesting Facts We Learned in 2020
100 Interesting Facts We Learned in 2020 This year proved, once again, that discoveries in...
Community
25 guidelines for journalists to safely cover unrest
A mob that laid siege to the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6 quickly identified the journalists assigned to...
Lifestyle
Here’s How Tech Experts Recommend Organizing Your Photos
We take hundreds and thousands of photos these days, because we can. Long gone are the days of film rolls limited to 24 shots. Storage is trending cheaper and more infinite. You don't want to miss any of your dog's cute moments or your kids' as they grow up. But when we have so many digital images and we want to cull them down a bit and get organized, where do we even start?
Wordpress
Tumblr sold off yet again, adult content bans to remain in place
Verizon announced that microblogging platform Tumblr would be acquired by Automattic Inc, the tech company behind WordPress. This comes roughly eight months after Tumblr announced that it would no longer host NSFW content on its side and introduced posting guidelines that prohibited sexually explicit videos and images, as well as pictures of "female-presenting nipples."
Books
At 69, this photographer finds that his images are putting him in the spotlight
John Clark Mayden, 69, remembers the moment vividly. It was 1977, and he had his camera slung around his shoulder when he spotted her in West Baltimore. His heart began to thump quickly ? the reaction he gets when he knows he is about to take a great photo.
Technology
This Is the Tech Behind Breaking News Photos
In photojournalism, speed has always been critical. Back in the film era, newspapers had bustling...
Geek Gear
1TB phones are coming and I’m so fucking ready
Something special happened today. Samsung, a tech company you definitely know, announced it's mass-producing 1TB flash storage chips for mobile devices. In other words, you'll soon be able to buy phones with a terabyte of storage space. When I asked people about this news, there were two main schools of thought.