The Royal Meteorological Society (RMS) has announced the winners of its annual Weather Photographer of the Year competition which it hosts in association with AccuWeather. A photo of early morning fog in a hilltop town in Italy took top honors.
The annual competition, now in its sixth year, shortlisted 21 photos that were chosen from […]. petapixel.com
Late Winter and early Spring bring another cycle of photo contest season – that time of year when many major prizes are announced (especially in the photojournalism realm). And with each year brings another round of punditry regarding the value of photo contests and an almost inevitable controversy regarding the winners. Of course, this year […] petapixel.com »
2020-03-03 20:33
The winners of the prestigious Wildlife Photographer of the Year photo contest were announced in October 2018, but now the National History Museum has followed it up with the top People’s Choice shots. petapixel.com »
2019-02-19 19:49
If World Press Photo assigned a theme to their annual competition, this year’s might have been “Tragedy.” Death, imminent death, fear, loss, pain—these are the true subjects of the images that won this year’s top prizes, highlighted, at the very top, by a photo of an assassin brandishing a murder weapon. Editor’s Note: Some of […] petapixel.com »
2017-02-13 19:09
Is a 52-week photo challenge not enough for you this year? Want a 365-day challenge? If so, there’s now a calendar you should download and print out. The folks over at Photoblog.com have created a nifty photo calendar that suggests one photo idea to try for each day of the entire year. Some examples: January […] petapixel.com »
2017-01-02 18:41
A photo of a "perfect cloud" above the snow-covered summit of a volcano in Chile has won Weather Photographer of the Year 2023. [Read More]
A photo of monstrous waves battering a lighthouse has won the Royal Meteorological Society's Weather Photographer of the Year Competition 2022. [Read More]
My name is Emeric Le Bars and this is the story of how I captured some insane, extremely rare photos of a lightning storm in Los Angeles, without really planning anything. You don’t need to be familiar with Los Angeles to know that the city has an average of 300 sunny days every single year, […]
This past weekend, the Royal Meteorological Society unveiled the winners of the fifth annual Weather Photographer of the Year competition, selecting an overall winner, Young Weather Photographer of the Year winner, and a People’s Choice winner from over 7,700 submissions.
No fewer than 5 different sources sent us the same article this morning from photographer Jason Weingart, in which the extreme weather photog accuses digital artist Brent Shavnore of willfully stealing his images, calling him a “thief, poser, coward, and a liar.