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Seeing is believing. This concise rhetoric goes a long way to explain the power of photography. Where a statistic can reduce an entire country to a few numbers a photograph can bypass the mind and head directly to the heart via the eyes. petapixel.com »
If there is one thing that I've learned the hard way as a photographer, it's the little things about the importance of flashes. I've always loved to use off-camera lighting. And I've been a tester of so many lights over the years. thephoblographer.com »
It's not a situation many would likely have seen coming, but the White House has briefed a group of 30 TikTok influencers on the United State's approach to Russia's War on Ukraine. [Read More] petapixel.com »
The Hubble Space Telescope, while soon to be succeeded by the James Webb Space Telescope, continues to capture important images of the universe. In two recent images, perspective plays an important role in how these galaxies appear. [Read More] petapixel.com »
Cross polarization is a technique that uses two polarizing filters – one on the light source and on e on the camera lens – to get rid of unwanted specular reflections. This article is part one of a two-part series explaining cross-polarization and birefringence. petapixel.com »
Since mid-March, various policies have been implemented at the state and federal level in the U.S. to mitigate the spread of the coronavirus and the disease it causes, COVID-19. Photojournalists initially covered long lines at big box stores then vanishing crowds in some of the most trafficked places, but as we move into a shelter-in-place […] petapixel.com »
Thinking about which lens to buy next? You might want to take a look at this 9-minute video first. In it, photographer Jamie Windsor argues that choosing the right focal length is more than a technical decision based on what type of photography you want to do — your choice affects the dynamic and meaning […] petapixel.com »
Most the time when I am out doing landscape photography, I have a Canon EF 16-35mm f/4L IS and Canon EF 70-200mm f/4L IS with me. On road trips, I try to bring my Canon EF 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6L IS II — it’s a fantastic lens with great image stabilization and impressive image quality. Unfortunately, it […] petapixel.com »
Lighting manufacturer Profoto is teasing users with a video clip that includes shots of a new light it's planning to announce later this month. Billing the launch as ‘something big’ for ‘something small’ the company’s new head appears to be compact and portable, and from the description quick to set up and take down again. dpreview.com »
Often it is the backstory and the small stories behind a set of pictures that brings it all together. I posted the above picture back in 2011, photographed on film and included in a set of photos from an abandoned dye-works in Somerset, UK. At the time I said this about it: I love things […] petapixel.com »
Here’s a 13-minute video in which three photographers (Sheldon Evans, Ricardo Lategan, and Jessica Amdur) were tasked with shooting portraits of the same model (Maya Boraine), a challenge popularized by photographer Jessica Kobeissi. petapixel.com »
At a time where photography has evolved in leaps and bounds in digital advancements, why do some people still choose to shoot with film? Why does this obsolete technology persist? There are a hundred reasons a film photographer today will tell you, but Ian Wong of Digital Darkroom has a rather interesting view to it: film photography matters because black and white still matters. thephoblographer.com »
Along with normal how-to articles and essays, I’ve always liked reading and writing very technical, nitty-gritty articles about photography—sometimes, articles on topics that rarely come up while actually taking pictures. petapixel.com »
A couple of weeks ago, Ted Forbes of The Art of Photography released a well-received video called WHY GEAR DOESN’T MATTER. This rebuttal, posted by Marc Falzon over at Analog Process, is one of the best arguments for how and why gear DOES matter that we’ve seen. petapixel.com »
500px wildlife photographers share their insights.
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“Street photography is dead”, declare forum threads and thinkpieces far and wide. The Internet and phone cameras have watered the quality down. The uniformity of the modern world means nothing is interesting anymore. petapixel.com »
In something of a followup to his explosive video “Nobody Cares About Your Photography,” the always inspirational Ted Forbes is tackling a question that we’ve all probably asked: What is “work that matters” and how do you make sure your photography measures up? The question is so multi-faceted that, as Forbes admits at the very […] petapixel.com »
A new fundraising photography competition is challenging individuals across the UK to take and submit images that Celebrate Life in the Face of Death.
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What’s the difference between a 60-inch octabox, a 38-inch octabox, and an 18-inch octabox? Besides the obvious—size and portability—they actually create a noticeably different quality of light. petapixel.com »
