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In the pantheon of lens focal lengths, 28mm is a bit of an outlier. Photojournalists are more apt to reach for the 35mm, while many manufacturers have settled on 24mm for primes and the wide end of their zoom lenses. But 28mm has become visually familiar to consumers because its field-of-view equivalent can be found on many smartphones like the iPhone.

Zeiss caused a ruckus when it announced its line of Otus lenses in 2013; a line designed for maximum still photography... more

Photographing the sea and the waves can be both challenging and fun. People often ask me what “the right settings” are to shoot moving water so I decided to write a little guide on it. There are many options depending on what look youre going for. By using some examples of my own, Ill explain how I shoot my seascapes.

I usually define 3 options: Shooting the sea normally with a very fast shutter speed (not going to discuss it in this article as its just pressing the... more

Photographer Lewis Wickes Hine once said: “There is work that profits children, and there is work that brings profit only to employers. The object of employing children is not to train them, but to get high profits from their work.”

Lewis Wickes Hine was an American sociologist and photographer whose work was instrumental in changing child labor laws in the United States.

Hine is my favorite photographer. Aside from being technically excellent, his black and... more

Reuters is in hot water with the IOC and PyeongChang Winter Olympics organizing committee after the news agency broadcast several images of the olympic cauldron being lit during an opening ceremony rehearsal this past weekend. The lapsehighly uncharacteristic for a major news agency with decades of experience respecting image embargoeshas gotten Reuters banned from covering the Opening Ceremony.

The news broke through the... more

This is a story about a camera, a rather special camera. Every camera has a history, so they say. But it is not all that often that one has such a rich and documented history. One that was thought to be lost but has been found again. This is the story of Sean Flynns Leica M2.

I have been very lucky throughout my career to have found some... more

A couple of weeks ago, AT&T decided not to carry any handsets from Chinese smartphone maker after pressure from lawmakers over security concerns. Now, according to sources at... more

Director Steven Soderbergh’s latest movie is a psychological horror-thriller titled Unsane. This feature film has a big difference from his previous movies, though: it was shot entirely on the iPhone. You can watch the official 3-minute trailer above.

The synopsis of the movie reads: “A young woman is involuntarily committed to a mental institution where she is confronted by her greatest fear–but is it real or is it a product of her delusion?”... more

PhotoShelter founder and CEO Allen Murabayashi recently decided to pit two unlikely competitors against each other. In a short, unscientific comparison review, Murabayashi wanted to see how the $5,000 Zeiss Otus 28mm F1.4 lens stacked up against the almost-as-expensive $4,250 Leica Q, which sports a fixed 28mm F1.7 lens.

When you consider the identical focal lengths and "must have deep pockets" price tags... more

A few years ago, I visited the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone with an infrared camera. We always hear praises of the might of Mother Nature, how it renders useless mans creations and bears... more

Here’s a 5-minute tutorial fromEvan Ranftthat shows you why and how you can easily split tone your photos for better colors using Adobe Lightroom.

Split toning allows you... more

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