One of the biggest challenges for a photographer learning how to light with an off-camera flash isn’t necessarily the type of lights they have but rather learning how to control it.
Using a big softbox or umbrella will provide wonderful soft even light, but that light will often spill almost everywhere, especially in places you don’t want it to go. Thankfully we have access to a wide…
In Dutch we always say “April does whatever it wants” and last Friday couldn’t be a better fit for this saying. A nice amount of snow covered the country, especially the forests of the Veluwe.
It’s very unusual to have snow at this time of year. I took a…
Creating an evenly lit background can be trickier than one would think, but is a skill that every photographer should master. But with the right equipment and knowledge, it gets much easier to capture a pure white, black, or colored gradient background in-camera without the…
Venus Optics has announced the Laowa 0.7x Focal Reducer for its 24mm f/14 2x Macro Probe lens that reduces the crop factor when using it on APS-C, Super35, or Micro Four Thirds, which helps retain the lens’s perspective.
The Laowa 0.7x Focal Reducer is optimized specifically for the company’s popular 2x Macro Probe lens and reduces the crop factor from 1.5x to 1.05x on Super35 cameras and…
GuruShots, the “World’s Greatest Photo Game,” has announced the winners of its “Amazing Architecture” challenge, which received thousands of entries and over 54.8 million votes. The “Top Photographer” winner of the contest is Angelo Di Stella of Italy (whose…
SmallRig Made an Airbag for Your Camera
April 4, 2022
SmallRig will soon announce an airbag system for cameras called the AirGuard. The company says that the system, which is integrated into a camera cage, uses an accelerometer to detect a fall and automatically deploys an airbag to protect the camera.
Leaked on Weibo and…
If the weather forecast shows clear skies and bright sunlight, it doesn’t mean photographers should abandon their plans for a landscape shoot. Photographer Michael Shainblum has shared tips on how he leverages these weather conditions to come home with a successful set of photos.
At some point in their career, every landscape photographer will come across unfavorable and challenging…
Closeup Photos of Frozen Flowers on Fruit Trees
April 4, 2022
Spring is a beautiful season in the Netherlands. Every year there are many different flowers to see and photograph. You might know me for my many years of photographing tulips, but there are so many more beautiful flowers to see in the Netherlands!
During spring we…
Recent developments in artificial intelligence (AI) allow 3D scenes to be generated from just a handful of photos, but Waymo researchers pushed the idea to the extremes and have successfully recreated a 3D model of San Francisco from 2.8 million input photos.
Neural…
Loawa has shown it’s more than capable of producing quality third-party lenses at a price that usually doesn’t break the bank. The Chinese optics manufacturer has for the most part stuck with still lenses, but recently made its first foray into the cinema market with its OOOM 25–100mm T2.9 cine zoom, as well as a 1.33x anamorphic adapter. Now, it seems Laowa is looking to further bolster its…
