As photographers, we are immersed in a world of creativity, expression, and individuality. Our craft is one that we pursue in hopes of creating something that evokes emotion and thought, insight and so much more. So why are our cameras so… boring? And as we continue on our journey as artists — because that is […]
Tomorrow is April Fools’ Day, and with such a bummer of a year leading up to this point (and things are only now just starting to look better in a few places), everyone could use some laughs. To that end, photographer Richard Wakefield shows how you can create eight visual jokes in Photoshop. Some people […]
Vivo is positioning its X60 series as “professional photography flagship smartphones,” making clear that it wants to be regarded as the best mobile shooter available. With its partnership with Zeiss, it might have the tools to actually meet that goal. In North America, it’s the likes of Google, Samsung, and Apple that command so many […]
Xiaomi has announced the Mi 11 Ultra, a smartphone that takes the original Mi 11 that already boasted pretty great camera performance and racks it up to another level with a giant camera bump that features a 50MP wide, a 48MP ultra-wide, a 48MP telephoto, and a tiny OLED display. The first noticeable thing about […]
Every Sunday, we bring together a collection of easy-reading articles from analytical to how-to to photo-features in no particular order that did not make our regular daily coverage. Enjoy! ‘The Fakery is all Part of the Fun’: the Hoax of the Mirror Selfie – The Guardian Licensed via Deposit Photos First, there was the selfie. Next […]
Sony has been hit with a class-action lawsuit by a consumer who claims that the popular Sony a7 III has shutter defects that brick the camera and force owners to pay for expensive repairs. Law Street Media reports that the plaintiff, a man named John Guerriero, filed the class-action complaint in the Southern District of […]
One of the most important items a photographer can have is a top-notch display on which to edit their images (or video). The BenQ PD3420Q is the company’s latest ultra-wide, and it promises a huge amount of screen real-estate for an affordable price: a multitasker’s dream. This pro-level design monitor is a 34-inch QHD ultra-wide […]
Photographer Erik Espinosa was tired of fighting with his own reflection when it came to shooting shiny products and decided there had to be a better way. Fresh off an approved patent, his new domed box concept calls “Entero” removes that problem entirely. Espinosa tells PetaPixel that he came up with the idea while working […]
Ricoh has announced an update to its Theta Line: the Theta Z1 51GB. Outside of a capacity boost, it features the same specifications as the original Theta Z1. The company says that after years of cultivating high-performance camera development, it was able to continue to offer the exact same performance as the original device launched […]
Dr. Adrian Smith is well-known for this slow-motion study of insect species and that skill set was perfect for a detailed study of insects known as “springtails.” They normally move so fast that normal cameras, as well as the human eye, cannot perceive their motion. Springtails, or collembola Sminthurides aquaticus, are semi-aquatic globular insects that […]