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My Project: Powerful Towers

Brian Parillo uses wide-angle lenses to create interesting and unusual images of architecture.

By Lori Fredrickson on March 16, 2011

Brian Parillo likes to compare his architectural photography to design. “Moving things around compositionally is like arranging rooms, to a sense,” the 41-year-old Los Angeles-based artist explains. “You have to use restraint and remove visual clutter to keep attention on the building itself.” He went pro in 2003, when he realized his work directing and filming actors for commercial auditions had given him an eye for still-image composition. But Parillo only began shooting architecture two years ago, when he developed an interest in abstract imagery as a personal project.

Camera Test: Olympus PEN E-PL2

The next generation of Micro Four Thirds from Olympus gives the competition a lot to live up to. We've taken the latest PEN into the lab to see what's new and what's improved in this successor to the revolutionary E-P1

By Philip Ryan on March 15, 2011

If the original Olympus Pen E-P1 started a revolution, the new Pen E-PL2 demonstrates evolution. This fourth of the company’s range finder-look Micro Four Thirds interchangeable-lens compacts (ILCs) is a bit sharper, a little more sensitive, quieter, and easier-handling than its immediate predecessor, the E-PL1. In short, it’s further evidence that this type of camera is here to stay. In the Lab

Google Earth Images Document the Effect of the Disaster in Japan

High-resolution provided by the Google satellite give an overview of the incredible destruction caused by the recent earthquake and subsequent tsunamis in Japan.

By Stan Horaczek on March 14, 2011

For those who aren't experiencing Japan's current tragedy first hand, it's kind of hard to really take in the scope of the whole situation. But, some images pulled from Google's satellite help us visualize exactly how catastrophic this whole event has been. Coastlines have been drastically changed and entire sections of land have been overrun with water that has brought with it dirt and debrit.

How To: Make a Timeless Architecture Photo

For his evocative photo at New York’s Ground Zero, Jay Fine followed a few basic rules for shooting architecture

By Peter Kolonia on March 14, 2011

For his evocative photo of the building project at New York’s Ground Zero, as seen from inside the newly rebuilt Winter Garden in the neighboring World Financial Center, amateur photographer Jay Fine followed a few basic rules for shooting architecture: Humanize bricks and mortar. By juxtaposing the foreground silhouettes with the buildings beyond, Fine adds an important human element to his tableau. Control horizontals and verticals.

Sony "Does Not Have Plans" for a 3G-Enabled Camera

Despite what internet rumors have been saying for the past week or so, Sony claims that they're not currently working on a camera with built-in wireless internet.

By Stan Horaczek on March 14, 2011

Last week there were rumors flying around the internet about Sony building a camera with built-in 3G wireless internet.

Sympathy for Japan and all those Impacted

Our hearts are with you.

By Popular Photography Staff on March 11, 2011

From everyone here at Popular Photography and American Photo, we want to express our deepest sympathies to our industry colleagues and anyone impacted by the earthquake and Tsunami in Japan. Our hearts and thoughts go out to you all.

How To: Make Your Own Photographic Luck

Great wildlife images take more than just good fortune.

By Laurence Chen on March 11, 2011

An ultra-wide angle and a lot of prep work got Peschak close to this Aldabra giant tortoise.

I, Photographer: Cookbook Shooter

Jeff Kauck makes a living shooting the more delicious things in life.

By As told to Lori Fredrickson on March 9, 2011

Why food photography? My wife and I both love to cook, which made it a natural transition from my product-photography business. Since 2004, I’ve done 11 cookbooks. As I began doing it I realized it’s similar to watercolor painting, which I’d studied in art school. Similar how?

Instaprint Teams up with Instagram, Offers Poloroid-like Gratification

Relive the awesomeness of yesteryear.

On March 9, 2011

Photo: EndgedgetBefore iPhones or even camera phones for that matter, Polaroid cameras were pretty much the only player in the “on-the-spot photography” game. And part of what made the Polaroid camera such an obsession during the days of yore, was the instant-gratification it offered its users, by offering a physical print in only a matter of moments.

LRPAD App Frees up Screen Space in Lightroom by Moving Controls to Your iPad

However the App is a bit laggy.

On March 9, 2011

We love Adobe Lightroom for its incredible RAW processing power—however, we have found that due to the massive amount of editing/sorting/exporting options, Lightroom can sometimes be very difficult to work in for those with screens smaller than 15 inches. The folks at LRPAD must have realized this as well, because their new app offers some serious alleviation to the classic crowded-screen problem.