Photography

The winners of the 51st annual Nikon Small World Photomicrography Competition have been announced, celebrating over five decades of excellence in microscopy and digital imaging. First place was awarded to China’s Zhang You for his striking image of a rice weevil (Sitophilus oryzae) mounted on a grain of rice. The photograph captures the insect with its wings fully extended, revealing the…

The winners of the Budapest International Foto Awards 2025 (BIFA) have just been announced, and this year’s selection is as visually striking as it is emotionally powerful. From abstract visual poetry and explorations of identity, to photographs that bring us face-to-face with intimate human stories, the BIFA 2025 proves – yet again – the transformative power of contemporary…

I’ve never been one for slang – my 7th grader and I both looked at each other with equal looks of horror when his teacher said that she used AI to rewrite the syllabus in Gen Z slang. But there is an expression that I can 100% get behind, particularly as a photographer: Go touch grass. Photographers – and really anyone dabbling in any sort of creative pursuit – you need to go touch…

Watch video: Blurred blooms The typical approach to flower photography is to use a long lens or macro lens and blur out the backdrop with a shallow depth of field, so that the focus is on the subject. But why not take a different approach to background blur? In this project, the aim is to blur the backdrop with motion. To achieve this, there are two key factors. First, we need to get set up for a…