Why Facebook Photos Look so Bad, and the DIY Solution to Fix It

With the largest public repository of photos on the Web, it’s not surprising that Facebook has and continues to employ heavy compression to all of the 250 billion images they store. Facebook never intended to be a high…

Top 13 Ways to Piss Off a Photo Editor

When photographers get together, they tend to talk about two things: camera gear, and working with photo editors. But what many photographers don’t realize, is that when photo editors get together, they talk about YOU.

The Last Photo

Ever since junior high school, I was the kid with the camera. And many years later, I’m still the guy who shows up to every life…

The Consequences of Working for Free

More than a few articles have been written on the detrimental effects of working for free in…

In Defense of the Selfie

The “selfie” has been much maligned in popular culture as a product of a narcissistic millennial generation. Indeed, the selfie is most heavily practiced by 20-something, but it’s more of a byproduct of the proliferation of smartphones with dual facing cameras than anything else.

Photographing the Beauty & Diversity of Taiwan