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Ditching extraneous gear pays dividends when youre traveling — and not only the ones you might expect.

Portrait of a Syrian refugee in Jordan. My minimal gear setup allows me set up and tear down quickly.

Suppose youre booked for a photo shoot in a foreign country. Because youre not allowed to be in a foreign country to conduct work without a work permit, you have two options. You can get a work permit, which takes time and money, or do what I do: travel... more (link is external)

This photograph shows the camera equipment that Getty Images photographers will be using Brazil for the upcoming Rio Olympic Games. That’s a lot of high-end Canon DSLR gear.

The man who took the photo, Getty Images Director of Sports Events Michael Heiman, tells PetaPixel that the photo agency will be moving more photos than ever before at this year’s games.

“Getty Images will be capturing a record-setting 1.5 million images at the... more (link is external)

Have you ever looked out the window of a plane and imagined you were surfing the clouds? Red Bull Air Force member Sean MacCormac took it one step further by skysurfing the edge of a Florida thunderstorm on my most recent assignment, titled “... more (link is external)

If you’ve in the market for a tiny, fun, manual focus bokeh monster to carry around with you, photographer Nitsan Simantov (link is external) would like to introduce you to his “favorite lens... more (link is external)

Chinese lens maker Venus Optics (link is external) is set to launch a new lens called the Laowa 12mm f/2.8. It will be the world’s widest rectilinear f/2.8 lens.

The company is marketing the lens as a ZERO... more (link is external)

The artist statement Nancy LeVine (link is external) sent us for her series Senior Dogs Across America begins with a paragraph that left this writer in tearsa tribute to the two dogs she had to let go of... more (link is external)

Adobe today announced (link is external) a new member of the Lightroom family: Lightroom for Apple TV. While Lightroom on your computer or mobile device is... more (link is external)

Well, I did it. I switched from Nikon to Sony. I never thought I would, especially after attempting the Sony camera system twice previously (link is external). But as it turns out, my issues with Sony... more (link is external)

Over the weekend, aerial photographer Mike Risser of Escape-Backpackers.com (link is external) visited 13 castles around the Czech Republic. At the 13th century... more (link is external)

Turning a timelapse into a “flowing” painting in the style of one of the great masters doesn’t necessarily require 80 hours of frame-by-frame iPad photography (link is external) with the Prisma app. For artist... more (link is external)

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