2012 WILDLIFE PHOTOGRAPHER OF THE YEAR WINNERS ANNOUNCED

The Winners of the Wildlife Photographer of the Year contest have been announced (which is run by the Natural History Museum and BBC Worldwide). In total 48,000 images were submitted from 98 different countries. Paul Nicklen was also picked as the ultimate winner (top image) for his depiction of penguins underwater. The exhibition is on now at the Natural History Museum in London and will be running through to March 2013.


WINNER WILDLIFE PHOTOGRAPHER OF THE YEAR: Paul Nicklen captured this in Antartica with a Canon 1D Mark IV and an 8-15 F/4 lens

"In a moss-draped rain forest in British Columbia, towering red cedars live a thousand years, and black bears are born with white fur." Photo by Paul Nicklen. Paul was less than a meter away from this bear when he shot this image with a Canon 1Ds Mark II and a 16-35 F/2.8 lens.

Images: Jasper Doest

Images: Larry Lynch. Larry Lynch got this shot by lining up and hitting the gator with a flash turned as low as it would go. The light reflecting off of the tapetum licidum - the same thing you find in a cat - caused the eyes to glow red. This was shot in Myakka River State Park in Florida with a Nikon D2X and a 80-400mm F/4.5 - 5.6

Image: Richard Peters

Image: Sergey Gorshkov

Image: Cristóbal Serrano

Image: Anna Henly

Image: Kim Wolhuter

Behind the Scenes: Annie Leibovitz’s New Disney Campaign Photoshoot

Russell Brand, Jack Black, Will Ferrell and Jason Segel are the latest celebrities to participate in famed photographer Annie Leibovitz's Disney Dream Portrait series.

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"There are similarities between me and Captain Hook in that I am an Eton-educated, piratical buccaneer living on the high seas stealing and robbing and loathing the perpetual innocence and childhood of Pan. Peter Pan! Oh, how I hate him!"

 ~ Russell Brand

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"THE SARTORIALIST IN TOKYO" | 「サルトリアリスト イン 東京

Check out this interesting behind-the-scenes mini-documentary showing Scott Schuman (AKA “The Sartorialist“) shooting his street fashion photographs in Tokyo, Japan. His blog, with 70,000 readers a day, has become one of the most influential fashion blogs on the net. His keen eye for singling out the most fashionable peope in cities around the world has influenced many clothing designers and fashion retailers.

"...The internet has given us what I like to call a digital park bench. So many people you meet say "Oh, I love to just go people watch"... Before you were really limited to the people you could see right there in front of you at your park. Now you can go on the Internet and look at a blog like mine or other blogs that are based somewhere else... Really the whole world is open to you now" ~ Schuman

Scott with his trusty Canon 85mm 1.2L

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