The Create Fund: Ranti Ameila’s Dreamlike Illustrations

Illustrator Ranti Amelia’s tender yet magical artwork has a way of telling stories that tug at the heart. Here’s a peek into her process. The post The Create Fund: Ranti Ameila’s Dreamlike Illustrations appeared first on The Shutterstock Blog.

This Canon 5D Mark II has 2.2+ million shutter clicks

Behold, The two-million-click camera. FoxTailWhipz The official Canon-certified shutter rating of 2008’s 5D Mark II is a respectable 150,000 shots. In reality, though, this number is almost certainly on the conservative side. Cameras often surpass their listed shutter life, sometimes by tens or even hundreds of thousands of frames. But to blow past the quoted… Continue reading This Canon 5D Mark II has 2.2+ million shutter clicks

Peer ‘behind-the-scenes’ of famous works of art with the help of AI

The famous painting, “Girl with a pearl earring” with its borders extended. August Kamp / OpenAI / Johannes Vermeer This article originally appeared on Popular Science. Open AI, developers of the AI text-to-image generator DALL-E 2, have just announced a new feature for the app called “outpainting”. It allows users to extend existing images and works… Continue reading Peer ‘behind-the-scenes’ of famous works of art with the help of AI

B&W Photo Award winners celebrate mastery in monochrome

A roller coaster glitters against the dark of night. Uwe Schellscheidt Color photography is fun but it can at times also be distracting. The simplicity offered in monochrome is an easy way to strip down a scene to its essence, to focus on the lines, shapes, and composition of a photograph, without being sidetracked by… Continue reading B&W Photo Award winners celebrate mastery in monochrome

JPEG jumble: the week’s best reader-submitted photos

Rudiescu on Flickr A race car zips down the track to a child’s delight. The sun’s last golden tendrils cling to a cloudy sky. A horse and its rider share a tender moment. For this week’s Photo of the Day challenge, we asked readers to show us what they most love to photograph, and the… Continue reading JPEG jumble: the week’s best reader-submitted photos

See the tempestuous finalists of the Weather Photographer of the Year Awards

“Inside a cumulonimbus cloud, particles of rain, snow or ice move up and down, colliding and causing an imbalance in the electrical charge. Cloud-to-ground lightning, as seen in this image, happens when a channel of negative charge zigzags downward in a ‘forked pattern’. This is usually invisible to the human eye and travels to the… Continue reading See the tempestuous finalists of the Weather Photographer of the Year Awards

You can 3D print a surprisingly capable 163mm f/2.4 telephoto for $13

Got a 3D printer? This is a surprisingly easy and cheap project. Pixels and Prisms Photography gear can add up quickly. Need a capable camera body? That’s an easy $2,000. How about a nice telephoto lens? Well, depending on the brand and your desired focal length, that could range anywhere from a few hundred bucks… Continue reading You can 3D print a surprisingly capable 163mm f/2.4 telephoto for $13

Wedding Photography Checklist, The Essentials & Must-Have Shots [Examples & tips]

How to avoid disappointment and take the shots your clients really want!   I know you are wondering – “Do I really need a wedding photo checklist?” The answer is a unanimous yes, We put together this helpful wedding photography checklist as a lifesafer for that big day. Hope it helps. Your Free Printable Wedding… Continue reading Wedding Photography Checklist, The Essentials & Must-Have Shots [Examples & tips]

‘Green’ Competition Winners

Green’ Competition Winners ‘Green’ photography competition. Once again, we were thrilled to receive so many high-quality images. With dozens of strong contenders, picking a winner was by no means easy. After much debate, we selected three winners and four honourable mentions. CONGRATULATIONS to our prizewinners and THANK YOU to everyone who entered! First-prize winner Pete… Continue reading ‘Green’ Competition Winners

We can’t stop laughing at these hilarious pet photos

The gallery features an array of mischievous pets in hilarious poses. Mehmet Aslan They say a dog is a human’s best friend, but we’d argue that the phrase is amendable. Animals of all sorts make excellent companions, and they’re being celebrated in this year’s Animal Friend Comedy Pet Photography Awards. The Comedy Pet Photo Awards… Continue reading We can’t stop laughing at these hilarious pet photos