Your Phone’s Camera Can’t: Getting Better Bird Photos

Your phone is incredibly capable as an overall device. But the camera just won't replace what a dedicated device can do for you. We're all very aware that zoom lenses are one of the biggest and best reasons to get a dedicated camera. thephoblographer.com »

2022-09-06 01:00

Your Phone’s Camera Can’t: The Natural Beauty Filter You’ll Love

We will never condone body shaming, and many staff members hate retouching. But we know that a lot of you like to live the filtered life. Your smartphone and the apps do a good job of making you look your best. thephoblographer.com »

2022-08-17 01:00

Protect Your Images in the Cloud for Life (Only $39.99), More Big Deals

Big holiday deals are arriving on our doorstep every day at the moment. Today we're going to share with you some outstanding deals on photography tutorials, software, and presets. You can protect your images in the cloud for life for just $39. thephoblographer.com »

2020-11-06 08:00

10 Ways to Travel Light with your Camera

Travelling brings you closer to great locations and photo opportunities that you may otherwise not be able to capture. There’s no greater feeling than ticking a famous view off your bucket list and coming home with a memory card full of new images to edit. digitalrev.com »

2018-06-28 03:00

10 Ways to travel light with your camera

Travelling brings you closer to great locations and photo opportunities that you may otherwise not be able to capture. There’s no greater feeling than ticking a famous view off your bucket list and coming home with a memory card full of new images to edit. digitalrev.com »

2018-06-28 03:00

Instagram now lets you share other people's photos in your Stories

Another day, another new Instagram feature. Now the makers of the popular mobile image sharing platform have announced a new way to share posts from people you are following to one of your Instagram Stories—if you see a post in your feed that you consider share-worthy, you can now share it as a sticker in a Story where your friends and followers will be able to see it. dpreview.com »

2018-05-21 18:10

5 Hidden Gems in Photoshop That You Can Use All the Time

Here’s a helpful 9. 5-minute video by CreativeLive in which photographer Blake Rudis shares 5 “hidden” gems in Adobe Photoshop you can add to your mental toolkit to improve your workflow. petapixel.com »

2018-05-04 18:57

8 Ways to Transform Your Travel Photography

If you’re planning a trip or vacation, this is a fantastic opportunity to bag some fresh and exciting photographs for your portfolio or for pride of place on your wall. But travel photography can be challenging, it mixes a range of disciplines including landscape, portraiture, street, low light, architectural and much more. digitalrev.com »

2018-02-15 03:00

Selling Your Images As Stock - Should You Do It?

What is stock photography? Stock photographs are images that a photographer or a designer has agreed can be licensed and redistributed for commercial purposes. It creates an ‘off the shelf’ experience for people to buy images. digitalrev.com »

2017-10-25 03:00

5 Things You Should Always Have In Your Camera Bag

As well as your camera and lenses, there are some items that should make up a photographer’s real bread and butter. Here are some more obscure things that you really should pick up before you leave the house and which can make your life far easier while shooting on the go. digitalrev.com »

2017-08-31 03:00

Cheap purchases that will help improve your photography

Cheap items that will help improve your photography Photography gear isn't cheap. If you're looking to take your photography to the next level, there's no shortage of expensive lenses and accessories that will beckon to you. dpreview.com »

2017-08-18 16:00

5 Quick Wins to Make You a Better Photographer Right Now

Plateau? We’ve all hit one at one point or another. Perfecting and improving your art is something you should always be working on as a photographer, but sometimes it can feel like a never ending journey. digitalrev.com »

2017-08-03 03:00

5 Awesome Tips For Mirrorless Users

Boost your battery life If there’s one area where mirrorless cameras lag behind DSLRs it's battery life. With typically smaller-sized batteries and more power-hungry operation through their LCD screens and electronic viewfinders, even pro-level mirrorless cameras might only offer 300 frames or so. digitalrev.com »

2017-06-28 03:00

How to Shoot Better Travel Photography From Airplanes Using Your Phone

Shooting photos from planes can honestly be tough to do some times, but believe it or not what really, truly matters in the end is the final result. If you're one of those folks sitting at a window seat, you should really take advantage of all the intoxicating views that are granted to you to the best of your ability. thephoblographer.com »

2017-06-13 16:00

A Guide to Gig Photography

Gigs are a notoriously challenging genre of photography. It's a battle against low-light, fast moving subjects and time. Nailing live music shots is a unique challenge and true dark art, but it's one that so many of us wish to master and one that can be incredibly rewarding. digitalrev.com »

2017-04-22 03:00

A guide to gig photography

Gigs are a notoriously challenging genre of photography. It's a battle against low-light, fast moving subjects and time. Nailing live music shots is a unique challenge and true dark art, but it's one that so many of us wish to master and one that can be incredibly rewarding. digitalrev.com »

2017-04-22 03:00

Have your say: Best midrange ILC of 2016

Have your say: Best midrange ILC of 2016 A lot of good cameras were released this year, among them several excellent options in the mid-range segment. For the sake of a manageable selection, we're calling 'midrange' any cameras which aren't specifically marketed at entry-level consumers. dpreview.com »

2016-12-08 15:00

Try Out Some Cutting Edge Kit With Canon Labs’ Camera Simulator

Want to try out some primo shooting gear but price tags and social interaction give you the shivers? With a new Oculus Rift app, Canon’s giving you the chance to enter a virtual world of photography and get your hands on a range of their kit. digitalrev.com »

2016-11-10 03:00

Nikon’s KeyMission 360 is a Camera that Can Unlock Your Creativity

Photography is our playground. We play in it everyday: with our phones, DSLRs, mirrorless cameras, etc. We love discovering more about it… we love to hate it. Many of us start by taking our first pictures, we create grotesque edits to help “fix” crappy compositios and play too often with depth of field. Then we […] petapixel.com »

2016-11-04 21:57

How Geometry Can Literally Shape the Story in Your Images

Leading lines, negative space, rule of thirds, all of these compositional elements are discussed ad nauseam in the world of photography. This short video ignores all that, and instead focuses on a different, but equally powerful element in an image: geometric shapes. petapixel.com »

2016-10-10 21:29

8 Ways Photography Can Improve Your Life

Need inspiration? Here's some sage advice from a 500px community member.

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2016-10-10 21:04

6 tips for shooting fall color

6 tips for shooting fall color The leaves are already starting to turn and the pumpkin beer is already flowing up here in the Pacific Northwest. Fall is just around the corner and photographing fall color is one of our favorite things to do when that autumn chill starts to take hold. dpreview.com »

2016-09-04 08:00

You Can Wallpaper Your Whole House with These Photo Studio Backdrops

If you like using Drop It Modern‘s photography backdrops, we’ve got good news for you: they sell those same patterns as wallpaper. Who needs a backdrop when your whole house or apartment can be one!? The revelation comes to us from Stan Horaczek over at PopPhoto. petapixel.com »

2016-08-23 21:16

You can print the hood and grip for your RX1/R.

SAR reader Nicholas Foley sent me this: I designed a 3D printed hand grip and 3D printed hood for the RX1 / RX1R which I think look better, function better, and are cheaper than everything else for the RX1. sonyalpharumors.com »

2016-08-19 11:15

This AI Can Tell if You’re Depressed by Looking at Your Instagram Photos

Researchers from Harvard and the University of Vermont have found a way to use Instagram to detect depression. Using machine learning tools, they developed a model that can predict whether a person is clinically depressed with surprising accuracy, just by looking at their Instagram photos. petapixel.com »

2016-08-17 19:08