Jason Ching is a research scientist with the University of Washingtons Alaska Salmon Program who uses photos and videos to document wildlife, landscapes, and ongoing research in Alaska. He recently took a drone camera out to Iliamna Lake, the largest lake in Alaska, and captured hours of footage of... more
Is it wise to convert your raw files to the Adobe DNG format? If you are using Lightroom or Photoshop with Camera Raw, you have the option to convert your master files to DNG. In this article I want to focus on the benefits of converting, the reasons why converting to DNG may not always be ideal or necessary, as well as tackle some of the misinformation about DNG.
DNG Pros
The DNG format was devised by Adobe in response to the growing number of undocumented raw camera file... more
Here’s a 6-minute video by Green Label that focuses on the work of Travis Jensen, the San Francisco (and LA) based street photographer that we also featured back... more
What happens if your portrait clients request golden hour lighting… outside of golden hour? That’s the situation photographer Pye Jirsa of Lin & Jirsa Photography found himself in recently... more
If an iPhone plays a big role in your photography, either as a pocket computer or as a primary camera, and you suffer from dead-battery anxiety, there’s some good news for you: Apple just announced an official battery case that greatly extends your phone’s battery life.
Brad Mangin. Photo by Patrick Tehan/Bay Area News Group.
Brad Mangin is a freelance sports photographer based in the San Francisco Bay Area. He regularly shoots for Sports Illustrated and Major League Baseball Photos, and he has photographed 16 World Series and... more
Back in August, Instagram made a lot of photographers very happy by announcing that it will no longer force all photos into a square aspect ratio — by allowing rectangular images, photographers can now share their photos in their original form.
This is less the story of a DPReview.com editor professing his favorite piece of gear from the year, and more the story of a photographer and system owner holding out several years for the perfect camera. This isn't about Nikon vs Canon or Sony or mirrorless vs DSLR. It's about investing in a system, expectations, and the joy of photography.
Nikon D750 - What I love:
24MP Full-frame sensor offers excellent high ISO performance and great dynamic range
For the past several years, a guy in Seattle named Florin Mehedinti has been pranking his wife, Gracie, with “The Forever Pose.” Florin will pretend to take a photograph of Gracie posing, but instead he’ll actually be shooting a short video clip. The 2-minute video above is a compilation of all of these “forever” poses (note: there’s some strong language).
