Photographer and YouTuber Justin Mott looks at tons of photo websites and keeps seeing the same mistakes. Before you start thinking about how to build your website, you should ask yourself, what is the purpose of your website going to be, he says. Read the full Story >>
As the Italian photographer Paolo Pellegrin creates his acclaimed work, he grapples with more than creative challenges, notes The New Yorker in a profile. He has glaucoma, and without the eyedrops he uses, his optic nerve would deteriorate under pressure inside his eyes; the blackness that occludes his peripheral vision would continue to encroach. He was in his early 30s when he noticed changes in his vision—he knew only that he was experiencing an abnormal sensitivity to light. Read the full Story >>
An astrophotographer is facing two years imprisonment after he admitted to defrauding and stealing from a professional photographer’s association in Australia, reports PetaPixel. Mark Culley used his Photoshop skills to forge bank statements and financial reports to fake the signature of an accountant in order to steal a total of $16,120 over the course of three years. Culley, from Queensland, Australia, abused his position of trust as the president and treasurer of the Professional Photographers’ Association of Queensland. Read the full Story >>
Our home galaxy shines in the Milky Way Photographer of the Year collection from Capture the Atlas, which has gathered together a collection of the best Milky Way astrophotography of the year. The contest doesn’t feature a single winner or category winners—there are 25 photos taken by 25 photographers from different parts of the world. This year the choices include images taken in 12 countries, from the U.S. and New Zealand to Chile, Egypt, France, Slovakia, Japan, and China. See also: My Modern Met. Read the full Story >>
