A snapshot of high-speed photography (and how to do it)

A snapshot of high-speed photography (and how to do it)

A photo of a balloon, mid-burst, can be achieved by amateur photographers. Brent Schneeman Phred Petersen, RMIT University High-speed photography in still images and cinema seems to be the latest rage. And while modern technology has made much of the equipment easily...
People pics stick but scenic shots forgettable

People pics stick but scenic shots forgettable

Sunanda Creagh, The Conversation Photos of beautiful landscapes may be lovely while you look at them but it’s the photos of fellow Homo sapiens that you’ll remember long after the album has gone back on the shelf, a 2011 study has found. Neuroscientists from MIT in...
How photography evolved from science to art

How photography evolved from science to art

Some of the earliest applications of photography came in the fields of archaeology and botany. Pictured is a photograph from botanist Anna Atkins’ Photographs of British Algae: Cyanotype Impressions (1843). Nancy Locke, Pennsylvania State University Much like a...