Vanessa Rivera is a 28-year-old blogger and a future educator from Southern California. Besides this, she’s also an amazing mom of three beautiful children, who enjoys turning their daily lives into magical adventures. It has become a part of Vanessa’s daily routine to photograph her kids, and all the editing begins when they go to …

Evocative images of Scotland’s mountains shrouded in mist and snow have come top in the Scottish Landscape Photographer of the Year contest. Paul Webster, from Grimsby, North East Lincolnshire, fought off strong competition from thousands of entries from across the globe to win the prestigious title. Together, his winning portfolio comprises three incredible shots of …

There are thousands of beautiful models on Instagram, but Shudu Gram is one of the kind. Cameron-James Wilson is a 28-year-old self-taught British photographer who is the man behind the stunning dark-skinned model. He created Shudu after teaching himself 3D, using online resources and YouTube videos. “Shudu represents what I’ve always seen as beautiful, but …

This year, the Annual Smithsonian.com Photo Contest received 48,000 submissions from photographers in 155 countries. Here are 15 of the 60 finalists in the six categories: Natural World, The American Experience, Travel, People, Altered Images, and Mobile. “MAKING INCENSE” BY TRAN TUAN VIET “Decoratively dyed bundles of incense dry in Quang Phu Cau, a commune …

HELLO, BLUE ICE! Over the weekend, photographers and nature-lovers across Michigan flocked to the Mackinac Bridge to see the stunning blocks of blue ice that had formed around the structure. A NATURAL PHENOMENON The frozen blocks got their blue hue because the lake ice, where lake Michigan and Huron met, had no bubbles. This allowed …