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I was nervous and excited. I had just left my 9 to 5 cubicle career and jumped head-first into full-time photography. Over the next 2 months, I would be traveling all over the world with a friend in order to build my portfolio. At this point, though, my sedentary lifestyle had caught up to me and I was about 25lbs overweight.

During my trip I carried an 85lb+ backpack up mountains, stairs, on trains, through water and beyond. By the time I returned to the States, I had lost a... more

Dorothea Langes iconic Migrant Mother is one of the most famous photographs ever taken. But who was the woman featured in the portrait? This 7-minute video from Today I Found Out delves in to... more

It’s often said that we know more about the surface of the moon than we do about the depths of our oceans. These astonishing photos by underwater photographer Alexander Semenov show just... more

If youve heard of Bitcoin, then youre peripherally familiar with blockchain. Blockchain is a distributed database technology that creates a public ledger of every transaction within the system perfect for cryptocurrencies that lack a central issuing bank.

The foundational technology has also gained the interest of... more

Andrew Harnik is a photographer for the Associated Press who’s one of the people responsible for covering the President of the United States. In this 5.5-minute episode of Format’s... more

In this 4-minute video that’s both fascinating and heartbreaking for photography lovers, the Waterjet Channel puts a Canon 17-85mm lens through a vigorous test. Well, it... more

Mounting a monitor on your DSLR usually means using an articulating ball mount, which is fiddly and impossible to adjust with one hand. Caleb Pike shows how to build a freely adjustable mount... more

Virtual reality is an up and coming industry. Big jumps are being made, with many genres of photography and film getting on board. But VR has always been limited in its resolution, with the experience feeling a bit pixelated to the user. Finnish startup... more

We've been talking about the convergence between still and video technology for years, but usually from the perspective of picking a tool that does one job exceptionally well, while doing the other 'well enough.' You can shoot 4K video with a DSLR, but the quality still lags behind what you'll get from a professional cinema camera shooting Raw video. Conversely, it's been possible to extract still frames from 4K and 6K Raw video, but the level of detail is still below what you... more

Photo by Jeff Keller

Despite its modest MSRP, Fujifilm's entry-level X-A3 has dual control dials, a tilting touchscreen, and the same 24MP sensor from the company's flagship models - but with a traditional Bayer color filter array instead of X-Trans. We're pushing through our full review, but in the meantime, check out how it performs with a variety of the company's prime and zoom lenses.... more

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