Photographer

Photography originally established itself without color, but with the arrival of colors in the 1890s, monochrome pictures slowly disappeared. It is still practiced today but is only popular among a niche set of photographers. As a non-photographer myself, I use smartphones to capture photos, so the art of monochrome photography was unknown to me. That is until I used the Xiaomi 13 Pro and its Leica-powered cameras, which not only introduced me to the style but made me a better photographer overall. The many…

National Geographic announced the winning photographs from its first "Pictures of the Year" photo competition.The contest, which opened to U.S. residents in early December, invited readers to submit a digital photograph in one of four categories: nature, people, places and animals.The contest required that photographs be largely unaltered. According to the rules, "only minor burning, dodging and/or color correction is acceptable, as is minor cropping." Photos with other changes are "unacceptable and ... ineligible for a…

For anyone who's looking to buy a smartphone with a great camera, the iPhone is the first option that comes to mind in most cases. Known for their quality of hardware and optimization of software, iPhones have some of the best camera systems in the smartphone industry. Despite not boasting a ridiculously high megapixel count on paper, there are not many phones which can stand side-by-side with iPhones in terms of image quality. Although iPhones can take stellar pictures, they cannot perform magic. So, if you lack the…

Get our free weekly email for all the latest cinematic news from our film critic Clarisse LoughreyGet our The Life Cinematic email for freeIt’s hard to quite comprehend the scale of the North American opioid crisis. The rise of the hyper-addictive prescription painkiller OxyContin – a “blockbuster drug”, in putrid Big Pharma parlance – has led to more than 600,000 deaths in the US and Canada since 1999. Experts have predicted that as many as 1.2 million more people may die from opioid overdoses by the end of the decade.…

Apple CEO Tim Cook tweeted a Diwali image captured by Mumbai-based photographer Apeksha Makar, saying this photo truly depicts what the 'festival of light' is for millions in the country as well as abroad.Shot on an iPhone, the image showed a woman's henna-coloured hands enclosing a "diya" or earthen lamp."This photo beautifully captures why Diwali is known as the Festival of Lights. Wishing all who celebrate a holiday full of joy and prosperity. #ShotoniPhone by Apeksha Maker," Cook tweeted.Apeksha said: "Humbled &…

Now in its 58th year, the Wildlife Photographer of the Year is one of the world's longest running photography competitions, and this year's extraordinary winners cover everything from a surreal visit to an abandoned village now populated by polar bears to a spectacular close-up look at a strange bee mating behavior.Run by the Natural History Museum in London, the Wildlife Photographer of the Year competition spans 19 different categories, including Urban Wildlife, Wetlands, Animal Portraits and Invertebrate Behaviors.…

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The winner of the 2022 Astronomy Photographer of the Year contest is an extraordinary shot of a rarely seen "disconnection event" when solar winds break off a part of a comet’s tail. The image is just one highlight of many in the worlds most prestigious astrophotography contest.“Once again, we’ve had a great year for astrophotography, and the entrants have produced amazing images for the competition,” said Ed Bloomer, an astronomer at Royal Observatory Greenwich. “The standard is incredibly high. It was really satisfying…

William Klein, an American photographer whose innovative portraiture style strongly influenced fashion and street photography in the second half of the 20th century, has died at 96. Klein died Saturday in Paris, his son, Pierre Klein, said in a statement Monday. Born in New York City in 1926 to Hungarian Jewish parents, Klein grew up in Manhattan and studied sociology at the City College of New York. After serving in Europe with the U.S. Army during World War II, he moved to Paris to study…

An Anna’s hummingbird is curious about these water droplets.Photo: Parham PourahmadEvery Fall, the Bird Photographer of the Year competition celebrates the diversity and beauty of the creatures that constitute class Aves. The contest is open to hobbyists around the globe, and in 2022 entrants submitted over 20,000 images of feathered friends of all kinds: Some swim, some soar, some burrow, and they are all actually dinosaurs.The competition, sponsored by optics and camera companies, supports the avian conservation charity…