Earth Day: Photographers Have Become Advocates
Many photographers have abandoned neutral documentary photography in favor of advocating for environmental causes that are important to them. And with massive social media followings,…
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A Final Review of the Leica Q: 3.5 Years in the Making
If there’s a fundamental flaw with product reviews, it’s the typically short duration that reviewers have with the item before hitting a publishing deadline or…
Can Viewing Photos Be Hazardous to Your Health?
Facebook's content moderators have to look at some awful images and video to protect the rest of us from graphic content. Casey Newton at The…
Why Can’t We Celebrate An Image Without Snark?
I've read The Onion headlines and McSweeney's pieces that have knocked me off my chair. I can still remember staying up late during high school…
Can you become famous by just photographing Beyoncé?
It certainly won't hurt your career if Queen Bey hires you for a photo shoot, but the photographers who have worked with her in the…
Filters Ain’t Just Optical Anymore
In traditional photography, filters were used to block certain frequencies of light or to create in-camera effects like starbursts or soft focus. But in the…
When is It OK to Give Away Photos for Free?
The hardliners say never give away a photo for free, and there is definitely a case to be made for not allowing other companies to…
The Problem Isn’t the Photo Contest, It’s Us
Eye-rolls, shrugs, and barbs greeted the $120,000 Grand Prize winner of Dubai’s HIPA Photography Prize. Malaysian photographer Edwin Ong’s photo of a partially blind Vietnamese…
OMG, You’re Still Entering Photo Contests?
In episode 2 of our new podcast, Vision Slightly Blurred, Sarah and I talk about the world of photo contests. Have we entered them before?…