Popular Photography Subscribe

Photo by Andy BiggsWith The Canon PIXMA PRO-100 Professional Inkjet Printer Andy Biggs has turned his lifelong passion for the outdoors into a full-time profession conducting widely acclaimed photo safaris of the wild places of Africa, and taking pictures that capture their untamed grandeur. His moving photographs of the Serengeti and surrounding areas reveal its expansive terrain, rich wildlife, and people with uncommon emotional depth. Photo by: Andy Biggs Untold Stories read moreread more     show less

Photo by Paul HansenEven though the accusations against this year's winners were eventually disproved, next year's rules will be more strict Earlier this year, the the World Press Photo Awards winner was the target of a scandal, with widespread claims of the final image being overly manipulated. While an expert outside judge eventually ruled that it was within the bounds of the contest, next year's entrants into the competition are likely to face more stringent rules. Photo by: Paul Hansen WPP winner read moreread more     show less

Photo by N.A.Sharp, NOAO/NSO/Kitt Peak FTS/AURA/NSFEver wondered what exactly makes up sunlight? As we all likely remember from high school physics, white light can be broken up into constituent colors, the components of the rainbow. But have you ever wanted a high quality, very accurate take on that? To see how much of each color comes out of the light from our Sun? That's exactly what this image shows. Photo by: N.A.Sharp, NOAO/NSO/Kitt Peak FTS/AURA/NSF sun spectrum read moreread more     show less

With smartphone photography improving in leaps and bounds, what's your workflow like to get the best image possible? It's hard to deny that smartphone photography is an increasingly valid pursuit. Gadgets like the Nokia Lumia 1020 radically push how much camera you can squeeze in a smartphone, and the iPhone 5S has a pretty solid set of new photography tools. But for those of you who are serious about shooting images from your iPhone, what do you use as a workflow? What apps do you use to take the photo, edit it, and share? Photo by: Popular Photography Magazine Editor iphone 5s flash read moreread more     show less

Facebook is huge. How huge? Try wrapping your head around this website of the faces of the more than 1.2 billion members The Faces of Facebook is exactly what you think it would be. It's all of the faces of people on Facebook. That's right, all 1.27 billion members of the largest social network on the planet — all presented in the order that they joined. Photo by: Popular Photography Magazine Editor facesoffacebook read moreread more     show less

Tenba's newest round of messenger bags are even better suited for city streets Tenba has announced a new pair of messenger bags, designed to be weather proof, safety conscious, and versatile enough for multiple types of use. Dubbed the Tenba Messenger DNA bags, they're expected out for sale at the end of the month. The Messenger DNA bags will come in two sizes: Photo by: Popular Photography Magazine Editor tenba messenger dna read moreread more     show less

Imagine a wide-angle lens that's 1/10 of what you currently stick on your camera Researchers at the UCSD Jacobs School of Engineering are creating a totally new take on a wide-angle lens, one that's small enough to fit on a smartphone, but has the optical potential to rival anything you strap to an SLR. Photo by: Popular Photography Magazine Editor ucsd wide-angle read moreread more     show less

The National Media Museum has put together a look at the photos from the first widespread consumer camera Just over 125 years ago, George Eastman patented the very first of the Kodak cameras, the Kodak Box. Soon after, a slightly improved version called the Kodak No. 1 was released, and it brought semi-affordable photography to the people for the very first time. Photo by: Popular Photography Magazine Editor kodak no 1 read moreread more     show less

A New Jersey man stands accused of scamming $140,000 from 38 couples, and never delivering their wedding photos Wedding photography is a difficult business. It requires a lot of work from photographers, from the ceremony itself, to the hours spent in retouching and editing. And with the accompanying high prices, wedding couples rightly expect a high quality final product. But how would you feel if you spent $7,000 on a photographer, and then the photos never arrived? That's exactly what happened with 38 couples in New Jersey, who were scammed by Michael De Rubeis. Photo by: Popular Photography Magazine Editor scammer photographer read moreread more     show less

Thanks to Nik's skills, Google+ now handles RAW files that much better Google has tapped into the impressive skills it obtained after purchasing Nik Software, and has overhauled how the social network handles RAW files. Google+ can now take photos from more than 70 different cameras, and convert them more accurately to JPEG natively.   If, for whatever reason, you prefer to upload your photos to share in their RAW form, you can now just upload them directly to Google+, and let the site just crunch the numbers for you. Photo by: Popular Photography Magazine Editor google plus raw read moreread more     show less