“The Anxiety Series” is a new project by Indian photographer Arjun Kamath that tries to answer the question: “If anxiety were tangible, what would it look like?” It’s estimated that nearly 1 in 5 adults in the United States experienced some kind of anxiety disorder in the past year and nearly 1 in 3 experience […]
Here’s a 12-minute tutorial by AdoramaTV in which photographer Gavin Hoey shows how you can capture a perfect rim light shot without using multiple stripboxes and flashes — all you need is just one light. In the tutorial, Hoey captures product photos of static glassware items, lighting the photos from different angles with his one […]
During our COVID-19 shelter in place lockdown, I took portraits of my son’s outfits that he would put together for homeschool. Both of us had reservations about our new eLearning situation. The first week was a true test of patience for the teacher and student. After a rough day, I sat down with him and […]
JP Morgan and Kenneth Merrill over at The Slanted Lens have put together an in-depth sensor size comparison that will definitely spark some conversation. They’ve compared medium format, full-frame, APS-C and Micro Four Thirds, in a side-by-side shootout—taking identical photos and making large prints to see how the image quality and dynamic range compares across […]
It’s funny how deceiving a photograph can be. I wouldn’t blame anyone for thinking that this roller skater has turned his head to check out the girl on her phone as he skates past her. Without any context, that does appear to be the story here. In actuality, he’s approaching her (and me) as he […]
About two weeks ago, we went fishing with our little fishing net from off of our backyard jetty. All of a sudden, we caught this strange but fierce-looking creature. Apparently this dark and mean looking beast was lurking beneath the depths of the channel that lies at the far end of our backyard. I immediately […]
One of the most hotly debated questions for landscape photographers is how to answer the age-old question, “Where did you shoot that?” While the question is simple enough, whether to answer (and how to answer) is an internal question many shooters contend with in the age of Instagram. Maybe you have your own, personal response. […]
A US judge has ruled that Chinese drone juggernaut DJI violated the patent of a smaller drone maker, and he is recommending that most DJI drone models be pulled from store shelves and blocked from being imported. The ruling was issued on March 2nd at the US International Trade Commission (ITC), according to a press […]
A university professor was visiting at the Santa Cruz River in Tucson, Arizona, earlier this month when he captured a scene straight out of classic Looney Tunes: a real-life Wile E. Coyote chasing a Road Runner. Michael Thomas Bogan, an assistant professor at the University of Arizona’s School of Natural Resources and the Environment, caught […]
The Irvine, California-based photography gear startup Aurora Aperture has announced a new next-generation rear mount filter system. It’s designed to be an elegant solution for photographers to use filters on ultra-wide lenses that don’t have a front filter thread. Traditionally, photographers using such lenses would have to choose between using lower-quality gel filters on the […]