I have some amazing news today! We are releasing not one, but two new back-plate packages in our decay archives. Those are not regular packages though. They were taken at Prypjat – a city only 4km away from the nuclear planet of Chernobyl. Sadly, the radiation never quite went away and the city was never [...]
DIY Drones are wonderful and powerful tools designed with some of the best gimbal systems around. While the gimbals are obviously useful when flying throughout the skies, its equally good on landso long as you can somehow hold your drone. Enter the DIY 3D-printed handle for DJIs Phantom 3 drone. Created by Thingiverse user Zoti [...]
Tripods are, quite literally, a solid foundation upon which you can create your photography, but have you ever wondered how they’re made? Assuming you’re not using a fancy carbon fiber tripod, it was probably something like this. In this video, the Science Channel takes us through the workflow of the Manfrotto assembly line to demonstrate [...]
In addition to the lenses Sigma revealed earlier today, the Japanese electronics company also announced two new mirrorless cameras and a dedicated speedlight. Taking inspiration from the companys DP Quattro cameras, the sd Quattro and sd Quattro H drop the fixed lens for a Sigma SA mount, all while keeping Sigmas signature Foveon Quattro sensor [...]
Think your Photoshop skills are up to scratch? You might want to think again when you see some of the work by Reddit user Your_Post_As_A_Movie. Taking some rather ordinary images, as well as some exceptionally good ones, he createsamazing posters that wouldn’t look out of place on the walls ofyour local movie theatre. Some of [...]
There may be times when you want to play around with some elements in your images. Perhaps you want to change a color to a more suitable one in post-processing. One of the tools you can use in Photoshop is the Channel Mixer. It is a simple process that allows you to change the color of any element in your image to any other color under the rainbow. The Channel... more
Have you ever wondered what it looks like behind the scenes of the cliche stock photos plastered across the web? If so, DigitalRevs latest video should give you some humorous insight. In the three minute video, the DigitalRev team shows what the situations are that lead to the almost laughable stock photos where computer peripherals [...]
Will it blend? These three simple words are known across the web thanks to Blendtec, a company famous for putting its blenders through brutal tests by grinding up everything from markers to iPhones. In one of their most recent videos, Blendtec continues its growing collection of destroyed products by answering the question of whether or [...]
As some of the devices we use as photographers start to get smaller and less obtrusive, so do their storage formats. While their physical size is getting smaller, however, the data they’re collecting and recording becomes more demanding. Going from basic stills to 720p, then to 1080p, and now with 4K starting to become standard [...]
If you were to ask me what the best lens for street and travel photography is, the first thing I would advise you to do, is to think about what you need from the lens. In my case, the following criteria are important to me – your list, of course, may differ.
The lens should be small, lightweight, and unobtrusive.
