Back in October, Adobe announced iOS users no longer needed a paid Creative Cloud subscription to use its Lightroom for iOS 2.0 app. Now, Android users have the same luxury version 1.4 of Lightroom Mobile for Android is now free for all users. While not as powerful as its desktop equivalent, Lightroom Mobile is [...]
HDR, or High Dynamic Range, photography originally started as an attempt to correct the limited dynamic range for standard camera sensors, compared to what the human eye can see or perceive. This is not a new concept, but in case youve never heard of it, allow me to explain.
Back in the day, camera sensors had an average dynamic range of about 57 stops, where our eyes can easily adapt and recognize ranges from 11 to 14 stops.... more
It’s true that movie makersare using big gear which helps them get great results. But it is also true that a big portion of those results are not only attributed to gear, but also to matriculates planning and careful attention to details. Filmmaker and youtuberSimon Cade made it a point to shoot with aCanon T3i [...]
Photoshop 2015.1 (released this December), has a surprise and it wasnt promoted very well. You had to go digging to find it. When I came across it, my eyes lit up. Here is the link on how to activate them: Heres a run down on the differences, using the link above to elaborate on. Healing [...]
Film photographers, prepare your hearts (and wallets…if you’re lucky enough). This is the Filmomat, an automated film processor capable of developing both color and black and white in almost any format you can throw its way. The man behind the machine is German photographer Lukas Fritz, who spent a year building the Filmomat out of [...]
Did you know that when traveling with your image stabilized (IS) lens, it’s suggested that youturn off the IS functionality? Neither did I. Until today. Posted as a PSA by Redditor momonto, he quotes an unknown reference he found some time ago that says you should always turn off image stabilization on your lens before [...]
If you are reading this you probably find photography exciting, maybe even so exciting that from time to time you forget changing your camera settings according to the subject you’re shooting. You have probably already missed at least one amazing shot, just because you forgot to change the ISO or shutter speed.
You are not alone. This happens to both amateurs and professionals, however there are a few simple tricks to avoid ever missing that shot again due to... more
What if you could create beautiful Golden Hour portraits without the sun? Well,you can. All it takes is a few strobes and a little know-how. GoldenHour, also known as Magic Hour, is the time just before sunset or just after dawn during which the natural light given off by the sun is softer and warmer [...]
Nicolaus Wegner is back at it again. One year after sharing the epic Stormscapes 2, hes released Stormscapes 3, the third iteration of his incredible storm-chasing time-lapse series. And this year, hes upped the ante. In the six minute video, Wegner shares his run-ins with nighttime mesoscale convective systems, double rainbows, crepuscular rays and even [...]
//geek alert Often when we talk about camera sensors we talk about “buckets” collecting “photons of light”. But talking about buckets is looking at the sensor mechanism from a bird’s eye view. If you want a deeper understanding of how camera sensors work,Filmmaker IQ is giving a terrific lecture that goes down all the way [...]
