Photography

Black Sun is an ongoing project by Danish photographer Søren Solkær, who began visiting the marshlands of southern Denmark a few years ago to capture the mesmerizing starling murmurations that comprise up to a million birds. The giant flock darkens the sky with its ever-changing shapes. “As the countless birds congregate in large murmurations before collectively settling in the reeds at…

Sony has announced the launch of its new FX6 full-frame 4K cinema camera, which merges Sony’s cinema technology and form factor with advanced imaging technologies taken from its Alpha mirrorless camera systems. At the core of the camera is a 4K 10.2-megapixel full-frame backside-illuminated CMOS Exmor R sensor powered by a Sony Bionz XR image processing engine — likely the same setup used in…

If you ever find yourself getting low to the ground to try and get the perfect shot of a horned animal, be sure to protect what’s valuable to you. A BBC cameraman found out what can happen if you don’t, as you can see in this short viral clip above. The cameraman was shooting a story last year on Cameroon sheep — a domestic sheep that’s one of the world’s rarest breeds — when one of…

Check out this absolute unit of a camera that was used to do aerial photography during World War II. Mounted on the front of the camera is a massive 2-foot long 305mm f/5 lens. This viral photo has made the rounds on the Web in recent years, and the camera has widely been misidentified as a Kodak K-24. It’s actually a Fairchild K-17, which was designed by Fairchild Camera and Instrument and…