A Microsoft program manager who is leaving the company for a new job didn’t just update his LinkedIn profile on Thursday, he wrote and performed a song and released a… Read More
Amazon employees walking past and/or working above and beside The Spheres being built in downtown Seattle had a chance to capture images of the unique domes for a recent photo… Read More
The beautiful sunshine in Seattle on Saturday gave way to an equally awesome display in the night sky as the northern lights made a rare appearance over the city and… Read More
Whether your eyes roll or your stomach grumbles at the site of yet another food photo on Instagram, the popular practice appears to provide some benefit to people who are… Read More
From the living room of her Seattle apartment, Melissa Anne McClain has a window on the rapidly changing city that she calls home. For three years, McClain has lived on the… Read More
Too bad someone at Amazon didn’t think to get a lighted Christmas tree into the biospheres during last week’s snowstorm in Seattle. The company would have had a heck of… Read More
In space, no one can hear you scream. But on Earth, they can hear you laugh, or say, “Whoa.” Which is what you should be doing if you take time… Read More
A small, domesticated Superman action figure who vacuums, cleans the bathroom, watches movies with his wife and goes bowling with the gay couple from next door is just the kind… Read More
As Chris Berman would say on ESPN, “Back back back back back.” Who knew his familiar call for baseball home runs could also be used to describe people trying to capture a… Read More
By her own admission, Brianna Wettlaufer is “not particularly great at balance.” And yet, the Stocksy co-founder still manages to curate every image on the stock photo site she founded and… Read More
Getty Images has constructed a complex network infrastructure to prepare for the Aug. 5 start of the Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro. Before the Games close 16 days later, and… Read More
ShareGrid, a marketplace where creatives can share professional equipment and shooting locations, announced $1 million in seed funding Wednesday. MHS Capital, a San Francisco VC that typically focuses on consumer… Read More
Instagram announced Tuesday that it had surpassed 500 million active monthly users and thanked its community for being “a place where the everyday and the epic are always within reach.”… Read More
Apple’s “Shot on iPhone” ad campaign relies on imagery created by users to convey the simplest message possible: it’s pretty easy to make something pretty compelling. Or, when it comes to… Read More
Getty Images has launched a new business that it hopes will provide its users with an even richer visual experience as it dives deeper into the creation and distribution of… Read More
From his own offices, Aaron Bird, co-founder of the Seattle startup Bizible, can see the nearby offices of photo licensing giant Getty Images. But after being served with a request… Read More
Wildfire is spreading aggressively through Alberta, Canada, damaging hundreds of thousands of hectares along its path. Emergency management officials in Alberta have enlisted EagleView Technology Corporation, a Bothell, Wash.-based aerial imagery… Read More
Instagrammers with a passion for travel and adventure have six far-flung destinations to choose from if they apply for assignments being offered by Portland-based The Clymb. The outdoor gear and adventure… Read More
Moment, the Seattle startup with the goal of turning smartphones into premium cameras, has raised $3 million in a new round of funding. The company is also now selling its Mobile Photography… Read More
A spectacular photograph of the night sky over Washington’s Mount Rainier has been chosen by the U.S. Postal Service for a collection of stamps celebrating the National Park Service’s 100th anniversary. The image,… Read More
Virtual reality may look and feel like a completely different experience than what moviegoers saw when they put on 3-D glasses in the 1950s, but looking at users themselves reveals… Read More
Today, almost everyone has a smartphone — which means almost everyone is an amateur photographer. But that wasn’t the case in 2007, when Portland natives Tekin Tatar and Kemal Ozisikcilar… Read More
This week on the GeekWire radio show and podcast, we talk about our favorite apps for book lovers, gamers, photographers, home cooks, people who like to send holiday cards, and… Read More
Rhino Camera Gear is on its way to another Kickstarter success. The Seattle-based company launched its sixth crowdfunding campaign on Tuesday, this time for its Slider EVO + Rhino Motion that allows amateur videographers… Read More
The geekiest art opening of the year is coming to the Bryan Ohno Gallery in Seattle’s International District Thursday night. “In Lego, We Connect” will feature the work of three… Read More
When I showed my brother my new extendable Bluetooth-enabled smartphone camera pole thingy over the holidays, I hoped he’d think it was cool. “Oh, you mean a selfie stick?” he… Read More
As a part of my resolutions for last year, I embarked on a project to take 52 photos in 2014. Since the best camera is the one that’s with you,… Read More
Heads up, Instagram users — you finally have some new filters to play with. The photography-focused social media giant, which reached 300 million users last week, today unveiled new filters for the… Read More