Close

Member Login

Invalid username or password.
Incorrect Login. Please try again.

Not a member?

Sign up and join a community that's passionate about exploring the world of photography.

News

What's happening now in the world of photography

Most Recent: 

  • We're Looking for a Few Green Photographers

    I don’t like giving away too much information about upcoming issues of American Photo. But I can tell you that our September/October issue is going to be devoted in large part to the issue of the environment and what photographers are doing to help save the planet. For the past several months I’ve been on the lookout for photographers who have created “green” businesses. I’ve turned up a few, mostly from the San Francisco Bay Area, where businesses can earn a green certification from local governments. I want to find green photographers in other parts of the country, too.
    • By Popphoto Staff on May 30, 2007

    Related Topics:

  • World's Oldest Camera Fetches $800K

    Bids came from around the world for the daguerreotype, said by an expert to be the only remaining Susse Freres model.
    • By Popphoto Staff on May 30, 2007

    Photographer Matthias Bruggman tipped us off to this story about the world's oldest camera being auctioned off in Europe for 600,000 euros, or about $800,000.The daguerreotype camera, made by French firm Susse
    Freres no later than 1839, was found in a German attic and sold at a
    Vienna auction house.

    Related Topics:

  • Tip of the Day:Colorful Close Up

    When you’re shooting macro pictures, a background of a contrasting color can make your pictures look great. Here’s a background you already own that can reproduce literally thousands of colors: your computer monitor. The larger, the better. Use image-editing software to create a full screen in almost any color, and then put your close-up subject 2 or 3 inches in front of it. Just watch out for reflections. — Reader Tip From Geng Li, Brooklyn, NY
    • By Popphoto Staff on May 30, 2007


    When you’re shooting macro pictures, a background of a contrasting color can make your pictures look great.

    Related Topics:

  • This Just In: Fujifilm FinePix IS-1

    When you open as many boxes as we do, it sometimes becomes routine. So routine that you just open the box without looking to see whom it came from. It's sort of like a game, can we figure out what type of camera it is by just looking at the accessories? This camera came in with the usual accessories (batteries, lenshood, strap, cables, CD software and cap), plus something else. That something else is a Peca 900 filter and a Peca 916 cut filter. We knew then that this was no ordinary point and shoot camera—this camera was different.
    • By Popphoto Staff on May 29, 2007


    When you open as many boxes as we do, it sometimes becomes routine.

    Related Topics:

  • Gasp! Celebrity Photos Retouched--Again!

    At any rate, this kind of manipulation needs to be seen in context. A news magazine cover shot of an actual event of notable person (O.J. Simpson, for instance) should not be manipulated. The cover of a celebrity magazine is more akin to a movie poster--it's a manufactured image meant to sell. --David Schonauer
    • By Popphoto Staff on May 29, 2007

    Related Topics:

  • Tip of the Day: Silence the Wind

    If you’ve visited YouTube, you know of the hordes of snap-shooters using digital compacts to make videos. While these cameras offer good image quality, and can be super-compact, their audio pickup leaves something to be desired, especially when shooting in windy conditions. To control wind noise, I made a windscreen for my compact’s microphone from the gauze-like padding of an adhesive bandage. Taped over the mic’s tiny port, the “screen” does an admirable job of muffling, even eliminating, the sound of wind from my videos. —Reader Tip From Stephen Uber, Manchester, CT
    • By Popphoto Staff on May 29, 2007


    If you’ve visited YouTube, you know of the hordes of snap-shooters using digital compacts to make videos.

    Related Topics:

  • What the Duck

    (click to view at full size)Check out more photography-related comics by Aaron Johnson updated regularly at www.whattheduck.net
    • By Popphoto Staff on May 29, 2007

    (click to view at full size)Check out more photography-related comics by Aaron Johnson updated regularly at www.whattheduck.net

    Related Topics:

  • Why We Don't See the Real Story from Iraq

    As he points out, the number of journalists covering the war is going down, and those who remain have been because of violence, rarely seeing face-to-face what combat soldiers are doing.
    • By Popphoto Staff on May 28, 2007

    Related Topics:

  • Aperture Event: May 29

    Don't miss this talk and book signing with Elena Dorfman, whose recent book Fandomania: Characters and Cosplay is a fascinating look at people who The images transcend oddity voyeurism by excavating the individuals under layers of makeup and paint and bubble-gum colored fabrics, and exploring their own struggles with identity. 6:30 pmAperture Gallery547 W. 27th St., 4th FloorNYC
    • By Popphoto Staff on May 28, 2007


    Don't miss this talk and book signing with Elena Dorfman, whose recent book Fandomania: Charact

    Related Topics:

  • Letter of the Week: Listen to This

    This is all without ever pulling your camera out of your bag. Giving trinkets to kids is certainly a way to get them to pose, but it sets a very bad precedence. It has reached such epic proportions in Nepal that they sell shirts stating,
    • By Popphoto Staff on May 25, 2007


    Dear Editor,

    Related Topics: