Spring is a traditionally busy time of year. School is nearing the end of the year so there is tons of extra work, Easter and other religious holidays add ... Read More

This week we have three images all using different techniques for your review. Black and white, HDR, and "normal" color photography are all represented on this week's community critiques. ... Read More

With spring arriving, birds and insects are showing up in droves...and photographers are digging out their long lenses. With bird and insect photography there are basically two methods for ... Read More

Spring's Here Photo © Stephanie Calhoun with permission to About.com, Inc. Our forum is a busy place with lots of fantastic photos posted and great discussions on photography. Please consider joining ... Read More

Sometimes even photographers want to just relax and do silly things. What better way to relax than to combine photography and silliness? Here are my picks for the ... Read More

This week we have three very different images offered for your review. A saxophone player portrait, a feeding tufted titmouse, and a snowy tiger in a sepia-tone are available ... Read More

To celebrate St. Patrick's Day our first assignment for March was Green. No matter what your interpretation of green was, that interpretation had to be the subject of the image ... Read More

We have a new game on the forum! Each month we'll have a starting photo posted and the game is to see who can link to that photo visually ... Read More

Winter's Touch Photo © Dal_Y with permission to About.com, Inc. Our forum is a busy place with lots of fantastic photos posted and great discussions on photography. Please consider joining the ... Read More

Photography Assignment #45 - Rule of Thirds This assignment is to use the rule of thirds in an image. The rule of thirds is a compositional rule that makes use ... Read More

Last week's community critique was a big success and we'd love to keep that rolling! This week we have three interesting images offered for your review. A bird ... Read More

Photo hosting sites are a vital part of the internet community. Users upload images for free or a small charge so they can then post the images on forums ... Read More

In many regions tornado season is starting as cold weather begins to be struck with occasional warm fronts. Storms have fascinated photographers for generations but the process for capturing ... Read More

My View Photo © Viktor.Kis with permission to About.com, Inc. Our forum is a busy place with lots of fantastic photos posted and great discussions on photography. Please consider joining the ... Read More

While its always been possible (with a lot of work) to create bokeh effect after the fact in a traditional darkroom, Alien Skin's new Photoshop and Photoshop Elements plug-in, Bokeh, ... Read More

Our forums are hopping with activity and we want to share the fun with the rest of the About Photography Community! Each week I'll be selecting 3 images submitted ... Read More

Our pets assignment let us celebrate the huge part of our lives pets play. Its been said you can tell a lot about a person by the company they ... Read More

Moon & Venus Photo © PamBy with permission to About.com, Inc. Our forum is a busy place with lots of fantastic photos posted and great discussions on photography. Please consider stopping ... Read More

St. Patrick's Day is only a couple of weeks away so its certainly time to start thinking up your "wee folk" photo sets. To help you add a magical ... Read More

With St. Patrick's Day coming up later this month our fun assignment for the month will be "green". From shamrocks to recycling, green means a lot of different things. ... Read More