Legacy Project to Create the Largest Photo in the World

Six photographers in Irvine, California are trying to set a world record by using an aircraft hanger as a camera obscura to create the largest photograph ever.  Read on to find out how the Legacy Project plans to make history.

Up a Creek Without a Laptop: One Month in India with Only 30 Gigs of Handheld Storage

by Lin Alder

When traveling in remote areas, there are a number of things you can do to lighten your load and many reasons to do so.  While roaming around in India, TGP contributor Lin Alder decided to forego the laptop and bring with him a 30 GB mobile storage device to take care of his digital images.

Palm Springs Photo Festival 2006 Inspired by The Rencontres D’Arles

Master photographer Jeff Dunas and Hossein Farmani, the visionary behind the Lucie Awards, The International Photography Awards and Focus on AIDS, teamed up this past March with parties sponsored by Canon and contests sponsored by Epson to create the first annual Palm Springs Photo Festival, which was held at the Moroccan-style Korakia Pensione Hotel.  Read how the oldest photo festival in the world inspired their highly successful debut under the warm light of the Southern California desert sky.

Renowned Photographers to Instruct Small Classes at Sundance

by Bill Eidson

The new Sundance Photographic Workshop matches a small group of students with some of the world’s best photographers at the spectacular Sundance Resort in Utah. Learn how this new photo workshop is as much a retreat as it is an educational experience.

Shots From the Scrum

Photographs by Rina Rachman, text by Mike Malone

New York photographer Rina Rachman, who’d never seen a rugby match as recently as a few years ago, has made rugby a central theme in her work. After she met members of the Village Lions Rugby Club (www.villagelions.org) in a Manhattan bar last year, Rachman accepted their invitation to come watch the team play – and photograph them in action.

Smokers' Series

by Elliot Goldstein

Roaming the streets of Los Angeles and New York recently, photographer Elliot Goldstein captured smokers "nursing at their poison."  Afterwards, he camped out in the darkroom, using creative developing and printing techniques to bring out new levels of expression in his images.

Buddhist Monks, Monasteries and Monuments

by Marla Mossman

This Portfolio of Buddhist Monks, Monasteries and Monuments is a selection from several photographic travels begun in 1996.  On separate trips to Thailand, India and Indonesia the specific goal was to document renowned places of Buddhist history and the daily lives of the monks who live there.

A Day With Some Tamron Lenses

by Emily Wilson

Recently, photographer Emily Wilson got her hands on both a Tamron 18-200mm zoom lens and a Tamron 90mm macro lens.  The following shots are some of the highlights of carrying these lenses with her throughout the day.

Photo L.A.

by Mary Panzer

This year will mark the 16th annual Photo Los Angeles art show, featuring exhibitors, photographers, and speakers from all over the world for a weekend of informative and fun photography.

Rick Sammon's Antarctica

For the travel, landscape, seascape, environmental and wildlife photographer, Antarctica is a dream come true – a fantasy world of experiencing and exploring a truly fascinating and awe-inspiring massive area of our planet.

A Road Trip with Dad

by Emily Wilson

Recently, photographer Emily Wilson took a four day road trip through the southeast with her father.  Luckily, she brought along her Kodak EASYSHARE P880 to document the journey.

Timeless Taverns of NYC

by Joe Colucci

In this photo essay, TakeGreatPictures.com contributor Joe Colucci takes us on a tour of New York City's most historic bars & restaurants.