Four trends emerging in the NFT space

Last year, the NFT photography market soared to $200 million, according to estimates. So far in 2022, the planet’s first permanent, physical NFT museum opened in Seattle, and elsewhere, an open-edition NFT photography sale generated more than $6 million. A painting, believed to have been lost for a century, was found—and turned into an NFT.… Continue reading Four trends emerging in the NFT space

The best SSD and hard drive deals for Prime Day 2022

Save big on storage of every kind this Prime Day. Stan Horaczek Storage devices may not be as fun to buy as new camera bodies or lenses. But, proper storage and backup is crucial for any creative. Need proof? Just ask anyone who has ever lost big chunks of their catalogs or archives due to… Continue reading The best SSD and hard drive deals for Prime Day 2022

How Lighting Imparts Emotion in an Animated Scene

Lighting in animation is more than just making a scene look stunning—it’s also about choosing an aesthetic that can evoke a desired style, mood, or ambience. Lighting can be incredibly nuanced, and it’s often used to give audiences a better connection to the emotional levels of the animation. Lighting can help to convey the mood… Continue reading How Lighting Imparts Emotion in an Animated Scene

The first image from the James Webb Space Telescope is here, and it’s stunning

The portion of sky recorded in the image is akin to holding a grain of sand at arm’s length. NASA, ESA, CSA, and STScI After much anticipation, today NASA unveiled the very first image from the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), said to be the highest-resolution infrared image of the universe, ever. It features the… Continue reading The first image from the James Webb Space Telescope is here, and it’s stunning

10 tips for dynamic waterfowl photography

Vicki Jauron/Getty Images This post on waterfowl photography has been updated. It was originally published on December 17, 2008. You don’t need to trek into the wild to create incredible waterfowl photography. City parks and wildlife sanctuaries are ideal for photographing ducks, geese, and swans. Not only are they easily reached, but in these spots,… Continue reading 10 tips for dynamic waterfowl photography

How to take landscape photos that stand out to content buyers

Within the 500px collection on Getty Images, some of the most popular photographs include landscapes: wild yaks traversing the terrain of Ladakh, India; a lush river bend or a panoramic view of the mountains in Germany; the peaks of New Zealand; a peaceful lake in the Dolomites; a waterfall tucked away in the forests of… Continue reading How to take landscape photos that stand out to content buyers

Feast your eyes on these brilliant astronomy photos

“Radio Telescope” shortlisted for The Sir Patrick Moore Prize for Best Newcomer. © Liu Xuemei The Milky Way floats over the Oregon coast while rushing seawater plays a soothing song into the night. A compendium of nebulae in capricious colors. These are just some of the images shortlisted for the 14th annual Astronomy Photographer of… Continue reading Feast your eyes on these brilliant astronomy photos

This is the deepest image of the universe ever captured (for now)

This Fine Guidance Sensor test image was acquired in parallel with NIRCam imaging of the star HD147980 over a period of eight days at the beginning of May. This engineering image represents a total of 32 hours of exposure time at several overlapping pointings of the Guider 2 channel. The observations were not optimized for… Continue reading This is the deepest image of the universe ever captured (for now)

How to Color Correct Video Saturation in Adobe Premiere Pro

In this lesson on Saturation from David Bode’s How to Color Correct Video in Premiere you will learn how to adjust the saturation of your clips. There are several controls you can use to correct saturation in an image. Each is useful for different problems in your clips. Saturation Controls In this example below, the clip… Continue reading How to Color Correct Video Saturation in Adobe Premiere Pro

The best resources for photographers interested in Web3

In just a few years, non-fungible tokens could be part of museum exhibitions around the world—and make an appearance in every major art fair. In the near future, artists could use AI tools to create photorealistic animations, or they could use them to recreate the aesthetic of Dutch Master paintings. On the blockchain, breaking the… Continue reading The best resources for photographers interested in Web3