Forced perspective, also known as the “trick angle” is a technique that employs optical illusion to make an object appear farther away, closer, larger, or smaller than it actually is. It is used primarily in photography, filmmaking, and architecture. It manipulates human visual perception through the use of scaled objects and the correlation between them …
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10 Tips to Help You Choose the Best Camera for Landscape Photography
Taking photos can be a fun hobby but it is also a serious profession for others. Whether you are looking for a camera under $200 or something a little more professional-grade, there are a million questions. What is the best camera for landscape photography? The best camera for landscape photography can depend on just what …
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Moon looks like Saturn in this amazing photo
Amateur astrophotographer Francisco Sojuel took an amazing photo of our satellite: because of the clouds, the Moon looks like Saturn – as if it is attempting to impersonate the ringed planet.
Astrophotographer created a spectacular image of the Moon combining 100,000 photos
Astrophotographer Andrew McCarthy created a spectacular image of the Moon’s surface in great detail by combining 100,000 long-exposure photos.
This is probably the most beautiful Solar Eclipse photo ever
More than a year ago, on Monday, August 21, around 2 million to 7.4 million Americans traveled to see the first total solar eclipse in 99 years to go coast to coast in the United States. Photographer Jon Carmichael chose another way. He got aboard a Southwest Airlines aircraft and captured the Great American Total Solar Eclipse …
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How to teach photography to the kids? 5 essential tips
The majority of children these days, spend time using gadgets like mobile phones, tablets, and computers. This makes them lethargic at an early age and also leads to slower metabolism causing obesity. It also slows them down mentally, hampers their creativity, and impacts their overall development. Due to staying indoors all the time, children become …
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Photographer catches NASA’s Mars InSight Lander launch
On May 5, 2018, NASA’s robotic Mars lander, InSight, which designed to study the interior of Mars, was launched from Vandenberg Air Force Base space launch complex 3-East. This was the first American interplanetary mission to launch from California. Andy Fortson, an adventure and lifestyle photographer based in Los Angeles, California has photographed the launch …
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Earth’s Wonders Like You Have Never Seen Them Before
Planet.com, a team of analysts and rocket scientists, software engineers, creatives, environmentalists, and researchers, have published an amazing post on their Medium account, @planetlabs. In the post titled “Earth’s Wonders Like You’ve Never Seen Them Before”, you can see amazing aerial photos of some famous places. Below, you can see an example of the amazing photos published in the post: …
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The Oldest Surviving Aerial Photo was Taken in 1860
On October 13, 1860, the early American photographer James Wallace Black (February 10, 1825 – January 5, 1896) climbed into a hot air balloon (named Queen of the Air) with his camera, and photographed Boston from a hot-air balloon at 1,200 feet (around 365 meters). On that day, Black took 8 plates of glass negative; …
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SpaceX Falcon 9 Rocket Launch [Video]
On Friday, December 22, 2017, SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket delivered the fourth set of 10 Iridium NEXT satellites in a series of 75 total satellites to low-Earth orbit for Iridium, a global leader in mobile voice and data satellite communications. A Youtube user Jim Mudgett published amazing footage of the Falcon 9 rocket launch. Enjoy!
