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I firmly believe creative work is the most important element to maintaining a strong work ethic and absolute focus. I make an effort to book at least one personal project a month, sometimes it involves a mood that is completely outside of my comfort zone, which often leads to finding new lighting, composition and techniques.

With my latest project, done in collaboration with... more

Snapseed has just released version 2.9 of its popular Android and iOS photo editing apps. This latest update brings RAW editing to the iOS app, giving Snapseed full RAW support on both major platforms. RAW files from... more

How many famous modern and historical photos are you able to recognize simply by hearing the nickname? Go ahead, read each nickname then try to picture the image in your head.

1. Migrant Mother
2. The Kissing Sailor
3. La Jeune Fille a la Fleur (The Girl with a Flower)
4. The Finger
5. Napalm Girl
6. The Blue Marble
7. The Catch
8. Tank Man
9. Bliss
10. Dust Lady
11. The Falling Man
12. Hot Mugshot Guy... more

Less than a year after announcing its DJI Osmo camera with its 3-axis brushless gimbal, DJI is back with yet another handheld stabilizer… this time for your smartphone. It’s called the... more

Tamron today announced a new 150-600mm f/5-6.3 lens and a pair of new teleconverters (1.4x and 2.0x).

The new Tamron SP 150-600mm Di VC USD G2 — the G2 stands for “generation two” — is a successor to the original Tamron SP 150-600mm f/5-6.3 Di VC USD that was released back in December 2013 for Canon, Nikon, and Sony mounts. Tamron says the new version of the lens is geared toward the high-resolution DSLRs appearing on the market today,... more

Pretty? Yes. Well-built? Yes. Image quality? Ehhh...

In 2007, I was chiefly concerned with three things: fixing whatever had recently broken on my 1980 Datsun 210, scouring the electronics section of the local Goodwill in an endless quest for a louder stereo, and finding older computer games that my home-built PC would play acceptably well. Despite where I've ended up, it turns out that photography wasn't really near the top of my priorities list.

Regardless, I was dead-... more

Episode 103 of the PetaPixel Photography Podcast.
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Tamron has announced two new teleconverters, designed to be used with select telephoto Tamron lenses, starting with the company's new SP 150-600mm F5-6.3 Di VC USD G2. The 1.4X and 2X converters are moisture and dust-resistant, and turn the 150-600mm into a 210-600mm or 300-1200mm equivalent zoom, respectively. Both teleconverters use Tamron's BBAR (Broad-Band Anti-Reflection) coatings to reduce ghosting and flare, and the 2X converter uses a low-dispersion element to suppress... more

Tamron has announced a new version of its popular 150-600mm telezoom - the SP 150-600mm F5-6.3 Di VC USD G2. The 'G2' stands for second generation, reflecting several improvements to the design.

These improvements include more effective image stabilization (to a claimed 4.5 stops of benefit), faster AF speed and compatibility with Tamron's 'TAP-in' Console, for lens... more

Canon has announced a global shutter CMOS sensor with a re-designed pixel structure aimed at boosting dynamic range. Using global shutter presents a clear benefit for the sensor's videography applications, as it doesn't suffer from the distortion effects that a standard 'progressive scan' sensor does when capturing fast-moving subjects.

However, global shutter designs have tended to offer less dynamic range than their conventional counterparts. Canon says that the sensor's drive system... more

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