GoPro hit back against recent bad karma with new Hero5 video telemetry overlay features

GoPro haven’t been having a great time of things lately. Share prices are down, sales are down, the Hero4 Black was practically usurped by a competitor at half the cost. The Karma’s been recalled, and the Hero5 Black wasn’t as impressive or as revolutionary as customers might’ve hoped for. But now, GoPro have surprised us […]

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Edelkrone adds motors and motion control from your phone to the SliderONE

Edelkrone’s popular SliderONE is a pretty elegant and well made slider. Introduced at the end of 2015, the SliderONE is perhaps a little on the short side for some. But, when you only need to move small distances, it does its job extremely well. One thing it has lacked thus far, though, is any kind of […]

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Shoot what it feels like

In many places in the northern hemisphere, the fall and winter are moving in. The trees are losing their last colorful leaves and the gray and cold weather settles in. And this is also the time that I get an increasing amount of emails from photographers asking for inspiration during this often perceived as “bleak”…

An open letter to vicars and priests from the wedding photographer

Dear Vicar, I am writing an open letter to Vicars. Not all Vicars, I hasten to add, but unfortunately it’s becoming such a regular occurrence, that I feel compelled to write to all those that it applies. You do not have to be religious to understand the depths of human spirit that a Church ceremony […]

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How cubes react to the laws of light

Understanding how light and shadow falls on different shaped objects is pretty important. It gives us the ability to be able to quickly recognise problems with lighting setups in many different situations with all kinds of subjects. It also helps us to remedy them more quickly. Jay P Morgan’s recently launched new series, Laws of Light […]

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Issue 34: Creatures

Do you want something wicked for November? I think it’s time we take a glimpse into the world of Sombre Photography. Anna Lucylle created a dark series with a goal to unleash original characters from scratch. 
 
Creatures is the cover story from Good Light! Issue 34, where we share with you practical photography tips and ideas with relevance to avant-garde concepts.
 

I wish you good light!
Michael