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Type of site | Photography news, reviews, and education |
|---|---|
| Available in | English |
| Founded | February 2010 |
| Headquarters | Charleston, South Carolina, United States |
| Founder(s) | Lee Morris Patrick Hall |
| URL | fstoppers |
| Current status | Active |
Fstoppers is an American photography website and online community that publishes industry news, equipment reviews, tutorials, and behind-the-scenes videos about photography and videography. It was founded in February 2010 by wedding photographers Lee Morris and Patrick Hall in Charleston, South Carolina.[1][2]
History
[edit]Morris and Hall launched Fstoppers in February 2010 as a site centered on behind-the-scenes videos showing how professional photographs are made. Within six months of launch, the site drew approximately 100,000 readers per month.[1]
In July 2010, the site attracted attention for a fashion photography shoot Morris produced using only an iPhone 3GS, intended to demonstrate that lighting and technique matter more than camera equipment. The accompanying video was viewed more than one million times in its first month and was covered by NPR's photography blog and MacRumors.[1][3][4]
In August 2014, a portrait series by Hall photographing volunteers at the moment they were shocked with a stun gun, published on Fstoppers, received coverage from The Post and Courier, ABC-owned television stations, and Designboom, and was featured in a CNN segment by Jeanne Moos.[5][6][7][8]
In December 2015, Hall photographed gun owners at a Charleston-area firing range on the day after Christmas for a portrait series published on the site; Hall discussed the project in an interview with Fox News.[9][10]
Tutorial business
[edit]Alongside its editorial content, Fstoppers produces and sells long-form video tutorials with professional photographers, including the Photographing the World landscape and travel photography series with Elia Locardi.[11][2]
In March 2018, in response to piracy of its tutorials, the company uploaded a fake 25-gigabyte version of Photographing the World 3 to The Pirate Bay. The hoax file, shot at an Olive Garden restaurant in Charleston, mimicked the real tutorial's opening before revealing itself as a parody; it became the most-downloaded torrent of the series. The stunt was covered by TorrentFreak and Techdirt.[12][13]
Reporting
[edit]In August 2020, an Fstoppers article by writer Andy Day reported that the online archive of the photo agency Magnum Photos included images that appeared to depict the sexual exploitation of minors. The report, amplified on social media, led Magnum to suspend sales from its archive and announce a comprehensive review of its collection; the episode was covered by The Guardian, The Art Newspaper, and Artforum, and examined at length by the Columbia Journalism Review and Artnet News, the latter describing Fstoppers as the website that brought the images to public attention.[14][15][16][17][18] The site's analyses have also been used by fact-checking organizations; a 2020 USA Today fact check of a purported 1898 tornado photograph drew on a 2015 Fstoppers examination of the image.[19]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c Jackson, Erica (August 18, 2010). "Fstoppers takes photography buffs behind the scenes". Charleston City Paper. Retrieved July 15, 2026.
- ^ a b Brauer, Laura (March 4, 2014). "Who's Who: The Key Players of the Wedding and Portrait Industry". Rangefinder. Retrieved July 15, 2026.
- ^ O'Neill, Claire (July 16, 2010). "iPhone Photoshoot: No Gear, Great Photos". NPR. Retrieved July 15, 2026.
- ^ Slivka, Eric (July 7, 2010). "Fashion Photo Shoot Conducted Using iPhone 3GS". MacRumors. Retrieved July 15, 2026.
- ^ Paras, Andy (August 25, 2014). "Charleston photographer's shocking stun gun portraits go viral". The Post and Courier. Retrieved July 15, 2026.
- ^ "Amazing video shows models being tased by a stun-gun in slow-motion". KABC-TV. August 27, 2014. Retrieved July 15, 2026.
- ^ Azzarello, Nina (August 27, 2014). "Patrick Hall snaps portraits of people being tased". Designboom. Retrieved July 15, 2026.
- ^ Gidick, Kinsey (August 28, 2014). "Charleston photographer's taser photo shoot makes CNN". Charleston City Paper. Retrieved July 15, 2026.
- ^ Samuels, Liron (December 30, 2015). "Portraits with Christmas Guns". DIY Photography. Retrieved July 15, 2026.
- ^ "Photographer creates captivating series of gun owners (VIDEO)". Guns.com. January 4, 2016. Retrieved July 15, 2026.
- ^ Mansurov, Nasim (January 29, 2016). "Fstoppers + Elia Locardi Landscape Photography Tutorial Review". Photography Life. Archived from the original on July 8, 2020. Retrieved July 15, 2026.
- ^ Maxwell, Andy (March 7, 2018). "Fstoppers Uploaded a Brilliant Hoax 'Anti-Piracy' Tutorial to The Pirate Bay". TorrentFreak. Retrieved July 15, 2026.
- ^ Geigner, Timothy (March 20, 2018). "Photographer Tutorial Company Reacts To Pirates By Screwing With Them Hilariously". Techdirt. Retrieved July 15, 2026.
- ^ "Magnum reviewing archive as concerns raised about images of child sexual exploitation". The Guardian. August 14, 2020. Retrieved July 15, 2026.
- ^ Seymour, Tom (August 17, 2020). "After allegations of child abuse imagery in their archive, Magnum photo agency announce major review". The Art Newspaper. Retrieved July 15, 2026.
- ^ "Magnum Investigating Archive over Images of Alleged Child Sexual Abuse". Artforum. August 17, 2020. Retrieved July 15, 2026.
- ^ Chick, Kristen (December 21, 2020). "Magnum's moment of reckoning". Columbia Journalism Review. Retrieved July 15, 2026.
- ^ Dafoe, Taylor (March 10, 2021). "When Magnum Photos's Fabled Archive Went Online, It Opened Pandora's Box. Now the Agency Is Reckoning With Its Contents". Artnet News. Retrieved July 15, 2026.
- ^ Sadeghi, McKenzie (October 24, 2020). "Fact check: Photo of 1898 Oklahoma tornado is really 2 images combined". USA Today. Retrieved July 15, 2026.
External links
[edit]Category:Photography websites Category:American entertainment news websites Category:Internet properties established in 2010