There is still time to enter our photo essay assignment. Our lesson thread is open until Saturday, Aug. 30th at 10PM Eastern Time and our Final Entry thread is ... Read More

The story of kidnapped photographers Nigel Brennan, Abdifatah Mohammed Elmi, and Amanda Landhout continues to be a puzzle with little concrete information. However, according to Reporters Without Borders, the ... Read More

Waterfall Photo © Phonemanswife with permission to About.com, Inc. Be sure to visit our forums and consider sharing your favorite images for possible selection as our photo of the week.

Many years ago photographers tended to have a bit of a "free pass," so to speak, when traveling in war-torn countries. Each side fervently believed that the photos would ... Read More

Wow! Its not often I get really excited about new software but...WOW! If you want a program to organize your photos, develop them, output print packages, create slideshows, ... Read More

Photographers are finding it more and more difficult to make a living selling high quality images. There has been a lot of debate as to why photography is being ... Read More

Our Photo Essay assignment is underway and I wanted to remind you of a great opportunity to work on those essays. The World Wide Photo Walk is coming up ... Read More

Patriotic Reflections Photo © Ericandamos with permission to About.com, Inc. Be sure to visit our forums and consider sharing your favorite images for possible selection as our photo of the week.

For this assignment I asked you to show me your best shot. We had a ton of amazing entries and I was briefly tempted to say "you all win" ... Read More

Our learning assignment this month takes us into the realm of storytelling. This assignment we will be exploring photo essays. A photo essay, or picture story, is a ... Read More

Hovering Photo © Olmail with permission to About.com, Inc. Be sure to visit our forums and consider sharing your favorite images for possible selection as our photo of the week.

There's still a few days left to go through your photo stash and show us your best shot! Pick your favorite photo (or 5). Chris Washer entered his ... Read More

I don't normally plug someone else's shameless advertising but Scott Kelby has actually come up with a really fun idea to push the release of his new book, Lightroom2 for ... Read More

Fluorescent studio lights are the newest way to have continuous lighting without the incredible heat of the old tungsten sets. The fluorescent bulbs also don't explode if you touch ... Read More

Twins Photo © Artkwa with permission to About.com, Inc. Be sure to visit our forums and consider sharing your favorite images for possible selection as our photo of the week.

Walgreens is feeling generous...and who am I to not assist in helping them be as generous as possible? Wednesday, August 6th (August 11th in Hawaii) Walgreens is giving away ... Read More

Summer means a lot of things. Capturing the essence of summer was what assignment summer was all about. Take some time to enjoy these winning summer captures from the comfort ... Read More

This assignment is all about your choice! Pick your favorite photo (or 5) and show us your best shot. Chris Washer entered his favorite last December for our ... Read More