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For weeks, we've been getting hammered with the question "Will Chris and Jordan continue their tradition of doing a Best and Worst year-end episode?"

Oh yes, dear readers, they will. And here it is. Pour yourself a cocktail and enjoy. And if you must, get ready to throw some rotten tomatoes at the screen if you don't like their selections, and tell us why you disagree in the comments. They won't take it personally we promise.*

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The European Space Agency (ESA) has released an eye-opening pair of new photos that show a massive crater of water ice... more

Debating which camera brand is best is a sure way to create a lively discussion among photographers. Its easy to endlessly discuss specs and online reviews and to think that the latest model will give us some missing edge. But what about when you really put images to the test with prints?

As fine art printmaker, Ive had the chance to do just that, looking at an endless stream of prints from photographers of all experience levels and types of equipment. And Ive come to the... more

I needed a landscape photo of a foggy forest on a sunny day, in which beams of sunlight were streaming through the trees and creating beautiful sun rays. The only problem was that it was summer and there was no fog to be had… so I decided to rent a fog machine and see if we could make enough fog to simulate real fog.

For this task, I enlisted the help of my friend Chris Collacott, and together we created a pretty cool image. Here’s an 8-minute behind-the-scenes... more

Photo software company ON1 has released its first free update for ON1 Photo RAW 2019. The new 2019.1 version features enhanced Focus Stacking, masking and portrait features, as well as improvements to the Lightroom plug-in and enhancements suggested by users.

The enhanced Focus Stacking feature offers more accurate image... more

Finding new ways to create isn’t always easy, so you have to keep your eyes open for inspiration. One day while making my way down the rabbit hole of YouTube, I stumbled across a video. These guys had created 3 colored shadows off this pencil while keeping a perfectly white background. What in the world was this sorcery? Turns out it wasn’t sorcery, it was science.

As my curiosity started to rise I noticed something else did as well — it was inspiration.

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While at Photokina back in September, camera reviewer Kai Wong got some hands-on time with a... more

I crossed Shibuya Crossing 10 times for a new series of photos, and I watched pedestrians cross another 13 times. Crossings happen every two minutes, and theres a one minute window... more

There has been a nationwide increase in camera store burglaries in recent years, and another one just occurred in Manchester, New Hampshire. The thieves made off with roughly $50,000 in cameras and lenses in less than a minute, and the entire thing was captured on camera.

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Agfa-Gevaert used to be an important player in the consumer camera space, but the company failed to keep up with digital developments and in 2004 the consumer imaging division was bought out by management and transferred into the Germany-based AgfaPhoto GmbH.

The new company filed for bankruptcy just one year later, however, and these days the Agfa brand is... more

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