How We Show It: Mentorship

What does mentorship looks like? It doesn’t fit into one stereotypical box. Let’s look at the success and impact mentorship has on all of us. When my father was just fifteen, he emigrated to the United States from Cuba. He lived in an orphanage in Madrid, Spain, for about a year before arriving in the… Continue reading How We Show It: Mentorship

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International Wedding Photographer of the Year winners show wedding photography is creative and fun

The fifth International Wedding Photographer of the Year Awards has just announced its 2021 winners. If you think wedding photography is boring, this selection will prove you wrong and show you just how many fun and unique images you can get at a wedding. This year’s competition received more than 1,500 images across nine categories,… Continue reading International Wedding Photographer of the Year winners show wedding photography is creative and fun

Five things no one teaches you about photography

When we start learning about photography, there’s so much to grasp: from basic camera settings to lighting, composition, editing… However, there are some things no one teaches us, and it’s how to make our work meaningful and how to keep ourselves happy and fulfilled as photographers. In this video, Adam Karnacz of First Man Photography… Continue reading Five things no one teaches you about photography

Share Your Colors: The Abstract Oil Painter

Artist Mari Dein reflects on her creative inspirations, workflow, and the mistakes she’s made along the way. Everyone has a unique story to share, and Shutterstock has the assets that allow you to share it. That’s why this holiday season, we’re inviting you to receive 25% off, site-wide, as part of our Share Your Colors… Continue reading Share Your Colors: The Abstract Oil Painter

Share Your Colors: The Photographer Who Loves Horses

Christy Berry has been around horses her whole life. Now a self-taught photographer, she’s turning that experience into art. Everyone has a unique story to share, and Shutterstock has the assets that allow you to share it. That’s why this holiday season, we’re inviting you to receive 25% off, site-wide, as part of our Share… Continue reading Share Your Colors: The Photographer Who Loves Horses

Share Your Colors: The Photographer Who Runs Like the Wind

This artist has an adventurous spirit—and the photos to prove it. Here’s what drives Li Zhongfei’s creativity. Everyone has a unique story to share, and Shutterstock has the assets that allow you to share it. That’s why this holiday season, we’re inviting you to receive 25% off, site-wide, as part of our Share Your Colors… Continue reading Share Your Colors: The Photographer Who Runs Like the Wind

Great Reads in Photography: November 28, 2021

Every Sunday, we bring together a collection of easy-reading articles from analytical to how-to to photo features in no particular order that did not make our regular daily coverage. Enjoy! Ernest C. Withers’ Images of Black Life in the American South – Blind Thursdays, called Maids Day Off, Overton Park Zoo, Memphis © The Ernest… Continue reading Great Reads in Photography: November 28, 2021

Data-Backed Ways to Think Pink for Your Next Campaign

Pink is considered feminine, romantic, and nurturing. But how does the color affect image performance? AI has the answers. How does the color pink make you feel? Does it brighten your mood? Does it frustrate you? Throughout history and across cultures, pink has had all sorts of meanings applied to it. In the modern Western… Continue reading Data-Backed Ways to Think Pink for Your Next Campaign

We May Never Look at Scarves the Same Way Again

With the release of “All Too Well (Taylor’s Version),” Taylor Swift transforms a once cozy accessory into a symbol of heartbreak. Marketers, take note. “I left my scarf there at your sister’s house, and you’ve still got it, in your drawer, even now.” That line comes in the first verse of “All Too Well,” a… Continue reading We May Never Look at Scarves the Same Way Again

Landscape Photography in the Outer Hebrides of Scotland

Torridon, Glencoe, and the Isle of Skye have drawn landscape photographers and artists over the centuries. The highlands of Scotland are extensive and uninterruptedly breathtaking – a Big Country indeed. This is the internationally perceived face of Scotland – a meticulously sculpted land of peaks, glens, lakes, and shorelines. And rain or mist to make… Continue reading Landscape Photography in the Outer Hebrides of Scotland