The most common method to teach photographic composition to novices is the “rule of thirds” — in short, divide the screen into equal thirds vertically and horizontally, and then place your point of interest on any of the cross points for a maximally pleasing image.
I grant you, if you take a look at many many photos that are very good, they will indeed have some aspect of the key…
I know that the idea of proxy recordings and how to create them in editing software such as Adobe Premiere and Divinci Resolve has been talked about a hundred times, but did you know you can generate them in-camera for even more time savings?
There’s a feature…
DXOMark ranked the new Leica M11 rangefinder and scored it a 100, which makes it one of the top five full-frame sensors currently available. It joins the Nikon Z7 II and D850, Panasonic S1R, and Sony A7R III as the other 100-point cameras.
DXOMark Image Labs is a…
The James Webb Space Telescope’s alignment is now complete and is confirmed to be able to capture sharp, perfectly crisp images with all four of its instruments.
Webb completed its seventh and final stage of telescope alignment, after which the team behind the observatory met and unanimously agreed that it is now ready to move toward its next and final series of preparations, called…
A Swedish photography magazine was recently contacted by lawyers who claimed that a photo it downloaded from the free photo service Pixabay violated a client’s copyright. But it turned out the law firm and the client were both fake, and the real photographer had never…
The Viiu Rota-Strap is a new take on the camera strap that is not only highly resistant to “slash and grab” style theft, but the creator has also designed multiple additional functions that make it one of the more versatile options on the market.
Viiu is a new…
What is Focus Breathing in a Camera Lens?
April 28, 2022
Focus breathing is a term that is often used when discussing the features and specs of a camera lens. It is an issue that occurs across a wide range of lenses, and it is one that can negatively affect your photography and videography in certain situations. In this article, we will take a look at what focus breathing is, the situations it affects, and how you can avoid it.
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OWC’s Copy That for macOS promises quick, verified file transfers for photos and video
April 28, 2022
Other World Computing, better known as OWC, has announced its Copy That software is now available as a beta program for macOS computers.
The iOS and iPadOS versions of Copy That were presented as a quick and effective way to transfer media from your mobile device to external…
Retouch4.me offers a collection of nine plug-ins that it says use AI to capably and effectively retouch photos and target specific retouching tasks to quickly automate what would normally take much longer to do by hand.
For many photographers the most time consuming part of…
The Best Microscopic Life Science Photos of 2021
April 27, 2022
Olympus Image of the Year Award 2021 has announced the winners of its annual photography competition that recognizes the best worldwide talent in life science photos taken with a microscope.
The annual competition is run by Evident Scientific, formerly Olympus Scientific Solutions. Participants can upload up to three photos into the competition and they do not need to be taken with an…
