All Blog Posts Tagged 'photography' (1,056)

Brooklyn, New York-based photographer Dustin Cantrell just wrote to us to tell us about a beautiful new set of photos he took of New York's Central Park after the recent blizzard. The massive snowstorm, nicknamed Nemo by The Weather Channel, was caused by the collision of two weather systems, from the west and the south.

Captured yesterday, these breathtaking shots give us a…

Peter Jamus is a young photographer based in Minneapolis, Minnesota who has created a stunning set of images that bring new meaning to the phrase "surrendering to nature." Taken from two of his portfolios, Environmental Portraits and Reactions to Space, the photos show the beauty and grandeur of nature in a powerfully poetic way. For instance, in Chasing Sunsets (above), a…

We've featured the whimsical light installations of Norway-based photographer Rune Guneriussen several times on My Modern Met. In fact, starting back in 2010 (and then in 2011 and…

Since we last checked in with Hawaii-based photographer Sarah Lee, she's taken a relaxing vacation in Australia, shot multiple weddings, including one right here in California, and even received an award for her work. Of course, somewhere along the way, she found time to shoot…

While fancy DSLRs are all the rage, you don't have to pay big bucks to take creative photos like this. The SuperSampler is a small, lightweight, 35mm film camera that shoots four sequential panoramic shots. Just pull a ripcord, press a button and that's it. The Supersampler shoots in two speeds - 4 photos in 2 seconds (.50sec/photo) or 4 photos in 0.2 seconds…

Out of the over 122,000 entries received from 170 countries, the Sony World Photography Awards has now shortlisted a few hundreds incredible entries in their prestigious photo competition. The highest number of submissions to date, the competition was fierce as judges had to select those photographs that stood out the most for their impressive high quality, originality and modern appeal.

The entries were divided into three distinct categories - professional, open and…

Prejudice



Though Budapest, Hungary-based photographer Noell S. Oszvald currently has only 22 total photos on her Flickr page, they're all so incredibly powerful, you could spend hours looking at each one. The 22-year-old started taking photos a little over a year ago, though you wouldn't know that she was so new to photography by looking at her stunning…

Inspired by Natsumi Hayashi, the sweet-looking Japanese girl who captured millions of hearts with her lovely levitating self-portraits, graphic designer Halno has taken his own set of whimsical photos. Shared on Instagram, the photos show the Japanese hipster flying on his broomstick alongside…

Like a beautiful love letter, self-taught photographer Fabio Sabatini takes gorgeous portraits of his wife Alessandra. With her beautiful blond hair and her sparkling blue eyes, Alessandra makes for the perfect subject, which is why it comes as no surprise that Sabatini has taken over 500 photos of her.

His most stunning photos are the ones under the series titled…

With a career that spans over sixty years, Elliott Erwitt has become one of the most celebrated photographers of our time. Famous for taking candid photographs, he has a style that is instantly recognizable. Though he's shot iconic portraits of everyone from Marilyn Monroe to Jackie Kennedy, it's his ability to capture the whimsy of everyday life that sets him apart from the rest. While…

Over the last few years, we've seen Navid Baraty take on some incredibly amazing projects, like his dizzying Intersection | NYC series. Towards the end of last year, the series got even more…

Warning. Viewing these photos may make you want to A) Leave your desk job to pursue a career in extreme sports B) Jump in a kayak and plummet down a waterfall or C) Buy a fearless-looking, jet-skiing labradoodle (see last photo). As long as that's out of the way, may we now present you with another amazing set of crazy perspective photos taken with a GoPro…

Dutch-born photographer Marsel van Oosten has won numerous awards for his nature photos including Nature Photographer of the Year in the International Photography Awards, First Prize in the European Wildlife Photographer of the Year competition and Third Prize in the BBC Wildlife Photographer of the Year Awards. Look through his 500px…

As we here in Southern California complain about how chilly it is at 69 degrees, folks all over the Midwest and Northeast are suffering from extremely bone chilling weather. As we all know, London is a major metropolitan city that's used to freezing winters, so it comes as no surprise that someone there decided to "play" in the snow. On Tuesday, this snowman was spotted sitting on a bench at Hampstead…

You could say that photographer Scott Rinckenberger was training for his job long before he ever picked up a camera. He's been skiing his whole life but it was just a few years ago that he decided to leave ski resorts behind to concentrate on what he calls "the wilderness."

"It's the place that I've been able to get to on my skis since then that has inspired this project,"…

What is about superheroes that make them the topic of so many of our posts? (See here, here and…

Welcome to the rich and dark world of Helen Sobiralski. Just last year, the Berlin, Germany-based photographer won several awards for her original series about opulence and abundance titled Cockaignesque. Inspired by Baroque still-life paintings, she constructed highly dramatic scenes like the one above, which shows a perfectly coiffed woman with candle…

If you get a chance to travel to England, don't just visit a major metropolitan city like London, head further south to witness one of the most beautiful destinations in the world. The highest chalk sea cliff in the UK at an astounding 530 feet, Beachy Head promises to be an experience you won't ever forget, especially for those that enjoy natural phenomena or don't mind that nauseous…

Though Richard Heeks first caught the world's attention when he captured the exact moment when a bubble bursts (see Reflection Perfect, immediately below), you'd be surprised to find out that the Huddersfield, UK-based photographer…

Carra Sykes, a photographer/graphic designer/artist from North Carolina, has created an amazing series of photos focusing on her and her mother. The series was inspired by her "uncle always joking with my mom and asking her if she is wearing my clothes". It's not only an extremely fun series, but it also shows an intimate glance into who they both are and their strong…