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I really love the combination of street photography and rain, since rain changes the mood and the city completely. As a result, the most mundane things turn into drama, mystery, and poetry. Here are 3 lessons I’ve learned about shooting in the rain.

1. The most important piece of gear: an umbrella

The simplest (yet game changing) tip I ever got about photographing in the rain: get an umbrella. Many thanks to Digby Fullam of... more

Let’s be honest, we all saw this one coming…

Smartphone manufacturer Oppo finally bit the bullet for the rest of the phone makers out there and did what they’ve all been wanting to do for years: they made the front camera better than the one on the back.

I guess it’s official, the smartphone is now primarily for selfies and other stuff comes laterwell, at least this smartphone.... more

Recently I got a message from a person who said that they liked my pictures, but unfortunately they dont have a “photographic eye.” This inspired me to write the following article about basic aesthetics and their relationship to photography.

Express your Opinion

When we talk about aesthetics, we mean that some things are generally more pleasing to the eyewhether it be in a photograph, painting, or sculpture.

One thing that often happens when... more

Plotagraph Pro is really neat. The program lets you ‘animate’ cinemagraph style GIFs and videos from single JPEGs. There’s just one problem: the price. If the $300 asking price is too rich for your blood, we found a “pay-what-you-want” Photoshop action that does a great job mimicking the more expensive software!

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We recently shared the impressive Canon DSLR arsenal Getty Images brought to the Rio 2016 Olympics. Here’s something else that’s impressive: the agency team of photographers and photo editors at the Games can snap, edit, and share official Olympic photos in as little as two minutes.

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F-Stop Gear has announced that KitSentry, the bag it sought (and successfully raised) funding for on Kickstarter, will not be brought to market. The notice, which was posted as the final update for Kickstarter backers on Sunday, details various production issues and expenses that ultimately made KitSentry less than 'economically viable.' The company's explanation is at odds with a report published in a recent investigative article... more

What do you do if you’re out shooting on-location, without strobes, and you want to darken a bright background without affecting the light on your model? Joel Grimes... more

Credit: NASA

NASA has successfully tested a camera that uses multiple frames of different exposures to create HDR video. The demo of a rocket test shows that the dynamic range provided is enough to capture plumes of exhaust fire and the surrounding area at the same time. The High Dynamic Range Stereo X, or HiDyRS-X, camera is capable of recording a collection of different exposures using very high frame rates which it then combines to create individual frames of HDR video in 3D.

The... more

I know, I know. Its been done before, but not by me, so I gave er a go. It started when I discovered a blog post online: DIY Foam core 810 camera by Cory Norton.

Norton outlines a... more

Photographer Ron Risman has created a video that he calls “The Most Spectacular 2.5 Minutes of Lightning.” It shows a powerful lightning storm in Kansas synchronized with music.

The footage was... more

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