Let me first say, for reasons that will become clear momentarily, that I’m a six-foot-seven-inch tall male who weighs approximately 200 pounds and has about a week’s (…okay, week-and-a-half’s) worth of stubble. And my favorite color is pink. Did you…
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2019 Felabration artwork competition: Kalejaye wins
A winner has emerged from the third edition of Felabration artwork competition, which is a part of the 2019 Felabration events. Olusegun Kalejaye was announced as the winner by a panel of judges comprising Prince Yemisi Shyllon, Sarah Boulos and…
Civilisation: a breathtaking vista of life in the 21st century – in pictures
A photography exhibition featuring more than 200 images from Africa, the Americas, Asia, Australia and Europe, explores the phenomenal complexity of modern life Civilisation: The Way We Live Now is on at the National Gallery of Victoria from 13 September to…
How to Shoot a Day-vs-Night Photo in a Single Exposure
Here’s a creative technique to add to your bag of tricks. In this 9.5-minute video, we’ll show you from start to finish how we took an ordinary scene and turned it into to go from day to night in…
Five upgrade lenses that go beyond your kit zoom
The standard 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 kit lens can only take you so far. Sooner or later, you’ll need to buy your first proper lens. That’s why we’ve put together this roundup of the five lenses you should consider when it’s time…
A design firm is hosting a contest to encourage people to reimagine cybersecurity stock images
Cybersecurity stock images are predictable at this point: a hooded man with a shadowy face in front of a keyboard or a mysterious person in front of binary code. OpenIDEO, the open innovation practice from global design firm IDEO, thinks…
How to Take Better Nighttime Photos With Your Smartphone
Smartphone cameras perform so much better than they used to, but they’re still a bit limited when it comes to nighttime photography. Whether you’re snapping photos in a bar or outside under the moonlight, your phone’s camera sensor is probably…
The world’s first image from the world’s first 64MP camera phone… is of a cat
It looks like the first device to use Samsung’s new Isocell Bright GW1 sensor won’t actually be made by Samsung, with Redmi beating the tech giant to the punch. The company already makes phones with an impressive 48MP resolution, however…
Avoid One of the Biggest Traps Newly Professional Photographers Fall Into
Taking the leap in to professional photography is daunting and full of traps for you to fall into, but there’s one that you can jump in willingly and without realizing it’s a trap at all. There is a plethora of…
Wall-to-wall Europe: the continent’s manmade barriers – in pictures
The Wall of Europe, Spain, 2014 Young Africans try to climb the double fence that separates Africa from Europe, near Beni Enza on the border of Spanish exclave Melilla Photograph: Sergi Cámara Roma Wall, Michalovce, Slovakia, 2010 A group of…