A retired rabbi turned street photographer stumbled onto a Brooklyn Chabad camp trip on a ferry to Governors Island. What he found
Rob Sutherland is a commercial and landscape photographer who has shot a photo a day for sixteen years. On a family trip
Ty Nelson picked up a camera because he loved wrestling, and started shooting the action the way most beginners do. What he
Kenneth Nelson had one goal on June 26, 2004. Document the Mermaid Parade. Then the music found him first, and it never
Andre Vallgren spent a day photographing a Swedish luthier who has built guitars for Keith Richards and Ryan Adams. What he found
Andrés Gonzalez started asking questions about Portugal's wildfires in 2023 and has not stopped since. He rides hundreds of kilometers on a
Michael Houghton and his wife fell in love with the Isle of Harris on their first visit in 2015 and have returned
Flora van Wageningen took a solo weekend to the mountains during a genuinely low point in her life, expecting nothing more than
Mark Archibald bought six acres of fallow farmland twenty five years ago and spent decades planting trees, scattering acorns on walks, and
The Milky Way never showed. Two nights of clouds over the Vermillion Cliffs erased the whole reason for the trip. A dinner
David Clark has a modest summer home on a small island in Maine, and he has spent years trying not to make
Rakesh Subramanian doesn't remember which book first put the Bolivian salt flats in his head. He just remembers the feeling, and how
Kayleigh Morin started as an artist frustrated that drawing could not capture light the way she wanted. Self portraits led to photographing
Leighton Phillips describes his work as Urban Still Life, drawn to the mundane, the ignored, and the visually familiar rather than anything
Flora van Wageningen picked up a camera in her late thirties, restless and bored with the city she had settled in, and
Damian Ward is drawn to woodland and solitary trees, especially in winter when the branches are bare, in a landscape he describes
Edward Boches was pulled into photography by John Filo's 1970 image of a woman kneeling over Jeffrey Miller at Kent State, the
Andrew Griffiths has been photographing since he was four or five years old, carrying a bakelite Brownie camera through the Pennine hills
By analyzing light, composition, and tone in black and white photos, you master photography’s fundamentals and train your eye to see beyond color. Discover how this skill revolutionizes your craft.
Beyond the technical specs, megapixel counts, and autofocus wars lies a deeper, often subconscious reason why photographers choose one brand over another. It’s not just about the gear; it’s about psychology, identity, and the communities we belong to.
It happens to all of us, from seasoned pros to enthusiastic amateurs. You look at your camera, your gear, or a blank canvas, and… nothing. The spark is gone. The world, through your lens, feels dull, repetitive, and uninspiring. When this feeling hits that heavy, uncreative rut it’s important to remember that it is temporary.
Paris Photo 2025 brought together the world’s best in photography, from historical masterpieces to cutting edge digital work. Highlights included the rise of posthumous prints, Sophie Ristelhueber’s striking installation, and Jack Davison’s intimate portrait marathon. With greater diversity and innovative digital projects, the fair reaffirmed photography’s global influence and evolving creative potential.
Street photography is thrilling but it can also draw unwanted attention. Learn the key strategies to stay safe, respect your subjects, and keep capturing the moments that matter without running into trouble.
Sometimes doing less is the key to seeing more. By imposing simple creative boundaries like shooting with one focal length, committing to a single orientation, or staying within a small geographic area you can sharpen your vision, deepen your compositions, and elevate your monochrome photography.
Lee Miller was never just one thing model, surrealist, war correspondent, artist. Her work cuts across eras and expectations, revealing a photographer who constantly reinvented herself to match the world she was witnessing. With a major exhibition now on view at Tate Britain, there’s no better moment to revisit her astonishing range, from surrealist experiments…
Converting a color photograph to black and white is more than a simple desaturation it’s about shaping tone, texture, and mood. In this post, we explore five powerful methods for editing your monochrome images in Lightroom and Capture One, from quick adjustments to film-inspired transformations, giving you full creative control over your black-and-white photography.
Golden hour is famous for its warm tones but in black and white, warmth doesn’t matter. This post explores how the light of sunrise and sunset still shapes tone, depth, and mood in monochrome photography even without color.
The rules of photography weren’t born with the camera they were borrowed from painters. Knowing where they came from helps us understand when to use them, and when to move beyond them.
