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Offset Artist Karolis Janulis always wanted wings, to see the world not as humans see it but as the birds do. The self-taught Lithuanian photographer plunged headlong into drone photography when the DJI Phantom hit the market, but his intended destination has always been the sky.
Half a year ago, National Geographic photographer Jimmy Chin and writer Grayson Schaffer coined the term “Little person, big landscape!” to describe the kind of picture that appeals to the masses of the Instagram era. We've all seen it; a sole figure is dwarfed by a mountain, a forest, a vast expanse of wildflowers or snow. The genre (if we can call it that) is definitely having a moment right now. In the wrong hands, it can seem cheap, even trite, but there's one reason it isn't going away: when done well, there's nothing like it.
There's something special about swimming holes. They're private, secret, and mysterious in a way that borders on the clandestine. A telling entry from Urban Dictionary defines "swimming hole" as the following: "A natural body of water used by all the cool kids in a given area. Uncool kids aren't welcome there."