Tag: closeup

27 MAY

The Scott Walker of Minnesota Is Ready for His Close-up

The candidates scrunch together in front of the fireplace, with frozen practiced smiles. The photographer crouches. A hush falls over the well-dressed donors and activists on hand for an evening of “candidate speed dating” at Edina Country Club, one of Minnesota’s most exclusive addresses. Just before the shutter clicks, one of the four breaks ranks. […]

25 SEP

Ready For Your Closeup?

BuzzFeed News; Getty Images This fall, when hundreds of gorgeous, expertly lit portrait shots of friends, relatives, and their pets inevitably begin to dominate your Instagram feed, feel free to thank 17th-century Dutch master painters like Vermeer. It’s the day after Apple’s Sept. 12 iPhone event and Apple Senior Vice President Phil Schiller is enthusiastically […]

15 SEP

These are the last close-up photos of Saturn we may see in decades

NASA/JPL-Caltech/Space Science Institute; Kevin M. Gill/Flickr (CC BY 2.0) With just hours left before its meteoric doom in the clouds of Saturn, NASA’s Cassini probe on Thursday sent its final batch of photos to planet Earth. Cassini is scheduled to die Friday around 6:22 a.m. EDT, though news of its destruction will take about 1 […]

20 APR

Jupiter close-up: Juno snaps stunning image of planet’s swirling clouds (PHOTO)

Published time: 20 Apr, 2017 08:37 NASA has shared an incredible close-up portrait of Jupiter taken from the Juno probe during its fifth flyby of the giant planet. The snap was captured by the JunoCam on March 27, as the spacecraft completed its latest orbit, at a distance of about 12,400 miles (20,000km) from the […]