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Over the years, we've seen more than a few celebrity camera endorsements: In the last decade, there was a long tradition of celebs signing deals to promote digital cameras, some more successful than others. Now, Korean consumer electronics giant Samsung has signed a deal of its own with Hollywood actor Joseph...
It's often said that photography is the art of painting with light, but have you ever wondered how long your photos would take to create if you had to paint them in a more literal manner?
British visual artist Kyle Lambert recently did just that, recreating a photograph of famous Hollywood actor Morgan Freeman...
It turns out that Beatles drummer Ringo Starr was more than just a member of one of the greatest music acts of all time — but was also a passionate photographer. And now Starr has opened his archives for a new limited edition book called Photograph. Tracing Starr's life both in and out of the Beatles, it's compilation of...
If you've ever wondered what it would be like to be a cameraperson tasked to cover one of the biggest sporting events of the year, check out the below photos. They show the very specific assignment notes of ESPN cameraman Kyle Farmer, whose job it was yesterday to follow one of the most buzzed-about players in the NFL...
Here's the funniest thing we've seen on the Internet today: Jamie Taete's hilarious photos of dads looking completely disinterested at tween sensation pop group One Direction's recent concert in Los Angeles.
If you don't know who One Direction are, it simply means you've got more than 12 years on you and are, likely,...
Clones of the partially-animated cinemagraph photos first created by American photographers Jamie Beck and Kevin Burg were, it seemed, everywhere you turned last year. You might think the technique was yesterday's news, but thanks to a celebrity endorsement, it could be in for a comeback.
The idea behind...
In an ongoing legal dispute between popstar Lady Gaga and her former assistant Jennifer O’Neill, photographer Terry Richardson has been ordered to turn over tens of thousands of images for evidence.
O'Neill was Gaga's personal assistant from 2009 to 2011, and is suing for a massive amount of overtime she claims she is...
Here's another case of possible censorship -- or is it just common courtesy? Actress Zooey Deschanel has become the latest performer to post a sign at her concerts asking fans not take pictures or video during a show.
The sign, which you can see below, was posted outside a performance of Deschanel's band She & Him in...
Professional photographers have a lot to complain about these days, particularly with the CEOs of some well-known photo services suggesting that pros are an endangered species now that everyone takes photos all the time.
But don't tell that to legendary pro Annie Leibovitz, who had a very optimistic take on the future...
Check out the below image of the International Space Station (ISS) going past the moon. Look a bit familiar? As Star Trek's George Takei pointed out on his popular Facebook account, the ISS resembles the (fictional) USS Enterprise in this shot.
"My goodness, from this angle it looks like a certain starship I once...
While the plague of unwanted photography is mostly associated with celebrities and paparazzi, the fact that we live in a world of Google Glass, photography drones, and widespread CCTVs has caused a lot more people to be worried about who is taking their photos and where. A new, patented device could stop people from...
With a tumblr blog proclaiming cameras "are my new drug," Mötley Crüe bassist Nikki Sixx takes his photography very seriously. The blog features Sixx's impressive black-and-white work, including gritty street photos, surreal portraits, and eerily beautiful images of angel statues in cemeteries around the world.
Sixx...
Movie and TV star Ashton Kutcher has been the familiar face of Nikon cameras for 4 years now and despite reports to the contrary, he's still the company's spokesperson in print ads and television commercials, Nikon told Imaging Resource in a statement.
"Ashton Kutcher remains a key part of Nikon's advertising campaign...
In concert photography, drummers are notoriously difficult to capture because they're usually positioned at the back of the stage behind an obstructive drum kit. But what if the drummer you wanted to photograph also had a custom-made rig that allowed him to play upside down? Sounds like a tough challenge, right?
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It is April Fool's Day, after all, but this is one of the stranger things we've seen on the Internet today. In the clip below from celebrity gossip site TMZ, an angry waiter tells a paparazzo to leave a parking lot where actor Liev Schreiber is about to drive away. When the photographer swings at the waiter with her...
The fluid, chest-high steadicam shot has become so ubiquitous to movies and TV, it's difficult to imagine those art forms existing without them.
For instance, it's hard to think of Martin Scorsese's classic gangster movie "Goodfellas" without the winding, follow shot through the chaotic kitchen of the dinner club. Or...
We've shared the news on what famed celebrity photographer Annie Leibovitz has been up to lately, whether she's selling her sprawling New York City compound or shooting controversial Hurricane Sandy-themed fashion photos for Vogue but here's a look back to her younger days.
The below video, which appears to have been...
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...
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...
Celebrity fashion photographer Annie Leibovitz is no stranger to controversy but she may have outdone herself with her new Hurricane Sandy-themed fashion shoot for Vogue magazine. The six page shoot -- which you can see in slideshow form here -- includes an image of models in haute couture walking through the wet streets...