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Canon have officially announced both the EF-M 28mm f/3.5 Macro IS STM lens confirming earlier rumours, as well as a new Canon Speedlite 600EX II-RT flash. The Canon 600EX II-RT replaces Canon’s former flagship Speedlite 600EX-RT offering a huge boost in recycle times up to 2x faster than its predecessor. The 28mm Macro flash is [...]

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One of the triumphsof digital photography is that it has become accessible to more people, across more and more devices. Cameras are no longer standalone devices; as the technology allows the camera to be smaller and smaller, it can be built in to other devices that you may have on you more often than a dedicated camera, such as a smartphone. Cameras in smartphones, and other devices like tablets for example, are producing images of anincreasingly higher standard. Their low-light performance... more

Over the last few years, cheap lenses have become a big thing, and it’s driven the prices of a number of old cheap lenses right back up to where they used to be when new. This video from Mathieu Stern of the WeirdLens Challenge presents us with his top seven tips to buying cheap lenses [...]

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Today, Instagram have introduced a new look. While a little more flashy than the previous polaroidesque icon, they state that the new one represents a simpler camera with the familiar rainbow living on in gradient form. While the icon itself seems to have gotten more outgoing, the app has been cleaned down to a more [...]

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Photographing popular tourist destinations can at times be a great challenge. Hundreds of people are walking within your frame, and regardless of the direction youre facin,g its nearly impossible to capture an image without people in it.

I often visit beautiful landscapes, many of which are popular among tourists, even though I prefer to shoot more unique locations, and enjoy photographing in quite areas where its nothing but nature and me. So when I visit extremely crowded... more

19 year old Courtney Marie Mulkentine from Gympie, Queensland, posted photos of her boyfriend’s ex-girlfriend to Facebook and removed them afterMulkentine receiveda phone call from the victim, but by then it was too late. After pleading guilty to “using an electronic carriage service to harass or offend”, theAustralian teenager has been banned from using social [...]

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Macro ring flashes can be expensive, but trying to shoot macro without external lighting of some kind can be extremely difficult. Canon are hopingto do something about this with a new EF-M f/3.5 28mm STM macro lens for Canon Mirrorless cameras, if these leaked photos are true. Bearing a plastic mount, it seems that this [...]

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If a photo is worth 1000 words and a clip has 24 frames a second, how would you even rate an 8K timelapse? VideographerMartin Heckchallenges the assumption that such a movie can be described with words at all (I vote no). Aside the obvious technical challenges of making a100,000 photos time-lapse while traveling 7500 kilometers [...]

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If you are a French parent who likes posting their kid’s photos all over the internet, we have same bad news for you. The Telegraph noticed that the privacy laws in France are pretty strict. How strict, you ask? Strict to the point that your offspring can sue you for infringing on their right to [...]

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For a limited time only at Snapndeals, May 10-24th only get 33% OFF Timeless Portraits & Natural Light Black & White Portraiture, a 2-eBook Bundle by Wayne Radford.

Pre-visualizing is an art form, that I believe, is not taught enough these days. It is the foundation for an artist or photographer to establish lighting, background, foreground... more

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