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  • Images of the Year 2006: Wedding/Portrait

    Ted Sabarese from New York City is the wedding/portrait winner.

    • By American Photo Staff on December 16, 2008

    Ted Sabarese
    New York City
    After seeing this series of portraits by New York-based photographer Ted Sabarese, our judges asked the most obvious question: "I wonder what his nose looks like?" Upon telling Sabarese that he'd won our wedding/portrait category, we put the question to him.
    "Oh, I've got a big Italian schnoz," he replied. "I guess you could tell that was my inspiration."

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  • Images of the Year 2006: Personal Work

    Aaron Hawks takes top honors in the personal work category.

    • By American Photo Staff on December 16, 2008

    Aaron Hawks
    Berkeley, California

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  • Images of the Year 2006: Advertising

    Vincent Dixon takes the top prize for his Wonderbra campaign for Publicis.

    • On December 16, 2008

    Vincent Dixon
    New York City
    Not many ad campaigns turn the viewer into a character, as this one does. Who could you be, to garner so much attention simply by walking into a hip restaurant? The meaning of the scene becomes clear when you learn who the client is: Wonderbra.

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  • Images of the Year 2006: Editorial

    London-based Julia Fullerton-Batten is the winner in the editorial category.

    • By American Photo Staff on December 16, 2008

    Julia Fullerton-Batten
    London, England
    As an assignment for the men's lifestyle magazine Best Life, Julia Fullerton-Batten was given the phrase "I hate daddy" and asked to come up with a striking image. What you see here is the result.

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  • Images of the Year 2006: Photojournalism/Documentary

    Ghada Khunji, a native of Bahrain now based in Brooklyn, is the grand prize
    winner in American Photo's Images of the Year competition.

    • On December 16, 2008

    Ghada Khunji
    Brooklyn, New York
    Photographer Ghada Khunji shot these scenes of an evangelical church in Virginia as part of a large project to document out-of-the-ordinary places and people across the United States. "My inspiration is Diane Arbus," says Khunji, who studied photography at Parsons School of Design and the International Center of Photography. "I like to shoot things that are a little bit different."

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  • DSLR Basic Training

    Five simple drills to move you up the ranks from recruit and put you in
    control of your camera.

    • By Debbie Grossman on December 16, 2008

    So you finally put away your point-and-shoot and got yourself a gen-u-ine DSLR. Good for you! But, Buck Private, if you've still got it set on the "green zone" -- the fully automatic mode -- you're shootin' like a civilian. Sure, the pictures you take with your new camera are better than any you've gotten before, but it's time to take charge and learn what great photos you can get when you're the one in control. Do these five drills to get started, and don't worry, we'll go easy on ya.
    Get with the program

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  • Digital Toolbox: RAW Recipes

    An easy step-by-step recipe to get you cookin' with RAW.

    • By Debbie Grossman on December 16, 2008

    You hear it all the time: For better images and more control, shoot RAW. Why? Because when you shoot JPEGs, all your decisions about brightness, contrast, white balance, and more are written into the file forever.
    But with RAW you can adjust those things later with conversion software. If you have Photoshop CS or later, try Adobe's Camera RAW to do the processing. To get into the program, double-click a RAW image in Adobe Bridge, or, from Photoshop, go to File > Open, and choose a RAW file.

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  • Secrets of Killer Concert Photos Revealed

    A pro walks you through shooting live music in small- to medium-sized venues.

    • By Jamie Howard on December 16, 2008

    A lover of live music since his teens, Jamie Howard began shooting concerts in Galway, Ireland over ten years ago. After honing his skills, he began selling to local clubs and acts, leading to his current positions as a house photographer at the Roisin Dubh in Galway and as regular contributor to Hot Press, Ireland's famed music magazine. Howard also freelances in other areas of photography (portraiture, still-life, and fine art) and has had several exhibitions. In this article, he describes in detail how he tackled three very different concerts and how he made his shots at each.

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  • Fighting AIDS Through Photography

    To honor World AIDS Day, Dec. 1, PopPhoto.com would like to recognize some of
    the individuals and institutions working to fight the global AIDS crisis
    using photography.

    • By Lori Fredrickson on December 16, 2008

    Since it was first recognized in the early 1980s, AIDS has caused the death of more than 25 million people. Today, it is estimated that close to 40 million people worldwide are living with the disease, many without access to reliable medical care.
    On World AIDS Day, Dec. 1, organizations internationally will be holding events to pay tribute to those who have died or are struggling with the disease today, and to raise awareness and support for a greater global response.

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  • How to Shoot Museum Quality Images

    You don't need lots of training and an expensive apparatus to take great
    architectural shots. Just spend time finding the right angles.

    • By Bill Falk on December 16, 2008

    Few types of photography are more specialized than shooting architecture. The pros use complex, large-format cameras with distortion-free and perspective-controlling lenses that cost thousands of dollars, and their careers usually start with years of apprenticeship to other pros.

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