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I like thrift stores as much as the next photographer. And garage sales, car boot sales, and other places where another man’s trash is my potential treasure. I’m a sucker for a good bargain. I thought I got a good deal a few years ago finding a Nikkormat FTn for a mere 1. And while […]

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It’s not really a secret that Facebook wants Snapchat. They offered to buy them, and Snapchat refused. So, now Facebook seem to be working as hard as they can to introduce Snapchat-like features into all of their platforms. It started with Instagram adding basic stories, which then spread to Facebook and WhatsApp. Every new version […]

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A couple of months ago, weve seen how iPhone 7 Plus stands against the $50K Red Weapon. It performs pretty well in bright conditions, considering thats its just a smartphone and Red Weapon is a powerful professional camera. But now, Potato Jet makes a new comparison. This time he compares the iPhone 7 Plus to […]

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The web is saturated with top ten lists of how to be a better photographer. Heck, I’ve even written a number of them myself. Yet, one has to wonder, how much better can someone really become after reading just one article? Wouldn’t a larger transformation involving several weeks or months be necessary?

Depending on your current amount of personal bandwidth, you may not like the answer. There are some shortcuts, but ultimately you are looking at a minimum of 21 days to... more

A widower in the UK is appealing to help find the stranger who shot the last photo of him and his wife together before she died. BBC Newsreports that Alan Write and his wife visited Sissinghurst Castle Garden in Cranbrook, Kent, England in September 2015. During the visit a man they spoke to took their […]

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Summer is coming, and its the right time for choosing the perfect camera for the adventures it brings. Olympus seems to have this in mind, so theyve launched their latest rugged compact camera: Olympus TG-5. Its water-, dust-, freeze, crush- and shockproof, able to withstand a variety of weather conditions and follow you wherever you […]

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Profoto are calling the B1X the “new benchmark for on-location lighting”. And if it’s true, then it’s about time. Given that the $600 Godox AD600 seemed to keep upwith the triple-the-cost Profoto B1 just fine, they sure needed to do something. And so they have. The new Profoto B1X has a bigger battery, brighter modelling […]

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What is a ring light?

Even if you dont know what a ring light is, it is probable that you have seen photos made using them. As the name suggest, they are a light source in the shape of a ring, often, your camera is mounted on the light so the lens points through it. This on-axis lighting provides even, shadowless illumination on the front of your subject. It is a very distinct style most often seen in fashion photography.

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You know its going to be a good Spring when you get to test drive two new lenses in a row. So far its shaping up to be a good Spring indeed, having just wrapped up my thoughts on the new Sigma 135mm f/1.8 Art Series lens, I now find that I get to take […]

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Imagine exercising your butt off, entering the bodybuilding competition, only to later find out your photo was omitted from the contest gallery because youre not perfect. This is what happened toJana Roller. She worked hard for two years, lost 140 lbs and entered her first bodybuilding competition. However, when she browsed through the gallery of […]

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