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Lensbaby's Twist 60 is all about the bokeh. It promises appealing subject/background separation with Petzval-like swirly bokeh, offering an F2.5 maximum aperture. The Twist 60 is part of Lensbaby's Optic Swap system and is currently offered for Canon, Nikon and Sony E mounts. We just couldn't resist taking it out for a spin  and we have to confess that we stuck mostly to wide open apertures in order to get the... more

Photographer and conservationist Sam Trull originally moved to Costa Rica to study primates… then she met her first sloth. It was... more

In a video that will no doubt earn him quite a bit of Internet ire, photographer and photo educator Tony Northrup recently took each of the major camera manufacturers to task. From... more

Casio has announced a 360 camera that features a detachable lens unit and a mode that allows the body to control two cameras at the same time. The Casio EX-FR200 is equipped with a 1.35mm lens that offers a fisheye capture with the angle of view wed expect from a 13.4mm lens on a 35mm film camera.

The lens can be used in four different modes to either capture a 180 3888 x 3888... more

In this Photoshop tutorial, were going to walk through the many different ways to create this pixel dispersion fragmenting effect to make your model or object look like it is bursting into little particles and pieces.

Well look at quickly cutting out the subject of the photo (whether its a person, a car, a building, or anything,) masking to create the effect, adding elements to fake depth and give the image a 3D look, adding the spinning tornado effect (mine in this video didnt... more

News Corp. photographer Brett Costello

Another instance of robbery during the Rio Olympics has been reported, this time involving News Corp photographer Brett Costello and his bag of photography gear. The incident took place at a coffee shop in Ipanema, according to Costello's statement to The Courier Mail, where a woman distracted him while her accomplice grabbed Costello's gear bag. The thieves are said... more

The makers of the CamFi wireless DSLR controller have launched a new version of their iOS app. It now allows the user to transfer photos to Dropbox in real-time while shooting. The new feature is aimed at photojournalists who want to send images to news desks as quickly as possible but can arguably be useful in other scenarios as well.

To make the system work, photographers need a so-called MiFi, a portable... more

The IOC has a lot to worry about this Olympics: making sure the athletes are safe, making sure... more

When photographer Jason Shulman first had the idea for... more

The opening ceremony hasn’t even kicked off yet, and olympic photographers are already having a hard time in Rio. Case in point: News Corp photographer Brett Costello recently... more

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