Food can be a difficult subject to photograph. There’s all kinds of things to take into account about the colour and texture of the food. You’ve got to make it look appetising to the camera, even if it doesn’t always look that way in real life. Shooting a single frame is difficult enough. So, imagine [...]
Ansel Adams is one of those legends of photography that most people have heard of. Whether they’re a photographer themselves or not, they know who he is. They know of his work, they may even own some of it. For those of us who are photographers, haveyou ever wondered what it would have beenlike to [...]
As the song goes, we are bombarded by signs on a daily basis. Traffic signs, store signs, window signs, it’s never ending. But what if those signs are extremely photogenic like neon ones?
See what these photographers have created by shooting some neon signs (some lit up, some not).
I don’t know why so many photographersseem to be obsessed with racing to the bottom. But, for those that are, new Australian startup“Snappr” wants to help you win. Or, lose, depending on your perspective.That’s the thing about racing to the bottom. Even if you win, you lose, because you’re not making any kind of sustainable [...]
DJI have updated their Osmo handheld gimbal camera to provide up to 7x zoom capabilities. Like the recently announced Zenmuse Z3 zoom camera for the Inspire 1, it’s actually a 3.5x optical zoom. On top of this is a 2x “digital lossless zoom”. Technically the “digital zoom” is really a crop mode, and is only [...]
At $55 a set, the Phottix Ares remotes bring a ton of value to the table, making them our recommended pick for photographers building out a beginner's lighting kit. For many photographers, in fact, these are the only remotes they will ever need.
Wouldn’t we all love to be the photographer for lavish, perfectly detailed weddings? It’s discouraging sometimes to follow the work of famous wedding photographers and feel like we’ll never measure up. The truth is that for most of us, we’re photographing weddings of average everyday people, who can’t afford those over-the-top perfect weddings.
That doesn’t mean that thewedding we’re photographing is any less special, or any less... more
Joey Lawrencehas been photographing the tribes of Ethiopia since 2008. Drawn by the aesthetic of the country itself and its residents, it’s a place he’sreturned to many times since. In 2013, Joey started a kickstarter to raise funds for a cinematic narrative film. The filmwas to be shot in Ethiopia’s Omo Valley, andstar the members [...]
What do you think of when you hear the term composite? Lots of hours with the pen tool cutting out elements, or fiddling around with the refine edge tool? Well one of the ways I sometimes like to create composite images is by blending instead of cutting out. Many of the photographers I follow use [...]
It seems that these days, 3rd party lens manufacturers are doing everything they can to try to upstage everybody else.After Nikon’s recent introduction of the 105mm f/1.4E, Tamron have now filed a patent for a 115mm f/1.4 VC lens. If they make it, this would make it the longest f/1.4 autofocus* lens out there, taking [...]
