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Affinity Photo and Affinity Designer coming soon to Windows

March 15, 2016John Aldred

Mac owners have had the opportunity to make use of applications Affinity Photo and Affinity Designer for almost a year now, but that the software has only been available for the Mac has been a frustration for Windows based photographers stuck in the Adobe world with no real viable alternative. Now, that’s all about to change, with Serif’s announcement today that […]

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World’s first feature length “first person shooter” movie coming soon, to a theatre near you

March 9, 2016John Aldred

Shot almost entirely on GoPro cameras, and several years in the making, Hardcore Henry is hoping to set a new standard in action movies. Described by Engadget as “A mix of Jason Bourne, Captain America, and Call of Duty”, it definitely looks like it’ll be different from pretty much every action movie we’ve ever seen so far. […]

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Joe McNally offers an insightful behind the scenes look at a garage photo shoot

March 8, 2016John Aldred

Joe McNally is one of the photographers I first started stalking following when I decided to start shooting portraits, and his books, The Hot Shoe Diaries & The Moment it Clicks, are two that will ever remain on my shelf. Year after year, for several decades now, Joe has continued to inspire and educate photographers all over […]

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Sony to introduce their own wireless radio flash trigger system

March 8, 2016John Aldred

Sony has announced plans at the WPPI2016 trade fair in Last Vegas to release a “wireless lighting control system to meet the growing demands of professional Sony photographers”. The FA-WRC1M wireless radio commander and the FA-WRR1 wireless radio receiver will be the pair of units that make up this new system. In a press release, […]

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Photographer blends reality with CG to produce amazing surreal landscapes

March 7, 2016John Aldred

We’ve all had that feeling of being in a beautiful or dramatic landscape, wanting to capture it, and then found it was missing just a little something once we got it home and saw the images big on the computer screen. German architectural photographer, Andreas Levers has also felt that on occasion and decided to do something […]

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Award Winning “Legend Behind the Lens” photographer, Gary Braasch dies on Great Barrier Reef

March 7, 2016John Aldred

Reuters have reported that American photographer Gary Braasch, has died on Monday while snorkelling at the Great Barrier Reef. Gary had spent 40 years working for publications such as TIME, National Geographic, Life, and the New York Times Magazine, as well as being a Nikon “Legend Behind the Lens”. A long time climate change campaigner, Braasch spent […]

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Canon EOS 1300D specs leaked and it’s basically a 1200D with WiFi

March 7, 2016John Aldred

Looking at the specs for Canon’s not quite yet officially announced Canon EOS 1300D (otherwise known as the Rebel T6), you might be thinking that you’re just looking at a recycled EOS 1200D, and you’d pretty much be right. Other than adding WiFi and NFC, there doesn’t seem to be any significant difference between the two cameras […]

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Spice up your old 35mm SLR with a one-of-a-kind hand crafted wooden grip

March 5, 2016John Aldred

Despite being principal photographer for Jaguar World, Classics Monthly, Retro Cars and a number of other popular British car magazines, Chris Frosin always seems to find time for those photography-related-but-not-photography-itself personal projects. Chris and I have been friends for a few years, and we occasionally jump in a Google Hangout or get together in person to have a […]

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Spice up your old 35mm SLR with a one-of-a-kind hand crafted wooden grip

March 5, 2016John Aldred

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Think 10 stops of ND is a lot? How about 17 hour exposures with Lee Filters’ new 15 stop Super Stopper

March 4, 2016John Aldred

Announced today via Lee Filters UK distributor, Linhof Studio, a new member joins the Stopper family, adding to the 10 stop Big Stopper and 6 stop Little Stopper. That new member, the Super Stopper, blocks a massive 15 stops of light, reducing the incoming light hitting your sensor to 1/32,000th of its original intensity! The Super Stopper is designed […]

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