In 1827, French inventor Joseph Nicéphore Niépce took the earliest known surviving photograph with a camera obscura, a “dark room” that anticipated the camera and required an exposure of several days.

Get landscape photography tips from photographer Robert Caputo in this photo field guide from National Geographic.

Anyone can press a shutter button, but shooting a striking photo requires special talent. Once you know the basics of exposure and have a general idea of composition, it’s time to take your ...

Smartphone cameras have evolved at a breakneck pace over the last decade. From multiple camera arrays to massive 1-inch sensors and ever-improving computational pipelines, the hardware is all there to ...