Most of my photography is outdoors. As such, I’m always looking for new locations. Sometimes I spend a day location scouting, specifically to find new places to photograph. Sometimes, I just get lucky on a random day out somewhere. When you’re going somewhere new, it’s difficult to know what to shoot. It’s easy to miss […]
I don’t know if Adobe technically classes it as a bug, but there’s a bit of an annoyance with Photoshop’s AI-powered Generative Fill. Occasionally, It will pop up with a message telling you something has violated user guidelines. You’ve no idea what it is or how they’ve violated them. You’re just told that it’s happened. […]
Blackmagic Design has officially announced DaVinci Resolve 18.5. It’s the final version of the beta first announced in April. We got to see it for ourselves at NAB 2023 in its early stages, and it already looked pretty impressive. Now, features like AI text editing have come to all in the DaVinci Resolve 18.5 stable […]
Barbie and Oppenheimer have been battling for attention for what seems like years now. The campaign for both is happening simultaneously, so people and press have referred to the films as “Barbenheimer.” Mike Fink, Caleb Ward, and Shelby Ward of Curious Refuge took it literally and created Barbenheimer! It’s a fully AI-generated movie trailer showing […]
AI-generated images and videos are a significant threat to proper and accurate information. Fake imagery causes confusion, panic, hate, and bullying, and it’s now easier to create than ever. But there’s a step forward to resolving, or at least minimizing, the issue. Seven major tech companies, including OpenAI, Microsoft, and Google, have promised to create […]
Don’t you just hate having to deal with plugging in charging cables? Don’t you wish you could just set your camera or device down and it just charges? This is the concept behind smartphone docks. Now, it’s coming to cameras. Developed by Fatih Arslan, this 3D printable dock lets you set down your Leica M11 […]
Sony just keeps hitting one home run after another. Their newest lens the Sony FE 70-200mm F4 Macro G OSS II (or SEL70200G II) is one of the most versatile telephoto lenses Ive ever used. Perhaps thats why the name has to be so long; this lens does a LOT of things. The lens covers […]
In the last year or so, Ive started to work with LED lighting more and more, and for good reason. The LEDs that I use have about 16 million different colours, they have a fully adjustable Kelvin spectrum, theyre incredibly simple to use with their what-you-see-is-what-you-get ambient light, and they can even flash as well […]
If nobody cared, would you still take pictures? I often remember this question, and my answer will always be yes. In his recent video, lovely Steve O’Nions takes you on a hike through the mountains. He is taking photos, enjoying himself, and discussing why you should take photos for yourself, and not for others. So, […]
Have you ever wondered what it would be like to photograph one of the world’s most famous bike races? The Tour de France is arguably one of the toughest and most epic of all races, and photographing the race takes not only great photography skills but also intimate knowledge of the route, the sport, and […]
