Tag: photography
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Smithsonian Magazine’s 11th Annual Photo Contest Finalists
Smithsonian Magazine recently announced the finalists for its 11th Annual Photo Contest. 50,000 photographs submitted by photographers from 132 different countries were whittled down to the top 60. Ten photographs were selected from each of the six categories: the Natural World, Travel, People, Americana, Altered Images, and the new category Mobile. The finalists cover a…
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Firefly Light-Trails Photos Captured Using Long-Exposure Photography
Through the magic of long-exposure photography, Missouri-based photographer Vincent Brady has captured the bright trails of light left behind by fireflies as they perform their nightly dances in the American Midwest. Fireflies have always captured our attention, especially as children, because they seem like stars that have come down to earth. Brady’s photographs, then, transform…
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The Most Powerful Photos Ever Taken That Perfectly Capture The Human Experience
This incredible collection of moments represent the joy, innocence, despair, curiosity, and undying perseverance within all of us. No matter where we’re from, these are the emotions that unite us – it’s what makes us human. We set out to capture this spirit in this incredible series of photographs, and we truly hope you enjoy…
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A Magical Miniature World Of Snails By Vyacheslav Mishchenko
Talented Ukrainian nature photographer Vyacheslav Mishchenko has an eye for taking photos that bring small natural worlds up to our level, showing us how the world might look if we could see it through the eyes of an ant, snail or lizard. Mishchenko shoots his unwitting models in their natural habitats, but whether or not…
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Mother Takes Portraits of Her 10-Month-Old Baby and Their Rescue Dog
Meet Zoey and Jasper. Lifestyle photographer Grace Chon recently turned the camera on her 10-month-old Chinese-Korean baby Jasper and their 7-year-old rescue dog Zoey, putting them side by side in the most adorable portraits you’ll see today. What led her to start a series? “I’ve always dressed up my dogs in silly costumes, so naturally when…
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Lunchbox Dad Makes Creative Sandwiches For His Daughter’s School Lunch
Beau Coffron, better known as Lunchbox Dad, is a dad in the San Francisco Bay area that loves to make delicious and creatively designed lunches for his daughter Abby. Much like Samantha Lee, Coffron creates bento-style lunches using various reasonably healthy food ingredients cut into all sorts of creative and colorful shapes. Characters from Narnia, Spiderman,…
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The Recently Discovered Street Photography of Vivian Maier
Vivian Maier was an amazing photographer whose talents went unrecognized during her lifetime. Back in 2011, a box filled with Maier’s negatives was discovered at a local thrift auction house in Chicago. Since that time, the American street photographer has become quite the recognizable name in the history of photography. During her forty years working as…
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Photographs of Reflected Sunsets through Shattered Mirrors by Bing Wright
Broken Mirror/Evening Sky is a series of images by New York photographer Bing Wright who captured the reflections of sunsets on shattered mirrors. The final prints are displayed quite large, measuring nearly 4′ across by 6′ tall, creating what I can only imagine to be the appearance of stained glass windows. The series was on view early this…
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Photos Series Showing the Most Beautiful Japanese Cherry Blossom for 2014
The delicate pink sakura, or cherry blossom, is associated primarily with the culture of its native Japan. These trees blossom throughout Japan every spring, but their beauty never gets old, so we’ve collected some of our favorite photos of this year’s cherry blossoms in Japan. In Japan, the blossoming of the sakura begins in April,…
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A Macro Timelapse of Coral, Sponges and Other Aquatic Organisms Created from 150,000 Photographs
Created by University of Queensland PhD student Daniel Stoupin, this remarkable macro video of coral reefs, sponges and other underwater wildlife, brings a fragile and rarely-seen world into vivid focus. Stoupin shot some 150,000 photographs which he edited down to create the final clip. He shares about the endeavor: Time lapse cinematography reveals a whole different…