Nobody enjoys carrying a heavy tripod around all day. Whether its in a busy city, or on a long arduous hike, tripods can be a real inconvenience, and yet they are one of the most essential pieces of equipment for any travel or landscape photographer.
Here are 7 reasons why a tripod is a travel photographers best friend:
If you wonder what composition really means, it is basically what elements you choose to put in a photograph, and where you decide to place them in the frame.
When composing a photograph you need to consider several things:
What is the story you are trying to tell? In other words, what do you want the viewer to see or feel when they look at your photograph?
When her work isnt being shown in the Saatchi Gallery within the Louvre or in an advertisement for Adobe, Flra Borsi is behind the camera or computer, capturing and compositing fine art images to share with the world. In one of her more recent series, Animeyed, the Hungarian photographer brought together animals and self portraits [...]
Nicolas Vuignier is a professional skier from Switzerland. He also happens to be quite fond of creating and uploading impressive YouTube videos. In his latest video, appropriately titled Centriphone, he shows how a piece of string and an iPhone can be used to create incredible video footage through the clever use of centripital force. After [...]
Korean optics manufacturer Samyang has announced two new video lenses: the XEEN 14mm T3.1 and XEEN 35mm T1.5. Available in five different mounts PL, EF, F, E, and MFT the XEEN lenses are the two latest pieces of glass in Samyangs growing collection of filmmaking glass designed with 4K video capture in mind. [...]
Major cities and famous landmarks often make for awesome shots, and thats probably what Sean Nivin Riddle was after when he went filming with his drone around New York Citys Empire State Building last night. Unfortunately for the 27-year-old his drone crashed into the 40th floor of the skyscraper, leading to local and federal security [...]
Fujifilm mightve built its reputation (and namesake) on analogue photography, but as of late, theyve shown theyre dead set on making their mark in the digital world as well. Not only are they pumping out one great mirrorless after another, theyre also building an entire lineup of lenses from the ground up. Now, thanks to [...]
So, you want to take your Leica on some underwater adventures? Well, now you can, all while keeping the same German aesthetic that likely tempted you to buy your camera in the first place. What youre looking at is a new Leica M underwater camera housing from underwater photography specialists Subal. Details on how exactly [...]
