Want to take your Photoshop skills to the next level but not sure where to start? Well, you’re in luck, because the Photoshop Virtual Summit II is just around the corner. It’s an online event that will offer 5 days of free Photoshop training by some of the world’s top experts.
The Adobe-sponsored event is being put on by Photoshop instructor Dave Cross, who has been training photographers…
Despite scoring the iPhone 12 a “6 out of 10 for repairability,” iFixit has found that its standard camera module repair tests were “unreliable,” giving a buggy and inconsistent experience. In short, it fails.
Despite the iPhone 12 being designed to be repaired…
AI cameras have come a long way when it comes to object recognition and tracking, but sometimes the “intelligence” can fail in humorous ways. At a recent professional soccer match in Scotland, the AI broadcast camera tasked with tracking the soccer ball kept getting…
Yongnuo Announces Oval-Shaped Flash With Built-In Modeling Light
November 2, 2020
Yongnuo has announced a new flash that includes a built-in ring of LED lights around the main flash unit that can act as a modeling lamp. Called the YN650EX-RF, it is also an unusual ovular shape.
In its official press release, Yongnuo says that the YN650EX-RF is equipped with 24 LED lamp “beads” that it says will add “charming eye light” to photos. The LEDs are also dimmable at 100…
How to Take Photos Like the Great Joel Meyerowitz
November 2, 2020
Photographer and YouTuber Frederik Trovatten has just released episode three of his popular “How to take photos like…” series. He started with Vivian Maier, moved on to Robert Frank, and this week he’s breaking down the style and philosophy of the great Joel…
How To Best Use the Powerful New Color Grading Tool in Lightroom
November 2, 2020
In the latest Lightroom update, Adobe removed the Split Toning tool and replaced it with Color Grading, a move that photographer Mark Denney explains in this 12-minute video has forever changed the way he develops color – for the better.
Denney says that of the three…
Stunning Drone Photos Capture the Beauty of Ballet from Above
November 2, 2020
Award-winning drone photographer Brad Walls is back with another beautifully symmetrical photo series that recasts a familiar subject into an aerial perspective. His latest series invites the viewer to experience the beauty of ballet from above.
Walls tells PetaPixel that he was originally inspired to explore this subject by Olive Cotton’s famous 1935 image “Teacup Ballet.” He realized that…
Laowa Unveils 15mm f/4.5 Shift: The World’s Widest Shift Lens for Full-Frame Cameras
November 2, 2020
Venus Optics has just unveiled a new “world’s first” in the optics game. The new Laowa 15mm f/4.5 Zero-D Shift Lens is apparently “the world’s widest shift lens for full-frame cameras,” and it will be available for both DSLR and mirrorless cameras.
The Laowa 15mm…
Technology Connections, a YouTube channel that covers a wide array of interesting technology stories, has shared this 28-minute video that explores how the Canon F1 from 1971 works, with special detail focused on the camera’s light meter.
In addition to learning specific…
In an effort to research how the center of the Milky Way Galaxy formed what is known as a “galactic bulge,” Scientists used a Dark Energy Camera to survey a portion of the sky and capture a photo of billions of stars.
NASA’s Hubblesite describes our galaxy as “shaped like two fried eggs glued back-to-back.” This depiction makes clear the central bulge of stars that sits in the middle…
