PHLEARN Magazine

Grant Thomas would be in hot water without top notch gear for snapping his stunning, ethereal waterscapes. He lets us in on the brands that get him the best under—and over!—water photography every time.

Here’s how Minnesota photographer Brent Cizek captured the adorable photo of a Common Merganser mother with dozens of cute baby ducklings. The story not only includes how he got the shot, but updates on the growing family!

For the first year ever, LensCulture brings us the Art Photography Awards, where photographers get to submit original work using various approaches and techniques to express their view on the art process. Here are the winning photos of 2018!

Sports photographer Matthew James has shot for leading brands like Adidas, Nike and Cycling Plus Magazine. Today, he lets us take a look inside his camera bag and explains what equipment he relies on for high-action photoshoots.

The winners of Scuba Diving Magazine’s 2018 Underwater Photo Contest have been announced and the photos are awesome! Here are the winning photos across four categories: macro, wide-angle, compact, and conceptual, plus the Grand Prize.

After Nick Steinberg’s Fog Waves made the front page of Bored Panda, the photos instantly went viral. We talk to Nick about the unexpected response, the continued interest in the Fog Waves, and how he creates his own luck through persistence.

Self-proclaimed photoholic John Wilhelm creates imaginative and whimsical portraits of his wife and children with a little help from Photoshop and his Wacom tablet. Here, John gives us a peek at the gear he uses to create his eye-popping compositions.

Pro divers Wendy Timmermans and Guillaume Bihet travel the world taking underwater photos and have spent some of their greatest moments under foreign seas. Here’s how they got one of their most memorable shots in the Cenotes of Yucatan, Mexico.

The MonoVisions Photography Awards has once again invited international photographers to portray their visual language through the medium of black and white photography. Here are the beautiful winning monochrome photos of the 2018 awards.

When Laura Williams shared her Invisible photo on Tumblr, it unexpectedly and immediately went viral. Years later, it’s still massively popular. Here’s how Laura got the shot that made the front page of Reddit and now has over 1.1 million views on Flickr.