Guess what day it is! Yup, it’s time for your weekly slew of fab photography-related links, including Bao Bao up close and personal, a slightly delayed wedding photo shoot, and tigers galore. Happy Friday!
- NPR took a look inside food, by showing dissected edibles. The work is from photographers Beth Galton and Charlotte Omnes.
- Yesterday the Washington City Paper announced the winners of their first ever photo contest. Congratulations to those selected.
- If your resolution for the New Year was to improve your photography, here are ten steps to follow.
- If you missed portrait photographer Martin Schoeller speak on “The Power of Photography to Relate” at National Geographic, you can catch it online.
- In case you somehow didn’t hear the story this week, a family was reunited with their missing son after seeing a photo that local AP photographer, and Exposed 2014 special prize judge, Jacquelyn Martin shot.
- After receiving a check for $1.32 for the use of one of his images, photographer Joe McNally shared his thoughts on the state of the industry.
- The photographer scheduled for their wedding never showed up, so this couple took their themed wedding photos later. 61 years later.
- Smithsonian Magazine has an exclusive with our most beloved D.C. resident, Bao Bao. Be very careful looking at the last photo, the cuteness may cause extreme giddiness.
- Steve Winter’s book on tigers is out. The name of the book Tigers Forever is quite a coincidence since the entire Exposed DC tiger-loving team has “TIGERS 4EVA” tattooed on their chests.
- Photographer Adam Magyar is creating new technology that changes the way we photograph time.
- Attempting to step out of their normal routine, photographers Pierre Javelle and Akiko Ida created magic worlds using food and miniatures.
- The average salary for a U.S. photographer is $36,330. The only upside is that this data does not include freelancers.
- We had to end on a happier note, so we have a bonus tiger link this week. The polar vortex was too much for Bandar and Sukacita, so they played inside with a ball and a tub of water.