Canon isn’t the only camera maker who wants to make a splash in February. It seems the flagship Nikon D6, which Nikon announced as “in development” a couple of months ago, will arrive in mid-February, and rumored specs look very promising.
На фоне роста интереса к внутреннему туризму, каналы с путешествиями тоже получают свою долю внимания, поэтому, так или иначе, всплывают в море менее стоящей информации. Ребята из «Забытой России» много ездят и при этом рассказывают интересно.
A few days ago, Panasonic released their new LUMIX S1H. The S1H has gone to town with new features designed to match most filmmakers needs. The features that filmmakers have grown to love in the GH series are now available and improved upon in the full-frame S-Series. The S1H bridges the gap between solo content […]
DJI has unveiled the latest version of its Osmo Mobile smartphone stabilizer, taking its experience with high-end gimbals like the Ronin series and using that experience to make the 3-axis smartphone gimbal smaller, more portable, more user-friendly, and cheaper.
Perhaps one of the more difficult aspects of landscape photography is determining how to properly expose your scene under less-than-ideal lighting conditions. These types of situations are a common occurrence with outdoor photography as it’s often a struggle trying to properly expose an image consisting of a bright sky and a dark foreground in a […]
Андрей Лишаков запустил свой канал (поскольку в моей практике такой фотограф крутился вокруг, то думаю, что я его отдаленно знаю) Clique! (в переводе с французского «Жми!»), первое осмысленное видео в котором — о насмотренности.
Есть книги и книги. Одни дают образование, другие воспитывают. Лично на меня в разное время повлияли 3 штуки, которые я могу рекомендовать всем — естественно, если вы их прочитаете за день и скажете «не зашло», будете совершенно правы, быстро они не заходят, их надо брать и штудировать, иначе просто не работает.
Still not decided which between Sony and Fujifilm mirrorless cameras to go for in terms of colors, especially if you like shooting videos on the side? Max Yuryev has done a quick video that should help you decide.
Мы изначально задаем себе (и мне) неправильный вопрос неправильно: Сережа, какой фотоаппарат купить? Какой фотоаппарат самый лучший? Полный кадр или кроп? Кроп или дважды кроп? Мы скрываемся за кучей оправданий, чтобы не учиться и не снимать лучше.
Today at CineGear 2019, Panasonic is announcing the development of the company's Panasonic S1H full frame Lumix Pro camera targeted at the cinematographer. With a similar body style to their Panasonic S1 and Panasonic S1R cameras, this camera features an L mount but will be able to be used with a PL mount for cinema.
With 102 Megapixels at the heart of the new Fujifilm GFX 100 camera, there is a very justified reason for having image stabilization built into the camera. While traditional medium format users wouldn't necessarily think this, Fujifilm has been working hard to change the way that we think about the larger sensor space.
To really understand the Alter Rapid Filter system, you need to analyze how lots of modern photojournalism work is done. There is a greater demand for both high quality video and stills both. We can talk all day about the quality of a still frame taken from a video, but the quality still isn't there yet for those of us that want to see it super large.
The popular YouTube channel Mango Street has released this free video that’s a crash course on Adobe Lightroom. The masterclass will train you in the basics in less than 30 minutes (it’s 28 minutes and 49 seconds, to be exact).
Canon just released this promotional video titled “Creative Frontiers” that provides a behind-the-scenes look at its business and facilities in the Americas. Canon has four regional headquarters around the world located in Tokyo, Japan; Beijing, China; London, UK; and New York, USA.
"From the first minute I picked up a camera I had that passion. And when I was shooting last week I still had that passion" says Watson. An opening statement that gives the student reassurance they're about to learn from someone still enthusiastic about the art form.
The Sony a7s II had a 12MP full frame sensor, and while I was convinced that the next sensor would be a 16MP option I'm now even more convinced that at the heart of the Sony a7s III will be a 24MP sensor.
Canon stood on the sidelines while the mirrorless industry went 4K and didn’t introduce a 4K mirrorless camera until the EOS M50 in February 2018. But it seems the company is done being complacent: Canon says an 8K EOS R full-frame mirrorless camera is already on its roadmap. Dave Etchells of Imaging Resource just published […]
DPReview just published this humorous 3-minute stop-motion video about how the full-frame mirrorless camera party was finally crashed by new brands in 2018. “It’s time to ring in the New Year, and we invite you to join us at the Full Frame Mirrorless camera party, where we’ll meet old friends and maybe some new ones […]
Don’t have the time or money to travel to picturesque portrait locations? There’s like spots for nice portraits in your own backyard. Photographers Tajreen Hedayet and Chloe V. of Tajreen&Co made this short, sweet, and informative 2-minute video on 4 portrait locations you can find in any neighborhood. “Look out for these backdrops next time […]
We all love learning new things, but when you can learn from one of the industries best you need to jump at the chance, and strike while the iron is hot.
We all love learning new things, but when you can learn from one of the industries best you need to jump at the chance, and strike while the iron is hot.
Today, we’re taking a quick break from our usual photography-centric features to bring you NONE, a mesmerizing animated short by illustrator, designer, and director Ash Thorp.
Looking to organize your ever-growing collection of cameras, lenses, and accessories? Here’s a short and sweet video in which Ted Forbes of The Art of Photography shares 6 DIY storage hacks in just 90 seconds.
It’s no secret that Nikon is planning to launch a new full frame mirrorless camera system. And after months of rumors and speculation, Nikon has just released its first teaser for it. Just check out the 1.
When it comes to portrait photography there is no doubt in my mind that softboxes are the most popular diffusers, but parabolic umbrellas and beauty dishes are also a favorite of many photographers. If you're just getting into lighting, then it can be confusing as I'm positive that anyone can look at an image and not know whether or not a softbox, umbrella, or beauty dish was used to shoot it.
Photographers Tony and Chelsea Northrup made this lighthearted 7. 5-minute video about the 5 worst types of photographers you’ll meet. Here’s a rundown of the 5 types featured in the video (which was posted a few years ago): #1.
With Photokina 2018 just around the corner, it would be insane if a Canon Full Frame Mirrorless Camera wasn't launched. The company hasn't taken mirrorless very seriously for years now; but they've started to ramp up their EOS M lineup of cameras and lenses.
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.
Photographer Toma Bonciu (AKA Photo Tom) made this 10-minute video with 9 composition tips and rules you can use to shoot more effective landscape photos. The guidelines are mainly ways to direct viewers’ eyes to points and areas of interest in the frame and are things you can keep in mind when framing shots in […]
Canon recently released this incredibly dramatic 5-minute video to showcase its latest CMOS sensor technologies. The opening question, set to moving music, is: “Have you ever seen a rainbow in the light of the moon?” “A moonbow is a rare phenomenon that can only be seen when the appropriate lunar brightness, angle of elevation, and […]
Did you know that the worse you are at photography, the more likely it is that you think you’re great at it? It’s a cognitive bias in psychology called the Dunning–Kruger effect. Here’s an inspiring 9-minute video by photographer Jamie Windsor on how you can avoid falling into this common mental trap and actually become […]
If you've got a camera that has an XQD slot of some sort, you should be aware of a big new change coming to the industry, and it apparently starts with the new ProGrade Digital 1TB CFexpress. Yes, that's right: 1 Terabyte of storage will be available for cards like this.
I bet that if we showed you all how a lens was made, from start to finish (the first screw to the final plastic wrap) a large number of you would be surprised by the complexity of the process, as well as how many pieces go into such a product.
I bet that if we showed you all how a lens was made, from start to finish (the first screw to the final plastic wrap) a large number of you would be surprised by the complexity of the process, as well as how many pieces go into such a product.
Want to learn how to shoot tack-sharp landscape photos? Photographer Dave Morrow made this solid 27-minute guide that teaches his personal focusing strategy. He believes it’s the “most in-depth guide to back button focus and hyperfocal distance currently on YouTube.
Photographer and filmmaker Elia Saikaly has released a new time-lapse short film titled, Everest. It’s a dazzling look at the beauty of the world’s highest mountain at night. While other climbers slept, Saikaly took several Canon DSLRs out into the dark and frigid nights to document the Himalayan skies seen by climbers trying to reach […]
Trying to choose between a full frame camera and a crop sensor one? Here’s a 10-minute video by photographer Sheldon Evans, who talks about the differences between the two and shares why he went from full frame to crop and then back again.
We're not typically ones to review SD cards, but the recent ProGrade Digital SDXC UHS-II I feel deserves a bit of a feature due to addressing a concern that I had while testing the Fujifilm X-H1 recently.
During my testing of the Fujifilm X-H1, I was pretty confused. I had to think really carefully about who was going to buy this camera. At almost $2,000 and with some of the most unconventional ergonomics for a Fujifilm camera, it took a lot of thought.
Back in December 2016, we featured the work of Kurt Moser, an ambrotype photographer who turned a Russian truck into a massive camera for his glass plate photography. After seeing the article, the team at Valkyr Productions connected with Moser and created this beautiful 9-minute video profile about the photographer and his work. In the […]
While traveling in Rome, photographer Oliver KMIA discovered how popular tourist spots were crowded with tourists fighting to shoot their own precious personal photo. He later scoured Instagram and created this 2-minute video, titled “Instravel,” which shows a “photogenic mass tourism experience” and how so many of our travel photos look exactly like other people’s. […]
Black and white film photography is back for sure. And with many folks getting back into film photography, I wanted to pass on some knowledge that wasn't given to me initially. Everyone always used to say "Go shoot Tri-X" and that was it.
Here’s a new timelapse video that captures the epic beauty of Canada’s vast landscapes. Photographer and filmmaker Florian Nick of Stuttgart, Germany, spent 6 weeks traveling 5,500km (~3,400mi) across British Columbia and Alberta, hunting for beautiful scenery.
Lots of photographers love black and white photography; we're not the only ones for sure! So when it comes to working with the format, it can be confusing to many how they should go about working with those types of images.
The saying goes that with most black and white film, you can get all of the forgiveness in the world. For the most part that's true; and that's why so many schools encourage students to start out with black and white film if they're teaching film photography.
The rumors have been flying around for some time now, and today we're getting the brand new Panasonic GH5S mirrorless camera at CES 2018. This new camera has a 10. 2MP Four Thirds sized sensor--the lowest number of megapixels on a sensor this size since 2009 when Olympus introduced the Olympus Pen EP-1.
It seems like every month there’s an earth-shattering new camera bag that can hold ridiculous amounts of gear in an absurd number of compartments. Fstoppers decided to poke fun at this niche in the photo industry and created this humorous 3-minute sketch showing what camera bag marketing hype is like when you buy into it. […]
Dynamic Range, if you have read a camera announcement or review in the last 10 years then chances are that you have seen this term more than a few times – especially in the last 3-5 years. But if you are newer to photography or just never took the time to investigate you may find yourself wondering what exactly dynamic range is and why you should even be concerned about it. Today we are here to help you get that question answered.
In a somewhat interesting move ALPA, the medium format camera maker, has started to make moves aimed at attracting medium format video shooters to their platform. The biggest of these moves is now bundling Hasselblad’s 100MP H6D-100C digital back with some of their cameras, in addition to adding more connectivity options for video specific features such as Arri-Rosette, Universal Rail, and standard 15mm rods.
Adobe just released this helpful 2-minute video that shares 10 handy shortcuts you can use in Photoshop when working with layers. Here’s a quick rundown of the 10 shortcuts (watch the video above for visual demonstrations): 1.
Over the past few months, it seems like Sony has released updates for every camera in their line-up except the very-long-awaited and much-anticipated Sony a7S III. According to the latest reports, Sony does have one more major E-Mount announcement in the works for September… but is it the a7S III, or the a9 II? The […]
After first announcing the Lumix S1H at the end of May, Panasonic is officially launching the L-Mount camera today, adding a third offering to its full-frame mirrorless lineup that includes the high-resolution S1R and the hybrid S1.
RED CEO Jarred Land took to the reduser. net forum this past weekend to drop a major teaser about the company’s next cinema camera—a small form-factor camera called the Komodo that is “not larger than 4 inches in any dimension” and may feature Canon’s RF mount.
Panasonic has announced the new LUMIX S1H full-frame mirrorless camera, the third L-mount camera after the S1 and S1R announced back in February 2019. The S1H is the world’s first digital interchangeable lens camera to offer 6K/24p video recording.
I recently collaborated with Chris from filmismorefun and made a video about how to clean the beam splitter in your rangefinder camera as well as how to improve the rangefinder patch too. This is an advanced tutorial with great results.
One of Photoshop’s most impressive features was just added to After Effects. Content-Aware Fill is now available for automatically removing unwanted elements from video. Adobe first teased Content-Aware Fill for video back at the Adobe MAX 2017 conference in October 2017.
Professional landscape photographer Dave Morrow had thriving social media accounts with over 1. 5 million followers. Last year, he decided to delete those accounts and give up his huge followings there.
The $9,000 Hasselblad X1D medium format mirrorless camera contains the best performing sensor in the world, at least according to the folks over at DxOMark. Kai Wong just released this informative and lighthearted 8-minute review of this monster camera.
Beauty of Science is a project that wants to engage people with science through stunning macro photos and videos of chemical reactions. Photographer Wenting Zhu of Hefei, China, captures the incredible sequences of chemistry in action.
Here’s a 3-minute video that shows the reality behind many picture-perfect Instagram photos. It was created by Ditch the Label, an anti-bullying organization working in the USA, UK, and Mexico.
GoPro today launched a new QuikStories feature to its Quik app, which uses your phone to edit your GoPro footage in the background before spitting out a ready-to-share video. The Quik app is not new — it was bought and rebranded in early 2016 by GoPro.
In product photography, using a white background can eliminate distractions and really make the product shine. But what if the product itself is white? In this 4-minute video, you’ll learn how to properly expose your shot in this challenging scenario.
In this great video from DSLR Guide, Simon Cade talks about discontentment: how it can be harnessed as a fuel to keep driving forward, and as a signpost to assure that you’re on the right track. All creatives know the feeling of that spark when ideas just flow, and the thrill that comes with just […]
The Creative Cloud team at Adobe has launched a new weekly interview series title “Make It”. The show runs at around 10 minutes, and features members of the Adobe team interviewing guest creatives, including photographers.
Neutral Density (ND) filters are a great tool for producing unique photos in lighting conditions where a long exposure would otherwise not be possible. This 7-minute video tutorial goes in to detail about which filter to select for your scene, with before and after photos showing the effects possible. Craig Roberts is a travel and […]
Want to master astrophotography? Want to learn the art of capturing an awesome meteor shower, or the next Supermoon, or the milky way galaxy across the night sky? Award-winning photographer, visual effects artist, and Adventure.
Sony users have been waiting a long time for the successor to the Sony a7S II. But according to the most recent report from a source who actually used a prototype of the a7S III, the wait might actually be worth it.
Photographer Julia Trotti made this 7-minute video that shows how your choice of focal length affects your results in portrait photography. Trotti photographed the same model using her Canon 5D Mark III and every prime lens she owns: a Sigma 24mm f/1.
Food photographers have an arsenal of tricks up their sleeves to make food look delicious on camera. And more often than not, these hacks make use of non-edible products that aren’t appetizing.
Finnish photo artist Antti Karppinen put together this handy 4-minute video that’s a helpful guide on how to identify 30 different species of photographer you’ll find out in the wild. Karppinen demonstrates the shooting styles you’ll see from species ranging from street photographer to storm-chasing photographer.
Photographer Anya Anti recently did a space-inspired photo shoot and created this 7.5-minute behind-the-scenes and time-lapse view of how she styled, set up, shot, and retouched the portrait. To create a space helmet, Anti purchased a lightweight acrylic sphere online and then cut out a neck hole and breathing holes. For the space suit and […]
After watching the spread of the selfie stick over the past several years, photographer Peter McKinnon recently decided to try one himself for the first time. But then he decided he wanted something better… so he built himself a $10,000 ultra-Canadian selfie stick.
Canon has just released this new 3-minute video showing the power of its 120-megapixel CMOS sensor, which it first announced in September 2015 and then showed off at an expo in May 2016. The sensor is called the 120MXS, and it has an ultra-high-resolution of 13280×9184, or about 60 times the resolution of Full HD […]
Canon is set to unveil its first mirrorless camera capable of 4K video recording, according to a new report. The capability will be appearing in the soon-to-be-announced EOS M50. Canon Rumors reports that the EOS M50 will be Canon’s first APS-C crop sensor camera to shoot 4K video. Canon has been lagging behind when it […]
Adobe demoed a number of technologies at Adobe MAX 2017 yesterday, including something called Cloak. It’s basically Photoshop’s Content-Aware Fill for video — you can easily remove unwanted things from video, as you can see in the 6-minute demo above.