26 Photos Taken In $20 Lightboxes

What kind of photos can you get out of a cardboard box wrapped in some paper? You’d be amazed. For this week’s Shooting Challenge, we asked you to scrap together your own cheap lightbox. The results were fantastic. More »

Shooting Challenge: $20 Lightbox

Sooner or later, if you want a studio-quality photo of an object, you’ll have to get a light box. But aren’t those expensive? Not really. For about $20, you can build your own. And this week, you will! More »

44 Gnarly Photos of Wood

Concrete and steel may be the cornerstones of modernity, but I have a feeling we’ll be building out of wood long after we develop transparent aluminum. It’s the most abundant, complexly beautiful thing. Here are 44 photos that celebrate it. More »

Shooting Challenge: Wood

It’s a natural miracle, and each piece is a masterful, abstract piece of art. It’s wood. And for this week’s Shooting Challenge, we’re celebrating it. More »

27 Bone-Chilling Photos Of Winter

It’s winter, which means nature has once again ceased to care about our survival for another few months. The good news is that most of us have heat. And cameras. Here are the icy results of this week’s Shooting Challenge. More »

Shooting Challenge: Freeze!

For most of us, it’s winter. Which means it’s soul-suckingly cold. But for this week’s Shooting Challenge, we’re celebrating all of those frozen motifs—ice, snow and frosty breath. For this week’s Shooting Challenge, show us freezing cold. More »

12 Audacious Abstractions Of The Human Figure

The human figure is one of the most classic motifs in art. For this week’s Shooting Challenge, you used modern camera equipment to reimagine shape and movement. The results are fantastic. More »

Shooting Challenge: Figure Abstraction

Shooting Challenges are back for 2013, and our first of the year is a doozy. For this week’s challenge, you’ll capture beautiful human figures that blur into abstract art. An accomplished portrait photographer explains how. More »

32 Amazing Photos Taken On Phones

It’s starting to feel silly to point out: You no longer need a great dSLR to take a great picture. Still, we made you prove it. Here are the best entries from this week’s Shooting Challenge, cellphones. More »

Shooting Challenge: Cellphone Redux

The iPhone 5s. The Samsung Galaxy S whatevers. HTC thingies. Every day, our cellphone cameras get more and more capable. For this week’s Shooting Challenge, shoot and edit your submission with your cellphone of choice. More »