Have you ever wondered how you compare to other news photographers? Perhaps youve felt that youre earning less than your colleagues or that your occupation is especially dangerous? A new study on the state of photojournalistic practice, conducted by the University of Stirling and the University of Oxfords Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism [...]
As a small business owner, you probably already use Dropbox as part of your daily workflow. However, in this post I am going to share five tips to use Dropbox for small business that you might not have already thought of. Dropbox Options for Small Business In case you don’t already use Dropbox, Dropbox works [...]
We’ve been reporting on GoPro’s advance into the virtual reality market in the past. First with their acquisition of Kolor, the 360 content editing software and then again when the popular action camera manufacturer announced they were working on a drone and aa 6 six camera sphericalmountwhich was gearedtowards the VR/AR crowd. It certainly looks [...]
This funky little “lens” is actually not a lens, but a specialty camera vacuumcalled the Fujin Mark II. The device uses anelectric fan which the manufacturer says, “can easily remove the type of dust, dirt, and sand that could not be removed before.” All you have to do is mount the lens on your camera, [...]
When I first started out in photography I had a tough time wrapping my head around one of its most fundamental concepts: exposure. I learned everything I could about things like aperture, light, shutter speed, highlights, shadows and dynamic range, but all these wereplanets orbiting a central sun calledexposure and I couldn’t nail down exactly what that meant. I heard terms like “expose for the highlights” and “try to get a good exposure” sandwiched... more
About a week ago, Sony announced that the A7RII and the A7SII will gain theability to record uncompressed14-bit RAW still images. This is a change vs. the previous ability to record only compressed RAW files at 14 bits. DPreview did a thorough analysis on the difference between those two options and sure enough there are [...]
When you want to shoot a piece of jewelry or a beer can or a wine bottle or just about any product there is a good chance you will be using a table top. Table top, as the name implies, is a flat top that you can put stuff on. We’ve shown various table tops [...]
People fascinate me. I love the diversity in personality and expressions, and I love using my camera to capture all those personalities! People are by far my favorite subject to have in front of my camera.
If you are new to photography and getting frustrated that you aren’t creating portraits like you hoped, I’m here to help! Let’s go through six tips to get started with portraits. You’ll be a pro before you know it.
What if Sony’s camera has so much more power internally than what they expose? We have seen Canon cameras gettinga performance boost via hacked custom firmware – Magic Lantern, so the idea is not unthinkable. Now, youtube userNabil Fathi claims to have hacked the Sony A7S to record 4K internally, along with providing higher bitrate [...]
