There are several options out there for doing solid macro photography with the iPhone the Blips lenses are a bit different. Currently in Kickstarter mode, Blips are tiny, stick-on lenses that give crazy magnification to the iPhone’s normal camera. Both lenses are super flat, so much so that the Kick...

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Germany is famous for precision engineering, so it should come as no surprise to discover photographic projects there that are unusually intricate. “Broken Circle,” below, was created by Heinz-Jörg Wurzbacher and Garry Krätz of Koblenz, Germany, a dynamic duo of paint-with-lighters that go by the na...

[embedded content] Wet plate and other old, alte ative photo processes have been creeping back into popularity over the past few years. Last year, we got to tag along with the awesome Justin Borucki who develops his own wet plate photographs on the streets of NYC. This interesting PBS documentary fr...

“It's fu y that people who don’t have much experience photographing kids imagine that it’s the hardest kind of portraiture there is,” says Zoe Berkovic, a New York-based fashion and advertising photographer who specializes in working with children. “For me, that’s not true, though. If you like the c...

It’s not uncommon to hear about all the work that sports photographers put in during the 16-day grind that is the Olympic Games, but it’s not often we hear about all the work that goes on behind the scenes. Ken Mainardis is the vice president of sports imagery and services for Getty Images, and it’s...

[embedded content] In some very important ways, social media has tu ed some types of photography into extreme sports rather than art forms. The final photographic product is almost inconsequential, providing little more than visual evidence of an escapade, usually a stupid one, that needs proving. T...

It’s no secret that emulating the look of film for digital photos is a popular thing at the moment (and has been for some time now). RNI makes some accurate ways to emulate different film stocks, but their latest app called Flashback is meant to be simpler and offer an experience with more variation...

Epson’s new line of inkjet printers, which the company began rolling out last year, has been steadily improving, reaching a zenith of sorts in the SureColor P400. This new 13-inch printer, $600 (street), replaces the SureColor P600; it’s a smaller relative of the 17-inch P800. Like the larger Canon ...

Software engineer and avid photography enthusiast Andrei Stoica, 46, has been shooting for the past 10 years. Currently based in Chandler, Arizona, the photographer found that there was plenty of exciting material for his next shoot in his own state. For this majestic image, Stoica traveled to the W...

More than 50 years ago, we ran a review of a new Olympus, the Pen-F. It was the world’s first half-frame 35mm body, capturing images that were about half the width of a horizontal 35mm frame and thus yielding vertical photos without having to rotate the camera. So, when we first saw that Olympus had...

The ”Eiffel Tower Upskirt” is a fruit of roughly six months of contemplation and pla ing during my one-year exchange in Paris. Being an architecture student and passionate amateur photographer, I kept wondering how to isolate the beauty of the Eiffel Tower's structure without the distracting context...

Popular Photography invites you to enter our Travel Photo Contest with your most outstanding photos that feature local cultures, travel hot spots and the beauty of the world. From Thailand to Yosemite to Peru and beyond, we want to celebrate the splendor of countless travel destinations, both near a...

Memory card wallets are that specific type of photography accessory that’s not very exciting to buy, but can be hugely useful once it actually becomes a part of your kit. MindShift Gear has just a ounced a series of card wallets made of extra-tough materials and using a revamped design. The colors m...

WOW Nashville was fabulous. This is my second Trek, Yellowstone being my first, but certainly not my last. Reed Hoffman was our Mentor a great guy and photographer with in-depth knowledge explained in a clear and direct ma er. He constantly reminded us this was our weekend, all about us and to ask a...

[embedded content] Microsculpture from Levon Biss on Vimeo. When you get super close to a photographic subject, some tricky things start to happen. Tiny bits of dust and dirt become huge distraction. Depth of field becomes insanely shallow, making focus incredibly tricky. And even tiny movements can...

We recently had the chance to shoot with Sigma's 30mm f/1.4 DC DN Contemporary lens. Designed for mirrorless cameras with APS-C-sized or smaller sensors, our sample came in Sony's E-mount, though the lens is also available for Micro Four Thirds bodies. The lens has a nicely sized focusing ring cover...

By now, you probably have a pretty good idea of what a camera “drone” looks like, but as the technology evolves, it will be interesting to see how the traditional quadcopter layout changes. The Hover drone from Zero Zero folds up like a small rectangular book, containing its spi ing blades inside a ...

Back in 2014, Leica a ounced the M Edition 60, a special-edition digital camera with no LCD screen designed to look just like their iconic M-series film cameras. Now, Leica has a ounced the M-D, which brings the screen-free shooting experience to the production market. From an imaging standpoint, th...

As someone who looks at photography stuff all day, every day, Facebook often recommends that I check out super-cheesy novelty T-shirts like the one pictured below. I’m not exactly a fashion snob, but I really can’t get onboard with novelty shirts like that. However, the Mastin Labs T-shirt is someth...