It's called "The Nutcracker." And it will make you laugh. Photographer Ken Jensen's photo of a male golden silk monkey in Yunnan, China, has been named the top winner of the 2021 Comedy Wildlife Photography Awards because it seems to depict...well, just what the title implies. The awards, which were founded in 2015 to help support conservation causes, have grown in popularity over the … Read the full Story >>
Your job as a photographer is very much a real job, no matter what your lame Uncle Earl may imply at this year’s holiday gathering. But how do you keep your business afloat? YouTuber Lizzie Peirce has a new video offering ideas for nine revenue streams that will allow you and your employees to eat and pay taxes. For instance, sponsorships. She also sells digital products. And then there’s adsense—income from ads on her social platforms. Read the full Story >>
In 1909 two wildlife expeditions arrived in Mombasa, Kenya, within days of each other. One was led by Theodore Roosevelt, former U.S. president and avid big-game hunter; the other group was headed by Cherry Kearton, a British bird photographer. The two men struck up an unlikely friendship and Kearton even captured film footage of Roosevelt, notes The Guardian. Kearton’s work as a pioneer of nature photography is being celebrated in an exhibition at the Royal Geographical Society, London, from December 14 to 20. Read the full Story >>
Instagram has quietly rolled out a pop-up over the past year that encourages users to “try a new account,” reports The Wall Street Journal. The notice says it will help people “keep up with a smaller group of friends” and explore their interests more easily. Users have a choice of whether to link accounts—treating the second account as an extension of their first, like a new viewer profile in Netflix—or as a totally separate account with its own login. The Post looks at why Meta, Instagram’s owner, is pushing second accounts. PetaPixel notes that the company makes more money on new accounts than on older ones. Read the full Story >>
