Cameras

‘P’ is For Pariah: The Nikon 500m f/4 P Lens on a Sony a7R II

‘P’ is For Pariah: The Nikon 500m f/4 P Lens on a Sony a7R II

My family and I recently moved back up to North Carolina. It feels so good to be back in the place we feel is home to us. Now surrounded again by all this State’s natural beauty and wildlife, I’ve had quite the itch to ramp up my efforts in bird photography that began down in […]

These Are the Best iPhone Photos of 2018

These Are the Best iPhone Photos of 2018

The IPPAWARDS, or iPhone Photography Awards, has been celebrating the joy of iPhone photography since 2007, and it just released the winners of its 2018 photo contest celebrating the best iPhone photos of the year. The grand prize winner this year is Jashim Salam of Bangladesh, who shot the above photo with an iPhone 7. […]

Photos That Show Similarities Between the Human Body and Nature

Photos That Show Similarities Between the Human Body and Nature

Visual Exercises is a new photo project by Polish fine art and portrait photographer Alicja Brodowicz, who hunted for similarities between the human body and nature created diptychs of her findings. I photograph the human body – the microcosm,” Brodowicz says. “Its’ fragments: hair, scars, texture of skin, wrinkles. I am interested in individual particularities; […]

Kandao Raw+ Helps You Make Cleaner Low-Light Photos with Burst Shots

Kandao Raw+ Helps You Make Cleaner Low-Light Photos with Burst Shots

The 360-degree VR camera company Kandao Technology has announced Kandao Raw+, a new software tool that helps you create better low-light photos by shooting and combining burst shots rather than capturing single exposures. Kandao Raw+ uses computation photography to turn a set of RAW photos captured in burst mode into a single photo with increased […]

FIFA to Broadcasters: Stop Zooming In on ‘Hot Women’

FIFA to Broadcasters: Stop Zooming In on ‘Hot Women’

The 2018 World Cup came to an end yesterday, but FIFA has a warning for broadcasters and their camera operators moving forward: stop zooming in on “hot women” in the stands during soccer matches. BBC Sport reports that the warning was issued by Federico Addiechi, the diversity boss of soccer’s world governing body, in an […]

How to Find and Photograph Bears in Yellowstone

How to Find and Photograph Bears in Yellowstone

Yellowstone is one of the most visited parks in the United States, and for good reason. It’s full of unique thermal features and one of the last great destinations for an abundance of wildlife. Even if you come for the geysers and hot springs, you’ll want to stay longer and keep coming back for the […]

Comparing the Sony a7 III and Canon 5D Mark IV for Astrophotography

Comparing the Sony a7 III and Canon 5D Mark IV for Astrophotography

I’m an avid night sky photographer that cut my teeth capturing the stars using the original Canon 6D. I shot with that camera for years until purchasing the Sony a7S (Mark I) after reading about how it could essentially “see in the dark.” Using the Sony mirrorless system was a big change coming from Canon […]

Full Photoshop is Coming to the iPad: Report

Full Photoshop is Coming to the iPad: Report

Adobe is bringing the full version of Photoshop to the iPad. That’s what a new report has revealed, stating that the move is part of Adobe’s new strategy to make its full software compatible across multiple devices (and to further increase its booming subscription sales). Bloomberg first broke the news, reporting that the full Photoshop […]

Apple MacBook Pro Updated: 8th-Gen Intel CPUs, More RAM, Pro Features

Apple MacBook Pro Updated: 8th-Gen Intel CPUs, More RAM, Pro Features

Apple just announced updates to its MacBook Pro lineup with faster performance and new features geared toward pro users. The latest 13-inch and 15-inch laptops feature 8th-generation Intel Core processors — up to 6 cores on the 15-inch (delivering 70% faster performance) and 4 cores on the 13-inch (for 2x faster performance). RAM can now […]

Nikon 1 Mirrorless Cameras Are Now All Officially Dead

Nikon 1 Mirrorless Cameras Are Now All Officially Dead

Out with the old, in with the new. Nikon has officially discontinued all the existing mirrorless cameras in its Nikon 1 series, which hasn’t seen a new camera since the J5 was announced in April 2015. As you can see from this Nikon 1 product timeline on Wikipedia, the line has been completely ignored for […]