Jason Simpson Summer is here and in the Southern United States, that means rain, generous drops, rumbling thunder, and humidity. But elsewhere, summer is the beach, the pool, or a walk on a pier. Summer is also fireworks—and lots of them. This week’s challenge asked readers to submit photos that showed what summer is to… Continue reading Summer fun in the sun: Our favorite reader-submitted Photos of the Day
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Summer’s ‘here’ and we want to see your best photos of warm-weather fun
Marissa Wu Although the official start of summer is still a few weeks over yonder, let’s just agree that Memorial Day Weekend is the unofficial kickoff of sunny season. We fire up the grills, add a new pool noodle to the collection, and put root beer floats back on our menus. To celebrate, this week’s… Continue reading Summer’s ‘here’ and we want to see your best photos of warm-weather fun
Freeze! This week’s best reader-submitted Photos of the Day
Anthony R Gargano Candid photos may conjure up that really unflattering picture your uncle took at your wedding with his shiny new camera. The angle is wrong, he’s somehow added 50 pounds to everyone, and the facial expressions…well, we don’t need to say any more about that. However, great candid images do exist—case in point,… Continue reading Freeze! This week’s best reader-submitted Photos of the Day
The decisive moment: Show us your best candid photos
Marissa Wu The decisive moment is one of my favorite photography concepts. It involves not only being in the right place, at the right time but also having the reflexes and expert compositional skills to tell a compelling story, one that’s often over as soon as the shutter clicks. No doubt the master and pioneer… Continue reading The decisive moment: Show us your best candid photos
Photo Of The Day By Stan Bysshe
Photo By Stan Bysshe Today’s Photo Of The Day is “Noisy Young Tern” by Stan Bysshe. Location: Long Island, New York. Want to get your images in the running for a Photo of the Day feature? Photo of the Day is chosen from various galleries, including Assignments, Galleries and Contests. Assignments have weekly winners that are featured on… Continue reading Photo Of The Day By Stan Bysshe
In the absence of color, the story shines: our favorite reader-submitted B&W images
Oletta State Park, North Miami Beach, shot on Rollei IR film with a Yashica FR. Neal Martin Dorst The photographer Ted Grant once said that if you photograph in color, you photograph someone’s clothes. But if you photograph in B&W, you photograph their soul. Whether or not the subject is human, it’s true that B&W… Continue reading In the absence of color, the story shines: our favorite reader-submitted B&W images
B&W challenge: Channel the early greats, show us your best monochrome photos
Marissa Wu B&W photography is having a moment—with historic German film manufacturer Orwo releasing a new monochrome film stock (the brand’s first in 50 years), and Wes Anderson filming parts of “The French Dispatch” on B&W motion picture stock, there is definitely a nostalgic appeal that beckons artists—film and digital shooters alike—to eschew color in… Continue reading B&W challenge: Channel the early greats, show us your best monochrome photos
Get groovy: We want to see your best instant photos
Celebrate the Land Camera’s 50th birthday with an instant photo. Marissa Wu Last week, the legendary Polaroid SX-70 Land Camera celebrated its 50th birthday. Debuting in 1972, the camera represented instant photography at its finest—and it remains well-loved to this day, with a cult following. To celebrate the Land Camera’s anniversary, this week’s Photos of… Continue reading Get groovy: We want to see your best instant photos
Honey, I shrunk the kids: Our favorite reader-submitted macro images
Raymond Choo Inspired by the recent Apple Macro Challenge, this week we asked PopPhoto readers to get small and search for the detail in their everyday. In the rote of daily life, it‘s easy to forget that beauty is all around—and much of it is teeny-tiny or nearly invisible to the naked eye. This week’s… Continue reading Honey, I shrunk the kids: Our favorite reader-submitted macro images
The devil’s in the details: Show us your best macro shots
Show us your best macro shots. Abigail Ferguson Congratulations to the photographers who made it into last week’s Photo of the Day gallery. The breathtaking images paid a fitting tribute to Earth Day with majestic mountains, bellicose flames, tranquil waters, and more. For this week, the PopPhoto editors are challenging you to get small. As… Continue reading The devil’s in the details: Show us your best macro shots