Photographers tend to shy away from wide-angle lenses when shooting portraits, but DPReview Technical Editor Rishi Sanyal thinks that's all wrong. In this video, he uses the Sigma 24-35mm F2 Art to illustrate his case for wide-angle portraits, capturing a couple of models with a setting sun in Seattle's lovely Discovery Park. Step away from your 85mm comfort zone and learn some of Rishi's tips - and reasons - for going wide with portraits.
If you use Facebook (or Instagram), you may have seen people share photos of themselves that they “accidentally” snapped… but really the photo was clearly planned. YouTuber Crispy Dingo decided to poke fun at these types of pictures. In the 37-second... more
Many moons ago I was enrolled in a class on portraiture by Don Giannatti that studied and sought inspiration from the greats in photographic portraiture. The final artist studied was William Coupon. Coupon is known for his formal painterly backdrop portraits. Being the dutiful student I turned my... more
The Rodenstock XR-Heligon 50mm 0.75 lens is an old lens that was made for medical X-ray imaging by the German optics company Rodenstock. You can find them... more
My name is David Weightman, and I do wedding photography as Married to My Camera. As my brand name suggests, Im rather attached to one camera! Due to the documentary style of wedding photography I practice, I feel its more important that I know my camera inside out, rather than upgrade... more
By day, Zun Lee is a doctor in Toronto, Canada. When he’s not working, he’s often unwinding from stress with a camera in hand. As a self-taught photographer, his documentary and street projects have caught the eye of The New York Times, The New Yorker, Magnum, and more.... more
Pentax has been teasing its first full frame DSLR for months now, and the latest word is that it’ll be arriving in the spring of 2016. If shadowy teaser photos and sample shots aren’t enough for you, check out these new leaked product photos and... more
Here’s a major warning to those of you who use Adobe Creative Cloud on a Mac: the latest version of Creative Cloud has a bug that deletes unrelated data from your root directory without warning.
The bug in Adobe Creative Cloud version 3.5.0.206 was discovered... more
When Brian Smith was just a High School student with a budding interest in making photographs, he learned that photography could earn you some significant perks and at that age, that meant a pass to leave campus. These days he's well known for his portraiture, including a portfolio of A-list celebrities. He sat down with DPReview Editor Barney Britton at PIX 2015 to discuss his background, career and his secret to putting all of his portrait subjects at ease in front of the... more
