“You don’t make a photograph just with a camera. You bring to the act of photography all the pictures you have seen, the books you have read, the music you have heard, the people you have loved.”
This morning, Sony announced the newest camera in their venerable A7 series, the A7 IV. Positioned near the middle of Sony’s camera lineup, the A7 IV tells us a lot about where Sony sees itself – and even the rest of the…
When you’re building a PC for photo editing purposes, you may think it’s critical to go with a top-of-the-line configuration. After all, most photographers are using complex post-processing software like Photoshop and Lightroom that can benefit from a fast computer. But even…
Macro photography is about capturing the smaller world around you. A little adjustment to the aperture and there you are, zooming into the subject to reveal its inherent brilliance. The popularity of macro photography is growing exponentially, thanks to the popular concept…
Traditional glass filters are useful tools for landscape photography, but you need to pack them carefully to avoid breaking or scratching them. Many of the filter cases I’ve tried before are heavy, bulky, and fairly expensive. Today, I’ll review the Filter Hive…
As an amateur bird photographer, I often asked myself what is so special in birds, and why many people are so attracted by them. The answers to these questions are not unique and likely involve subjective feelings and personal motivations. Some are simply…
If you frequently go back to the same location for digital photography, how do your photos modify over time? Do you gain a much better understanding of the scene ahead? These questions have been upon my mind recently as I return to…
With its “ProArt” series, ASUS has been targeting the creative field with all kinds of high-quality computer parts and accessories. Its monitor line-up is quite well-known by now, with everything from beginner-level IPS displays all the way to high-end monitors for color-accurate…
Arca Swiss’s “Quick Link Set” is a duo of lightweight plates that will go between your tripod and your tripod head, letting you connect and detach the head quickly. I’ve been using the Quick Link Set recently plus wanted to cover my…
I’m for the annual Photography Life fall colors workshop with Nasim, and our group leaped into a tricky photographic scenario this morning. A beautiful mountain overlook was completely blocked simply by clouds at sunrise, ruining any photos we had in your mind.…
There’s no real upper limit to how large a digital camera sensor or film could be. Full frame cameras are usually smaller than medium format digital, which itself drops behind most medium file format film – and so on. On the high…