Photography Blogs & Tutorials

I remember being at a Focus on Imaging show (now The Photography Show) at the Birmingham NEC a few years ago and playing with the Sigma 200-500mm f/2.8 lens (buy here). What an absolute monster. It’s nothing compared to this, though. The video below shows a giant new lens, built by Tamron, travelling through the […]

The post Tamron has made the world’s... more

A lot of DIY lighting projects are fairly basic. They’re often too small or too low-powered. Not all of them, of course. We’ve seen some great ones, too, like this one from Matt Perks or this one from Eric Strebel. This modular system from Super Valid Designs looks like one of the excellent DIY option. […]

The post Build your own modular... more

The app that started it all, Hipstamatic, has announced the release of Hispstamatic v10.0. It’s not just an iterative release, either. The company says the new update is a complete reinvention of the Hipstamatic Camera app. It introduces a new analogue viewfinder and menu system. Multiple exposures are now possible with hard flash. Other features […]

The post... more

In a heart-wrenching incident in Japan, a wedding photographer has died following a tragic fall. The incident occurred on the morning of November 26, during a pre-wedding event, and led to his death two weeks later on December 9. The 26-year-old photographer was taking pictures of a couple on the roof of the Kitano Club, […]

The post Wedding turns into tragedy as photographer dies after falling from the... more

Over the years, we have covered our fair share of open-source cameras, including the cine-oriented Cinepi, the SITINA 1 full-frame mirrorless, and the Night vision pi-cam. Those (and a few others) are all open-source cameras you can make today. You probably never saw or even heard of them because they aren’t your average brand-known, consumer-friendly […]

The post... more

Christmas is just around the corner, and some of you may still not have bought gifts for photographers or filmmakers in your life. Or maybe that photographer or video creator is you. Either way, Jay Ducker comes to the rescue with five last-minute and affordable gifts that will make every creative happy.

The post Here are five last-minute gifts for photographers, under $50 appeared... more

Pregnancy is an incredible process that changes the human body in many ways. Mathieu Stern, a photographer, and a soon-to-be dad, captured a bit of this magic and change in a single photo. He used the technique many portrait photographers avoid to show how a woman's body changes to make life possible for a baby.

The post Infrared photo of a... more

2023 hasn’t been a great year for Adobe. Well, it has. They’ve had a lot of successes, including the release of the Firefly 2 engine. But they’ve also faced challenges, including patent infringement, an FTC investigation and the death of a co-founder. Their latest is a Dutch privacy watchdog suing them. The Dutch Data Protection […]

The post Adobe... more

Jaime de Diego is known as one of Spain’s best action photographers, and once you see his work, you will understand why. His images are infused with the energy and passion that go alongside the sports he shoots. Whether it’s BMX, motor racing or a luxury car, the viewer feels as if they were there […]

The post Top photography advice from a... more

I was interested in working with AI on a local system instead of all these cloud solutions, where you often dont know what happens with your data. My first contact with local AI solutions waspinokio, a system that automates localized AI installations. Pinokio runs lots of Python scripts locally, and I have lots of respects of these scripts, because they could do anything on your system. Thats one reason why I wanted to run them on a non productive computer of mine. The second reason is, that... more

Pages