With over 500 million active users, Instagram is one of the fastest growing social media platforms and they are continuing to add new features that give users the ability to expand their reach with more great content and stories for their followers. With photos being the central focus on Instagram, many photographers have naturally gravitated […]
Photographers
Light Paralysis: Photographing Yoga with LEDs
A 2010 graduate of UC Santa Cruz in Film and Digital Media, Caryn Sandoval was tossed into the recession with a degree and love for photography that led to many dead ends. She worked hard to make ends meet by shooting images for small business and individual projects, but the lack of consistent, interesting work […]
Shadows and Silhouettes: Berlin Street Photography by Joerg Nicht
Berlin-based photographer Joerg Nicht’s passion for street photography goes back to his childhood. As a kid, he would browse photography magazines and gaze at classic street shots, fascinated by how these photos told stories of street life. He started taking photos at the age of 12 and has been a street photographer ever since. Morning […]
Amazing Photos of Foxes by Mary Lee Agnew
Mary Lee Agnew is sometimes called the ‘fox photographer’ for a good reason. She has a remarkable collection of fox photos she’s slowly built up from the hours (and hours) she’s spent observing urban foxes. Though she enjoys photographing other urban wildlife too, foxes are her favorite. “I learn something new every time I am […]
Gorgeous Photos of the Trossachs, Scotland by John McSporran
John McSporran has a passion for landscape photography, especially Scottish landscapes. He has a beautiful collection of photos from the Trossachs, a picturesque area with lakes, glens, and rugged mountain views. We asked John about his photography background and experience photographing the Trossachs. After reading his answers, you might want to book a trip to Scotland […]
Dawn to Dusk at Mt. Rainier National Park: Photos by Sveta Imnadze
Sveta Imnadze began taking photography seriously about 6 years ago, after her first visit to Mt Rainier National Park. It started with a photo contest she saw posted at the Mt Rainier visitor information center. To enter the contest, she had to submit photos through Flickr, a new community for her. At that time, she […]
Awesome Long-Exposure Photos by Marco Battini
Marco Battini has been taking photos ever since he was a kid, using his father’s Pentax MX to capture holidays with his family. He later upgraded to digital photography (with his own camera) in 2007, when he moved to Amsterdam. “That’s where my real adventure in photography started,” Marco says. Amsterdam offered plenty of beautiful […]
1 Dog, 52 Weeks: Inspiring Photo Project by Claudia Künkel
Browse through photographer Claudia Künkel’s Flickr photostream, and you’ll soon notice her love for Blanca, a dog she adopted about 5 years ago. Although Claudia doesn’t only photograph her dog, she did embark on a year-long project that revolved around getting great shots of Blanca. At the end of those 52 weeks, she had an awesome collection of […]
The City in Black and White: Urban Photography by Thorsten Koch
Thorsten Koch is a German photographer based in Dusseldorf whose work captures the atmosphere of a European city. Many of his pictures focus on an individual, giving the city a solitary feeling despite the crowds. Each person is caught in his/her own world: thinking, waiting, going someplace alone. The majority of his images are also […]
Beautiful Photos of British Landscapes by Anthony Young
Anthony Young has two passions: photography and hiking (or ‘hill walking’ in the UK). Although photography was his first love, the two have become almost inseparable. He began hill walking simply to get great landscape photos, but it soon became something he enjoyed as much as photography. He now has a blog documenting his walks […]