Like the other challenges that have swept Facebook and social media — the Ice Bucket Challenge, the Mannequin Challenge, and so on — the Black & White challenge is difficult to miss if you spend any time online. The premise is simple: take a black & white photo every day for seven days, no people, […]

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Sony’s a7R III is the much-anticipated next generation in their a7 series of full-frame mirrorless cameras, which have become nothing short of a modern legend and the only legitimate competition to Nikon and Canon’s iconic full-frame DSLRs. The a7R II was a massive jump from the a7R for night photography, as it introduced sensor-based image […]

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A brilliant starry night sky or an enchanted moonlit landscape photo isn’t out-of-reach. It can seem like you need an expensive camera, specialized equipment, and years of experience to bring the stars out or light up moonlit terrain, but in reality any basic DSLR or mirrorless camera can get the job done and it’s not […]

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Fog can be an incredible visual. Hollywood knows – it’s used extensively to add to the drama of a noir scene or an action thriller, for example. And artificial fog is prevalent in live performing arts for the same reason. You won’t have the fog at your disposal every day and everywhere, but when you […]

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“City lighting is meant to light up objects in much the same way you would light a still life or a stage set. Coupled with the pink light emitted by the odd sodium vapor street lights, Easton becomes a silent city of lit stages, all in unreal color and shadow.” For over a year Peter […]

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This is a guest post by Brennan Anderson of Brennan Anderson Photography, a Chicago-based portrait and urban landscape photographer.  Growing up in the vanilla suburbs of St. Paul, Minnesota, I jumped at the rare opportunity to pack my DSLR, hop in the family Volvo and photograph the dynamic streets of downtown Minneapolis. My current situation is […]

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Emmanuel Monzon hails from France, where he studied art at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts, Paris. Sometime between then and now, he moved to Singapore and then to Seattle, and also made a transition from contemporary painting to photography, while still making use of his classical art school training in his work. Upon moving to the US, […]

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Streetlights are the driving force behind nighttime street scenes and how they make us feel. The way streetlights spread their light, the shadows they cast, and the colors they bring out affect everything else nearby, setting the tone of the scene. As a night photographer, streetlights can either be your best friend or worst foe: a […]

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Nicholas Koh shared an engaging and surreal set of photographs he took in Singapore, titled Past Your Bedtime, with us. Nicholas, who started out with digital photography, decided to challenge himself by shooting exclusively with push-processed film for this project. By pushing his Ilford HP5+ film to extreme levels (up to ISO 6400 equiv.), he made […]

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So far we’ve interviewed four diverse photographers, and gotten a glimpse into the unique ways they think and create art. They work in different environments, and have vastly different styles. Some are in their element in the concrete jungle, surrounded by buildings on either side or with sweeping overpasses soaring overhead. Others are in the zone when […]

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