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Whatever camera or phone you have, itll report the ISO value it used to take its photos. Despite its ubiquity, ISO probably doesnt mean what you think it does. Worse still, it may be holding your camera back, both in terms of the images it takes and in the tools it provides you. This means it's potentially holding your photography back, too. Part of the problem stems from the fact that ISO sounds like something you were already familiar with.

At first glance, ISO settings look just... more

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Tamron has introduced its 17-35mm F2.8-4 Di OSD lens for full-frame Canon and Nikon bodies. This compact lens, which weighs just 460g (16.2oz), features 15 elements, including low-dispersion and glass-molded aspherical elements. Both 'BBAR' and fluorine coatings are employed, with the latter helping to... more

This week we take a look at one of the more unusual optics we've seen for quite a while. The Laowa 24mm F14 Macro Probe lens may look like something out of a science fiction movie, but as Chris and Jordan discover, it opens the door to some really interesting photo opportunities.

Be sure to... more

I often teach new photographers to study the greats, both past and present. Study and be influenced, but please dont aim to copy them — I promise you that wont get you anywhere.

Learn from them and allow yourself to be influenced but strive to become your own photographer and to create your own vision. These photographers tell captivating stories, but they also have intriguing stories on how they got to be great. Learn their backstory and I promise you that you... more

Want a simple introduction to the basics of the Exposure Triangle in photography?... more

Sometimes we put things off so many times that the act of delaying that thing becomes automatic. Ill get to that thing tomorrow, and tomorrow comes, tomorrow goes, and that thing never gets taken care of. I fell into that trap, and the thing that kept being put off was taking portraits of my parents.

I really need to make some portraits of my parents, I would say, because at some point I wont be able to do it.

Id say it over and over and put it off again and again... more

Photographer Jerry Ferguson was flying in a news helicopter this week to cover seasonal monsoon weather in Phoenix, Arizona, when a massive dust storm showed up on the horizon. As they flew away to outrun the wall of dust... more

Earlier this year I guided a group of photographers in Namibia. It had been some time since my last visit and I was very keen to return, but little did I know that this beautiful African country would see some very rare weather conditions during my visit. In this article I'll describe what happened.

It was a peculiar time in Namibia, with some very weird... more

Turkish macro photographer Can Tuner recently turned his camera onto ordinary leaves in order to study the details of nature. After back-lighting a leaf, Tuner was surprised to find that up-close, it... more

Astronauts on the International Space Station have shot and shared gorgeous views of our planet in recent years. Here’s a 5-minute video by Big Think... more

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