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This Man Accidentally Pulled Off the World’s Greatest Photobomb
When American tourist Paul Cole was visiting London in 1969, he'd grown tired of visiting museums so he decided to have a wander around Abbey Road while waiting for his wife.
When American tourist Paul Cole was visiting London in 1969, he'd grown tired of visiting museums so he decided to have a wander around Abbey Road while waiting for his wife.
A photographer captured the epic moment a humpback whale breached behind a surfer as she flew into the air -- with the pair synchronizing perfectly.
In a funny on-air moment, a meteorologist got a huge fright after a pigeon flew directly at a live outdoor weather camera.
A pair of newlyweds were shocked and excited when a SpaceX rocket photobombed their wedding picture as it blasted off into space.
Photographer Jordan Anast captured the spectacular moment a great white shark exploded out of the ocean as he was taking pictures of a surfer.
A curious owl has become a star in Montana after landing in front of a local news station's weather camera and peering into it to investigate.
A bride was treated to an unexpected encounter with Tom Hanks when the famous actor bumped into the wedding party as they exited their downtown Pittsburgh hotel en route to the ceremony.
An Ohio wedding photographer recently found herself working the "best maternity session ever" when one of the couple's horses decided to join in on the shoot, smile for the camera, and crack everyone up.
Photographer Andrew McCarthy was shooting the Sun recently when an airliner unexpectedly flew right into his shot. The result was this picture-perfect image of "A Civilian Transit."
Harry Potter fans waited for hours on Monday at a train station in Scotland to see and photograph the iconic Hogwarts Express steam train as it passed through. Just as it was rumbling by, however, a commuter train decided to block the view. The "devastating" (yet hilarious) photobomb was captured in this 1-minute video.
Knoxville, TN-based wedding photographer Leah McMahan Edmondson of Gypsy Soul Photography had to deal with an unexpected photobomber at a recent photo shoot in Gatlinburg. While taking portraits of the newlyweds, a large black bear strolled into the background of her shot, before taking a walk down the aisle.
A Texas-based wedding photographer is making waves online after speaking out against a wedding guest who ruined an important photo by sticking her iPhone into the aisle at the ceremony.
Pepperdine sports law professor Alicia Jessop was visiting Maine from California recently when she stopped by a popular tourist destination for a lobster roll. When she held out the roll to take a picture of it, a seagull swooped in at the exact moment Jessop pressed the shutter.
The Georgia Dome stadium was demolished yesterday after serving for decades as the home of the Atlanta Falcons NFL football team. During the event, one unlucky cameraman was on the receiving end of one of the funniest bus photobombs you'll see.
This is painful to watch. After spending all day setting up and preparing to capture a smokestack demolition for her newspaper, Reading Eagle staff photographer Susan L. Angstadt was horrendously, tragically, epically photobombed by a guy with an iPhone during the moment of truth.
As a wedding photographer, nothing beats a good old fashioned celebrity cameo. Cue Tom Hanks, walking right into NYC photographer Meg Miller's frame while she was out shooting bride and groom Elizabeth and Ryan in Central Park last weekend.
Hands up, cheeks bulging, food properly presented to the camera, if we didn't know better we'd say this squirrel had been perfecting her photobomb skills ahead of the big moment. When Dorota and Marcin Karpowicz of BDFK Photography clicked the shutter, months of training paid off... Olympics style.
Photographer John Myers was photographing a surprise proposal recently when a strange thing happened: he was photobombed by an alpaca. Okay, it wasn't so strange, given they were on an alpaca farm, but the resulting shots still made for a fun (if not unique) engagement session.
Photographer Garry Cornes of Glasgow, Scotland, attended the demolition of a 24-story building this past Sunday. After joining the crowd there and setting up his camera on the other side of the street, Cornes had his view ruined at the worst possible time when a bus rolled in to photobomb his shot.
Nothing like a bit of surprise weaponry and armor to transform a romantic photoshoot into something else entirely. That's what happened to Alex of Alexandria Photography when, in the middle of a romantic engagement shoot, she and her clients were photobombed by an enthusiastic group of LARPers!
A guy named Jake was photographing his dogs on a beach in Canada last June when he was photobombed by a tiny flying bug.
Life took a 180-degree turn last week for one woman in Nigeria. While walking through town to sell bread, she stumbled into the frame of a pop star's photo shoot. One thing led to another, and now that accidental photo bomb has earned the woman a modeling contract.
A photographer in Louisiana recently shot a baby photo that was a lot more magical than she had planned. In the middle of the outdoor photo shoot, a curious deer decided to wander into the shot to see what was going on. The photobomb resulted in a remarkable and memorable portrait.
Here’s a case of a photobomb done right: when Army Corporal James Bass returned home to Durham, North Carolina, …
New Internet culture slang words such as "selfie," "photobomb," and "duckface" are being added to respected English dictionaries, so it makes sense that there should also be new signs added for them in American Sign Language. Here's a look at what those signs are.
Is it really "crashing" a photo shoot when the person doing the crashing is more than welcome to stick around as much as they like? We're not sure, but that was certainly the case in Nashville about a week ago when photographer Sarah Bailey had a Christmas family shoot hijacked by a very welcome guest.
Pop star Taylor Swift was jogging in Percy Warner park when she spotted the family and decided to drop in.
After the Boston Marathon Bombings in April 2014, both law enforcement and the public turned to photos from bystanders and security cameras to find clues about the perpetrators.
Inspired by this concept of using social media photos to solve crime, game programmer Matt Rix decided to create a game called "Photobomb."
Here's an amazing "selfie" photograph that's literally out of this world. It was captured a couple of days ago by the Rosetta mission, which is studying a comet over 250 million miles away from Earth on behalf of the European Space Agency (ESA).
Forget surgery, serendipity is the way to get a great engagement ring photo. Case in point: check out this awesome viral engagement ring shot by Reddit user kitten-little.
Most of the time, portraits of the royal family might be described as 'stoic.' But the most recent photograph of her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II isn't 'stoic' at all, in fact it might be better described as 'sneaky.'