National Geographic is known for high-quality photography in both print and digital stories. To celebrate that, each year we publish a special issue to showcase some of the stunning images our photographers have taken around the globe. This year, 132 photographers visited 60 countries and submitted 2,238,899 images to document […]
4 Tips for Shooting Your First Wedding So That Its Not Your Last
If you’re reading this article, you might be interested in testing out wedding photography or you might be trying to figure out how to build a sustainable career. When people find out we photograph weddings there are a wide variety of responses but one of them is, “I tried that […]
The Beautiful, Brutal World of Bonsai
“I do,” Neil said. “You should reconsider,” Urushibata said, then turned his attention back to the spruce. It’s not difficult to create a tiny tree: you just need to restrict the roots and prune the branches. This has been known since at least the Tang dynasty in China, circa 700 […]
YouTube Shorts now lets creators use up to a minute of licensed music
In YouTube’s latest move to woo TikTok creators onto YouTube Shorts, the streaming giant announced today that short-term video creators would soon be allowed up to a minute of copyrighted music in their Shorts. The change is a significant boost from the previous 15-second limit for any licensed song. YouTube […]
Kilburn Live Builds New Worlds Of Entertainment Featuring Branded Characters
Barbie’s world Vito Amati/Kilburn Live As the world continues to recover from Covid, entertainment options blossom. Kilburn Live led by CEO Mark Manuel is developing an entirely new array of ticketed entertainment options. Kilburn is licensing content from such brands as Mattel MAT , Hasbro HAS and Dr. Seuss to […]
Tales from my grandfather: Hoa Huynh’s Vietnam – photo essay | Photography
Grandparents are a mystery and, when you layer on barriers of culture and language, can we ever say we know who they really were? Hoa Huynh – my yeye, or grandad – was born in 1928 in a small town in the central highlands of the then French colony of […]