How tilt shift lenses work to correct distortion and make scenes appear miniature

John Aldred

Tilt shift lenses are used for far more than simply making cities look like they were shot as miniatures. They allow you to correct for perspective distortion. They also let you shift the focal plane to get subjects at different distances in focus and a whole lot more. You don’t get quite the versatility that […]

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What Do You Do When Someone Travels Around The World To Copy You

Udi Tirosh

Some cases of plagiarism are the usual copy-the-photo-and-present-as-their-own, but this one found by Pratik Naik and Bella Kotak just tops them all. At the base of the story are Lauren Bullen and Jack Morris two travel photographers and some of Instagram’s power couples, and Instagram’s favorite travel power couple with just over two million followers combined. Yesterday, Lauren shared […]

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The Spirit of Ironman large format Polaroid project

John Aldred

The Ironman Kona Championship is one of the toughest races on the planet. With over 200km of swimming, cycling and running, it’s pretty challenging. The strong wind, lava, and high temperatures add extra risks. Some people just like to really push themselves, I suppose. The same is true of photographers. Like Czech photographer Dan Vojtech. Working with […]

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Do it! Put a Seagate FireCuda in your 27″ iMac!

Mykii Liu

I just wrapped up installing a Seagate 2TB FireCuda gaming hard drive into a 2012 27″ iMac, and boy is it worth it! The reason I chose this specific hard drive is due to the technology that this drive uses. Seagate, back in 2010, launched one of my favorite affordable upgrades for laptops– a hard…