Photoshoot and Beyond
I have moved back to the Seattle area which in turn means I am living with rain. It rains often in this part of the world – after all they call it the “Evergreen” state for a reason. While it’s not always fun from a comfort point of view, photographing in inclement weather can often…
Chinese lens maker Zhongyi Optics has updated its Mitakon Speedmaster 35mm f/0.95 with a new Mark II version. The good news is that it is smaller and lighter but ZY Optics also claims it offers drastic improvement in sharpness and better control of chromatic aberration. As with its predecessor, this is designed as a lens […]
Profoto has released a new version of the classic Profoto Softlight Reflector.
Sony have announced plans to release a new wireless lighting control system.
What are you willing to endure to capture the shot of a lifetime? Well, if you’re anything like photographer Joshua Holko, it’s just another day in the office when you are stuck in a foxhole shooting in subzero temperature for ten days. To promote his upcoming Arctic Fox Project, Holko shared a behind the scenes […]
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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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Sony today introduced the newest addition to their compact zoom camera lineup, the DSC-HX80.
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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The Polaroid Snap is a 10-megapixel instant digital camera which prints out photos onto 2″x3″ ZINK paper. A digital copy is also saved onto a microSD card, and you can shoot new images even while the Polaroid Snap is printing. Read our Polaroid Snap review to find out it’s fun or a flop…
(I’ve written about this subject before but it was quite a while ago. I wanted to go a little deeper on this so here we go.) Everyone is a critic – especially in the age of the Internet. Not all critiques are valuable. Those that are, come from knowledgeable photographers who look at a variety…