Photo Business Advice That’s “Boring as Hell,” But Vital
"Let's be real, man," Todd Bigelow, the author of the newly published book The Freelance Photographer’s Guide To Success: Business Essentials, told me. "The topics…
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How to Start a Photo Magazine in a Pandemic
The past few decades have been unkind to photo magazines. Many industry stalwarts have gone defunct, while others have moved to online editions only. Ironically,…
Pulitzer-Winning Photographer Danish Siddiqui Killed in Afghanistan
Pulitzer Prize Winning Photographer Danish Siddiqui was killed in Afghanistan while covering a conflict between Afghan Security Forces and the Taliban. Siddiqui was the Chief…
The Audubon Photo Awards Winner is a (beep, beep!) Roadrunner
Caroline Fraser takes the Grand Prize in the 2021 Audubon Photo Awards for a stunning image of a Greater Roadrunner backlit through a blanket of…
You’re Using Your Ring Light Wrong
tl;dr If your camera lens isn’t in the center of your ring light, you’re using it incorrectly. At some point during the history of the…
The Miami Building Collapse in Photos
Five days after the tragic building collapse in Surfside, Miami, over 150 people are still unaccounted for. Photographers have been on the scene capturing images…
Did the Media Frame the George Floyd Protest Coverage for White Eyes?
In a Mother Jones piece, Ramenda Cyrus analyzes A1 coverage of last year's George Floyd protests and contends that the media is still relying on…
Unfold, Unsplash, Unpaid! Ryan James Caruthers Rejects Exploitation
Unfold, a layout templating app owned by Squarespace, contacted queer photographer Ryan James Caruthers to use 12 of his photos for a Pride Month Instagram…
Police Body Cams Create Accountability, But What About Privacy?
Police body cams were introduced to create a layer of accountability and to dissuade misconduct. And while the jury is still out over the effectiveness…