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If you've just started using a digital SLR or compact system camera and want to learn more about how to pick out the right lens to pair it with, the following how-to video tutorial is a good starting place. It's led by professional travel photographer Kerrick James and focuses on Pentax lenses but the information could...
Celebrity photographer Mark Seliger always has interesting and eclectic guests on his YouTube show CAPTURE, and this week's episode is no exception. On the show (embedded below), Seliger interviews Russian dance legend Mikhail "Misha" Baryshnikov, who's also a photographer.
Baryshnikov discusses what it's like to make...
Josh Cogan's background in anthropology gives him a unique perspective as a photographer, and his passion for traveling around the world to document its peoples, cultures and traditions gives us a rare glimpse at humanity's hidden stories. We were struck both by the beauty of his portraits and by the ways he pushes the...
Ok, consider this aspiring photojournalists out there: what if you were asked, at the last minute, to photograph one of the biggest sports stories of the year for ESPN?
And what if you were a relative novice who had only been tapped to shoot the breaking news story because the main photographer was out of town? Would...
Nature and outdoor lifestyle photographer Scott Rinckenberger has impressed us with his stunning imagery and his willingness to go the extra mile, quite literally, to capture the perfect shot. For his latest project, Scott has been skiing each of the twelve months of the year in his native Washington State and capturing...
Photographer Robert Burley's new book "The Disappearance of Darkness," is not exactly an epitaph to the death of analog film in photography but it certainly could be called a eulogy.
Subtitled "Photography at the End of the Analog Era," the book features haunting images documenting film's slow fade to black including...
It's already become one of the most iconic images of New York City post-Hurricane Sandy. The photo, captured by Dutch photographer Iwan Baan, shows the city's powerless southern end mostly blacked-out in the wake of Sandy, and the more fortunate midtown and northern areas still lit.
Baan shot the aerial image with a...
What is it about these underwater dogs photos that the Internet just can't seem to get enough of? A few weeks ago we posted this super slow motion video of dogs catching balls underwater and got a great response from Imaging Resource readers.
Now here's a behind-the-scenes video from ABC News of...
Another episode of celebrity photographer Mark Seliger's show CAPTURE is up on YouTube and this one is well worth a look too.
On the show (embedded below), Seliger talks to legendary rock photographer Bob Gruen and actor Kevin Bacon about some of Gruen's most famous images.
Particularly interesting is a discussion...
Our friend Jeff Cable is featured in an interesting new educational video shot at the B&H Photo and Video Store in New York City. Jeff, who we know mainly as a sports photographer who wrote about how to pack a gear bag for the Olympics, discusses his passion for night photography in this seminar entitled: "Pixels After...
Portrait photography sessions can be rapid-fire-affairs with a photographer often shooting hundreds of frames in succession while looking for that perfect moment.
Photographer Harry Borden demonstrates this in a short film -- shown below -- where he strings together every portrait he shot of British comedian Frank...
Everyone can identify New York City simply by its unique skyscraper filled skyline. The story of the construction of these skyscrapers, and one iconic photo in particular, is the basis for Men at Lunch, one of the films...
A couple of days ago, we shared a video of AP photographer Greg Bull discussing how he captured his iconic shot of U.S. Gymnast Gabby Douglas leaping over the balance beam on the way to winning the gold medal. Now, here are a few more informative videos featuring professional photographers talking about how they've covered the 2012 London Olympics.
The one major takeaway: while...
Bruce Davidson is one of my photographic heroes and watching “Bruce Davidson, A Lifetime With Leica” (see video posted below) is a quiet joy. It is only a few minutes long but it is worth viewing for both his insights into photojournalism, and his powerful photographs.
In the video, Davidson begins by explaining that what is most important for good photojournalism is time.
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It's one of the most iconic images of the 2012 London Olympic Games, so far: a shot of U.S. gymnast Gabby Douglas leaping high above the balance beam, on her way to winning the all-around gold medal for Women's Gymnastics.
The image was shot by AP Photographer Gregory Bull and it's turned up on thousands of newspaper front pages and millions of websites around the world.
In...
Photographer Jeff Lautenberger of The Dallas Morning News recently had what would seem to be a plum assignment: photograph actor/comedians Will Ferrell and Zach Galifianakis together as part of a story about the duo's upcoming movie, The Campaign.
But, as with all "plum" assignments in journalism, there was a catch. Lautenberger would only get three minutes with Ferrell and...
This is from a few months ago but, in case you missed it, it's definitely worth a look. The video is a "Leica Portrait" with award-winning street photographer Joel Meyerowitz, who pioneered the use of color film in capturing intimate slices of life of everyday people and scenes.
Meyerowitz' book documenting Cape Cod, entitled "Cape Light," is now viewed as a ground-breaking...
Do you ever look at a photo of yourself and just cringe? Yes, that happens to most of it.
The most confounding thing though is that oftentimes your friends will think that very same photo is a great portrait.
So, what's the deal? Is it a good photo or not?
Duncan Davidson, author, software developer and the principal photographer for TED events, thinks he knows the answer....
We've shared photography tutorial videos with you recently on how to photograph a hamburger and how to shoot a steaming hot cup of coffee in the studio. Now, here's a how-to discussion on a completely different topic: The Basics of Nature Photography by National Geographic photographer Michael Melford.
In this seminar-style video, which was shot for the B&H Photo and Video...
On Friday, we shared a video on how to photograph a hot cup of coffee and now here are some great tips on how to photograph a hamburger courtesy of -- who else? -- McDonald's.
Though this video is more about food styling and Photoshopping than it is about photographic technique, it does give some good insight into what goes into making food more appetizing in photographs than...
