Photography

Ice and Fire

I recently came across these magnificent tales of ice and fire. First, ice, in the form of a flipped iceberg in Antarctica...

Follow me here: http://twitter.com/alexcornell Subscribe for more videos like this! More background: http://moonbase.com/flipped-iceberg-shooting-in-antarctica This is a brief overview of what it was like to shoot in Antarctica and some behind the scenes of my flipped iceberg photos. Gear overview, video of the iceberg, Lightroom editing screencast, and a little bit on press outreach and analytics.

Second, this epic compilation of five years of images from NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory...

February 11, 2015 marks five years in space for NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory, which provides incredibly detailed images of the whole sun 24 hours a day. Capturing an image more than once per second, SDO has provided an unprecedentedly clear picture of how massive explosions on the sun grow and erupt ever since its launch on Feb.

The natural world is a source of ceaseless wonder!

A look back at 2014 in pictures

With 2014 coming to a close, many publications have highlighted their picks for photos of the year. My three favorite collections are from The New York TimesBuzzfeed (yes, Buzzfeed) and Reuters.

The Reuters set is the darkest of the three, which is perhaps an accurate reflection of the overall tenor of the year, but it’s worth a visit because every image includes a note from the photographer explaining the moment behind the shot.

Here are some of my favorites from each of the collections...

January: Tyrone Siu for Reuters (Hong Kong)

January: Tyrone Siu for Reuters (Hong Kong)

March: Ben Nelms for Reuters (Kamloops, Canada)

March: Ben Nelms for Reuters (Kamloops, Canada)

March: Bulent Kilic for Agence France-Presse/Getty Images (Istanbul, Turkey)

March: Bulent Kilic for Agence France-Presse/Getty Images (Istanbul, Turkey)

March: Christian Veron for Reuters (Caracas, Venezuela)

March: Christian Veron for Reuters (Caracas, Venezuela)

July: Damon Winter for The New York Times (New York, USA)

July: Damon Winter for The New York Times (New York, USA)

August: Robert Cohen for MCT/St. Louis Post-Dispatch (Missouri, USA)

August: Robert Cohen for MCT/St. Louis Post-Dispatch (Missouri, USA)

August: Xu Kangping for EPA (Hangzhou, China)

August: Xu Kangping for EPA (Hangzhou, China)

September: Béatrice de Géa for The New York Times (New York, USA)

September: Béatrice de Géa for The New York Times (New York, USA)

October: Toby Melville for Reuters (London, England)

October: Toby Melville for Reuters (London, England)

October: China Daily (Jinhua, China)

October: China Daily (Jinhua, China)

November: Yves Herman for Reuters (Brussels, Belgium)

November: Yves Herman for Reuters (Brussels, Belgium)

November: Al Bello for Getty Images (New Jersey, USA)

November: Al Bello for Getty Images (New Jersey, USA)