Portrait photographers generally pick focal lengths somewhere between 80mm and 135mm, which produces a flattened perspective distortion when the subject fills up the frame. Photographer Keydrin Franklin of 924photography recently decided to try his hand with shooting portraits with a 500mm super-telephoto lens.
Franklin, who’s based in Fort Worth, Texas, was using the Sony a9 […]. petapixel.com
Photographer Janick Entremont took a portrait of himself, uploaded it to Instagram, downloaded it, and repeated that process over 300 times to see what the photo-sharing service’s compression algorithms would do to the image. petapixel.com »
2020-01-14 20:00
As was widely publicized when Fujifilm launched their new X-H 1 a while back; Their current X-Trans sensor technology dates back all the way to the launch of the X-pro 2. It is a fine sensor, and the X-Processor Pro which accompanies it, is solid as well, but in today's world tech moves fast and three years is a long time. thephoblographer.com »
2018-05-01 07:00
Photographer Dewey Keithly has been a fan of old photographic processes for a really long time, and he's also always been very experimental with his work. His latest project was a combination of things including a super interesting and creative idea. thephoblographer.com »
2017-11-16 20:00
I never thought I'll be the guy that would have an opportunity to be able to do an Aerial Photography or even able to fly in a helicopter (this helicopter doesn't even have doors), especially all over Natal Zulu area by Durban. boredpanda.com »
2017-08-08 17:26
Working as a researcher of wooden constructions specializing in historical monuments, I have the opportunity to get to many places, which are inaccessible to ordinary visitors. What attracts me most to them is their abandonment associated with some kind of mystery. boredpanda.com »
2017-05-20 22:55
My name is Brandie Sunley, and I’ve been working full-time as a portrait and event photographer for nearly eight years. It’s been a massive learning curve getting into this industry, and a lot of things had to be learned the hard way. petapixel.com »
2017-04-17 20:20
If you’ve ever loaded up a large camera backpack (like something from Think Tank Photo or LowePro) and hiked a mountain, you’ll be able to fully appreciate how terrible the experience is… well, except for the views. petapixel.com »
2017-03-30 17:52
There I sat in a forgotten corner. Deprived of the sky, the rain. Everyone called me pretty, then moved on. boredpanda.com »
2016-11-16 16:50
Back in July, Canon unveiled its new RF 600mm f/11 and RF 800mm f/11 lenses. If you’re familiar with Canon’s vintage lenses, you may have noticed that the new lenses share interesting similarities with Canon’s R 600mm f/5.
Photographer and filmmaker Jesse Watson made this beautiful 3-minute short film that shows the silhouettes of a hiking family framed within the rising full moon. Watson shot the film on August 14th, in Yuma, Arizona using a Blackmagic Pocket Cinema Camera 6K with a 600mm lens.
Canon has announced redesigns to two popular super-telephoto lenses in the new EF 400mm f/2. 8L IS III and EF 600mm f/4L IS III. Both lenses are designed to be significantly more portable than their predecessors.
Nikon just released the new Nikkor 500mm f/5.6 PF ED VR, a new super-telephoto prime lens that’s ultra small and lightweight for its class. The development of this lens was announced back in June with minimal details, and now Nikon is providing a full picture of what this lens is. The Phase Fresnel (PF) lens […]
Sony has announced a new FE 24-105mm f/4 G OSS zoom lens and the development of a new 400mm f/2. 8 super-telephoto lens, expanding the selection available to photographers using E-mount full frame mirrorless cameras.
PetaPixel has posted a nice piece about a Canon PE 300mm f/1.8 with an EF mount. We have to admit that we had no idea such a lens existed and it may be even rarer than the EF 1200mm f/5.6L. Apparently there are only 4 known copies of the Canon 300mm f/1.8 and the lens Read more...