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Sports photography is both challenging and rewarding. It requires practice, the right equipment, and a dash of luck. There wasnt a lot of literature available on the discipline when I was starting out, so I resorted to learning from the professionals at work around me (I was an athlete), adopted techniques from other photography disciplines such as bird photography, and improvised on them as I went along.

While all sports photographers have their own unique style and secret... more

Hasselblad has released an update to its medium format post-production program Phocus. Focus version 3.4 adds improvements across the board, including improved shadow and highlight tools, new adjustment layer tools, expanded live view options, new lens profile, and more.

The enhanced Shadow Fill and Highlight Recovery tools have been 'significantly enhanced.' Hasselblad says the updated algorithm 'enables photographers to fully utilize... more

I’m sitting in the end zone and Tennessee’s quarterback is ready to throw for a touchdown against Missouri. There are only three frames left on my roll of film and I think to myself, “That’s more than enough.”

I could never understand that pressure older photojournalists told me about when shooting film in stressful situations. What if there’s a big play and I run out of shots? When do I change out my roll? Is the film winding? All of these... more

On December 18, 2018, Skylum will be releasing its long-awaited DAM (Digital Asset Manager) for Luminar. Called Luminar 3 with Libraries, this will be a free update for everyone who... more

After a year of drumming up anticipation and sneak peeks, Skylum today finally announced the availability of... more

Alright, I dont know if its the best photo Ive ever taken, but its one of my favorites and its been the most popular photo Ive posted recently on Facebook and Instagram.

Its a pretty standard belief in photography that if youre a serious photographer, you have to shoot RAW. Many people will sneer just at the thought of shooting in JPEG. If youre familiar with popular YouTuber... more

National Geographic just announced the winners of the prestigious 2018 National Geographic Photo Contest. Photographer Jassen Todorov stood out from nearly 10,... more

Insta360 has released a software update for its One X 5.7K 360-degree camera. With version software version 1.1.0 the camera is now capable of capturing HDR video previously HDR recording was only available for still images. The One X HDR mode... more

In 1966, photographer Jay Maisel spent $102,000 buying a 6-floor, 35,000-square-foot, 72-room building in New York City that would become his home and studio for the next half-century. In 2015, he sold the building for $55 million. Now a new documentary film is offering an inside look at the artist’s final days inside the one-of-a-kind space.

The documentary is by photographer Stephen Wilkes, a Maisel protg, and titled, Jay Myself: Photography, the Bank, and Me.... more

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When it comes to precision photo editing, a tablet may be the tool you never knew you desperately needed. Although the Wacom tablet has long been a favored tool of graphic designers and digital artists, its also an excellent piece... more

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