Generally speaking, different lenses have different purposes. For example, a 50mm or an 85mm are often used for portraits, while wider lenses like 24mm are best for landscapes, architecture and interiors. However, there are times when you can (and should) break the unwritten rules and rethink the purpose of your lenses. Guys from Mango Street […]
Last year, Olympus Singapore loaned me a pre-launch unit of their new STF-8 Twin Macro Flash, together with their OMD-EM1 Mk1 and M.Zuiko Digital ED 60mm f/2.8 Macro for a test-run in the field. I’ve had the set for about a week — it was easy to use and the results were pretty good, although […]
The selfie seems to be an unstoppable force now. Wherever we go, either we need to take one, or we see others taking them. Over the weekend I went to visit some friends and we took a wander through a local park. It felt like every other person we saw had their phone out shooting […]
Sometimes, I like something so much that I get lost for words. This was my first reaction when I saw a stop motion movie WoodSwimmer by filmmaker Brett Foxwell. He turned something simple as cutting wood into a jaw-dropping video. It feels like youre watching a deep scan of a tree, with all its perfections […]
According to the source of Nikon Rumors, Tamron is about to announce a new lens. It will be an 18-400mm f/3.5-6.3 Di II VC HLD, a zoom lens designed for APS-C DSLR bodies. Going from a wide angle to a telephoto zoom, this will be a lens that gives you a variety of possibilities. There […]
If you are a fan of infrared photography and timelapse videos, this video brings them together. Austrian filmmaker Matthew Rycroft lives in Salzburg, Austria the birthplace of Mozart. Inspired by his music and this beautiful city, he created a moody timelapse followed by Mozarts music. Like an opera with 3 acts, this video leads […]
No matter if you do photography as a hobby or for a living it costs money. A lot of it. Because of this,ny people consider taking a loan to buy gear. In this video, Josh Enobakhare (aka Olufemii) discusses if this is a smart move or not. If youre I want it all and […]
Photographing moving vehicles is both fun and challenging. You want to get the car perfectly sharp, while the environment becomes a blur of motion. Often such images are created with a specialised, rig. These rigs attach to the vehicle at one end, and allow you to mount your camera on the other. Such rigs can […]
In many parts of the world, spring has blossomed into summer, furry and feathered babies were being born and summer is on its way. Photographers are pulling out their camera gear and finally heading back outside for some nature photography. I am so ready to get out and photograph the bounty that warm weatherbrings, I bet you are too. Before you head outside though, here are a few tips on having a little lower impact on the nature youre photographing.
If it happens to you to see a photo and wish you could recreate the look, you will find this website really handy. Piotr Chmolowski has launched Pixel Peeper, a website that reads EXIF data from JPG image and instantly shows what process was used for editing in Lightroom, as well as the camera settings. […]
