32 Photos of People Frozen in Time

February 14, 2012 – The world is always spinning. But what if we could stop, just for a moment, and let it all wash over us? These 32 long exposure photographs from this week's Shooting Challenge consider the possibilities. WINNER - Ferris Halo Amanda Reed waits in line to ride a ferris wheel at the Arizona... More »

Shooting Challenge: Frozen In Time

February 9, 2012 – We're surrounded by motion everywhere we go. Yet cameras capture still images, single moments. For this week's Shooting Challenge, you'll capture a person frozen inside a bustling, kinetic world. The Challenge In a single long exposure photo, capture a blurry world with a single subject (or small... More »

33 Photos Filled With Countless Clones

February 8, 2012 – I've always wanted to swim in Duck Tales' vault of gold. Alas, it's not in my cards (and besides, diving into scraps of metal isn't exactly good for the joints). More »

Shooting Challenge: Room Full of Something

February 1, 2012 – This room is filled with millions...or is it? For this week's Shooting Challenge, you'll fill a room with Scrooge McDuck levels of anything you like. But don't worry. More »

13 New Best Picture Nominees

January 31, 2012 – The Academy Awards: the final bastionary celebration of the non-YouTube-famous. For this week's Shooting Challenge, you created homages to your favorite films of the year. WINNER: More »

Shooting Challenge: The Oscars

January 25, 2012 – The Oscar nominations came out this week. And whatever you think of the awards themselves, the design, editing and directing talent of the nominees (and the snubbed films!) are staggering. More »

These 65 Objects Are Your Most Precious Possessions

January 24, 2012 – A family heirloom is often something that's very important to us, so important, in fact, that we bury it away and rarely share it with even ourselves. More »

Shooting Challenge: Heirlooms

January 18, 2012 – Maybe there is something you own that's very special to you, passed on from someone who was also special t you—but maybe you don't appreciate this object very often. More »

108 Photos With Perfect Compositional Balance, Supposedly

January 17, 2012 – Many call the "rule of thirds" the perfect way to compose an image. You may disagree, but these 108 photos from this week's Shooting Challenge won't be called wrong without a fight. Winner - Rows The clean lines of rowing is why I chose it as my subject for the Rule of Thirds Challenge. More »

Shooting Challenge: Rule the Thirds

January 11, 2012 – Composition will always be part of the fun and challenge of photography. But there is a way to guarantee great compositional balance every time. It's called the "rule of thirds." And for this week's Shooting Challenge, you'll absolutely rule it. The Challenge Capture a photo that demonstrates and... More »

55 Professional Studio Photos…Taken Outside With Dreary Sun and Tinfoil

January 10, 2012 – For most of us, it's cold and dark outside. But nature still provides more than enough light that, with a little tinfoil ingenuity, can generate amazing, professional-grade macro photographs. More »

Shooting Challenge: Creative Sunshine Macros

January 4, 2012 – Magazine-quality studio macro shots are gorgeous. Small objects with exquisite detail and perfect lighting. Well, what's so insane about those photos is that they can be duplicated at high noon with nothing more than the sun and a foil reflector. The Challenge Duplicate the tutorial's methodology... More »

New Year’s Eve as Seen Through Drunk Goggles

January 3, 2012 – New Year's Eve is a bit fuzzy more most of us, so it's completely appropriate that, for this week's Shooting Challenge, Gizmodo photographers captured blurry, long exposure photographs. Winner - At the Stroke What's more emblematic of New Years Eve than a midnight kiss? More »

Shooting Challenge: Long Party Exposures

December 28, 2011 – New Year's Eve is this weekend, meaning that most of us are attending parties. For this week's Shooting Challenge, I want you to capture that party...in a really long exposure. More »

Why Unwrap Presents When You Have X-Ray Gift Vision?

December 27, 2011 – Shaking gifts. It's never worked because unless someone gave you broken glass, there's no way to hear what's inside. Besides, it's almost 2012, the Future. More »

Shooting Challenge: X-Ray Christmas Gifts

December 21, 2011 – Lights. Bows. Wrapping paper. Fruit cake. Unconditional love. Drunken Santa. All of these things mean Christmas. But more than any of that, gifts mean Christmas. More »

11 Photos That Have Entered the Real World

December 20, 2011 – Photos are just supposed to be photos. They're not supposed to go corporeal, assemble and become something new. The following ten entries to this week's Shooting Challenge started as photos and ended as something inherently different. Winner - PRESS The timing on this challenge is uncanny! More »

Shooting Challenge: Mixed Media

December 14, 2011 – Digital has made photography simple at the cost of tactility. We don't touch film or prints anymore; there's a new disconnect from photos and physical art. More »

33 Frozen Photos Taken Through Ice

December 13, 2011 – When most of us find ourselves looking through ice, it may be the last, chilling scene we ever see. Here are 33 frozen photos from this week's Shooting Challenge that you can enjoy while warm. Winner: More »

Shooting Challenge: Ice Filter

December 7, 2011 – It's getting cold (for those of us in the Northern Hemisphere), that time of year when a single snow angel too many could turn any suburban lawn into Rainbow Valley. More »

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