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153 Photos of Teeny Tiny Things

Macro photography never gets old. And the 153 entries to this week’s Shooting Challenge prove it. (They also prove that people loooveee taking photos of insects, eyeballs and flowers—not that there’s anything wrong with that!) WINNER – Flower Stigma and Petal On this shot I used a reversing ring to reverse the lens thereby creating…

Tech News Mark Wilson May 17

Shooting Challenge: Macro

It’s been a long time coming. For this week’s Shooting Challenge, we’re celebrating the tiny – that which is captured through macro photography. And even if you don’t own a macro lens, don’t fret, there are ways. The Challenge Get super up close and personal with something tiny through macro photography. The Technique So, first…

Tech News Mark Wilson May 11

87 Portraits Taken By You

Babies. Friends. Moms. Girlfriends. Grandparents. Not only did Gizmodo readers take some remarkable portraits for this week’s Shooting Challenge, but they gave us a tiny but intimate peek into their lives. https://gizmodo.com/shooting-challenge-portrait-5798546 Winner – Baby Flop My nephew baby Zach I find one of the hardest things is to shoot a newborn baby. As they…

Tech News Mark Wilson May 10

Shooting Challenge: Portrait

Taking casual photos of your family or friends is fun. But capturing a true portrait can explore character and reveal a person’s essence in a manner that no other format can. This week, you will master the portrait. The Challenge Take a portrait of someone. This should not be a spontaneous candid, but a planned…

Tech News Mark Wilson May 4

61 Moments Captured in a Single Attempt

I love you guys. I give you the hardest challenge ever—take a great photo with only one shot—and you choose very risky, high margin for error techniques and subjects. The best submissions? Screw ups…that created something unexpectedly wonderful. WINNER and Lead Shot – Spring Dip I was totally ready for this one. I was going…

Tech News Mark Wilson May 3

Family Time Is Now Gadget Time

Kids are texting so much it’s literally affecting their health; the President’s secret iPad may or may not have a receipt; and today we learned over at the New York Times that families are too busy staring at screens to give a shit about family anymore. Are we beyond hope? https://gizmodo.com/todays-texting-teenagers-are-ridiculous-5786122 Possibly. Ladies and gents,…

Tech News Jack Loftus May 1

Shooting Challenge: One Shot

Anyone can hit a target with unlimited ammo, but the best shooters need to be snipers because they only get one try. For this week’s Shooting Challenge, you can take one photo once. The Challenge Take one shot and submit it. You cannot retake this shot if you mess up. The pressure is on. That…

Tech News Mark Wilson Apr 27

Is it time to end copyright for scientific journals?

Is the public being cut off from important knowledge in order to maximize profits? And does it always have to be that way? In a recent talk at CERN, Harvard law professor Larry Lessig argued that scientific information should be freely available to the public, without the restriction that scientific journals often put on their…

io9 Esther Inglis-Arkell Apr 27

Shooting Challenge: Cellphone II

Our first cellphone Shooting Challenge made me reassess the medium and admit that cellphones have developed into legitimate cameras. For our second cellphone Shooting Challenge? Bring it. https://gizmodo.com/395-photos-that-prove-cellphones-make-great-cameras-5576509 The Challenge Take an awesome photo with your cellphone. And dont, for lack of a better term, err…phone it in. The Technique The greatest single advantage of…

Tech News Mark Wilson Apr 20

97 Gorgeously Golden Photos

For two hours a day the world is at its most beautiful. These 97 remarkable photos celebrate that time. https://gizmodo.com/shooting-challenge-the-golden-hour-5791592 WINNER – Ducks in Gold and Blue Ed note: Eek, not much of a description came with this submission! Regardless, I couldn’t help but highlight it for its overt-yet-restrained gold and blue palette. Beautiful work,…

Tech News Mark Wilson Apr 19

Shooting Challenge: The Golden Hour

There is a time every day when the world is just a touch more beautiful. It’s during what’s called the golden hour (or magic hour), when the sun’s angle is just so that shadows soften and colors warm. The Challenge Take a photo during the golden hour, which is actually two hours—the first and last…

Tech News Mark Wilson Apr 13

Shooting Challenge: Black Card Photography

This lead photo isn’t HDR photography. Photoshop wasn’t implemented to mix multiple shots. It was captured in a single exposure, and for this week’s Shooting Challenge, you’ll learn the technique. The Challenge Take a photo mixing various levels of luminescence with the black card technique. Don’t mix multiple exposures in Photoshop. In fact, don’t mess…

Tech News Mark Wilson Apr 6

Shooting Challenge: LEGO

For every single Shooting Challenge, at least one or two participants include a LEGO photo. Well for this week, we give in. We’re celebrating LEGO and only LEGO. The Challenge Photograph LEGO. It can be a scene of miniatures or just some artsy interpretation of the form. The only requirement is to have fun! (But…

Tech News Mark Wilson Mar 30

Shooting Challenge: Photomosaics

One photo made of many photos. Simple tools can create the effect, but can you defy what’s become cliché? That’s the question we pose to you for this week’s Shooting Challenge. The Challenge Create a photomosaic, a photo made of several smaller photos. (It can be a few. It can be thousands.) However! Make sure…

Tech News Mark Wilson Mar 23

19 Objects Cloned by Light

You know that special Mortal Kombat kick where there are, like, multiple Johnny Cages? Well, by firing a flash a bunch of times during one photo, you can create Johnny Cage kicks out of anything. https://gizmodo.com/shooting-challenge-its-stroboscopic-5782480 WINNER and Lead Shot – Hot Wheels So, I’ve been wanting to submit a Shooting Challenge for several weeks…

Tech News Mark Wilson Mar 22

28 Videos Played Backwards

For this month’s Video Challenge, we asked you to play with video reversal – backwards playback. What did we learn? You’re obsessed with coffee and the word “love.” Of course, coffee made it to the finals while love did not. Lead Video and Winner – Coin Trick Shot on Panasonic GH1 at 60fps, conformed to…

Tech News Mark Wilson Mar 17

Shooting Challenge: It’s Stroboscopic

Most photos are of one image of one subject in one spot. But what if, in a single exposure, in a single frame, you could capture more than one image? Well you can through stroboscopic photography (aka repeating flash). The Challenge Take a photo with a repeating flash. In other words, take a single exposure…

Tech News Mark Wilson Mar 16

32 Epic Photographs

BIG EXCITING PHOTOS!! Yup. We busted out the full caps. After all, we are talking about the 32 entries in this week’s Epic Shooting Challenge. Lead shot and WINNER – Inception Late Wednesday my wife and I decided to spend the evening in Manhattan. It was cold, overcast and getting dark so we thought maybe…

Tech News Mark Wilson Mar 15

The difference between apes and humans that led to cities, nations, and the internet

Like chimps and bonobos, humans live in social groups full individuals who help each other. Also like our ape relatives, we make war with outsiders. But our social groups can be millions strong. What makes humans so good at forming mass societies? Anthropologist Kim Hill and his colleagues decided to find out by looking at…

io9 Annalee Newitz Mar 10

Shooting Challenge: Epic

The popular tastes of photography have changed. Blame advertisers or digital processing, but simple and understated are often written off as boring. Today, we’re not out to buck that trend. Rather, we’ll embrace it instead. Go big or go home. The Challenge Take an epic photograph – visual hyperbole – think Hollywood, the Superbowl and…

Tech News Mark Wilson Mar 9

153 Photos of Teeny Tiny Things

Shooting Challenge: Macro

87 Portraits Taken By You

Shooting Challenge: Portrait

61 Moments Captured in a Single Attempt

Family Time Is Now Gadget Time

Shooting Challenge: One Shot

Is it time to end copyright for scientific journals?

Shooting Challenge: Cellphone II

97 Gorgeously Golden Photos

Shooting Challenge: The Golden Hour

Shooting Challenge: Black Card Photography

Shooting Challenge: LEGO

Shooting Challenge: Photomosaics

19 Objects Cloned by Light

28 Videos Played Backwards

Shooting Challenge: It’s Stroboscopic

32 Epic Photographs

The difference between apes and humans that led to cities, nations, and the internet

Shooting Challenge: Epic

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