When the digital revolution came to photography it brought with it a plethora of advantages for photographers: making vast quantities of images with no increase in cost; seeing the photo immediately after you make it; changing ISO with each shot; and the advent of the digital darkroom; to name a few.
One of the most important benefits of digital photography is one that can be a little intimidating for new photographers – the histogram.But there’s no reason to shy away from... more
It looks like YouTube is getting extremely interested in up-and-coming video formats, including virtual reality (VR) and high dynamic range (HDR). During YouTubes keynote at Consumer Electronics Show (CES) this week in Las Vegas, Chief Business Officer of YouTube, Robert Kyncl, announced the video platform is partnering up with GoPro to produce and share 360 [...]
Nikon unveiled its newest flagship camera this week, the Nikon D5. Some of the new features include a brand new 153 point autofocus system and a ridiculously fast burst speeds of 12 frames per second14 if you dont mind shooting JPEG only. If youre wondering what 12 frames per second sounds like, YouTube channel DCFever [...]
Nikon stole the action camera spotlight at CES 2016, but a company called ACTIVEON is looking to make a mark of their own with the Solar X, an action cam that can use solar panels to keep the battery running an extra four hours. Without the add-on solar panels, the Solar X is a 4K [...]
A lot of the time when we look at a well executed image we think about how it was lit. And a lot of times, the strobes and softboxes and other light modifiers photographers use have a huge impact on the final photo. But sometimes having a good natural light source and a good understanding [...]
Sometimes using a format other than the standard proportions works better for an image. One of those times is shooting landscapes of sweeping wide vistas.
A great way to do that is to create a panoramic image. Here are a few photos that take advantage of that format to create stunning results.
If historic images are your cup of tea, The New York Public Library (NYPL) has brewed you up enough to make the Sons of Liberty proud. Earlier this week, the NYPL announced its digitized, organized and released over 187,000 digital items into the public domain, many of them historic photographs from around the world. Part [...]
Sometimes the best DIY hacks are the ones that involve the least amount of thought and money. This DIY iPhone to SLR lens adapter covers both of those, because it costs absolutely nothing and takes only 30 seconds to make. Created by DIY Photography reader Jake Burgess, this little contraption might not be the [...]
An Indonesian monkey, a British photographer and a U.S. federal judge meet in San Francisco. It sounds like the beginning of a joke, but thats almost what happened this week when a federal court reviewed PETAs demand to award Naruto the copyright over the famous selfies he captured in 2011. Unfortunately for the macaque, who [...]
