Photography comes from the Greek words “photo” (meaning light) and “graphia” (meaning drawing). So “photography” equals “light drawing.” Keep this in mind.
I know many of us have an old family camera sitting on a shelf somewhere. Personally, I have a bit of a collection of old family cameras and lenses — I’m the resident camera dump for my family. But for me, one has…
Twitter has updated its policies on how it is handling content related to the war in Ukraine. In an update published Tuesday, the company says it will no longer allow government-affiliated accounts to tweet photos of prisoners of war (PoWs) in the context of Ukraine.
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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…
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 morning off and set out to photograph the amazing Speulderforest. This forest is popular among photographers for its “dancing…
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…
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 photo is seen above).
The “Top Photo” winner is Selwa ACT Bouzaiani of Belgium:
The “Guru’s Top Pick”…
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…
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 occasionally get some very cold nights here during spring with temperatures dropping way below zero. When that happens…
