B&H Now Offers 10% Rewards on Canon & Nikon DSLRs

B&H has bumped its rewards offering to 10% back on certain Canon and Nikon DSLRs. B&H has been doing its rewards program for a year or two now. Typically, we see specials where you will get 2% or 4% rewards when you buy certain products. The way it works is you get the rewards via […]

The Filmomat is a homemade, automated film processing machine

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 […]

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PSA: Protect your lenses by turning off image stabilization when traveling

Did you know that when traveling with your image stabilized (IS) lens, it’s suggested that you turn 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 […]

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Lightroom Mobile is Now Free for Android Users

Previously, you had to be an Adobe Creative Cloud subscriber to make use of Lightroom Mobile for Android. With the new version 1.4 available now in the Google Play Store, Lightroom Mobile is free to use. Of course, you’ll still not be able to sync files with your desktop Lightroom library, but you can edit, […]

Workarounds for Broken Liquify in Photoshop CC 2015.1

I was retouching a photograph of Amy Patterson that had a wardrobe failure. The left side of her corset looked like it just didn’t fit. This is a quick fix in Photoshop using Liquify. Liquify Problem I discovered that Liquify is broken in the latest release of Photoshop CC 2015.1. A very bright block appears […]

Who needs the sun? How to make your own golden hour

It’s all but common knowledge that one of the best times to shoot portraits is Golden Hour – the time soon after sunrise or before sunset during which the natural light from the sun is a warmer tone than usual and often casts a much softer light. Usually, you have to plan ahead, but patience isn’t […]

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