Part of making a refined image in the studio is separating your subject from the background, notes YouTuber John Gress, who shows you how to do just that with kicker lights—accent light that helps to highlight the edges of the subject. Read the full Story >>
An estimated 23 million American households adopted dogs during the pandemic, but the hot dogs being grabbed were for the most part young and fluffy. Steve Greig, an accountant for an oil-and-gas company, adopts senior dogs that aren’t as popular, notes The New Yorker, which profiles Greig (with images by David Williams). Greig shares his home with a ten-pack of last-chance creatures, including Edsel, a dog with bulging eyes and a wayward lower fang. Greig compares him to an Australian wombat. Read the full Story >>
After an uprising on TikTok and Instagram, artist Gala Knörr has apologized for copying the work of Brooklyn-based photographer dayday, notes PetaPixel. The online controversy started when Knörr announced in an Instagram post that her paintings would be on display at Guggenheim Museum Bilbao this summer, including her painting “Young Cowboy Gazing.” Social media users noted that Knörr’s painting is nearly identical to an image captured by dayday in a still from their 2022 short film Blue. Read the full Story >>
Since the invention of the camera, women photographers have been key innovators in the medium and members of all major photography movements, notes Thames & Hudson, publisher of the book A World History of Women Photographers. Photo historian Luce Lebart and Marie Robert, chief curator at the Musée d’Orsay, invited 160 women writers from around the world to contribute to the compendium of photographers who have broken down social boundaries and challenged gender roles. Read the full Story >>
