Back in July, Canon unveiled its new RF 600mm f/11 and RF 800mm f/11 lenses. If you’re familiar with Canon’s vintage lenses, you may have noticed that the new lenses share interesting similarities with Canon’s R 600mm f/5.6 and 800mm f/8 lenses from 1960. DC Watch has published an interesting new interview with the Canon […]
Scuba Diving magazine recently unveiled the winners of its annual “Through Your Lens” photo contest, honoring five gorgeous underwater images including a jaw-dropping photo of a whale shark with 50 fish hitching a ride inside its mouth. This year’s winners were chosen from over 2,600 photos—the most ever sent in over the contest’s 16-year history—and […]
Photographer Skander Khlif traveled to the North African country of Tunisia this past summer and spent days traveling along the coast. Along the way, he turned his lens on the joy of kids there growing up next to the sea and playing in the water as a way of life. The Munich-based photographer’s goal was […]
At its core, photography allows us to tell the story of our history. Years from now, when we look back at images from 2020, our thoughts and feelings on how this year unfolded will be, undoubtedly, extremely complex. One such image that encapsulates the heartbreak associated with this year was made by photographer, filmmaker and […]
The Comedy Pet Photography Awards has announced its finalists for this year’s photo contest. The contest aims to honor the funniest photos pet lovers capture of their furry friends. The Mars Petcare Comedy Pet Photography Awards 2020 also raises awareness of homeless pets in the UK and raises money for its charity partner, Blue Cross. Over […]
After unveiling the Lydith 30mm f/3.5 II and Trioplan 100mm f/2.8 II earlier this year, the revived Meyer Optik Görlitz today announced the new Trioplan 50mm f/2.8 II, a sharp normal lens with “soap bubble bokeh.” “With our Trioplan 100 II and our Lydith 30 II, we have already been able to successfully revive two […]
Every last Sunday of the month, 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. Power, Consent, and Obligations in Photography – Conscientious Photography MagazineDorothea Lange got permission from Florence Owens Thompson to photograph her and her children, but […]
In this video and article, Chanda AM is going to help me illustrate how to balance ambient light with strobes. I love shooting in this situation with ambient light and strobe light. I want to be able to combine the ambient light here in this beautiful area with strobes. So the way I generally do […]
The release of iOS 14 for the iPhone brought with it a handy security feature that displays a little green dot on the top of your screen any time your camera is being used. Basically a tally light. But what about Android users? As the saying goes: there’s an app for that. An Android app […]
The Royal Observatory Greenwich’s Insight Investment 2020 Astrophotographer of the Year, Nicolas Lefaudeux, has revealed his technique and the simple DIY adapter that made his award-winning image of the Andromeda galaxy possible. As some photographers were locked in a discussion about whether or not the French optical engineer and part-time astrophotographer used Photoshop techniques or […]