We’ve seen it happening again and again, police detaining civilians photographers for recording or photographing them. The two stories mentioned here ended with police having to pay quite a bit of money for doing so. And in the end the message of photographers rights will go through (or not). But what do you actually have [...]
These days, you can’t really expect any kind of decentexposure foryour work on Instagram if you don’t use hashtags. It’s just become the nature of the beast. But where do you begin to determinewhat hashtags to use? Well, Reddit user Nick Smithhas come up with a toolto at least get you started, suggesting hashtags based [...]
The current CompactFlash and SD Card standards have been around with us for a good while now. CompactFlash has already had its dominance challenged in the new battle between XQD and CFast, but SD has thus far been relatively unscathed. Samsung looks set to take SD head on with their new removableUniversal Flash Card format, [...]
Laughter is contagious. One person starts doing it and soon others around them follow.
By Overduebook
Capturing real human emotions with a camera can be challenging. Some people are guarded with their emotions, and getting a real smile, let alone a laugh can be difficult.
If you’re a portrait photographer it’s your job to... more
The room in which Ansel Adams created many of his works has to be the absolute ultimate DIY darkroom. Back then, many thingshad to be made yourself as commercially available tools for most of what Ansel wanted or needed to do simply did not exist. In this video from Marc Silber, we’re guided through Ansel’s [...]
Since debuting the Light L16 last October, it’s a product that many have been following with interest. Some see it as an interesting concept that’ll probablyend up being vaporware, while others can’t wait to get their hands on it and see what it may hold for the future of photography. The latest round of announcements [...]
Our friends at eMotimo were recently kind enough to send us a brand new eMotimo Spectrum St4to review. The eMotimo Spectrum St4 is a four axis robotic motion control system designed from the ground up for cinematographers and time lapse photographers. With the Spectrum, users have precise control overpan, tilt, move (push/pull) and focus pull/zoom [...]
It isnt always possible to get great weather when are out photographing. If you’re on a once in a lifetime vacation and you encounter rainy weather, then you have a couple of choices. You can pack away your camera and forget about shooting until the weather improves, or you can find a creative approach to make the most of the inclement weather. I suggest you attempt the latter, and when you encounter wet weather, look for opportunities to create great photos notwithstanding the rain.... more
