My dad is an amazing photographer, and thanks to him there are decades' worth of gorgeous, priceless photos of my extended family.. but only a few of him. I seem to be repeating that pattern: I'm thrilled with the hundreds of shots I get of our holiday celebrations and vacations, but you would never know I'd actually attended the festivities. How do you thoroughly document your home life? 

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Adobe announced this week at Adobe MAX, The Creativity Conference their Creative Suite as we've always known is no more. They've replaced the software package with the "Creative Cloud," essentially the same products, but without the option of owning a physical copy. You'll rent Photoshop, Illustrator, and InDesign for a fee each month...and this may be the future of software. 

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Dutch photographer Erik Klein Wolterink has created an homage to the elements of the kitchen that we usually want to ignore. His series of "Kitchen Portraits" offers a look at what hides behind our doors and inside our drawers, in an effort to showcase "the way we live, our daily environment, what surrounds us, the everyday stuff we normally don't see or pay attention to."

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Please know that I mean absolutely no judgement here, but when I saw Michael Wolf's photos of Hong Kong high-rises, I panicked...

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The folks behind Modern Art Etc. want to bring artists who have had critical and commercial success abroad to an American audience. Based in LA but operating as a web-only gallery, Modern Art Etc. is ideal for the burgeoning collector who has a few hundred bucks to drop on a rising name in the art world. 

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I printed a photo the other day. I needed a baby photo of myself for a baby shower game, but being without ink or photo paper at home, I actually took my digital photos to a drug store and ordered prints. It was a strange exercise in nostalgia, but I actually enjoyed having hardcopy prints to show and share for once. More

We've got plenty of posts about what to do once you've taken a photo, but we've yet to discuss how to avoid inadvertently entering into the pantheon of awkward friends and family photos. I suspect many of you out there have the same problem I do: smiling on cue, especially in this age of Instagrams and digital cameras hiding in every bag, purse, and pocket. Here's how to naturally smile the next time someone pulls out their iPhone or Canon...

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Here's an easy project to decorate the walls with your collection of photos for under $20. Print out those Instagrasms or Flickr photos as 3 1/2" x 4" images and use a Polaroid photo template for the full effect...

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As photographers themselves, Gordon Szeto and Hung Tran know the challenges of finding a gallery and selling your work. So when they opened their own gallery in 2012, they knew they wanted to focus on local San Francisco photographers.  

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While I'm a big fan of gallery walls, for variety's sake I've been looking for two big prints to hang over my couch. Large prints can make a big impact, and they don't have to cost a fortune. More